SALT LAKE CITY — Depending on who you ask, toy giant LEGO has either finally seen the light over accusations of racism or is doing exactly what it always planned.

The Danish toymaker has been criticized by the Turkish Cultural Community of Austria for its Jabba The Hutt Palace, which the group claims insensitively portrays the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul and the Jami al-Kabir mosque in Beirut.

The group also objected to several depictions of characters from non-Western cultures, saying that the toy portrayed them as "deceitful and criminal personalities."

"This does not belong in children's bedrooms," Birol Kilic, told NBC News. "And the minaret-like tower features machine guns. Children will become insensitive to violence and other cultures."

Kilic also told NBC that after a meeting with LEGO last week, they agreed to pull the product off the shelves at the end of the year.

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LEGO, on the other hand, disagrees about their reasoning. It released a statement April 2 stating that late 2013 was always the planned end to the production cycle for the popular toy.

"The LEGO Star Wars product Jabba's Palace 9516 was planned from the beginning to be in the assortment only until the end of 2013 as new exciting models from the Star Wars universe will follow," the statement read.

According to NBC, a January press release on the criticisms matter made no mention of the planned production end. That online press release now redirects to the more recent statement quoted above.

Regardless of the reasons, the toy, which purports to portray a scene from Episode VI of the Star Wars films, will meet its end soon.