Seems Mums don't play with Lego...

[EduCated]

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

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?

curious/procrastinating exactly you may as well cover your carpet in nails...god I hate it. Child is obsessed

BlueSky But you don't hate it because you're a Mum. You hate it because you're misguided you

Procrastinating Fri 15-Nov-13 20:56:04
Is lego friends easier to do than normal lego?

Yes. This is one of the reason those of us who oppose the gendering of toys hate Lego Friends with such a passion. It's pink and "easier" so poor little fluffy-headed girls can play with it too.

Makes me so angry.

I actually wrote on the Lego FB page about their new ad the other day. It's a lovely sentiment, as long as they make a matching one about mums and daughters, who are NOT playing with Lego Friends, but with Real Lego.

Because otherwise it just further reinforces the idea that "regular" Lego is only for boys, and girls get pushed to the side to play with the second rate pink crap.

PS, I played with little else other than Lego as a child, and I rock at it!

I wish there were more girl mini figures that came with sets. We have a load of firemen / other workers (men natch) in a variety of races. They all arrived with the bricks to make buildings etc. But if I want a girl I have to buy an individual girl.

Actually I found the cartoon film at lego land rather sexist. Very much one "smurfette" in a land of male characters.

So yeah, come to think of it, lego sucks. I was honestly going to buy some for Christmas but now I won't! For boys or girls!

Stop gender stereotyping Lego campaign!

Bought DD a horrid history board game about the Romans - she is mad on Romans at the moment and can see her and my father (ex history teacher) really enjoying this one on Christmas morning. Yet the blurb on amazon all about how "boys will enjoy this game", "great for boys to plot their battle strategy" etc. DD loves that stuff. Suppose I am supposed to buy her the pink glittery nail varnish instead