It's finally here: the Lego set celebrating the Supreme Court's women.

Maia Weinstock, who is a Deputy Editor at MIT News, created the custom set, called it the Legal Justice League, and uploaded a set of photos to Flickr. 

The set includes the three women currently sitting on the court — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan — as well as the Court's first woman, Sandra Day O'Connor, who retired in 2006.  

On her website, Weinstock writes: 

Celebrate women in law with the Legal Justice League! For 192 years, the constitutionality of United States law was decided by men alone. Then in 1981, President Ronald Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Three women have since joined O'Connor in representing the female half of the U.S. population on the Supreme Court bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg(1993), Sonia Sotomayor (2009), and Elena Kagan (2010). 

This set of custom-designed LEGO minifigures, U.S. Supreme Court replica, and SCOTUS library/study aims to celebrate the accomplishments of women in the legal realm, and to encourage girls and women to work toward high positions in the U.S. judicial system. See additional photos on Maia's Flickr album. 

It appears that this is a custom set that is not available for purchase, but we've reached out to Weinstock just to make sure.

UPDATE: Weinstock confirmed in an email there is only one set. And, for now, there won't be more. She said she tried to add it to Lego's Ideas website, where people can vote for fan-created sets to be sold in stores, but was told by the company "that it was in violation of their rule that they don't accept sets related to 'politics and political symbols.'"  

UPDATE 2: Lego pointed us to its website, specifically point (a) in the Acceptable Project Content section of its Ideas rules section:

Projects related to the topics below do not fit our brand values and will not be approved for publication on LEGO Ideas. We will decide how a project fits these standards.

a. Politics and political symbols, campaigns, or movements

Anyway. On to the photos!

Here are the best LJL Lego images:

SEE ALSO: Amal Clooney will teach at Columbia Law School this spring

Join the conversation about this story »

NOW WATCH: This 'Fifty Shades of Grey' trailer recreated with Legos is way better than the original

Lego has often been seen as a brand on the front lines of making playtime a gender-neutral place for kids.

But moms are outraged about its latest "column" in Lego Magazine, dubbed "Emma's Beauty Tips," that shows little girls what face shape they have and what haircuts would look best with that face shape.

Sharon Holbrook, a mother, wrote for the New York Times' parenting blog, about what happened when her daughter came across Lego's hairstyle tips in its latest issue.

My 7-year-old wants to know if she has an oval face. Why? Because “oval faces can often have almost any style haircut because almost everything looks great on this face shape!” Her sudden concern with her hairstyle “looking great” comes courtesy of her new Lego Club Magazine, which included “Emma’s Beauty Tips” in the March-April 2015 Lego Club Magazine.

She is 7. My little girl, the shape of her face, and whether her haircut is flattering are none of Lego’s concern. It wasn’t even her concern until a toy magazine told her to start worrying about it.

It's an interesting editorial decision from Lego, which, in the fall of 2014, was heavily praised by media outlets when an instruction sheet from one of its 1974 toy sets appeared on Reddit.

"A lot of boys like dollhouses," it reads. "A lot of girls like spaceships."

The memo appeared all over the internet, applauding Lego for taking a bold stance nearly 40 years ago, when the idea that "boys wear blue and girls wear pink" was very much alive and accepted.

"Perhaps naïvely, I had placed a certain amount of trust in Lego and its apparently good intentions," Holbrook writes, "but I draw the line when even a construction toy company feeds my daughter that tired, toxic script of "'start fixing your appearance, and now.'"

You can read her full column here.

Join the conversation about this story »

NOW WATCH: A lawyer in Florida has come up with an ingenious way for drivers to evade drunken-driving checkpoints

Paul Hollingsworth and his daughter Hailee joined forces to recreate Jurassic Park using $100,000 in Legos. Paul has been making films with his daughter for the past few years. Animation has been a great bonding experience for the two. It has also been a way for Hailee to learn to use math in practical situations and build upon her storytelling and problem solving skills.

With the use of stop-motion, motion controlled camera rigs, after effects composition and an original score composed by Voodoo Highway, Paul and Hailee were able to put together an incredible film in just 3 months.

Video courtesy of Digital Wizards Studios

Visit digitalwizards.tv for more incredible Lego films.

Follow BI Video:On Facebook

Join the conversation about this story »

Right up there with how the gun on the original Duck Hunt game worked, why it hurts so much to step on a Lego brick is one of the questions we're asked the most, so it's high time we answered it.

As anyone who's done it knows, stepping on a Lego block is something akin to being shot in the foot by a knife soaked in wasp venom. In truth, this is an inherent danger of allowing a child to exist in your home.

While we'll never know who was the first person to step on a Lego block and curse the day Kirk Kristiansen "borrowed" the idea of Lego bricks from the patented "Kiddicraft Self-Locking Building Bricks," we can answer the question of why stepping on one of the little buggers hurts so much more than many other common household items.

The answer partially lies in how insanely sensitive to pressure, pain and practically everything else our leg-hands actually are.

The soles of the feet are one of the more sensitive areas of the human body, right up there with things like the lips, genitals, eyes and hands in terms of how sensitive to touch and pain stimuli they are.

If you're wondering why our feet need to be this sensitive, it's because our feet are constantly working to keep us balanced and the information from the nerves in them are vital for allowing the brain to adjust accordingly to keep a person from falling over.

But why is this such a major complaint of Legos and not so many other items? We mean, stepping on anything sharp and pointy is going to hurt, so why is it only Lego bricks that seem to be so often mentioned? Well, according to Lego, there are enough Lego bricks to give every person on Earth 83 bricks each.

So you're bound to come in contact with one and, unlike sharp objects, people aren't as careful to keep them off the floor; often that's where kids play with them. Just as important is that unlike many objects which tend to have some give to them when you step on them, a single standard brick of Lego can be subjected to approximately 4,240 Newtons of force before it deforms.

This means a single, lowly Lego brick can support weights in excess of 432 kilos (953 pounds) before it reaches its breaking point and compresses.

So when you step on a Lego brick on a relatively solid surface, there is nowhere for the force you've just exerted to go but right back into your foot and into the huge cluster of nerves it contains.

This is compounded by the fact that the bricks have little knobs, relatively sharp corners, and the soles of the feet are subjected to impact forces that can be equal to around 9 times our own body weight while moving; even walking slowly can produce impact forces equal to double your body weight.

For an example, a standard 2×2 Lego brick has a surface area of roughly 2.25 centimetres squared (for the sake of simplicity we'll ignore the studs, which certainly aren't going to help matters for your foot anyway). Let's say a person weighing 75 kilos (165 pounds or 734 Newtons) steps onto it.

Now, the pressure on a given object is equal to the force applied divided by the area over which it is spread (P=F/A). So even if that 75 kilo person were just standing on the Lego with one foot, rather than having their foot accelerating downward at some rate as with walking, this gives us 734 N/0.000225 m² = roughly 3,262,222 pascals of pressure!

For reference, that is roughly 32 times standard atmospheric pressure, all suddenly forcing its knobbly, unforgiving way against one of the most sensitive regions of the body.

Of course, part of the rest of your foot will ultimately support some of your weight on the floor, taking quite a bit of the pressure off once that happens.

On the flipside, your foot will be stomping at some force downward skewing things the other way significantly (as mentioned, even walking slowly, the impact force can easily equal double your body weight, let alone if you're walking quickly); so this is just a very rough calculation, that nonetheless demonstrates how stepping on a Lego brick can produce some relatively large forces on the area of the foot the Lego brick is contacting.

So, to answer the question posed, the reason stepping on a Lego brick hurts so much is a combination of how sensitive the nerves in our feet are, how much force our feet hit the ground with as we walk, and the fact that Lego bricks are extremely rigid, somewhat jagged, and small, ensuring that the force is efficiently directed back into a tiny area of your foot. May God have mercy on your soul if you step on a Lego brick that is on a tiled, rather than carpeted, floor.

CHECK OUT: The physics of Mario World show the game has a fundamental flaw

Join the conversation about this story »

NOW WATCH: This 9-year-old makes $1 million a year opening toys

This hermit crab wanders along a Puerto Rico beach with none other than a Lego-like brick as his shell.

Produced by Jason Gaines. Video courtesy of Associated Press.

Follow BI Video: On Facebook

Join the conversation about this story »

Coined "the world's first pancake printer," the PancakeBot allows you to print out pancakes into just about any design you can imagine. The printer comes with user-friendly software that allows users to design their own pancake by tracing any image right on their computer. The machine was created by civil engineer Miguel Valenzuela in 2013 originally with Legos.

The Kickstarter campaign has raised over $320,000, which is $270,000 more than the original $50,000 goal. You can get your own PancakeBot early by contributing $179 to the Kickstarter campaign. The printer is set to go for $299 upon its official release.

Video courtesy of Storebound

Click here to contribute to the Kickstarter campaign 

Follow BI Video: On Facebook

Join the conversation about this story »

If "Back to the Future 2" is to be believed, the children of 2015 see traditional video games as little more than "a baby's toy".

Lego is betting against that prediction. On Thursday it introduced a new game that brings its classic construction toys into the digital era.

Players build Lego creations in the traditional way – with plastic Lego building blocks and a set of instructions – which can then be transferred from real life to digital life. 

The game is named "Lego Dimensions," and it's the Swedish toy company's attempt to capture the highly-lucrative "games to life" category popularized by "Skylanders" and "Disney Infinity." Here's a lengthy teaser trailer from Warner Bros., the game's publisher:

Never heard of those two? If that's the case and you've got children in your life, consider yourself lucky: The wildly popular games run on nearly every game platform, from iPad to Xbox. The toys that correspond to said games quickly add up in price.

Don't just take our word for it: The company behind "Skylanders" says the franchise has amassed "more than $3 billion" at retail. That includes "240 million toys, worldwide." Parents buy the game, then they buy the toys that correspond to the game, and it snowballs from there.

If your kids want more in-game characters, there are plenty to add in – you just have to buy a new toy figure for around $10. Not exactly breaking the bank, but it can quickly add up. There are dozens of "Skylanders" toys, and a mess of even more appealing Disney-licensed toys which work with "Disney Infinity".

"Lego Dimensions" aims to replicate that model, albeit with licensed DC Comics (read: Batman) and "Lord of the Rings" characters. If your kids loved "The Lego Movie", then "Lego Dimensions" is right up their alley. How it impacts your bank account, however, is on you. 

SEE ALSO: Lego is booming

AND: Someone made Lego versions of all the women on the Supreme Court

Join the conversation about this story »

NOW WATCH: This incredible 'Jurassic Park' short used $100,000 worth of Legos

We unboxed and assembled a Lego TIE Fighter to see if it looks like the real thing. 

Produced by Joe Avella

Follow BI Video: On Facebook 

Join the conversation about this story »

Lego will be releasing its own versions of Star Wars movie posters.

The toy company has created six brilliant designs in total, recreating the original movie posters by replacing the casts of the space opera films with Star Wars character minifigs and Lego pieces.

These posters will be given to fans who will be attending the Star Wars Celebration event happening next week from April 16 through to April 19, at the Anaheim Convention Center, California.

Scroll down to have a closer look at the posters.

SEE ALSO: LEGO is booming

Join the conversation about this story »

NOW WATCH: Watch the hilarious trailer for HBO's 'Silicon Valley' one more time before it starts

It hasn't taken long, but someone has already recreated "The Force Awakens" trailer with Legos. Final Feature is a 18-year-old animator and director who specializes in Lego remakes. He completed this video in only 6 hours. Check out the stunning recreation above. 

Video courtesy of Final Feature

Follow Final Feature:On Facebook and Twitter 

Follow BI Video:On Facebook

Join the conversation about this story »

Final Feature is a 18-year-old animator and director who specializes in Lego remakes. Here's his take on the new "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice" trailer.

Video courtesy of Final Feature

Follow Final Feature: On Facebook and Twitter 

Follow BI Video: On Facebook

Join the conversation about this story »

Ever wish you lived in the Lego universe, a place of infinite possibility and no suffering (mainly because everybody's smiles are painted on)?

Fire up Brick Street View, then, and transform your city into the children's toy set, complete with blocky vehicles and plastic flora.

The whimsical take on Google Maps was created by Stockholm's Einar Öberg (the same dude who made that enchanted Urban Jungle Street View).

There are two ways to explore it. You can move around a bird's-eye-view map to see blocks of bumpy baseplates, shiny trees, and national landmarks like the Empire State Building and Eiffel Tower. Or you can drag and drop your denim-clad guide to obtain street-level views, which introduce various Lego artifacts like police cars, dead-eyed figurines, and fried egg-looking flowers.

Here are a few of the scenes I encountered during my brief sojourn in Legoville. This is Times Square:

San Francisco:

Seattle’s Space Needle:

Lego Obama:

Join the conversation about this story »

NOW WATCH: This Lego version of the 'Batman v. Superman' trailer is absolute gold

When we think about toys, some of the first brands we think about are Hasbro's Transformers or Mattel's Barbie.

Both Hasbro and Mattel are giants in the industry, each worth around $9 billion in the stock market.

But when it comes to profitability, neither comes close to LEGO.

"Struggling a decade ago, LEGO now generates more EBITDA than Mattel and Hasbro combined (as of 2014)," Goldman Sachs analysts note.

EBITDA is short for earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization. It's often referred to as operating earnings, or what's left after you subtract costs and expenses from sales.

The analysts believe that LEGO's recent success is at least party attributable to millennial parents attracted to toys that are "1) geared towards child development and 2) are levered to entertainment."

"While improved execution played a part, we believe the appeal of LEGO’s open-ended play pattern and emphasis on learning and development have made it a top choice for Millennial parents," the analyst write. "More recently, the company has embraced the industry’s movement towards entertainment properties with the 2014 release of The LEGO Movie, which grossed nearly $500mn at the box office worldwide."

LEGO is a monster.

Join the conversation about this story »

NOW WATCH: Watch these giant container ships collide near the Suez Canal

"A LEGO® BRICKUMENTARY," by Oscar-winning Director Daniel Junge and Oscar Nominated Director Kief Davidson, delves into the cultural impact of the Lego brick and the innovative uses of the toy that have sprung up all over the world. 

Video courtesy of RADiUS-TWC

Join the conversation about this story »

Just a decade ago, Lego was on the brink of bankruptcy. 

The company was facing mounting competition from internet and video games, writes Jonathan Ringen at Fast Company.

But a decade ago, Lego CEO Jørgen Vig Knudstorp began making changes that have made Lego the world's most powerful toy company. 

Here are the key changes. 

1. Cutting costs.

Executives were pouring money into unsuccessful ventures like a morning cartoon, "bigger, more macho minifigures," and Legoland theme parks.

This was draining Lego's cash reserves and distracting from product innovations.

Knudstorp began cutting costs by killing unsuccessful business ventures.

He also brought in hospitality experts to drive profits at theme parks.

2. Finding out how kids play. 

Lego was able to turn around business by exhaustively researching customers in its "Future Lab" run by scientific researchers. 

Researchers found a big difference between American and European parents, according to Ringen. 

"American parents don’t like play experiences where they have to step in and help their kids a lot. They want their kids to be able to play by themselves," Future Lab leader Anne Flemmert-Jensen told Fast Company. 

Meanwhile, European parents are more hands-on. 

"We see among European parents, it’s okay to sit on the floor and spend time with the kids," she said.

3. Playing up the educational image

Lego changed marketing so it would be seen as both a toy and an educational tool. 

This strategy has been effective.

Buying Lego's toys makes millennial parents feel like they're investing in their child's development, according to Goldman Sachs.

SEE ALSO: 25 companies revolutionizing retail

Follow Us: On Facebook

Join the conversation about this story »

NOW WATCH: This in-depth documentary reveals how LEGO has evolved into more than just a toy

Though this summer's big "Jurassic World" film is all about Chris Pratt and his dinosaur motorcycle gang, "Lego Jurassic World" is a Lego-filled romp through the entire franchise's history.

Anxious to see Dr. Ian Malcolm excitedly talk his head off? "Lego Jurassic World" is right up your alley. The game launches this June alongside the new film, and it's headed to a wide variety of platforms: Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Vita, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS and Wii .

Video Produced by Graham Flanagan, courtesy WB Games.

Follow BI Video: On Facebook

Join the conversation about this story »

Lego may be working on a "Minecraft" competitor called "Lego Worlds," according to an advertisement discovered by a member of Lego fan site Eurobricks.

The advertisement in question was found on the back of a Lego instruction booklet for Lego set 60097, "City Square," and features some artwork accompanied by the tagline "Explore. Discover. Create."

There's also a link to a website — Lego.com/Worlds— but that link brings up Lego's 404 page, so it appears the advertisement might have run before Lego had time to set the website live.

The artwork for Lego Worlds certainly looks like it could be from a "Minecraft"-style video game, and the tagline does sound similar the tagline for "Minecraft," which is "Build. Play. Explore."

Creating a "Minecraft" competitor would also make a lot of sense for Lego: "Minecraft" is often described as a sort of virtual Lego sandbox where you can build whatever you want and then explore your creation or the creations of others. The popular video game has more than 100 million registered users and has sold more than 60 million copies across PC, Mac, Xbox, PlayStation, Android, and iOS.

Lego and Minecraft have partnered in the past, with Lego creating physical box sets with "Minecraft" branding, but it looks like Lego may be ready to create a sandbox-style video game of its own.

After its smash success following its launch in 2009, "Minecraft" has become one of the best-selling video games of all time. In September 2014, Microsoft acquired Mojang, the studio behind "Minecraft," for $2.5 billion.

SEE ALSO: Use this trick to see a map of everywhere Facebook knows you and your friends have been

Join the conversation about this story »

NOW WATCH: Here's how much you have to buy to make Amazon Prime worth it

The enormously popular video game "Minecraft" is often described as "virtual LEGO." That description's going to get awkward quickly after today's announcement of "LEGO Worlds," a very similar looking LEGO-based world creation and exploration game. 

Can you tell which is which?

We can't either.

The game's publisher hilariously talks around the similarities between "LEGO Worlds" and "Minecraft" in its press release:

"Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and The LEGO Group today announced 'LEGO Worlds,' a limitless collection of procedurally generated worlds made entirely of LEGO Bricks, where players build unique environments and define their own experience. Developed by TT Games, 'LEGO Worlds' allows players to use LEGO building sets digitally so they can build and create wherever their skills and imagination roam."

In "Minecraft," players collect resources in block form, which correspond to various devices and structures that can be created. Chop down a tree to gather wood blocks; craft wood blocks into wood planks; craft wood planks into a wooden door to your wooden house (for example). Each time players start a new world, it's entirely different – the levels are "procedurally generated," which means they're randomized within a set of parameters.

In so many words, no two "Minecraft" worlds are the same.

In "LEGO Worlds," players manipulate LEGO blocks to the same ends. Each time players start a new world, it's entirely different – the levels are ... you get what we're saying. These are very similar games, albeit one has the (strong, well-respected) LEGO brand behind it.

The major difference here, aside from licensing, is the signature LEGO charm that's associated more and more with LEGO games and films these days. There are plenty of fourth wall-breaking scenes in the game's debut trailer (seen above), and goofily self-deprecating humor abounds. Moreover, world creation takes place both on the small scale (brick-by-brick) and the massive scale (whole buildings at once) – a distinct difference from how most people play "Minecraft."

And yes, the inclusion of vehicles – vehicles used in terraforming, no less – is a major difference from "Minecraft," albeit one that only the most serious "Minecraft" players will notice.

Most importantly to LEGO fans, the game's announcement notes that commercial LEGO sets will appear in-game. Don't be surprised when a LEGO version of Batman shows up and helps you build The Batcave. Fingers crossed for a LEGO version of Alfred!

"LEGO Worlds" is being released in unfinished form with a focus on community, in hopes that player feedback will lead to a better game (another nod to "Minecraft"– a concept largely popularized by the incredibly popular creation and exploration game).

That means that those most interested in "LEGO Worlds" can play the game starting today. It's already live and available for purchase on the world's largest game platform: the computer-based Steam service. You can pay $15 today and start playing "LEGO Worlds" today, in Steam's "Early Access" program – a service for releasing unfinished games on Steam ahead of an "official" launch. 

SEE ALSO: It looks like Lego is creating a 'Minecraft' competitor called 'Lego Worlds'

AND: Lego made 3 changes to become the world's most powerful toy company

Join the conversation about this story »

NOW WATCH: The trailer for Lego's 'Jurassic World' game is here and it looks like a lot of fun

Women aren't entering fields of science and math in large numbers, so LEGO is encouraging them on the minifig scale.

The trend of men dominating STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, math) has been omnipresent in the US, but not for any biological reason, many experts say. Most girls just aren't pushed in that direction.

Now the world's largest toy company wants to offer a gentle nudge, Maia Weinstock reports in Scientific American.

Last year, LEGO released a massively popular line of female scientist minifigures, or "minifigs," those modular yellow characters the company is known for.

The idea was born on the LEGO Ideas site, where fans can nominate new product lines that LEGO considers if an idea amasses at least 10,000 supporters. The end result was Research Institute, a trio comprised of a chemist, a paleontologist, and an astronomer. 

The company's new line of minifigs, released this month, includes female veterinarians, deep sea explorers, aerospace engineers, mechanics, and pit crew members.

Take this rough and tumble Dune Buggy operator, for example.

LEGO is also branching out into the grease monkey sector with a minifig of the McLaren/Mercedes LEGO pit crew.

 A denim vest isn't exactly common work attire for medical doctors, but the veterinarian minifig is still a solid win for veterinary science.

Then there is the LEGO deep sea explorer, reminiscent of famed marine biologist Sylvia Earle.

LEGO Ideas is also working on a minifig version of the cast of "The Big Bang Theory," in which two of the main characters are scientists, one a microbiologist and the other a neuroscientist.

The design will be available for purchase on August 1.

Admittedly, LEGO still has a long way to go before achieving total minifig gender equality. While the company does produce more female characters overall, they're typically confined to non-professional personas, such as LEGO's line of Friends minifigs. 

The open democracy of LEGO Ideas could pick up the slack.

Among the nominated entries are:

• The 19th-century computing pioneers Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage 
• Noted geologist Circe Verba, depicted conducting research in both the lab and field
• Several of history's famed female scientists: paleontologist Mary Anning, x-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin, physicist Lise Meitner, and physicist Marie Curie

SEE ALSO: Lego made 3 changes to become the world's most powerful toy company

Join the conversation about this story »

NOW WATCH: Here are all of Google's awesome science projects — that we know about

LEGO devotees will probably make a pilgrimage to Billund, Denmark next year.

That's where the world's largest toy company, which had its humble beginnings in Billund, is constructing a full-sized LEGO House designed entirely in the brick-by-brick aesthetic. 

LEGO has partnered with architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group to maximize the miniature world.

At nearly 82,000 square feet, the building serves a variety of functions.

It's part public art piece, tourist attraction, LEGO store, cafe, and, with roughly 20,000 square feet set aside for open space, just somewhere people can hang out, says LEGO marketing manager Hans Peter Folmann.

"We hope it will be a natural gathering point for people living in Billund as well as visitors,"Folmann said in 2013, when the initial designs were released.

LEGO broke ground on the structure in June of 2014. One year later, construction has progressed from the basement to ground level. Earlier this June, the keystone — the "brick" that joins the entire structure together at the top — started construction.

While the actual structure only looks like it was built with oversized LEGO bricks, architects used the real thing in designing it.

The House began as a 1:100 scale model built entirely with LEGOs.

(So it's a LEGO house that isn't actually made of LEGOs but whose model isn't a real building but was made using real LEGOs? Got it.)

First, designers had to generate mock ups of the house using computer software.

Only then could the team begin the fun part of building.

According to LEGO, the scale model had to be built in layers, not sections. This ensured that the replica was structurally sound.

Piece by piece, the various rooms began to take shape, including the dual staircases leading to the building's rooftop gardens.

Unlike the real LEGO House, the scale model doesn't need its keystone installed first.

Still, the layered building process guarantees the entire small-scale house is built to last. 

The final product is currently on tour in exhibitions around the world. It has already made stops in France and Switzerland, and will be visiting the BrickFair in Chantilly, Virginia, in a few weeks and BrickCon in Seattle later this fall.

Once the full-scale version is completed, it will measure nearly 100 feet high and cover a ground area of more than 26,000 square feet. 

SEE ALSO: LEGO is slipping a feminist message into its newest line of characters

Join the conversation about this story »

NOW WATCH: Every square foot of an Apple Store is designed to make you spend more money