LegoMyMamma: February 2012

Samurai Winter Cottage

Samurai Winter Cottage
Originally uploaded by LegoMyMamma
Where the Samurai Mech 'may' stay sometimes.

Is she there now ... ?

Nya of NinjaGO -- She is the Samurai

NinjaGO Samurai Mech MiniFig spinner - Nya
Image copyright TLG

Set: 9448-1: Samurai Mech

The Learning Power of LEGO | Online College Tips - Online Colleges

The Learning Power of LEGO | Online College Tips - Online Colleges

Thanks to Brick Town Talk for bringing this to my attention.

Town Hall presented by Astrid - LEGO Designer

A LEGO Valentine card for my husband - by tikitikitembo

Lego Valentine stop-motion card for Matt
Originally uploaded by tikitikitembo

Female MiniFigs are equal in this set

Each year The LEGO Group creates a Community Workers set -- the female to male ratio is very equal in this 2011 version. This would be elusive truth to some people who choose to ignore facts. A few fringe hangers would rather skew the truth, re-mix other people's creations, and promote their own agenda along the way. What a sad way to make a few bucks.

Count them for yourself.

To those people online who say merely creating more MiniFigs as females will get more girls building, well, you are mistaken. Girls are way more complex than that.

To those people who contradict themselves by saying, "sets are limiting imagination" (they're meant to be re-built, using owner's imagination) and yet complain about sets not being "gender equal" somehow when they follow a canon of a specific movie or book: here's an offering by TLG which is gender equal. You probably didn't know about it because, in truth, you really don't know much about LEGO bricks -- except what's been misrepresented online by a few spammers, attention-getters, and agenda sellers.

Buckets of bricks are available everywhere! Go buy one and educate yourself.

See details of this set here.

Female Park Ranger featured in City Poster

Free poster with purchase, see link for details.

LEGO Friends airplane & boat - 2012

photo courtesy of Kocke Club
During Toy Fair in Germany. Second wave of LEGO Friends sets to be released Summer 2012.

Olivia showing her support for Alex's Lemonade Stand!

Olivia showing her support for Alex's Lemonade Stand!
Originally uploaded by LegoMyMamma
The LEGO Group, along with Toys 'R' Us joined in supporting Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation in an effort to fight childhood cancer. Kids were able to build the Lemonade Stand at their local TRU Feb 4, 2012.

TLG donated $1 to Alex's charity for each set built.

For more information on Alex's Lemonade Stand, visit: www.Alexslemonade.org
**note: Olivia mini-doll did not come with the promo set, simply added for perspective.

Lawyers Office

Lawyers Office
Originally uploaded by {YVD}

LEGO Ninjago Samurai Mech - isn't she great!

9448 — LEGO Ninjago Samurai Mech
Originally uploaded by TooMuchDew
Female Ninja!

Here is the MiniFig of Nya! View of the figure deconstructed with spinner: http://legomymamma.blogspot.com/2012/02/nya-of-ninjago-she-is-samurai.html

LEGO Friends build at event Toys 'R' Us

LEGO Friends build at event Toys 'R' Us
Originally uploaded by LegoMyMamma
The LEGO Group will donate $1 for each Lemonade stand built to support the fight against childhood cancer.

The charity for which TLG will be donating to: Alex's Lemonade Stand

Fun event and a great way to raise awareness & support for an issue no child should have to face.