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TIL that in January 2014, a seven-year-old girl named Charlotte Benjamin wrote a letter to Lego, pointing out the lack of female characters compared to male ones. A few months later, in June 2014, Lego introduced a "Research Institute" set showcasing female scientists, which quickly sold out.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 90 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That wasn't an issue when I was a kid and they all looked like this:

Is that a man chef? A lady chef? Who knows? They all have the vacant smiley face. Even the astronaut one after you throw his (or her) space ship against the wall.

That said, they weren't "minifigures" at the time, they were Lego men. Even the obvious female ones were Lego men. This is a lady Lego Man:

...although it could be a hippy man Lego man.

[–] ravhall@discuss.online 66 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It’s important that we make sure girls know they have to wear dresses and have long hair and boobs.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not into long boobs but you do you.

[–] ravhall@discuss.online 11 points 2 months ago

Get out of here, Oxford! ;)

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

There were ones that unambiguously looked like women but the proportions of the Lego minifig are so unfeminine that they were quite ugly.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 6 points 2 months ago

To be fair, they are quite unmasculine too. Inhuman, one might say.

[–] Graphy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Idk dawg, flat chested buff ladies are where it’s at.