Visit the Official LEGO Online Shop! released their first entry into the Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series back in 2000 and found they had created a big hit with collectors and adult fans of LEGO. While those initial sets were not nearly as popular as the current UCS collection, it was enough to create a long-running series of models with new releases every year. The popularity of the series has grown ever since and exploded in recent years. It has grown to the point that many Star Wars UCS sets represent the best LEGO investments, with even recent entries showing excellent growth after retirement.
LEGO Star Wars UCS Lifespans
The following chart shows the lifespans for modern Star Wars UCS sets, beginning with the infamous Millenium Falcon from 2007. We have excluded data from prior to this because LEGO set lifespans were considerably different a decade ago and thus that data should not be considered relevant when evaluating future retirements. Note that this chart and the lists below contain large Star Wars sets that may not have been officially designated as UCS sets — such as 10188 Death Star and 10236 Ewok Village — but rather than debate the semantics of the UCS moniker, we have opted to simply include all large, exclusive Star Wars sets from 2007 onwards. Also, check out our Master Builder Series page.
Current LEGO Star Wars UCS Sets
75159 Death Star
Released: October 2016
75192 Millennium Falcon
Released: Oct 2017
75181 Y-wing Starfighter
Released: May 2018
75252 Imperial Star Destroyer
Released: Oct 2019
Retired LEGO Star Wars UCS Sets
75144 Snowspeeder
Released: May 2017
75060 Slave 1
Released: January 2015
75095 TIE Fighter
Released: May 2015
75098 Assault on Hoth
Released: May 2016
10236 Ewok Village
Released: September 2013
75059 Sandcrawler
Released: May 2013
10240 Red Five X-wing Starfighter
Released: May 2013
10225 R2-D2
Released: May 2012
10227 B-wing Starfighter
Released: October 2012
10221 Super Star Destroyer
Released: August 2011
10212 Imperial Shuttle
Released: September 2010
10215 Obi-Wan’s Jedi Starfighter
Released: October 2010
10188 Death Star
Released: June 2008
10179 Ultimate Collector’s Millenium Falcon
Released: October 2007
Who wants to bet that the Assault on Hoth lifespan will be shorter than that of the B-Wing…
Just curious, why do you think so?
Omg so helpful thanks!!!!!!!!
Ewok village is not a ucs kit. Why do people say these kits are ucs just because they are £200 If it does. It have a ucs label on the box it’s not ucs. The 10 part number association stopped in 2014. Ewok village is such a good set though.
10188 also is not a ucs kit
This was addressed in the second paragraph:
“Note that this chart and the lists below contain large Star Wars sets that may not have been officially designated as UCS sets — such as 10188 Death Star and 10236 Ewok Village — but rather than debate the semantics of the UCS moniker, we have opted to simply include all large, exclusive Star Wars sets from 2007 onwards.”
I thught it had been reclassified as a Master Builder set like Cloud City?
You are correct, Cloud City is officially reclassified. Seems like LEGO wants to solve the problem about what is the definition of UCS series really is.
Hopefully someone can confirm, but has the Ewok Village retired? It doesn’t seem to even have a page anymore on Lego.com??
Yeh long gone dude. Sandcrawler now too.
It would be interesting to see average age for retirement ex-10188, I think the DS was rather an exception and is skewing the expectation for retirement age of current sets.
I think you will find it doesn’t change too much. It’s a single outlier in the data set, and likely counter-balanced by two other outliers in Obi Wan’s Jedi Starfighter and the UCS B-Wing, which both had shorter than usual lifespans.
Of the four current “UCS” sets, I prefer the Slave and the TIE. I think of the other two as “play sets” and they just don’t look as cool. Of course, the higher price points of Hoth and the DS might make them rarer and better investments. However, given this is the 3rd (?) large DS model, I’m wondering if it will be all that sought after in retirement. What do you guys think?
What about 10143, the Death Star 2? Don’t see it mentioned here and it was a USC set, one of the best in my opinion!
I’m not going to spend €1000/$3000 on the 2007 millennium falcon.
Interesting that you have the 2016 75159 UCS Death Star as a high risk for retirement in 2018? Any reasons for this, as the last UCS Death Star 10188 stayed around for a lot longer.
Or is it due to the rumour of a $500 UCS Cloud City set taking its place?
The TIE and Hoth set are not retired yet please correct your mistake.
Yes they are
The Hoth set is now, but the Tie is not retired it’s still very much available on LEGO and Amazon for the msrp.
You missed the AT-ST though! Lego Set #10174. It is a great piece
Thank you for the comment 🙂 To keep our list brief, we decide to not include any sets that before 10179 Millennium Falcon.
Slave I is now past the 4-year mark! Whoohooo!
Yeah! 😁✋
You updating this list? Y-Wing is retired isn’t it?
We are not sure if Y-Wing is retired. We checked multiple sources and this set seems like still available. Can you tell us your source? Thank for your comment and support for the website!
Y Wing is not retired yet. Still available on LEGO website