But.. why? It's a great piece of engineering and it looks cool! I couldn't have cared less if it was used by the military when I was a kid and I sure don't care now.
I honestly don't understand what's the point of these campaigns - it's not like much will change about armed conflicts just because you hide it from retail shelves...
It's a quick dopamine kick for people to feel like they're doing something good. When the reality is they're not equipped or interested in fighting actual issues. This is easy, so they push for it. I mentioned in another response that it's dangerous logic too. By this standard all the DC, Marvel, and Star Wars sets need to be removed for creating a positive view of violence.
It's just dumb. Besides, Technic is literally a series about technical feats, of which, the Osprey is.
They've toed the line carefully, but this is nonsense and you won't be able to convince me otherwise. Plenty of lego sets project violence and violent actions more than an Osprey.
Surely you can appreciate that there is a distinction between “violence” and “war”. A distinction that is evidently important to Lego since the company has a longstanding policy against producing sets that depict military vehicles and, to your point, a long history of producing sets that do indeed depict varying degrees of violence.
There is a non-zero chance of a kid seeing the Lego brand on a box with a vehicle the foreigners who killed their friends used to invade their country. While most Americans see their military as a force for good, that sentiment is not echoed everywhere. Not all people are grateful for being "liberated" that way.
and they're now just realizing it 10 days before release? Now they realize they have values and morals?
Lol. Please!
They just don't want to be on the wrong side politically. That's all. They'd have released this thing if no one had complained, because like most companies, all they really care about is making money.
Yes, they discontinue them after a year or two. The point made is this is a 2010 policy everyone is referencing about a vehicle that has no overt military connection in design.
Where as the Sopwith for example, is a set released in 2012, that is explicitly related to the military and specifically to WWI.
I'm just pointing out that the Osprey isn't a big deal. It's a VTOL that happens to be used by the military. There are hundreds of sets that could be seen as more violent that are made today, many you could argue break this rule.
I honestly don't understand what's the point of these campaigns - it's not like much will change about armed conflicts just because you hide it from retail shelves...