To be really annoyed that Lego seems to all be for boys?

[rogersmellyonthetelly]

DD (5) has just discovered Lego. I would like to get her some for Christmas, however all the play sets seem to be aimed at boys. I don't particularly want pink stuff, but a play set that doesn't involve a) star wars b) cars/trucks or c) scary dragon looking things would be nice. Is it just me or is it a bit sexist this Lego lark?

We've got two of the camper vans

DS1 loves Lego, but once he's built the original 'thing' a couple of times it gets broken up and chucked in the Big Lego Tub where it will become anything he wants it to. This weekend we built a boat with a dungeon and a cafe - Harry Potter had tea with a Ninja, it was genius

I love that medieval market village. Not really suitable for a 5 year old, but just the thing for a 43 year old accountant for her Xmas present -

All lego sets are shockingly expensive for a few figures and some bricks. If you want to encourage creativity you just need a box of bricks - the sets are good for that one models, then bits fall off/get lost and the set is never looked at again IME

FWIW DS2 made a beautiful poppy from his big box of bricks - it was put on display in church!

The fairytale stuff is so expensive because it's an education set, not a retail toy set.

have a look on the lego website, they have loads on there, you could just get her some mini figures and a box of bricks and she can build what she wants too, x

yeah I agree. I had this set below as a kid and I loved it. I have spoke to many people who would love this sort of stuff to be brought back out. Why did they take it away?

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DD (6) loves lego City, Pirates of the Caribbean, Harry Potter and Ninjago. All of them have girl mini figures :)
The boxes with bricks are good too.

She has got a small set of Belleville but found it rubbish as it isn't 'real' lego.

You can also get minifigures for about £2 in WH Smiths/Sainsburys/Waterstones. It's pot luck which one you get, but there's a good selection - DS1 is 4 and he gets one about every 2 weeks as a 'pocket money' present.

I loved Lego. DD loved Lego (and never bought her any of that yucky pink, girly Lego either). She used to build great houses, as well as the liking the Harry Potter stuff. Mind you her other favourite toys were her Brio train set and a large collection of toy cars, lorries etc. And just to ensure no gender bias she also loved her Barbies.

I have never understood the "girls' toys""boys' toys" idea.

I suppose it is a bit sexist of me, but ime most girls arent that interested in fighting/monsters etc, whereas most boys can make a weapon out of absolutely anything.

You've just described both my dds there. DD1 is a Lego fanatic and loves all things Lego (Ninjago, Star Wars, Alien Conquest, Atlantis, Hero Factory). DD2 loves the Harry Potter Lego. I've also just bought them both Light Sabers for Christmas.

My dd (7) loves lego. She mainly likes to make her own creations from standard bricks, but she also has some of the Toy Story kits which are fab (and totally unisex). She has got one box of pink lego, but she tends to prefer to use standard colours.

I do think lego are missing a trick though. The Bellville stuff is not very inspiring and I am sure they could come up with some great girlie kits for those that want them. A disney princess castle would be great or something with fairies/butterflies etc. I'm not saying the Star Wars etc, are not suitable for girls (and actually my daughter's idea of the perfect toy would be Doctor Who lego), just that I think Lego doesn't really bother trying to appeal to girls.

i am was a girl and i loved space lego mostly.... i hated the silly little town, so suburban and mundane and no i wasn't precocious at all

YABVU
I'm pretty sure dd is a girl - she has more Star Wars lego than Belleville, and loves her basic town ... Harry Potter is the new favourite.
Um, yep, I checked, she is a girl.
Stop imposing your own sexist limitations on your daughter's building options. How will she grow up to be a world-famous architect or aeronautics designer if she can't practice with lego?

YABU.

Can any Lego people tell me if that Fairytale set is going to be worth the money? DD likes buiding things...she likes fairytales...she is 7 and hasn't had any Lego yet....the houses look like they're only good once....build it and you're done!

This week I bought a few annuals to send to my nieces and nephews in the mail. I tried to pick things they're into, and one of my nieces, aged 7, is completely Lego Mad.

I bought the Lego annual and when I got it home and leafed through, I was disappointed to see that it is aimed pretty much entirely at boys.

I fully accept that Star Wars, Ninjas, trucks and football should not be considered 'boy things', but it's hard to think that there was a thought given to Lego-loving girls when the 'which Legoland resident are you?' page asks a series of questions that lead to four possible answers:

Policeman (with a beard)
Firefighter (with a beard)
Pilot (male, wearing a suit and tie)
Railwayman (with a beard)

All the little Lego-person characters on the front are male, too (with the highly unlikely possible exception of the astronaut, who is in a full space suit).

Let's not pretend they're not leaving the girls out.

Yeah, exactly what I mean cloudydays.

Why can't they create and include more female figurines? Will boys really recoil in horror if half the characters are women?

Good post cloudydays.

For anyone who cares, LEGO is always spelled in all capital letters and is considered a non-counting noun (like sheep or fish) and therefore does not need an 'S' on the end. It is LEGO bricks, LEGO sets or LEGO pieces or just LEGO, but never Lego or Legos. Thank you.

My dh (flemish) always says "Legos';

it makes my teeth itch!

There is tons of non-boyish Lego.

Cloudydays, I do agree that there are some ridiculously sexist Lego figures,

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I take cloudydays's point about the annual being slanted towards boys in only including represenations of boys/men, but Lego itself strikes me as being pretty balanced, certainly more so than the dreaded ELC blue/pink divide. YABU. There is tons of pink princessy stuff in almost every other shop if that's what people want

I was just googling Lego figures and I found this excellent Flickr link:

here

there are some very talented people around.

YABU. My DD has had some really lovely Lego house 3-in-1 kits. Look here or here.

Am I missing something-what is wrong with star wars and lorries for girls? I think that it is nice that they don't produce things that are thought of as 'girly'.
If you visit Legoland it would never occur to you that it is a boy's trip.