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  1. AVCampos
    Would this mean they have an EB account to snoop around here?
  2. AVCampos
    Won't pebbles also wear out LEGO parts, such as the "teeth" in an excavator bucket?
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    Slap an "18+" label on it and you're done.
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    I'd classify it as a mod.
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    Elements and battery box, besides B&P, will surely become available also in other sets.
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    That can be solved by ditching the 42113 set number and assigning a new one, effectively making a whole new set that happens to have the same parts list as another. A set renaming due to corrections has happened before, with the 10213 (again with the 13, see a pattern here?)/10231.
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    While I'd love that you and that store were be right, I'm not keeping my hopes up. Less than a month is just too short a time to recall, redesign and repackage a few (thousands?) of sets.
  8. AVCampos
    Sequential gearbox.
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    Yes. Definitely yes. There's the problem of the parts being distributed by numbered bags according to the Osprey model's specific build order logic, but that can be overcome by pouring all bags together, re-distributing the parts amongst unnumbered bags according to part type/size/colour/whatever, and marketing the resulting set as "a more challenging build, for 18+".
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    JANG said in a live video that this whole ordeal most likely wasn't precipitated by a few guys protesting in front of a LEGO store, but rather their own internal decision makers realising waaaaay too late that this set bent too much their self-imposed rule of "no real-life modern military stuff". That makes sense and I agree with him on that. Independently of such a model being OK or not to be sold to kids, what went wrong was how absurdly late in the development process the "no-go" decision was made.
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    They're thinking about it. The difference is that this one is licensed from a plane that in real life allegedly exists only in military versions, whereas the others can technically represent anything. That's the most baffling question of all...
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    ⬆ This. The only real distinction between the 42113 (unlucky set number indeed) and the other LEGO tiltrotors is that this one can be unequivocally linked to something some people only associate with warfare. If this were a generic SAR tiltrotor, everything would be fine and we could get those DBG panels and black propeller blades (at least for non-unicorn-poop prices).
  13. AVCampos
    Cobi pours out military sets from their ears, and they didn't bat an eye; yet TLG launches a set that has connections to the military, and they lose their minds. Why? Because TLG gives them a lot more notoriety.
  14. AVCampos
    That statement is legitimate.
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    The 42113 is being reviewed internally by TLG due to it being manufactured by a company that usually does military stuff.
  16. AVCampos
    I think Chevrolet also made military trucks. What about the very origin of Volkswagen?
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    They have been making Osprey-like aircraft in the past with no issues, not to mention the 42066. I guess what's ruffling feathers here is this being an unambiguous model of an Osprey. TLG has stated many times that their "line in the sand" is modern weapons, i.e. what a child of today could possibly see in real life killing real people. Old weapons, such a medieval, pirates, western and, yes, WW1 (and even WW2 for Indiana Jones sets), and futuristic weapons, such as Star Wars and Alien Conquest, are given a pass.
  18. AVCampos
    Probably, but TLG needs to send the review copies for the reviewers to have something to review.
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    The app version shown still isn't final, so it could include that feature later. Perhaps they would require too much space due to being made to connect only to the large CV joint?
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    He did, didn't you see the 42070 effortlessly move on the grass alongside the 42114? Oh wait... And all that because there are no external markings on the motor to indicate the hardware's absolute zero, so the software has to assign a new zero depending on the position the motor's axle was when the user assembled the model. Thankfully the angular/SPIKE motor avoids that nonsense: just have the instructions say "move the motor's axle until the two markings match", just like the advice they make when building things using the PF servo.
  21. AVCampos
    No, it's going to be recoloured in white and labelled as a "medical helicopter" that shoots pills. No, "extreme firefighting vehicles".
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    Now there's an idea! TLG has a habit of "recycling" model ideas (to take advantage of newer elements and building techniques, and for kids who were too young when the previous versions were around), but never picked up on the Space Shuttle concept since that single specimen. It would be interesting to see what a modern Technic Shuttle would do and look like, and less interesting to see fans moaning about there being too many panels and not enough panels and proportions and too much complexity and too much simplicity and too many motorised functions and too few motorised functions and the rest of the usual stuff. [edit] There's this, which unfortunately fell short of the 10000 supporters to be considered.
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    I agree that TLG (unlike the copycats, I'm sure ) tests these model extensively for safety and therefore kids can be alone with this set, small spinning mass by itself doesn't mean it's safe: string trimmers, like their same implies, use strings such as made from nylon to cut grass; they're harmless when stopped, but hurtful when spinning.
  24. AVCampos
    The WeDo/Batmobile motor is also a "dumb" motor; as far as I know, it's a PF M motor with different connection points and a PUp plug.
  25. AVCampos
    The "hub" in the Osprey is just a battery box with two switches and two outputs. It doesn't have connectivity.
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