Slashdot Mirror
Lego To Produce Three Box Sets Featuring Female Scientists
vossman77 writes: 'According to the Chicago Tribune, "Lego will produce a limited-edition box set called Research Institute, featuring three female scientists in the act of learning more about our world and beyond." The concept received 10,000 supporters on the LEGO ideas site. Creator Ellen Kooijman writes in a blog post, "As a female scientist I had noticed two things about the available Lego sets: a skewed male/female minifigure ratio and a rather stereotypical representation of the available female figures. It seemed logical that I would suggest a small set of female mini-figures in interesting professions to make our Lego city communities more diverse." LEGO says, "The final design, pricing and availability are still being worked out, but it's on track to be released August 2014."'
Star Wars, Lord of the rings and now this ? Cmon Lego, you can do better.
Time for the militant misogynistic, homophobic white guy brigade to raise hell until they're the only ones represented again.
Personally, I find the world to be much more interesting when it is populated with different, interesting people who aren't exactly like me in every way. I'm also a Crazy Person, so that might just be me.
Try not to take me more seriously than I take myself.