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Re: Minifig scale?
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lugnet.build
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Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:58:37 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Clifton D. Chambers wrote:
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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.
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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.
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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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I vary my scale quite a bit even within a diorama but for buildings I probably
use closer to 1:60 than anything on that graph just so I can pack in more
streetscape in a smaller area. Prompted by Tony Sava I did some quick
calculations on trains and found that for an EMD SD40 the scale is around 1:60
for 6-wide and 1:47 for 8-wide.
Tim
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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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