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Re: Minifig scale?
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lugnet.build
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Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:15:28 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Timothy Gould wrote:
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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.
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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
reemergence of the term has more to do with the explosion of microscale
buildings and designs.
I always have trouble deciding what is the true scale when trying to recreate a
real building using LEGO. I try to stick with the idea that the height of the
minifigure male equals a male six feet tall. Trying to come up with a real scale
for the minifigure was so much of a problem that the National Model Railroad
Association gave LEGO its own scale designation. Having seen so many of your
great creations in true LEGO scale (minifigure), I think you are posting this
with the intent of rekindling a healthy debate over the minifigure scale. Now if
we can get LEGO, or some customizer to produce our silhouette in minifigure
scale.
Clifton
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| (...) For the most part although I have seen it used to describe set scales a little recently which is, in my opinion, just plain silly. (...) I vary my scale quite a bit even within a diorama but for buildings I probably use closer to 1:60 than (...) (16 years ago, 26-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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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. (...) (16 years ago, 25-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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