So how sexist IS Lego, in your opinion? There seem to be pitifully few lady Lego figures

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We noticed because dd is having a Lego party, and we bought the boxed set of 30 Community Workers, almost all of whom appear to be male. OK, some of them may be women with short hair, or with hair neatly piled up under helmets, etc, but I reckon we only got 2 long-haired people in the whole bunch.

Dd is only inviting girls to this party, and the female figures will be in high demand. Any thoughts on how to get hold of more? We live too far from a Lego store to visit before the party, and the ebay sets I've been looking at are mostly male figures. Any sets you know of which have lots of identifiable females? City Lego is very male dominated

Good grief, Cariadfrau, that sounds like Lego heaven - lucky you! Xxoddball, we've ruled out MK as too far, sadly, but thanks anyway.

Bit of a hijack ...

My DS is 8 and LOVES lego ... We are coming to England in June ... never been to Legoland ... should we try to go? Is it really brill and worth it?

Back to OP .. yes, Lego is hugely sexist ... the only 'girly' lego I have ever seen is that incredibly insipid and crap pink and purple castly that takes no thought to put together ... I know my friend's daughter was very disappointed with that.
DD is 4 and just plays with DS's lego ... I do wish there were some good sets that were a little more geared to girls without being vomit worthy pink ...

I think Legoland is fab, although I would say your ds is nearly too old to enjoy it to the full - some of the rides will be too childish for him. 8 is probably just in time; my ds refused to go at 12.

I think it's a pleasant place for adults to wander round. Like all these places, of course, it costs an arm and a leg. The theatre shows are good; plan to get to the theatres in good time to get a seat near the front.

I've just looked at the box that the community workers came in - it's labelled 'Lego Education'. Pretty poor education, I'd say - even the doctor shown on the box has a very male haircut, and you can't say there aren't many women doctors.

Edam - have just discovered the Pick a Brick area on the Lego website, where you can get windows and doors. Plus there is a choice of Lego Basic boxes, with just bricks in different colours. Pick a Brick is also where you can get ponytail wigs, heads with lipstick, and torsos with necklaces