Lego's 'Women of NASA' sale lifts off, lands as best-selling toy

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Source: CNN

(CNN) Skyrocketing sales has landed Lego's new "Women of NASA" play set as Amazon's No. 1 best-selling toy in just 24 hours.

Astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, computer scientist Margaret Hamilton, and astronauts Sally Ride and Mae Jemison, the four women who played vital roles in the US space program are now immortalized in a 231-piece Lego set, accompanied by three builds illustrating their areas of expertise.

The set went on sale Wednesday morning, at a price of $24.99, and it quickly sold out on Amazon, creating great positive feedback on social media under #WomenofNASA.

"Women of NASA" was first pitched to Lego Ideas in 2016 by Maia Weinstock, deputy editor of MIT News, under the headline "Ladies rock outer Space."

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/02/health/women-of-nasa-lego-trnd/index.html?sr=twCNN110217women-of-nasa-lego-trnd0808PMStory

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1. K&R

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2. Thanks for info!!

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3. K&R

Our girls were pumped by this and they’re teenagers!! Even my youngest, a boy who is 8, thought it was cool!

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4. Suggestion: Legos ought to add a Claudia Alexander set.

Claudia Alexander was often seen as a spokesperson for the Galileo mission to Jupiter as well as her position as project manager and scientist to the European Rosetta mission to Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Sadly, she died after a ten year battle with breast cancer on July 11, 2015.

I remember her often when I think of those missions and how Dr. Alexander brought the science so clearly to the public, not to ignore her incredible work to make them so successful.



She was incredible and will be sadly missed by so many.

Here is a sample, an interview:

This is a person who rolled 18 on charisma and intelligence. We all wish that she would have also rolled 18 on constitution.


Nevertheless, for Claudia Alexander!

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7. Thank you for adding this...

off to read more!

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5. Bought mine!

The limit is two so one for me, one for my little niece. They also did a women in science set a couple years ago.

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6. Just ordered one for my 5 yo grandaughter

for Christmas. Thanks for posting.