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Re: Building in Minifig Scale: Studs/Meter
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lugnet.build
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Tue, 6 Jun 2000 15:46:52 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Matthew Teets writes:
> In lugnet.build, Adrian Drake writes:
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> > To sum up, there's 2.75 bricks per meter, thus there are 4.125 bricks per 1.5
> > meters. If you want to fudge a little to make the conversion simpler, 4
> > bricks per 1.5 meters is probably close enough.
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> This looks fine other than I'm a little concerned with your average height
> being 6'. Actual average height for men is 5'8", actual for women is 5'4".
> Since minifig men and women are the same height, this should probably average
> to 5'6". This gives a scale of about 3 bricks per meter at minifig scale.
But minifig women are *taller* than minifig men! At least, they are when
they're wearing skirts, because the 2x2s2 slope used for skirts is
slightly taller than the minifig leg element (without the elongated studs
of course). Maybe there are high heels under those skirts?
J
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| (...) Yes, but minifigs are long-agreed to be waaaaaay out of scale in the lego world. Look at them by themselves, their legs are out of proportion to their bodies (human legs are 1/2 the whole body) and their heads much too large. So when (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) is (...) Adrian, This looks fine other than I'm a little concerned with your average height being 6'. Actual average height for men is 5'8", actual for women is 5'4". Since minifig men and women are the same height, this should probably (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.build)
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