What this list doesn't have: All parts with new color listed in the previous question in the original colors. In recent years, LEGO has limited the scope of their military restriction to modern military vehicles. This allowed them to create sets based on historic military vehicles like the WWI-era Sopwith Camel biplane and Fokker Dr.1 triplane. The gears in question are right in the middle, so there's not a lot of scope to replace them with anything else. But I did find a solution.

The only new part in the set is the Powered Up battery box which, at last, enables PU motors to be simply switched on and off without the need for the complexity of hubs and smartphones. 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. The lower one on the other side raises and lowers the wheels, which when retracted, fit neatly into the body. Some of the replies on here also make me wonder about some AFOLs ability to get too upset about a Lego set. Lego has a strict policy of not producing any modern military vehicles. This is a modern military vehicle (even if it doesn’t have guns). If other organisations which are not military use this vehicle then Lego can say it is explicitly that version. But they can’t do that here. So they can’t release it. It’s a bit of a shame because it looks quite good, but no point fussing over it. John Lewis plc, registered office: 171 Victoria Street, London SW1E 5NN. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Register no. 724309) for the purpose of introducing the credit provided by Creation Consumer Finance Ltd, registered office: Wellington Buildings, 2-4 Wellington Street, Belfast BT1 6HT.

In fact Lego has exposed inconsistencies in their practices, not due to fictional or historical vehicles, but because they’ve already produced several modern military aircraft sets. Anyone pointing out that those were not licensed, is ignoring the fact that Lego didn’t quote the licensing deal contributing to the cancellation. In fact, what they did previously was the same as this time – they themed them as something different. In the review I posted earlier I concluded that 42113 Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey has a design flaw that causes parts to become damaged, and that could well be the real reason why its release has been cancelled. Asking so much money for some plastic toys is reasonable if a big chunk of earnings is going to marketing, focus groups, advisers, quality control. 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.

To recap, the issue is with three 8 tooth gears in the middle of the gearbox that transfer power from the motor input at the bottom to the top half of it. Unfortunately the top half is the part that's subject to the most friction and load and that it why the gears become mangled. Fortunately, LEGO® is LEGO® and you as a LEGO® fan can decide for yourself what you want to build or not. If you find it very unfortunate that this construction set is not released as an official set, you can still (almost) build it with the building instructions.I did power it with rechargeables initially but it didn't work effectively: it wasn't possible to spin the rotors and rotate the engines at the same time. However, nothing was damaged! No because all of the other components for the main functions, namely gears and the L-motor, have all been released in other sets, and there are ways to get around the requirement for the new dumb battery box. 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. List of Remaining parts: This list is the List of all existing parts (list 1) without the parts included in Red and White recolor (list 2 and 3). https://pastebin.com/qdZztzsA

Here is the official statement, confirming that following yesterday’s news, the set is indeed cancelled:Is there actually anyone that realises that if this was a mechanical problem LEGO already would have reannounced the set?" But some LEGO fans defend the color problem as not being a problem. I know Technic is a functionality toy but you have to respect the fans that are into LEGO for the looks of a car, Architecture or a building that in lately is made with disturbing difference in colors.