Good for him.
> Any kid who tells you they'd prefer old stuff to new is lying,
The issue isn't preferring old stuff to new as much as preferring what Lego used to make more of vs. what they currently make more of, but, no, neither of those preferences is nonexistent in individuals.
> otherwise Lego'd be selling that old stuff rather than the cross franchising they do today.
No, aggregate market demand, weighted by who has money to spend (and people who aren't even kids), doesn't indicate any kid with contrary stated preference is lying. Humans aren't mental carbon copy clones in slightly different fleshsuits.
Also, no my son is not lying to me.
I do think that it is indeed concerning when imitation is the only play a kid is able to perform. When a kid can only enjoy Spiderman lego sets that's because all they can play is basically an imitation of the movies they've seen.
Not necessarily; just because they only do imitative play with Lego doesn't mean they only do imitative play more generally.
> What part left you with a doubt?
HN rules suggest "assuming good intent." I tried my best with your comment but saw absolutely none, so figured I'd double check to see if i was missing something. Guess not.