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  Re: Definition of "micro"
 
(...) I hope minifig scale isn't quite 1:60. If my math is not way out of whack, I think that would mean that a minifig represents a 'real' person that's about seven and a half feet tall. :) I think, depending on who you talk to, minifig scale is (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
 
  Re: Definition of "micro"
 
(...) Oh, good. I always enjoy articulating ripe potential-yet-unvoiced notions. (...) It seems the *convention* (not a standard) espoused by Ashley Glennon and Janey "Red Brick" is that a "microfig" be a 1x1 round cylinder (optionally with a 1x1 (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
 
  Re: Definition of "micro"
 
(...) Ahhh...O.K. I think I see what you mean/meant. You're talking about a builder-manufactured "microfig" rather than something like the LEGO-manufactured "minifigs". (...) I think you've hit on what I was trying to suggest earlier. That this (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
 
  Re: Definition of "micro"
 
(...) Okay. We'll simply call them "sub-mini-super-micro figs." :) For instance, (URL) these tiny astronauts> or (URL) my tiny Starfleet figures>. And what exactly is "stickfig?" (...) Yes. If such a model fits in your hand, it's merely a "small (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
 
  Re: Definition of "micro"
 
(...) Miniland is the brick-built world at the Legoland parks, occupied by 5-6 inch figures built of normal bricks: (URL) a couple of AFOL versions, see Sean Kenney: (URL) Mike Crowley: (URL) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.microscale)
 
  Re: Definition of "micro"
 
(...) Forgive my late reply, but I've been offline for quite a while... "Stickfig" is a term I coined for the scale where a person is depicted by a 1x1 cylinder with a couple of 1x1 round plates on top. It's a "stick figure" representation of a (...) (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)

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