I loved playing with LEGOs when I was a kid. In fact, I personally still fantasize about investing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Falling Waters LEGO kit even as a semi-adult.  But the gender neutral toy has taken a turn for the gender specific in the last several years, focusing more on action figures for boys and princesses for girls.

Well, no more! This week LEGO announced it was joining the advocates of female STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) by launching their Women in Science LEGO sets.

The final results feature The Research Institute comprising the labs of the Astronomer, the Paleontologist, and the Chemist:

How did something like this come to pass? The awesomeness of the internet. Last year an online campaign was started and check out the tweets the campaign got in just 24 hours:

Here are several other designs that were up for consideration as well that LEGO should totally make happen: