What I will say, though, is that it appears that it was cancelled not due to external pressure, but because it's fundamentally flawed. Completely agree with Huw's assessment on this that the real reason it was cancelled was to try and cover up this technical flaw with the gear box. As said, there no other reason to not have handed out early review models.

What this list has: All of the Orange liftarms and panels and system parts in the part list above, but in Red. That means it does include the parts in Orange exclusive to this set, but those parts are listed in Red. On July 21, 2020, LEGO announced that the upcoming LEGO Technic V-22 Osprey had been cancelled. Set number 42113 was an officially licensed model of the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft used by the US Navy, Marines, Air Force and Japanese Self-Defense Forces. Thankfully, it's relatively easy to get the gearbox out of the aircraft to work on it. You can see the mangled gears underneath.

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I also think this is a brilliant solution, but where fans see "just another 3 gears" the designers, managers, factories, etc. might see limitations we have absolutely no idea about. ]] Five other foreign militaries (and no civilian agencies) have expressed interest in the Osprey, but to date Japan is the only one that has been reported to be under contract. I will not be discussing its suitability as a LEGO model, or the company's decision to cancel it at the last minute in this article. The small linear actuator at the bottom of the picture will be connected to the cargo bay door. Another one is added later to operate the landing gear. Addeddate 2020-12-15 23:19:32 Identifier 42113-instruction Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t6261fg81 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_autonomous true Ocr_detected_lang ky Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin

Is there actually anyone that realises that if this was a mechanical problem LEGO already would have reannounced the set?" The lower one on the other side raises and lowers the wheels, which when retracted, fit neatly into the body. Here is the official statement, confirming that following yesterday’s news, the set is indeed cancelled: Yes, you are probably right not to care about this. Elegance, refinement and quality are not to be found in all the places in this world.A huge amount of money and resources will have been expended designing, manufacturing and planning marketing strategies for this product, in addition to the monetary and environmental cost of now recalling and destroying the products intended for store shelves. List of all existing parts: The XML code is in this link. https://pastebin.com/a8TaMR9m. Credit to @Alitai. The list doesnt not contain the new parts and the parts in the new color listed in the previous question. It isn’t until you put all the pieces together you realize how massive the model is. The span of the rotors is impressive, and the hull is longer than it what it looks like on the box. Finally, it’s not another car, crane, or excavator; the model looks fresh and unusual for an official set.

What I didn’t expect to see is functioning flaps on both wings. An ingenious linkage let the flaps move up and down in sync with the engines. Usually, designing flaps for a LEGO aircraft model is a trivial task. Still, it is nearly impossible to motorize them as they are thin and relatively small compared to the wings’ size. Kudos to the designers of the set who saw an opportunity and took it. There is one more flap on the tail of the aircraft, but it can only be engaged manually using an improvised switch on the top of the rear part.

Note that I also have a Fokker Dr1 Dreidekker and two *different* Sopwith Camels, all of which are complete in military colours and markings.