And then I started a sentence with, "some people think Lego is for boys, and some people think science is for boys," and she rolled her eyes and interrupted with, "Mom, *everybody* thinks that."
Decades ago, the guy who invented Legos was pretty clear that they were supposed to have universal appeal. Boy or girl, Lego was for everyone.
Then, at some point, all that changed, and pretty much everything outside the Duplo range became aimed at boys. Last Christmas, I tried to find a Lego kit (not just a bucket) that my daughter would like, and had to hunt high and low to find a lighthouse or a log cabin. Everything else was
blast 'em up!! Then I read that Lego was trying to make a line called
Friends that would appeal to girls. I thought the kits were (are), well, err, kind of stereotypically over-the-top uber-pink GIRLIE!!
You can judge for yourself.
