"Toy UFO taken off shelves for ‘teaching kids that Nazis achieved space travel’"
Toys and models manufacturer Revell based in North Rhine-Westphalia has announced that one of their products, an aircraft described as a war machine during the Nazi period, will no longer be produced.
A spokesperson from Revell said on Monday that the company will stop manufacturing and distributing the product, adding that criticism of it is “absolutely justified.”
The German Children's Protection Association (DKSB) and the Military History Museum (MHM) in Dresden had previously criticized the product for its inaccurate representation of history.
In its product description, the toy is called a “round aircraft” and "the first object in the world capable of flying in space." The description goes on to say that the aircraft can fly “up to speeds of 6,000 km/hr” and it was not produced after its test phase in 1943 due to the Second World War.
Emblazoned with emblems from the Third Reich, the product is presented as a war machine from the period of the Nazi regime even though an aircraft like this never existed, according to the DKSB and the MHM.
>Full story here:>>https://www.thelocal.de/20180619/toy-nazi-ufo-taken-off-market-after-criticismThoughts? I would actually buy this model if I saw it on store shelves. It's a lot more interesting than the usual slog of model car kits at my local Hobby Lobby.
