You have to go way, way back to the 70s or very early 80s for some imagined Golden Age of Lego where the things this article is moaning about were not the case.

You have to go way, way back to the 70s or very early 80s for some imagined Golden Age of Lego where the things this article is moaning about were not the case. The most concerning issue with Lego to my mind is that they seem to be creatively bankrupt. Licensed IP kept the company afloat in their dark days, but they don't even try to put out their own themes anymore.