Back in April, I shared the news that Lego was bringing out some inclusive Lego – and hoped that it would soon be available in Australia, or at least here in time for Christmas. I think showing our kids how diverse human life can be is a great start for making our society more tolerate and happy.
Well, yesterday, I was in our local shops with my kids so we had to visit the Lego aisle. And to my delight, I spotted a Lego playing in the park set*.
Inclusive Lego is now available in Australia!
As you can see from the box, this set includes:
- a child in a wheelchair
- a man pushing a baby in a pram
- a man playing in the park with kids
- a woman mowing lawns
- a woman painting
And it wasn’t just me who liked this set.
My eight year old son was happy about the wheelchair and bike, and said he wants this set.
My fifteen year old daughter loved it – her own words were that it is great to see inclusive Lego and it was her who noticed the women working and a man caring for children. She nearly bought it for herself and left thinking about getting it next time…
My six year old was over the moon about there being a baby and a pram (she is obsessed with babies, as noted in her preference for a baby Lego advent calendar!)
I am proud my kids appreciated the value of this set – I might just have to give it as a combined Christmas present this year!
Would you look for this set to give any Lego fans in your life?
* I still can’t find this set online in Australia, but hopefully it will come to Aussie online toy stores soon, too.o
It’s almost Christmas, and I would love to get more ideas on what to get the kids in our family. Is there such a guide here on this site?
Not really Clair, but I’d be happy to help suggest ideas 🙂
I do have some ideas and things started, but I just need the time to get them finished!
Legos are always awesome gifts as kids love to play with them. The best thing is to ask the kids directly what they want us to ask Santa for them. 🙂
Lego is great in so many ways, I think. I always get my kids to write letters to Santa so he has a better idea of what they would like – one year, my then-two year old asked for a lizard from Santa which is probably not something Santa or I would have thought of, lol, but Santa gave her a packet of plastic lizards and she was so excited!
I have also loved helping at our kinder when the kids write to Santa – the letters and requests are often fun!
That’s a really good idea, but it’s not as tradition in my family to write the letter to Santa. One of us does dress like Santa to deliver the gifts and it’s magical to look at the kids eyes at those moments when they are receiving a gift directly from “Him”. 😀
That would be a lovely sight, oportosanto 🙂
Writing letters to Santa is very common in Australia and can be a lot of fun!
🙂
Last Christmas two of the kids asked for footballs and a third one started to ask Santa (in the case it was me) if he could also have one. It was a little heart breaking, but I had no more… 🙂
Oh, what a pity!
Well that is great for those kids way down under. I am sure that they are loving it, and I know that they are safe and sound down there.
Thanks Larry! I assume it is already available in many other parts of the world…
These are some cool Lego sets. I haven’t seen this for myself up in Canada. Is it an Australian exclusive? It looks like the set is also trying to break gender stereotypes. For example, the women painting and mowing the lawn.
I’m pretty sure they were released in the US months ago, eduguy, but I’m not exactly sure where else they have been launched. A quick look on the Lego site shows it is available in Canada for about $50 CAD.