We all knew from the hints what was planned for this month, so there's no surprises in terms of the releases we were expecting to see.
What is surprising is the absence of certain models (BA & SQ) from the hints to announcements - and the long time it took to make those final announcements
We all know what may have happened - licensing amongst other things very clearly - putting 2 and 2 together, this may explain why NG hasn't released 'current BA' in quite a while (especially after the ARDxBA formal collab announcement), besides not releasing SQ in many years. Note that, NG has visibly become wary of licensing issues mostly after its massive publicly announced expansion efforts a couple of years ago. Prior to that, there was only the TAP L-1011 issue.
Very clearly, NG's expansion and visible massive presence means its less willing to be individualistic or guerilla-like, which smaller and less visible brands like Av400 & HX can still manage to be.
This is my speculation for the absence of the two airlines.
Rest, this release is China heavy - but definitely NOT boring. If they don't meet your criteria, that doesn't make the set boring by default.
Just trying to rationalise here
These are much wanted models by many collectors - and the pre-announcement CRP exchange saw around 70pc redemption when I checked around halfway through its duration - which ratifies the popularity of the release choices.
There's also few models here which will see release for the first time - and some which will see a modern re-release.
Let's hope NG 'quietly' releases the BA & SQs - like they did with the EK and early set of CXs.
If we don't see that, then we can presume that the matter is pretty serious and beyond their current control.
