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Re: Minifig scale?
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Date: 
Tue, 5 Aug 2008 06:57:33 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Timothy Gould wrote:
   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.

As an indirect result of my pedantry I decided to try something out and do a silhouette comparison shot featuring a person (me in fact) standing next to minifigs at differing scales.

--BROKEN LINK--

For further fun I calculated another example: a Toyota Landcruiser. This has a bonnet width of about 2m which translates to (rounding up) 7.2 studs (1:35), 6.3 studs (1:40), 5.7 studs (1:44) or 5.2 studs (1:48).

Anyway, I hope this helps/annoys/amuses/entices/etc. someone else. I got a giggle.

Tim

Apologies for the self-response. I realised my original image was in error (ahhh irony) and changed it on flickr. Unfortunately this means the link is now wrong so I include the correct one below.



Tim



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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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