**HEADLINE: PARENTS OUTRAGED as ‘LEGO BATMAN: LEGACY of the DARK KNIGHT’ TEACHES CHILDREN VIGILANTISM & MORAL RELATIVISM**

HEADLINE: PARENTS OUTRAGED AS ‘LEGO BATMAN: LEGACY OF THE DARK KNIGHT’ TEACHES CHILDREN VIGILANTISM & MORAL RELATIVISM

In what is being called the most dangerous children’s toy launch of the decade, the latest Lego Batman Legacy of the Dark Knight set is sparking fury among parent advocacy groups. The set, which includes a detailed Wayne Manor Scarecrow lab and a playable “Broken Batsignal,” allows children to role-play scenes where Batman uses fear as a weapon and even interrogates villains by dangling them off ledges.

Moral critic Dr. Evelyn Sharpe of the Institute for Family Values warns, “We are literally selling the destruction of rule of law to seven-year-olds. This isn’t a toy; it’s a tutorial in extrajudicial coercion. The narrative glorifies a billionaire—a reckless, emotionally stunted orphan—taking the law into his own hands. We’re teaching kids that revenge is justice and that trauma justifies unchecked power.”

The controversy exploded when a viral TikTok showed a child recreating the “Joker’s Interrogation” scene, complete with Lego bricks thrown in faux rage. “My son told me, ‘Sometimes you have to break the rules to save people,’” one mother cried. “This is the slippery slope. Next, they’ll be selling Lego Punisher vans.”

Lego has defended the set, calling it a “complex exploration of heroism” and “gritty storytelling.” But critics aren’t buying it. “They’ve crossed a line,” Sharpe concludes. “We’ve gone from ‘Build your dream house’ to ‘Build your trauma.’ This isn’t a dark knight—it’s the fall of a civilized society. And we’re handing the bricks to our children.”