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"In August 2020, LEGO will release the LEGO Technic set “42113 Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey”. This is a model of a military vehicle that is deployed in ongoing armed
by me_me_me 6y ago
"In August 2020, LEGO will release the LEGO Technic set “42113 Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey”. This is a model of a military vehicle that is deployed in ongoing armed conflicts. For this set, your company cooperates with Boeing and Bell. In 2018, Boeing sold military equipment worth of US-Dollar 29.15 billion; it is the second largest arms manufacturer in the world. Bell is number 27th of the world.
Due to the deployment of this military aircraft all around the world, innumerable civilians were killed. That is why parents, LEGO customers and brick fans disapprove of the vehicle’s replication.
Companies that produce weapons, which in many countries of the world cause human suffering and death, should not be cooperating with LEGO. Because of this, you stopped LEGO’s cooperation with the controversial oil company Shell in 2014. With the new set, you violate your own company’s basic principles.
We urge you to stop the cooperation with Boeing und Bell and not to produce any further modern military vehicles."
This sound very reasonable to me.
- waiseristy 6y agoSo this is a problem with the branding? They didn't have a presser for their F-35 clone https://brickset.com/sets/31039-1/Blue-Power-Jet https://brickset.com/sets/31039-1/Blue-Power-Jet
- me_me_me 6y agoThe problem is that LEGO doesn't want any association with anything that would endorse ongoing war/killing etc. They produce kids toys and don't want to glorify current violence. There is no LEGO Osama Mountain Hidout + Spec Ops blackhawk attack team. Only pirates, knights, police and robbers. Of course they could rebrand it, and they will in few years. For now its probably not worth the risk of backlash.