It's no secret our family has gotten big into Lego lately. While Paige has lots of Duplo, she loves playing with the regular (and much smaller) Lego. Because she's normally careful with it (as in, she doesn't try to eat it - she takes everything apart as soon as I build it for her), I don't mind her having a few small sets. We've bought her the Lego Friends sets - there's lots of controversy about these sets. They only come in more feminine colours (pink, purple, lighter shades of green, yellow and blue), and the sets themselves are "ehhhhhh" (my official review). Bakeries, lemonade stand, pool sets, etc. are the more prominent sets, however there is a drum set, karate class and a pretty neat tree house. What gets my goat is the new figures that come with them. I just don't like them. They're big, you can't really change outfits (not beyond changing the colour of their tank tops), and they don't look like Lego.
Kaeleigh recently linked to an article where a 7 year old takes Lego to task for having more "boy sets" and she wanted more girl sets that "had adventures". Kaeleigh asked if it was actually up to Lego to provide an equal number of male/female sets, or up to parents to teach their children to get more creative and invent that which we find lacking. It got me thinking - because I agree with the 7 year old (why can't I find a female firefighter set?), but also with Kaeleigh.
So tonight I ordered a few female Minifigures that I hope will help Paige's imaginative play later on - a scientist, a police officer, a surfer, a robot...thanks to EBay, I was able to "build" my own minifigs for her. Okay, and for me.
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