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Re: Classic scale building?
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Mon, 15 Mar 1999 22:04:29 GMT
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Silas P wrote:

Gary Istok wrote in message <36E955E1.75B33582@umich.edu>...
I was just wondering.... I know that most of you folks build on the
minifig scale (5 brick high doors) using all those "wonderful"
(sarcastic) minifigs.  Is there anyone else who builds primarily on the
classic scale (3 brick high doors - sort of the "HO" train scale)
without the minifigs?  Or am I (pretentious as it sounds) alone?

Stuck in the '60s....
Gary Istok




When you look at a city built at the scale a three brick high door it looks
better than that of a 4 brick high door because it matches the scale of the
roads better (If you look at the scale of the road, it is better suited for
a matchbox car than a car built of Lego, and definitely not to minifig
scale)

Silas

You're right.  I have about 200 of the older grey road plates (the 1980's ones
without the sidwalk/bikepath.  They really are better suited to the classic
scale LEGO town.  Interestingly enough, the roadway width is about the same as
the 1960's cardboard Town Plan Board (#246 in USA/Canada (Samsonite), or #200
in Europe) which also came in set #725 (Town Plan).   So the current minifig
scale roadway has basically the same width as the 1960's classic scale
roadway.  Interesting.

Gary Istok



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Gary Istok wrote in message <36E955E1.75B33582@u...ch.edu>... (...) When you look at a city built at the scale a three brick high door it looks better than that of a 4 brick high door because it matches the scale of the roads better (If you look at (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)

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