victory! lady scientist lego minifig arrives

After the pleas (1, 2, 3) and the tease, we will finally have, beginning next month, an official female scientist LEGO minifigure! The "Scientist" fig will appear as part of Series 11, which is set to hit shelves on September 1st in the United States.

Here is the description from the LEGO website:

SCIENTIST: I wonder what will happen if I put THIS together with THAT... The brilliant Scientist’s specialty is finding new and interesting ways to combine things together. She’ll spend all night in her lab analyzing how to connect bricks of different sizes and shapes (she won the coveted Nobrick Prize for her discovery of the theoretical System/DUPLO® Interface!), or how to mix two colors in one element. Thanks to the Scientist’s tireless research, Minifigures that have misplaced their legs can now attach new pieces to let them swim like fish, slither like snakes, and stomp around like robots. Her studies of a certain outer dimension have even perfected a method for swapping body parts at will!

Kudos to LEGO for making her official name "Scientist" instead of adding "Lady" or "Woman" as it has done for certain other female figures (for example, "Lady Robot" in the same series). I must admit, I'm a little disappointed with the stereotypical glasses... But suffice it to say, this fig is a major step in the right direction.

In other female scientist minifig news, the CUUSOO Female Minifigure Set petition has racked up the requisite 10,000 upvotes for an official review by the folks at LEGO. Fingers crossed that these mini-sets will also eventually see the light of day! ∞

Photo by hermipad on Flickr

do the right thing

My Dear Lego,

Now you're just messing with me. A few months ago, prototype designs for the upcoming Series 10 minifigures were released leaked to the public. I was happy as a clam to find out there would not only be a Maia-the-Bee lookalike but we'd also finally get a female scientist! All was right in Lego-land.


In the end, however, you turned the scientist into a librarian. To be sure, librarians are awesome. But............


You *might* be able to redeem yourselves. Numerous sources suggest you will be releasing a scientist, for real, in Series 11. (Gender as yet unspecified.)

For the love of the FSM, please do the right thing.

yours very truly,
20tauri