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The Final Wave — Issue #1

Week of September 27, 2026 · All entries verified 2026-09-26/27 · [UNVERIFIED] tags where noted

This is a sample of what the free weekly digest looks like. Prices and availability below were checked September 26–27, 2026 and have likely changed since.

Prices and availability change fast. Every link below was re-checked within 24 hours of publishing. Anything we couldn't verify is marked — we'd rather show you a gap than a guess.

The Wave Countdown — December 31 wave: 96 days

LEGO.com's US "last chance to buy" list currently holds 301 products. The big December retirement wave is building — most sets below are expected to retire December 31, 2026. When a set retires, LEGO stops making it, and prices on the secondary market typically move within months.

New to the last-chance list

These sets are confirmed on LEGO.com's retiring-soon list right now:

10345 Flower Arrangement — $87.99 on LEGO.com (20% off $109.99 MSRP) ✅ verified live. The rare case of a retiring set discounted at LEGO itself.

75192 Millennium Falcon (UCS) — $849.99 ✅. The flagship UCS set; note its retirement date has been pushed back before, so treat the December date as provisional.

75367 UCS Venator-Class Republic Attack Cruiser — $649.99 ✅

10326 Natural History Museum — $299.99 ✅, in stock

76437 The Burrow (Collector's Edition) — $259.99 ✅

21333 Starry Night — $169.99 ✅

21351 The Nightmare Before Christmas — $199.99 ✅

21323 Grand Piano — $399.99 ✅

Closing soon

76294 X-Men: X-Mansion — no discount, but temporarily out of stock at LEGO.com US (UK showing backorder to Oct 27) and on the retiring list. This is the pattern to watch: out-of-stock + retiring = the window may already be closing. ✅ verified.

9 sets already sold out at LEGO.com US across Marvel, Star Wars, and Harry Potter themes (reported 9/16) — if any are on your list, retailer stock is now the only path.

Price drops

10345 Flower Arrangement at $87.99 on LEGO.com (20% off) ✅ verified live today. For a set 96 days from retirement, a first-party discount is unusual.

10345 was also reported at $62.04 at Amazon and Target (44% off) on 9/13 [UNVERIFIED today] — price may have moved; we're re-checking.

75456 Star Wars Advent Calendar at $35 (22% off) reported 9/17 [UNVERIFIED today].

Gifts & promos — ending September 30 (4 days)

All verified live on LEGO.com today:

Ministry of Magic Phone Booth — free with 76476, Insiders members only

Grond — free with the Lord of the Rings Minas Tirith set

Scary Haunted Tree — free with $100+ spend

Alex's Campfire Conflict — free with $40+ spend

Coming Oct 1: PlayStation set 72306 ($179.99) Insiders early access, with free 40899 Astro Bot gift-with-purchase — worth circling on the calendar.

(Expired 9/19 and intentionally not repeated: Birthday Cake and Batman free models.)

Retired market watch

What happened after the lights went out — factual aftermarket data, not advice:

76417 Gringotts (retired summer 2026): new/sealed averaging $670 — about +56% vs its $429.99 MSRP after ~2 months.

21348 D&D: Red Dragon's Tale: $521.46 — about +44.85% vs $359.99 MSRP.

Broader picture (brickfact study): median +22.3% at 12 months post-retirement across a broad sample; about 1 in 6 sets showed no gain at 12 months.

We report these numbers so you can see the pattern. We don't tell you what to buy — that's your call.

How this issue was built

Verification & scoring notes

Verification rate: 15/17 entries verified same-day (88%). Two retailer clearance prices carried over from 9/13–9/18 reports, tagged [UNVERIFIED].

Deal scores this week: 10345 → 45 (Watch) · X-Mansion → 30 (Watch, borderline) · Falcon → 15 (Skip — fame isn't a deal). No score met the Hot band this week; no instant alerts fired. Price history starts accumulating from this issue. How scoring works →

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