Any reference for retirement dates of Lego sets?

former-member · 2015-04-22T05:49:43.000Z

Most Lego set databases (BrickPicker, BrickOwl, BrickLink, lego.wikia.com, etc.) provide the year a set went into production. Some occasionally include the month as well (like lego.wikia.com). Is there any reference for the retirement dates of Lego sets? Even a crude approximation will do. I'm certainly aware of the two years "rule", but this is often way off: the Death Star 10188 has been with us for 7 years now. Preferably, a format that could be easily digested by software would be ideal. Automated fetching and HTML parsing is fine, but not digging through forum posts. ;) Does anyone know if such information exists anywhere? Thanks!