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Re: Minifig scale?
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Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:37:30 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Richie Dulin wrote:
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In lugnet.build, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Hi all,
Of late Ive 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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Indeed. I think the use of the term minifig scale is just a turn of phrase.
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Yes. I tend to think of minifig scale as anything built to fit minifigs,
rather than an exact ratio. Its all an approximation with lego.
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Message has 1 Reply: ![](/news/x.gif) | | Re: Minifig scale?
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| (...) My thoughts exactly. The problem with the minifig-scale question, is that the minifig is not scaled to a human, nor is the rest of his world, as presented by LEGO, scaled to human things. His/her cars are to small, tools are too big, houses (...) (16 years ago, 30-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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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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17 Messages in This Thread: ![Minifig scale? -Timothy Gould (25-Jul-08 to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/246.gif) ![Re: Minifig scale? -Richie Dulin (25-Jul-08 to lugnet.build)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![You are here](/news/here.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![Re: Minifig scale? -Karl Paulsen (30-Jul-08 to lugnet.build)](/news/x.gif)
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