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GOTHAM CITY — In what critics are calling “the final nail in the coffin of Western childhood,” The LEGO Group has announced a sweeping recall of its LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight playset, following a wave of parental outrage and a formal complaint from the National Association of Child Psychologists.

The $149.99 set, marketed as an homage to the “gritty realism” of the Dark Knight trilogy, features a fully modular Wayne Manor, a working Batcomputer, and—most controversially—a ten-page “Arkham Asylum Therapy Workbook” for minifigures.

“We have crossed a line,” said Dr. Helena Graham, a child development expert who led the complaint. “This isn’t a toy. It’s a sociological experiment in desensitization. The set encourages children to role-play the ‘cycle of trauma’ between Bruce Wayne and the Joker, complete with a ‘Moral Choice Point’ where the Batmobile can either save a civilian or pursue a villain. This isn’t imaginative play—it’s a praxis in nihilistic utilitarianism.”

The workbook, concealed in a hidden compartment within the Asylum’s reception desk, prompts players to “diagnose” minifigures with specific psychological conditions using color-coded tiles.

“My son is seven,” said Karen Mills of Topeka, Kansas. “He looked me dead in the eye and told me that Batman operates outside the ‘social contract’ and that Alfred is an ‘enabler.’ He’s building with bricks! Not deconstructing the hero archetype.”

LEGO executives have defended the set, claiming it “promotes emotional intelligence and complex narrative thinking.” However, the damage is done. The hashtag #LegoLostItsWay is trending worldwide, with conservative pundits calling it a “gateway drug to moral relativism” and child psychologists warning of a