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Lego is celebrating some of the amazing women of NASA with new set of figures

76 points by endswapper 9y ago

radley 9y ago
I wonder if it was inspired by this web comic: http://seasonaldepressioncomic.com/comic/lego-friends-2/ http://seasonaldepressioncomic.com/comic/lego-friends-2/
- katamaritaco 9y ago
  I'm not sure about that, but this kit comes from the Lego Ideas suggestion created in January 2016. https://ideas.lego.com/projects/388ddbe3-2f0a-42fb-9f54-93bf3b5f4fe9 https://ideas.lego.com/projects/388ddbe3-2f0a-42fb-9f54-93bf...
- olavk 9y ago
  That comic is rather missing the mark. "Lego Friends" is definitely not intended for grown-ups nostalgic about Lego. But this set is definitely intended for adults, since they are designed as showpieces.
sekh60 9y ago
Will the women all have lipstick like in the female scientist set?
nether 9y ago
Most girls I've found are really into the ghosts and ghouls sets. Actually, even among adult women I've noticed a heightened interest/enjoyment in talking about paranormal/scary phenomena. I have no idea why.
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komali2 9y ago
Aww, no Christa McAuliffe? I used to go to an elementary school named after her. The principal was well enough into space stuff that he managed to get a bunch of the local amateur stargazers to donate their telescopes for a stargazing night. I got to see the rings of saturn for the first time at age 7, it was awesome :) Wish there was a lego piece for her, she was the perfect link between youth education and space. I wonder if NASA would ever consider sending another teacher into space. Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christa_McAuliffe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christa_McAuliffe
- smallworld99 9y ago
  Hey, I had a friend who went to that same school! We had an econ class in high school that had trivia at the beginning of every class. One day, the answer to a cryptic question was Christa McAuliffe. I asked my friend how on earth he knew that and he mentioned that he used to go to a school named after her. Is it in Green Bay, WI?
  - komali2 9y ago
    Haha yup. Well, Bellvue but it's probably the same city by now. Small world. Glad your friend escaped Green Bay as well ;)
    - smallworld99 9y ago
      Oh, unfortunately he did not, but I did. :) Michigan now, though, so not too far.

76 points by endswapper 9y ago

I wonder if it was inspired by this web comic: http://seasonaldepressioncomic.com/comic/lego-friends-2/ http://seasonaldepressioncomic.com/comic/lego-friends-2/

katamaritaco 9y ago
I'm not sure about that, but this kit comes from the Lego Ideas suggestion created in January 2016. https://ideas.lego.com/projects/388ddbe3-2f0a-42fb-9f54-93bf3b5f4fe9 https://ideas.lego.com/projects/388ddbe3-2f0a-42fb-9f54-93bf...
olavk 9y ago
That comic is rather missing the mark. "Lego Friends" is definitely not intended for grown-ups nostalgic about Lego. But this set is definitely intended for adults, since they are designed as showpieces.

sekh60 9y ago

Will the women all have lipstick like in the female scientist set?

nether 9y ago

Most girls I've found are really into the ghosts and ghouls sets. Actually, even among adult women I've noticed a heightened interest/enjoyment in talking about paranormal/scary phenomena. I have no idea why.

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komali2 9y ago

Aww, no Christa McAuliffe? I used to go to an elementary school named after her. The principal was well enough into space stuff that he managed to get a bunch of the local amateur stargazers to donate their telescopes for a stargazing night. I got to see the rings of saturn for the first time at age 7, it was awesome :) Wish there was a lego piece for her, she was the perfect link between youth education and space. I wonder if NASA would ever consider sending another teacher into space. Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christa_McAuliffe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christa_McAuliffe

smallworld99 9y ago
Hey, I had a friend who went to that same school! We had an econ class in high school that had trivia at the beginning of every class. One day, the answer to a cryptic question was Christa McAuliffe. I asked my friend how on earth he knew that and he mentioned that he used to go to a school named after her. Is it in Green Bay, WI?
- komali2 9y ago
  Haha yup. Well, Bellvue but it's probably the same city by now. Small world. Glad your friend escaped Green Bay as well ;)
  - smallworld99 9y ago
    Oh, unfortunately he did not, but I did. :) Michigan now, though, so not too far.