It is with sadness that I report that Metal Earth has chosen to start retiring a whole heap of models, the bulk of which is almost the entire line of Legends models. Now, I know there’s quite a few of you builders out there who think of the Legends line as a bit of a joke. And I kinda understood that. But I decided to try them out, and I actually found them to be fun to build. And I kinda began to enjoy their quirky boxy look. But that’s not all that’s heading out, there are models from all sorts of categories. Here’s the “complete” list of retiring models:

Legends All Legends, except for the Flinstones Car

My Little Pony All of them

Butterflies All butterflies, except for the Monarch

Architecture Burj al Arab Burj Khalifa Javits Convention Center Tower of the Americas Auckland Sky Tower

Ships Commuter Ferry Hong Kong Ferry

Miscellaneous Beach Buggy Japanese Rickshaw Bird House Golf Cart Set Pan Am China Clipper – Box Version (maybe? I left this off originally, because I thought it had been retired for a while, both it and the “sleeved” version of it. But AnimateOrange recalls it differently, so for the sake of completeness, I’m including it)



I personally have built a number of these. But there’s a whole host of them I have not. And I now weep for my unrealistic goal of having a complete set of Metal Earth models. I weep, for I must bury it. There’s no way I can afford to purchase all the remaining models on this list in short order (unless I get a whole heap of people purchasing “cups of coffee” for me, lol).

As usual, I have updated the checklist, to reflect the discontinued/retired/retiring state of these models. It’s much sadness.

Source: MetalEarth