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There was good conversation about this when it happened: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23917537 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23917537 I'll repe
by rozab 6y ago
There was good conversation about this when it happened:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23917537 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23917537
I'll repeat what I said then: that the V-22 set directly funded arms manufacturers and thus was a huge jump past the line Lego had set themselves. Personally, I think it's good that Lego are taking this moral stance. We all know about the links between military media aimed at children and recruitment, and I think it's immoral to engage in it.
But beyond that, it's even better that Lego are allowing people in the community to create and sell these sets. This is really refreshing to see in an era where companies C&D anything that moves, no matter how much of an asset it would be to their communities.
- meowster 6y agoThe link in the original discussion is dead, here is it archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20200722155031/https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2020/07/lego-helicopter-kit-cancelled-10-days-before-release/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200722155031/https://www.gizmo...