We researched the history of minifigures of the professions of doctor, nurse, and EMT appearing in sets under the categories of ambulance, rescue, hospital, fire, and doctor. The three main topics we were exploring were the gender divide in each set to see if gender equality tends to improve over… Continue reading
When researching repetition of heads for female versus male characters in Star Wars minifigures (see the first part of this analysis), we noticed there were several heads used for Star Wars minifigures that were used for characters in the Jurassic World Series and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Initially, our… 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. When creating a new minifig of a specific character, LEGO often chooses to create… Continue reading
What’s in a minifigure? Have a feeling you’ve seen a “new” minifigure before? Chances are you probably have. LEGO has produced over 14,000 different minifigures over the years, and each new minifigure does not always have new individual parts. Existing parts are often mixed and matched to create new minifigs.… Continue reading
by Yutong Zhang and Rose Porta What’s in a minifigure? Have a feeling you’ve seen a “new” minifigure before? Chances are you probably have. LEGO has produced over 14,000 different minifigures over the years, and each new minifigure does not have new individual parts. Existing parts are often mixed and… Continue reading
by Yutong Zhang and Rose Porta Profession representation is important in LEGO minifigures, because every profession should be valued and acknowledged equally in society. In addition, children are more likely to pursue their dreams if they can see themselves in the professions playing with toys. This prompted us to investigate… Continue reading
by Rose Porta, Kira S, and Yutong Zhang When doing social justice work, you are bound to encounter individuals who will criticize you and your work as unimportant, pointless, or even harmful or threatening. You are likely to experience criticism of your work through comments if you post content related… Continue reading
When you make a sigfig, what colour parts do you choose? The Women’s Brick Initiative (WBI) has updated the survey we conducted two years ago. Some people use yellow, some use other skin tones. Some have more than one sigfig in different colours. We published the results of the 2020… Continue reading
When examining the animals in varying LEGO sets, two different methods were used in comparing animals in sets made predominantly for girls and women and those made for predominantly boys and men. The first method is defining each animal as having “realistic” or “unrealistic” colors, based on the actual colors… Continue reading
Gender bias and discrimination could not be clearer when looking at the LEGO CMFs. Looking at and analyzing CMFs from series 1 through series 20, the representation of girls and women can be seen throughout time. In this article, we will compare and contrast the difference in names of female… Continue reading
