Why Doesn't LEGO Keep Older Sets in Production? A Collector’s Take
If you’ve collected LEGO for any length of time, you’ll know that feeling, the sinking realisation when a set you meant to buy suddenly disappears from the shelves. One week it’s sitting there on LEGO.com with a big yellow “Backorder” button, and the next week it’s gone. Retired. Finished. And of course, two minutes later it’s €1,000–€1,500 on eBay.