There are pirate Lego figures, cowboy Lego figures, even Lego stormtroopers. But it's taken almost 84 years for Lego to finally creatures a minifigure with a "real" (errrr, Lego) body.
At the Nuremburg and London toy fairs this week, Lego finally revealed its first ever adult minifigure in a wheelchair. While the company had previously promoted a similar toy in July as part of their Community People's set, consumers weren't so pleased. That version featured a senior citizen in a wheelchair, and some disability advocates felt that Lego was trying to sanitize disability.
The new figure is younger, hipper (cool beanie, Lego) and seemingly pretty happy with life. While it's impossible to peer into the soul of a Lego minifigure, it seems to have satisfied some activists. Organizers from the #ToyLikeMe campaign, which lobbied Lego to include more figures with disabilities, were particularly thrilled.
"We’ve got genuine tears of joy right now ... Lego has just rocked our brick-built world!” organizers wrote on their website.