#10030 • Star Wars
Imperial Star Destroyer (UCS)
Released 2002 • 3,104 pcs • MSRP $299.99
Two-year retail run. Now $7,000+ sealed — among the most valuable Star Wars sets ever made.
Retirement Year Archive
LEGO sets retired in 2004.
A clean-up year before the Knudstorp era.
5
Notable retirements
$740
Combined MSRP
6,990
Total pieces
The 2004 retirement landscape
What was leaving shelves.
The 10030 Imperial Star Destroyer retired in 2004 after only two years on shelves — that's by far the most-cited retirement of the year, and the set has appreciated to $7,000+ sealed in the years since. Late-classic-Castle inventory was clearing out. The Discovery Channel licensed sets ended. New CEO Jørgen Vig Knudstorp had taken over by year-end and the deep cuts were beginning — many sets retired this year not because they'd run their natural course, but because the new strategy was thinning the catalog by ~30%.
Notable 2004 retirements
5 sets that left.
#7194 • Star Wars
Yoda (UCS)
Released 2002 • 1,075 pcs • MSRP $199.99
#10018 • Star Wars
Darth Maul (UCS)
Released 2001 • 1,868 pcs • MSRP $149.99
Sealed copies now $7,800+.
#4757 • Harry Potter
Hogwarts Castle (original)
Released 2004 • 943 pcs • MSRP $89.99
#10025 • Trains
Santa Fe Super Chief
Released 2002
A note on retirement dates
LEGO does not always announce retirements publicly, and many sets retire region-by-region (US first, EU later, sometimes years apart). The years here are a best-effort consolidation from public Brickset data, AFOL community tracking, and verified post-EOL listings. Every entry links to its Brickset reference page so readers can verify against the canonical source. If you have specific knowledge that corrects an entry, drop us a note.