The US is really weird when it comes to gender roles. When I was growing up Legos were gender-neutral, and by the time I was in college it seems like Legos were gender-coded. And there were almost no girl lego people :(<p>The color-coding is not my thing but might be subversive enough to help it get through to girls who are enforcing pinkness on themselves and others.<p>Three things (I'd like to see):
* ship extensions with Raspberry Pi or Arduino integration! How cool would it be if your fan went on only when it's hot or the roman shades went down when it got sunny?
* make a little solar panel kit extension for real, so on a sunny day you can have a solar-powered dollhouse.
I don't know. It feels kind of pink lego to me (the marketing successes of which aren't lost here). When my daughter (now 2) gets just _this_ much bigger, I'll probably find myself showing her Adafruit.<p>To be clear, I don't have a problem with the product itself... more that it's clearly pushing itself exclusively toward girls. My son would _love_ this thing.
That's a strange name. It reminds me of ruminant[1], but maybe it's because I'm a not a native English speaker.<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruminant" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruminant</a>
Girls can do wonders with duct tape, craft sticks, paper, scissors, clay, pipe cleaners, and blocks. I am sure boys are good at it too. These toy sets are almost a step back from the crafts.
Instead of wasting money on this sexist crap, build a real dollhouse with your kids from scratch. The process involves the whole family and has interesting parts for any gender.