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Hi all,
Of late I’ve noticed a resurgence in the use of ‘minifig scale’ as a term. Being
a mathematically inclined pedant I tend to take issue with this term as minifigs
are so deformed it strikes me as impossible to define a single ‘scale’ to them.
As an indirect result of my pedantry I decided to try something out and do a
silhouette comparison shot featuring a person (me in fact) standing next to
minifigs at differing scales.
For further fun I calculated another example: a Toyota Landcruiser. This has a
bonnet width of about 2m which translates to (rounding up) 7.2 studs (1:35), 6.3
studs (1:40), 5.7 studs (1:44) or 5.2 studs (1:48).
Anyway, I hope this helps/annoys/amuses/entices/etc. someone else. I got a
giggle.
Tim
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| (...) Indeed. I think the use of the term 'minifig scale' is just a turn of phrase. (...) A striking silhouette indeed, though I wonder if your silhouette is representative of humanity. Hmmm... perhaps there are members of the community who are more (...) (16 years ago, 25-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) Tim, You are absolutely correct in describing the minifigure as an unrealistic model of a person. If minfigures were real people they would resemble some of the unhealthiest humans with big head and extremely overweight bodies. I think the (...) (16 years ago, 25-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) I've always used the term "minfig scale" to differentiate from "Miniland scale" to help explain that the vehicles, structures, and figures in Miniland at LEGOLANDs are not the same as the vehicles, structures, and figures in LEGO sets. -Ted (16 years ago, 25-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) Minifig scale, as with micro-scale and nano-scale, is a very broadly defined term. Miniland scale can be nailed down fairly precisely, but you can make one creation and call it nano-scale, and then make a matching creation that's half that (...) (16 years ago, 26-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) When I first read this, I laughed out loud. Yes, the topic is worthy of discussion and debate. So why did I laugh? One word...... Barbie. Every so often you will read or hear someone in the media complaining about Barbie. "Her proportions are (...) (16 years ago, 26-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) Apologies for the self-response. I realised my original image was in error (ahhh irony) and changed it on flickr. Unfortunately this means the link is now wrong so I include the correct one below. (URL) Tim (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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