If you’re new to the LEGO hobby, one of the first things most want to do is create a signature minifigure (sigfig) of themselves. We wondered, how easy is that to do, especially if you’re a woman, or person of colour? To answer, we (or rather, our interns) looked at… Continue reading
Using Brickset, LEGO Designer videos, instruction booklet features, LinkedIn and Google, we’ve begun compiling a list of women LEGO creatives and designers and the products they’ve worked on. Some of these designers have created and maintained their own set lists at Brickset which is why their numbers are (currently) higher and more complete. We would love your assistance in making this list more comprehensive! Continue reading
by Stephanie Taylor In the first half of our Disney Princess analysis, we looked at Disney Princess sets. We conclude the analysis by taking a closer look at characters in these sets and how they’ve been portrayed in minidoll form. After looking at the sets themselves, the second category… Continue reading
by Stephanie Taylor As a building toy that generally markets towards children, it makes perfect sense that LEGO would want to partner with Disney. Afterall, Walt Disney himself said “I make them [films] for the child in all of us”, which is eerily similar to one of LEGO’s most recent… Continue reading
Four to one. That’s the ratio of male to female actors included in the June 2020 analysis of “Which Actor has the most minifigures?” on Brickset. The article profiles actors, both live action and voice, who have more than two minifigures of themselves as any character they’ve played. According to… Continue reading
In a previous article, we looked at people of color (POC) intellectual property (IP) minifigures. Next, we will be looking at how gender is treated in IP minifigures. IP minifigures are usually marketed as parts of sets in our favorite stories such as Star Wars or Harry Potter, so we… Continue reading
For most of LEGO’s time creating IP (intellectual property) minifigures, they have been the only figures that were in human skin tones, as all other LEGO minifigures are built with the classic LEGO yellow skin. Because these IP minifigs are the only source of skin toned LEGO figures and because… Continue reading
By Emelyn Chiang Introduced in 2012, LEGO minidolls are more intricate versions of the classic LEGO minifigure. They also are more expensive than LEGO minifigures, and fewer minidolls are included in sets of equal value when compared to sets with minifigures. We did a deep dive into the price disparity of… Continue reading
Catalogs are published once or twice a year, and especially avid LEGO users can subscribe to the Club Magazines. Catalogs enable users to connect to the LEGO world and keep up to date on exciting sets, like the newest Ninjago or Star Wars collections. LEGO also uses the catalogs as… Continue reading
As discussed in the last CMF based article, there is an unequal representation of female and male CMFs. Previously, we looked at the character categories of work and number of male and female minifigs, but the unequal representation extends even deeper than that. When looking at the accessories that different… Continue reading
