I won't get it because there are many other games that I want to buy this year, but it's a great idea from Nintendo. Many will buy just to see how it works. But answering your questions:

1) They are selling add-ons because this game is unplayable without the cardboard add-ons. It's 100% necessary for this game. And it will be used exclusively on these Labo games. I don't see the problem here.

2) Sincerely, how would someone break the console or the Joy-Cons playing the Labo? Seems very inoffensive to me.

And about your son's 12 amiibos collecting dust, what were you expecting? Amiibos are decorative figures, and that's what decorative figures do. What's the next complaint, "my sink gets wet"?

Some people really like the idea. I don't know why it's so hard for you to understand that.

Yes, you can. I don’t remember if it was on The Guardian that they asked, “And if i want to purchase through the eshop?” And the answer was that there will be an eshop version where it would cost $60 and that you could get the schematics for free on the site to build and cut yourself the cardboards.

Well, smart phones and tablets are designed to slip out of your hands with the default slick casing. No backlash. 😽 I've seen a lot of tablets being marketed towards kids. I don't believe in coincidences. It's the same thing when they realized they'd make more money if they designed things to not last as long versus designing a long lasting product.

There's only a handful of markets where consumers are smart enough to force a company to change a policy or product.

It is for kids and for a kids product,it is really appealing.

But imagine how much would it costs if it was made of plastic instead of cardboards.

I think it's better value for money than XBL/PS+.

So cardboard is more valuable to gamers than free games? 😹

Free games? You still need to pay for the subscription, right?

A game that people actually choose to buy along with some arts n craft/cardboard shell accessories are better value than unwanted games and P2P connections.