LEGO: IDEAS Sets Retiring This Year – Grab Them Before They’re Gone Forever

LEGO x Dungeons & Dragons – Red Dragon’s Tale (21348)

This Adult LEGO set features incredible details D&D fans will love, including a dungeon and a tower for the giant Cinderhowl red dragon to perch on. There’s also a tavern with a removable roof, so you can see inside to the upper level. Plus, six LEGO minifigures (some with multiple head options) and brick-built classic D&D monsters—a beholder, an owlbear, a displacer beast, and a gelatinous cube. Once built, you can use the castle in the D&D Beyond campaign made just for this set.

• 3,745 pieces
• 6 minifigs
• Buildable monsters
• 19 in. (48 cm) high, 14.5 in. (37 cm) wide, and 12 in. (30 cm) deep
• Snag a light kit

Vincent Van Gogh The Starry Night (21333)

“The Starry Night” joined the 10k club in 2022. Multiple novel techniques are used to create the iconic painting in brick. The 3D art piece uses clips and brackets to create the swirling cloud formations. Curved pieces to form the cypress tree and stacked plates to form the hillside. It does a beautiful job at recreating the brushstrokes of the painting. You can hang it on your wall or display it on the included stand.

• 2,316 pieces
• Includes Van Gogh minifigure holding his paintbrush and palette
• Measures over 11 in. (28 cm) high, 14.5 in. (38 cm) wide, and 4.5 in. (12 cm) deep
• Snag a light kit

JAWS (21350)

This fan-created adult LEGO set includes an Ocra boat model with a removable roof, an adjustable boom and rigging, and plenty of iconic accessories from the movie. Place it on the brick-built sea base with Bruce the shark attacking for a perfect display. It even comes with a printed tile featuring Chief Brody’s famous line—“You’re gonna need a bigger boat.”

Polaroid OneStep SX-70 (21345)

This brick-built take on Polaroid’s classic instant camera features a viewfinder, Color Spectrum stripe, and exposure compensation dial. It even comes with three illustrated ‘photos’, including one of Polaroid inventor Edwin H. Land. You can choose a photo, load it, and press the shutter button to eject it, just like the real camera.

• 516 pieces
• 3.5 in. (9 cm) high, 3.5 in. (9 cm) wide, and 6 in. (15 cm) deep

Grand Piano (21323)

This brick-built instrument functions as a player piano with the LEGO app. The piano’s hammer action and dampers automatically move along with the music or you can use the keys with your fingers to move them along with the music. This pint-sized piano is a feat of engineering and design.

• 3,662-pieces
• 8.5” (22.5cm) high, 12” (30.5cm) wide, and 13.5” (35.5cm) deep when closed

River Steamboat (21356)

This set is an IDEAS success created by Illinois, USA-based LEGO fan Aaron Hall. It’s based on the classic river boats that used to navigate the Mississippi. Builders can explore the detailed pilothouse, crew cabin, and bathroom on the top deck; enjoy the music stage and restaurant on the main deck; and discover the kitchen and museum on the boiler deck. The functional paddle is connected to an engine, and its rudder is controlled by the ship’s wheel.

• 4,090 pieces
• 15.5 in. (40 cm) high, 27 in. (69 cm) long, and 5.5 in. (15 cm) wide
• Grab a light kit

A Nightmare Before Christmas (21351)

Dive into a ghoulishly delightful world and give the holidays a macabre makeover with three iconic locations from the beloved animated classic – Spiral Hill, Jack Skellington’s house, and Halloween Town Hall. The build includes authentic details like a lift-off roof revealing Disney Jack Skellington’s Christmas formula, a detailed graveyard, a walking bathtub, and the Town Hall lectern where Jack delivered his famous speech.

• 2,196 pieces
• 8 minifigures
• 10.5 in. (32 cm) high, 20 in. (51 cm) wide and 10.5 in. (27 cm) deep
• Get a light kit

Willy Wonka (21360)

Explore the Chocolate room with its giant lollipops, gumdrop trees, and mushrooms filled with whipped cream. The chocolate waterfall moves with the turn of a dial to replicate the stirring system. Then take a trippy ride down the chocolate river on the Wonkatania. The set includes minifigs for Grandpa Joe, Willy Wonka, and two Oompa-Loompas. Plus all the kids with their Golden Tickets – Charlie Bucket, Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde, and Mike Teevee.

• 2,025 pieces
• 9 minifigures
• 7.5 in. (19 cm) high, 20.5 in. (52 cm) wide, and 10 in. (26 cm) deep
• Snag a light kit

The Botanical Garden (21353)

This buildable Victorian-style galsshous garden features 35 plant species. It has three atriums with removable roofs and walls. Inside, you’ll find a spiral staircase to the observation deck, an arid garden, and a café. Outside are vibrant gardens with peonies, tulips, and a Japanese maple tree.

• 3,792 pieces
• 12 minifigs
• 8.5 in. (22 cm) high, 20 in. (51 cm) wide, and 10 in. (25 cm) deep
• Snag a light kit