I read some articles on Lego faces and how they have become angrier because Lego started making a variety of different faces. (They used to only have a normal smiley face for all minifigures.) The researcher claims it is affecting children and how they play. He also goes to suggest the increase in conflicts, (Good v.s. bad.), is concerning.  

Personally I grew up with mostly Castle and Star Wars sets and I never really paid much attention to their faces to see if they were positive or not. As a kid you don't really care because all you really care about is having fun "playing" with them.

Here is a quote from the TVNZ article.

"He said Lego would find it increasingly difficult to hold on to its positive reputation as the figures moved closer to war-like themes."

 

Is Lego's positive reputation being tarnished by war-like themes like Castle, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Galaxy Squad, etc. and are those good v.s. bad conflicts affecting the children who play with war-like themes?

Links: http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/angry-lego-not-good-building-block-kids-5455347 (TVNZ.)

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10888378 (New Zealand Herald.)

I read an article on this subject.  At the end, it said:  Lego does still sell boring old building blocks. They may lack flashy movie tie-ins