> He'd prefer the Batman and Spiderman sets as opposed to the random old pieces his grand parents keep offering him.
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.
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.