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Girls and Legos: With its new “Friends” line, Lego sets off a gender firestorm
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| January 15, 2012
| Lisa Davis
Posted on 01/15/2012 2:04:39 PM PST by NYer
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To: NYer
I’m not sure I see the problem here. If she wants to play with regular Lego models and pieces - DO IT. The new ones are for those who don’t want to play with what’s already out there. Sheesh!
Seems this woman was just sitting in her room looking for something to be offended by so she could wave her arms and throw a tantrum.
To: NYer
I’m not sure I see the problem here. If she wants to play with regular Lego models and pieces - DO IT. The new ones are for those who don’t want to play with what’s already out there. Sheesh!
Seems this woman was just sitting in her room looking for something to be offended by so she could wave her arms and throw a tantrum.
To: NYer
I’m not sure I see the problem here. If she wants to play with regular Lego models and pieces - DO IT. The new ones are for those who don’t want to play with what’s already out there. Sheesh!
Seems this woman was just sitting in her room looking for something to be offended by so she could wave her arms and throw a tantrum.
To: Magnatron
Wow, posting from an iPad can do some crazy things I guess.
To: BfloGuy
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posted on
01/15/2012 4:34:58 PM PST
by
NathanR
To: NathanR
Yes but who would want to play with a toy called “Lice”?
To: Yardstick
Yes but who would want to play with a toy called “Lice”?
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posted on
01/15/2012 4:52:52 PM PST
by
null and void
(Day 1089 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
To: NYer
Honestly, what I would give for the days people didn’t have an embolism over such silly things.
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posted on
01/15/2012 4:59:51 PM PST
by
RWB Patriot
("My ability is a value that must be purchased and I don't recognize anyone's need as a claim on me.")
To: RWB Patriot
What I would give if only they actually would have a real embolism!
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posted on
01/15/2012 5:02:51 PM PST
by
null and void
(Day 1089 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
To: Right Wing Assault
Boys get to have toys in any color but pink and purple and pastels. Girls can’t have toys in any color but pink and purple and pastels. Many years back, Lionel created a pink locomotive in an attempt to create a train that appealed to girls. It appealed to neither boys nor girls. It does, however, appeal to collectors!
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posted on
01/15/2012 5:03:29 PM PST
by
6SJ7
(Meh.)
To: null and void
51
posted on
01/15/2012 5:14:37 PM PST
by
Shimmer1
(Navy Mom)
To: NYer
When I was a boy, I was partial to Erector sets. They had Legos back then too but I don't remember them being as popular.
My sons preferred Lego when they were younger and for years, I'd step on a Lego piece left of the floor in the middle of the night - very painful!
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posted on
01/15/2012 5:17:10 PM PST
by
SamAdams76
(I am 23 days away from outliving Marty Feldman)
To: NathanR
“Cooties” are actually lice.Yes, I knew that.
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posted on
01/15/2012 5:20:50 PM PST
by
BfloGuy
(The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment.)
To: NYer
For AFOLs - adult fans of LEGO - here’s the site to get acquainted with:
Www.bricklink.com
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posted on
01/15/2012 6:02:38 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: NYer
I dunno. I kinda like these new girl legos.
To: NYer
what?
Where is the one shaped like sandwiches?
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posted on
01/15/2012 7:08:41 PM PST
by
FunkyZero
(... I've got a Grand Piano to prop up my mortal remains)
To: NYer
That woman posting on the Lego site is going to be really upset when she sees this picture...
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posted on
01/15/2012 7:22:32 PM PST
by
rlmorel
("A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." Winston Churchill)
To: skinkinthegrass
Lincoln logs, the original legos. :) I grew up (err...to the extent I was ever going to) in the North.
In grade school a teacher said that in the South they sold them as "Pioneer Logs."
(Although I have lived the greater part of my life in the Southwest and the South, I have not found any corroboration of this.)
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posted on
01/15/2012 7:43:09 PM PST
by
Erasmus
(Rage, rage, against the dying of the light. Or, get out your 50mm/1.2.)
To: NYer
“Hey Lego!” shouted one commenter on the company’s Facebook page. “I’m a girl and I don’t like your new Lego Friends set. I think it promotes ridiculous gender stereotypes that damage little girls everywhere. 
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posted on
01/15/2012 7:47:09 PM PST
by
Tribune7
(Vote Perry)
To: who knows what evil?
Think of it as evolution in action.
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posted on
01/15/2012 7:48:05 PM PST
by
Erasmus
(Rage, rage, against the dying of the light. Or, get out your 50mm/1.2.)
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