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So, whosthatdog, the only valid way to be a girl is to be like a boy or to be neutral. You can't save the world and while caring about how you look? You can't use your imagination while you cook? You can't be strong while wearing pink? So, those girls (and boys for that matter) that DO like girly things are left out in the cold with no options for LEGOs that speak to their likes and their playing style?

This idea that girly/pink is worthless, silly, stupid, pathetic or whatever words I've heard bandied about in relation to this line or other girly things is deeply, deeply problematic. Even more problematic than the way toys are marketed.

I'm sorry, but if LEGO is providing more *options* then that is a good thing. Are they particularly going about it the right way? That's certainly debatable. But I like that they are including more colors. More colors = More options. More options = More awesomeness.

I had a chance to look at the new LEGO sets when I was at Target the other day. They are really cool. The inventors lab, the tree fort, and the house are fantastic toys and I would snatch them up in a heartbeat for my daughter (or son) so that they can incorporate them with my old school bricks that I kept from my childhood.

Just because something is girly doesn't make it bad, okay? Can we please stop with this nonsense?