faunablues

Do you get many girls interested in the non-girly legos, or is it pretty much Lego Friends and nothing else?

Ha, that's really cool. I asked because we bought a Lego Friends thing for a friend's daughter, and before then I didn't even know it existed. I... I might have gotten the inventor set for myself as well. ALL THE SCIENCEY THINGS, OMG

I agree it would be nice to see it branch out a little more into general kids things, but I guess it's a hard line to walk with girl's toys, being surprisingly traditional, or even if more "modern" have a very "girly" twist to them (i.e., a doctor play set with glitter, hearts, and pink all over the goddamn place). The balance between girly and "progressive"(though not really, more just realistic...) I think is shown pretty well by the heartlake vet set. It's girly because it's about animals and taking care of them, but you've also got the science aspect and a woman being the doctor (also looks like secretary, but whatever). Anyway, I like what they've done with it so far, speaking as a formerly frustrated girl who wanted better toys :)

huh, i read some similar stuff online. I was surprised, because tbh I'm a feminist too and I thought the toy line was great. It's "for girls" but is a bit more progressive than the other common things out there. You can't really make a very progressive toy without any stereotypical frills and expect it to work; girls are gravitated towards that kind of stuff because it's "for girls," advertised to them, popular with their peers, etc. I think Lego went reasonably far while still having it be a traditionally appealing item.

Sincerely, 25 year old now collecting girly legos

yes, that little wall•e-like robot. I admit though, it was the wee microscope and Erlenmeyer flask that got me.