tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281784801217494451.post7706805153048876863..comments2023-10-24T01:33:37.171-07:00Comments on WHO CAN STAND: Is it wrong for LEGO to market to girls?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944269054864066543noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281784801217494451.post-27310709624851256882014-02-01T09:49:18.652-08:002014-02-01T09:49:18.652-08:00Good point Amy. As a kid I had mostly regular bloc...Good point Amy. As a kid I had mostly regular blocks to begin with (same reasons, frugality) but later on started receiving some of the fancier sets for Christmas. In the end I preferred the regular blocks as they allowed more freedom for design.<br />- AndrewAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12944269054864066543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281784801217494451.post-9213203357585261112014-02-01T09:48:33.339-08:002014-02-01T09:48:33.339-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12944269054864066543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281784801217494451.post-21503608854312375962014-02-01T09:43:13.935-08:002014-02-01T09:43:13.935-08:00Bang on Carrie. I think the two main issues are n...Bang on Carrie. I think the two main issues are not related to whether there is "girly" Lego, but that it is supposedly such a bid deal, and more importantly, that it is over-sexualized.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12944269054864066543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281784801217494451.post-63163110526846652722014-01-24T09:51:06.880-08:002014-01-24T09:51:06.880-08:00They've had "girly" lego and duplo b...They've had "girly" lego and duplo blocks for 20 years now - they had them when I was a kid!<br /><br />That said, I can get their point. I wouldn't buy the "girly" version for my girls - not because girls "should" be more like boys or anything or because gender differences don't matter (they do), but because the original blocks are satisfyingly gender neutral. You can buy one set of blocks for the whole family to play with - regardless of gender. It's the WAY the blocks get played with that reveal the differences in interest and personality of the child. As a girl I would usually use our duplos to build houses. My brother preferred to build towers and then knock them over. Same toy, same colors, but played with in different ways because we were different kids (part of which was the difference in our genders). I wouldn't make a feminist case out of it (I don't care that much) - it's more that it's just cheaper to have one set of legos and/or duplos that everyone can and will play with. The market forces of frugality make me think that the "girly" versions of the building blocks are a waste of money. Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420913955552996515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281784801217494451.post-67182874562376827112014-01-21T09:50:40.480-08:002014-01-21T09:50:40.480-08:00Previously, when I was in college the feminist com...Previously, when I was in college the feminist complained that there weren't things for girls. Either way they're screwed. Perhaps if we stopped making an issue of everything we might have more personal peace. Just a suggestion to the hardcore feminist;)Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02042020627507603840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281784801217494451.post-43278535124156873932014-01-20T04:55:22.061-08:002014-01-20T04:55:22.061-08:00Spot on, Stephanie! Spot on, Stephanie! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com