Certain people and groups thereof will always be eager to throw around the "X is discriminating against us!" sob story. As LEGO more or less stated - if they have an issue with the building's design and characters inside, perhaps a more reasonable entity to lay blame on would be Lucasfilm (for the record, I don't agree with their argument either way).

It's a pretty fallacious argument, especially when you consider the fact that this isn't even Islamic architecture - it's a former East Orthodox Christian basilica that was captured and converted to a mosque.

Racist, no. Sexist, yes.
Also, the entire culture of Tatooine was sort of based on North African and Arab culture because, well, they filmed it in Tunisia and stuff. There even is a city in Tunisia called Tatouïne or something like that. And of course all cultures have negative and positive aspects. eh. Pretty much everything there is to be said has already been said so I will stop talking now.

This is only slightly less ridiculous than the racism claim.

The majority of LEGO fans are male, hence it only makes sense that LEGO targets them the most.  While Friends may be deliberately targeting girls, girls are under no obligation whatsoever to buy Friends sets if they don't want to and are free to purchase any LEGO set they want.  Besides, some of LEGO's new Friends sets feature Karate practice, flying aeroplanes, soccer/football, and performing magic tricks, which, as far as I'm aware, are nowhere near "stereotypical girly activities".

Incidentally, this blogger falls into the same trap as the group making the racism claims in the original article.  If this blogger has a beef about female leads being under-represented in films with which LEGO has a license, surely she (I'm assuming the blogger is female) should take this up with the studios who made said films, instead of LEGO? 

Also worth pointing out is the fact that the LEGO Justice League figures are custom and haven't been officially made by LEGO. Even though LEGO has made a set with Wonder Woman in it, this still puts a huge dent in the blog's credibility.  And again, if she has a problem with the way Wonder Woman dresses, why not take it to DC Comics (who almost certainly have manufactured other Wonder Woman toys) instead of slamming LEGO for it?

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NOthing wrong with Lego studies.  But the studies are only generalizations.  In general, boys are into construction and girls are into nurturing activities.  It's only because of a difference in our biochemistry, and nothing is wrong with that.  But Lego never meant to imply that ALL boys or girls fit into these categories.

After I had finished reading that article, I found an ad on it that said, in bold letters, 'Glasses actually harm your vision; click here for a cheap alternative'.

I'm having a hard time being outraged because I'm laughing so hard, oh God help.

Updated news article. The Turkish Islamists have won this case. Lego has agreed to withdraw this set and will stop making it in 2014. So if you want one, buy it now.

Whatever next !!!

Pritchard, #3, the problem with courts today is that not all of them are sane.

That's hilarious xD