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Subject: 
Minifig What scale are they??
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lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town
Date: 
Thu, 23 Mar 2000 18:40:00 GMT
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Ok, I have not managed to read many posts in the last 4 weeks or so(I hold my
head in shame) due to work comitments.I have recently purchased a Panther
radio controlled model tank, 1.25th scale. As a teenager I used to have 1.35th
scale tanks etc. Now, I always took it as Lego minifigs where comparible
between 1/35 and 1/25, yet now when I take a 1/25 scale  German helmet to a
minifig it is still too small!! Yet the 1/25 tank matches the scale of my most
recent ww2 street and Lego Russian tank perfectly!! (pics not yet posted).so,
did Lego purposely design the minifigs as midget dwarfs or what?? I would say
they must be more around 1/20 -1/15 scale yet this would dwarf them to
comparible vehicles of this scale? I think this is relative to all minifig
trains, trucks and cars, I dont know exactly what my point is here other than
the question, has anybody actually agreed on a scale ?(noticing the 6-8 stud
wide train debate), as sometimes I thought my models may be too big in scale
yet now they must be too small!!



Message has 9 Replies:
  Re: Minifig What scale are they??
 
(...) They're not to any particular scale... depending on the dimension you use you get different scales. They are either extremely fat normal height people, or extremely stunted normal thickness people. Lego was just predicting what we all will (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
  Re: Minifig What scale are they??
 
(...) The problem is that minifigs don't actually have human proportions. Therefore, "minifig scale" is actually kind of wonky too. ericc (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
  Re: Minifig What scale are they??
 
(...) Minifigs are minifig scale. I know they don't scale up to human size: my head isn't as tall as my torso, and my legs are longer than both. Oh, and I have knees. I suspect TLG designed them to be somewhat childlike. Large round heads, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
  Re: Minifig What scale are they??
 
(...) Well, my standard for minifigs is 7mm = 1 minifig foot. This is based off of the fact that minifigs are typically about 42mm tall (you can adjust that with backpacks and hats), which should be roughly 6 feet. This translates roughly into a (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
  Re: Minifig What scale are they??
 
(...) (A quick peek behind the scenes at TLC design department... "OMG, he's figured it out! Quick let's leave work early before someone notices this post and we actually have to create something non-juniorized to the correct scale...") I've just (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
  Re: Minifig What scale are they??
 
Try 1:48, which is "O" scale in trains. Seems to work out okay for us Atewidians;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
  Re: Minifig What scale are they??
 
Ahh, the ageless question :) Dave Eaton and I, in the course of our AT-AT Marathon (I'm still recovering ...) e-mailed each other regularly on issues about scale. For the most part, I went by the minifig's height, and said that it was equal to 1.8 (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
  Re: Minifig What scale are they??
 
(...) The thing that everyone is missing is this... This isn't Earth, they aren't humans. They are Legoans and they come from LegoLand. (I've seen proof!) It's a classic Xenophobe reaction. Shame on you all! They are perfect as they are! Back to (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
  Re: Minifig What scale are they??
 
(...) Depends on what theme: Police and fireman have a graduated scale based on tenure. Medical staff have a similar but more progressive scale. Adventurers, Rock Raiders and Space work for a "finders fee". Castle only have scales on their mail. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)

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