This Singapore member posts were way before I joined so I just went through and read them all, he was right about tumbler and that is all.
His posts about PC/PS/Helicarrier retirement was end of 2015...
I thought it was well known that Asia & Australia/NZ do not get all Lego sets, and even when they do they receive limited production runs due to their locations and do not get many re-stocks. A good example of this is that Asia/Australia did not get any of the second wave of Bionicle sets that released this year.
If Heli-carrier does retire this year it will hardly be a shock retirement, seeing as most "exclusives" retire after 2 years this fits the bill, so where is the surprise coming from?
This set will do well once retired as it is a great build from a good movie, that being said I haven't bought any as I haven't got space for exclusives, only so many sets you can fill in a cupboard lol.
Also alot of people make alot of claims about what sets are retiring, and when a set does retire make a big deal that they told everyone a set was retiring and noone listened to them, but I'm pretty sure most people have made alot of mistakes and only choose to highlight the sets that did retire. We should all remember that we are all pure speculators when it comes to Lego investing, this is not pure science, all we have to go on is:
- If a set is good / bad build wise
- Has exclusive minifigs
- Had a limited production run
- Based on a cult TV show / Film and will be in demand in future
- Has rare parts.
Its not like we know the production numbers or Lego has to follow a set in stone past performance = future performance.
Has anyone seen the the TV show The Wire? It an excellent show, some comments on here reminds me off the following clip:
"He rainmade you.
A guy says if you pay him, he can make it rain.
You pay him.
If and when it rains, he takes the credit.
If and when it doesn't, he finds reasons for you to pay him more.
Clay Davis rainmade you"
This isn't a personal attack to that poster btw, just me ranting on as usual.