Not true. Lego have a rolling roadmap of what retires and gets released and when.
Problem is the roadmap gets reviewed and things change. Another problem is when stuff goes EOL but there is still so much stock to shift.
maybe the popularity of the recent exclusives changed LEGO's distribution strategy from "BHz on every shelf in every store until they rot"
to select few stores for short runs (to keep resellers constantly guessing)
I don't believe this list.
1. Nobody knows at this moment - even TLG - what will be retired in 2020 or 2021. For example Tantive was released this year and they already knows that will it retire just after 1.5 years? It can happen to bad selling sets after some period of time, not just after 3 months...
2. There are some sets which i don't believe will retire this or next year - for example Porg, just after 1 year.
From reading the Forum on BL over time, it seems it can take a few weeks for an Admin to get to your ticket on these types of things. Having a buying history on the site seems to help with this process as well. When I got started, I think it was near instantaneous, but they are so understaffed now that everything takes forever to get done since I don't think they are ever caught up. About all you can do is get your store full of your inventory in the meantime so you are ready to go when you finally get the call.
I don't want LEGO that will biodegrade...I'm old school...I expect certain things to last forever: Taxes, Cockroaches, Radiation, Plastic bottles, and LEGOs
I glanced over the list and it didn't take long to decide to pass. It's a great collection, but, for Amazon, it's all pretty old and will be slow to sell. At MSRP, there's not a lot of meat on the bone. Sent from my SM-G965U using Brickpicker Forum mobile app