Photo/LEGO The words of a 7-year-old just might have been the final push needed to make a set of female scientist LEGOs a reality. In January, a letter to the company by a little girl named Charlotte ...

Lego's new play set features its first female scientists. Available in August, the set, "Research Institute," comes with a female astronomer, chemist and paleontologist, as well as pieces to create a ...

Wearing glasses and a lab coat, and holding out two Erlenmeyer flasks, Professor C. Bodin (as her nametag reads) is Lego's first female scientist. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

File under “Everything Is Awesome”: Lego is releasing an official set of female scientist minifigs. Titled “Research Institute,” the new set is the result of fan-submitted ideas from the 2013 winter ...

New LEGO Mystery Minifigures are on the way with some surprises from iconic franchises like BIONICLE and Ninjago.

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LEGO released a brand new female scientist mini-figure on Sept. 1 as part of its Minifigure Series 11. The new female scientist is being hailed for debunking female toy stereotypes. "Let us hope that ...

Attention, girls: In addition to finding your LEGO characters trapped in castles or modeling on catwalks, you can now let them try out a couple of careers. Specifically, astronomy, paleontology, and ...