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| As no one else has posted as of yet, here's a brief report on the NMRA's 2008 National Train Show held earlier this month: Location: Hall D, Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California Dates: Exhibition July 18-20, 2008 Space allocation: 65 x 70 (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX) !
| | | | | Re: Minifig scale?
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| (...) Yes. I tend to think of 'minifig scale' as anything built to fit minifigs, rather than an exact ratio. It's all an approximation with lego. (17 years ago, 28-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) Just call 'em a city o' midgets and go with 1:60. ROSCO (17 years ago, 28-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Minifig scale?
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| (...) Thanks for the vote of confidence. I do try to keep my inner pedant under control as much as possible ;) But in this specific case I think pedant is quite applicable. Tim (17 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) Wow, have not really seen the word "pedant" used in a long while--maybe since studying for the SATs back in Age of Aquarius so I had to look it up again. One who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules. One who exhibits one's (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Minifig scale?
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| (...) --snip-- (...) Hey Tommy, I agree for the most part and certainly don't keep to a single scale in my own dioramas (or even work completely to scale on many models). Selective compression, forced perspective and other techniques are very useful (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Minifig scale?
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| (...) It would be nice to scale a barbie profile to the average female height and add her to the picture. Although I get mildly irked by the abuse of 'minifig scale' the main reason I did this was 'cause I thought it would look funny. (...) Perhaps (...) (17 years ago, 27-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 (...) (17 years ago, 26-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Minifig scale?
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| I think this whole issue of scale and size brings into question just how humans see the world and depict it. Western Civilization and the whole scientific mathematical outlook of the world originated only a few hundred years ago with the discovery (...) (17 years ago, 26-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Minifig scale?
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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 (...) (17 years ago, 26-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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