#10188 • Star Wars
Death Star
Released 2008 • 3,803 pcs • MSRP $399.99
Seven years on shelves. Sealed copies now $1,500+.
Retirement Year Archive
LEGO sets retired in 2015.
The Death Star 10188 finally retires after seven years.
4
Notable retirements
$830
Combined MSRP
7,195
Total pieces
The 2015 retirement landscape
What was leaving shelves.
10188 Death Star — on shelves since 2008 — finally retired in 2015. It was the longest-running UCS Star Wars set up to that point. Sealed copies, originally $399.99, now sell for $1,500+. The 10240 Red Five X-Wing retired the same year (released 2013). The 10227 B-Wing exited after only three years on shelves. Mindstorms NXT formally ended (replaced by EV3 in 2013, but NXT inventory cleared this year). For Star Wars collectors, 2015 is the highest-volume single retirement year in the line's history.
Notable 2015 retirements
4 sets that left.
#10240 • Star Wars
Red Five X-wing Starfighter (UCS)
Released 2013 • 1,559 pcs • MSRP $199.99
Two-year run. Sealed copies now $700+.
#10227 • Star Wars
B-wing Starfighter (UCS)
Released 2012 • 1,487 pcs • MSRP $199.99
Three-year run. Sealed copies now $600+.
#21013 • Architecture
Big Ben (Architecture)
Released 2012 • 346 pcs • MSRP $29.99
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.