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Re: Minifig scale?
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lugnet.build
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Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:14:18 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Timothy Gould wrote:
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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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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 scale and it’d still fall under the nano-scale umbrella. Similarly, the
term “minifig-scale” can be applied to this pizza-serving motorized wheel-chair:
...or to this, uh, black...tank:
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7888 The Bat-Tumbler: The Joker's Ice Cream Suprise
449 elements, 3 figures, US$50, 2008
LEGO > SYSTEM > Batman
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There are no recognized firm guidelines beyond that it must be something that’s
meant to be appropriately sized for minifigs. You’ve got this semi:
...which pulls a trailer large enough to fit four of these semis:
At the end of the day, minifig scale is what you choose to make of it, and your
minifig scale probably won’t be the same as the next guy’s, and that’s all
right. You know, aside from the fact that I regularly put motorcycles on our
displays that dwarf most of the “cars” around them.
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| (...) --snip-- (...) I think you're demonstrating my point here by confusing size and scale here. A 'scale' defines the ratio of each dimension of the model to the real thing. Thus HO scale is 1:87, half scale is 1:2, true nano scale is 1:10^9 and (...) (16 years ago, 26-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Minifig scale?
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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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