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
I’ve been fortunate enough to have most of the retired except the Legends. Couldn’t quite get there, but I do have the 5 Looney Tunes and the Gold Marvin the Martain. Don’t have the colored ferry but did ss a long time ago. I do have a couple of butterflies that my daughter got me as a present. Haven’t built them yet. It is worth it to get the others? The seem rather too simple but quite colorful. Thank you.
I’ve got all 8 of the butterflies. I’ve built 5 of them so far. The build process is rather redundant, as they all build the same way, just with different outlines and color schemes. So… I got them all, cause I got them cheap (clearance), and I like the colors/patterns, and I’m a completionist. But if you’ve got a couple, then you’ll get the experience of building them a couple of times. May not be worth it to get the rest, unless you just want the complete set. They’re a quick 30 minute build, and rather easy.