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Seems Mums don't play with Lego...

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EduCated · 15/11/2013 17:44

...at least not according to one of this week's MN competitions Hmm

Let Dad relax and have some fun, quality time with the kids. Grab a box of LEGO and see where their imaginations take them. With the LEGO brick you can build anything your imagination desires, as the latest TV ad from LEGO shows.

LEGO has been covering playroom floors since 1949 and today it is still the number one kids construction toy. So popular is LEGO worldwide, that there are now 80 LEGO bricks to every person in the world! Why not challenge Dads and kids to see what they could build with 80 LEGO Bricks?

To celebrate the joy of LEGO, four Mumsnetters can win a LEGO Build & Play Box. The children are going to love it and Dad's will feel a sense of childhood nostalgia as they get back to playtime basics and build with the kids.

If Dad's are after some building inspiration, check out the latest TV ad from LEGO, tissues at the ready.

I mean, really? Are single mums allowed to enter, or is having a Dad in the house mandatory?

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sooperdooper · 15/11/2013 18:01

What a pile of sexist crap, the apostrophes just about top it off!! I'm really surprised and disapointed at this on here tbh :(

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EduCated · 15/11/2013 18:00

Really, women aren't good at Lego? I'm sure many Dads do love it, but so do many Mums!

Wonder if it was MN or Lego who wrote it.

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vestandknickers · 15/11/2013 17:56

I'm rubbish with Lego. DH is brilliant at it. He and the children get me to find the bits they need. Don't mind the reference to Dads as there is probably some truth in it, but can't forgive the apostrophes!

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EduCated · 15/11/2013 17:52

I hadn't even spotted the apostrophes

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bundaberg · 15/11/2013 17:51

and wtf is with those apostrophes?

Indith · 15/11/2013 17:47

I don't play lego. I'm crap at it. The dcs play with dh.

However I hate gender bias and yes, I agree with you that the bumf does not read well and is ill considered.