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Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego
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Mon, 13 Dec 1999 22:11:57 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.SPAMCAKEorg
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John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote:
> AFOLers such as Tamy, Julie KrenZILLA, and Jody, Suz, etc. as to how they
> got into LEGO. My little hypothesis is that they were mentored into LEGO.
> That is, a parent or an adult actively initiated and encouraged the child
> to play with LEGO. And, of course, being the perfect toy for boy or girl,
> the child was hooked. That is at least how *my* daughter got into LEGO. I
> don't think that she would have sought it out on her own.
Part of my frustration is that it's difficult to _find_ Lego system toys
that are generally appealing to girls. Almost all of the sets are fire
trucks, police stations, race cars, or space/castle/pirate sets, and as
someone else mentioned, all very conflict-oriented. As I've said before,
it's not that these things can't appeal to girls, but for various reasons,
they often don't as much.
> My point is this: the themes of the LEGO sets are prohibitive to capturing
> the interest of girls. Girls don't respond to conflict and aggression,
> which is basically inherent in every theme. Even town, the tamest of the
> themes, experiences robberies and accidents and emergencies with astounding
> regularity.
Exactly. So why not produce regular, non-pinkified Lego System sets which
also are non-conflict oriented. I'm sure you've all seen me rant about this
before -- schools, restaurants, shops, parks, etc. Scala and Belville have
two strikes against them in my mind -- first, they really have problems with
gender stereotypes. But more importantly, they miss out on the most
important and interesting Lego feature -- there's barely anything to build.
I have some young female relatives that I'd love to buy Lego sets for. But
it's very difficult to pick out ones I think would inspire a love of Lego.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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| TLC has produced some non-conflict sets, the one that comes to my mind is 6595 'Surf Shack'. I somewhat suspect that this set was sort of a prototype-Paradisa set, although without the pink. Train sets would also fall into this catagory. Ray (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) OK well an AFOL mother of a boy(2yrs) and a girl (10yrs) I guess I'm qualified to add something to this discussion. My daughter, would've actually loved the pink cutesy themed sets when she was three to five yrs old. That is when she started (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| Eric Kingsley wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> I know I'll prolly get lit up good for this, but here goes. Generally speaking, I don't see LEGO as being a toy sought out by girls. Now before you ignite the torches, let me explain. First, take an (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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