LEGO has produced over 3500 different minifigure heads over the past 44 years (1978-2022), and yet it may still be difficult to find one that looks like you– representing your skin tone, gender, age, and the emotion you are feeling at any given time. In this analysis we explore the… Continue reading
We’ve got exciting news! WBI has been asked to provide the street parade in the World Explorer Zone of LEGO House! We can’t think of a better reason for a contest! Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to build a parade float. The space in the World… Continue reading
Breaking news: Now recruiting for contributors! Interested in getting more involved in the LEGO community, particularly around diversity, equity, and inclusion? WBI is looking for contributors in all aspects of our outreach – including research, social media work, member recruitment/retention, and more! Help us demonstrate our motto: Clutch holds more… Continue reading
Part 1 of this discussion presents an overview of cultural representation within LEGO Minifigures, exploring the distributions by region, gender, and flesh tone color for minifigs that are explicitly inspired by a specific culture. Part 1 also provides background on the data collection and categorization processes. In Part 2, we… Continue reading
When LEGO creates minifigs, they are by default assumed to be white individuals of Western European descent. However, there have been numerous themes and sets over time in which some or all of the minifigs are explicitly created to represent individuals of a specific culture or geographic region. For example,… Continue reading
As touched upon in our previous articles (link to the articles), we noticed that male is considered the default gender in LEGO minifigs. Given that we found a number of neutral heads without any gender-identifiable keywords associated with them, an interesting question that follows is, are neutral heads actually ‘neutral’?… Continue reading
A significant number of LEGO minifigures are created to represent characters from TV series or films. LEGO has been creating Star Wars minifigs since 1999, and has created a total of 1,276 as of July 2022. In [Part 1], we analyzed the relationship between screen time, gender, and number of… Continue reading
A significant number of LEGO minifigures are created to represent characters from TV series or films. LEGO has been creating Star Wars minifigs since 1999, and has created a total of 1,276 as of July 2022. Some characters have many minifigs, while others do not have any. In some cases,… Continue reading
LEGO had a great year in 2022 for equity and inclusion. As part of WBI’s year end tradition, we’re pleased to share our 2022 Top Ten LEGO list for Equity and Inclusion. It’s been such a good year that some of our perennial suggestions (such as the Chinese New Year… Continue reading
Throughout all of the articles written so far, we have researched many sets- from the past, present, and future. We realized we never have written about the sets we objectively think are the best. Thousands of sets exist, and after sifting through them we have compiled a list of our… Continue reading
