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Re: Definition of "micro"
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Thu, 26 Aug 2004 01:34:04 GMT
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In lugnet.build.microscale, Allan Bedford wrote:
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Ummm... for my purposes, no, I don’t see a need for mesofig.
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Okay. We’ll simply call them “sub-mini-super-micro figs.” :) For instance,
these tiny astronauts
or my tiny Starfleet
figures. And what exactly is “stickfig?”
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Perhaps some examples will clarify my thinking:
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Seats minifig = minifig scale. Yes?
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Yes. If such a model fits in your hand, it’s merely a “small minifig-scale
model” -- not a “mini-model.” Mini-model is *exclusive* and *disjoint* from
minifigs. And possibly from Miniland, whatever that is -- before my time.
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A skyscraper replica that seats microfigs, but is two feet tall.
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Seats microfigs = microfig scale. Yes?
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“I built a microscale replica of Malaysia’s Petronas Towers.”
“Oh? How big?”
“59 bricks for the 1431 occupied feet, plus another two for 52 feet of roof
and spire. That’s 58 cm for a 452-meter building, so 1:780 scale.”
“Hmm. Two
plates per each of 88 storeys. That’s too small to be microfig; it’s actually a
nanoscale model.”
“Whatever.”
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Do you mean to indicate that the size of mini-models falls between
microfig and minifig?
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No, mini-model-dom is *orthogonal* to fig-scale. In my nomenclature, the first
denotes size relative to humans, and the second a system of internal play-scale.
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If you’re talking about developing a standard for usage at displays then I
would begin to agree that you need to decide upon a scale that everyone would
use. ... But if we’re just talking about Bobby Builder sitting at
home cranking out ‘micro’ sized models then I think they can be whatever
scale suits.
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Oh, I completely agree. If a MOC-replica is built in isolation, then an
arbitrary scale (perhaps different in each feature, to achieve a convincing
“impressionistic” “caricature”) is fine. A degree of standardization is *nice*
if MOCs by multiple builders are exhibited together, and is *essential* if they
combine into an ensemble layout.
Rather than talk about microfig-accessibility, a collaborative town might be
more easily defined by how many bricks/plates comprise architectural features --
a storey is 1-2/3 bricks tall, a sedan is 1 brick while an SUV is 1-2/3 and a
semi trailer is 3. Like that.
“Hey, my dingy is bigger than your battleship!” If *that* happens, then it’s
time to apply forced perspective: put the dingy in front, the battleship in
back, and peer at them from their own level.
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It’s like the terminological brouhaha over “nanotechnology,” ...
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I am positively certain that I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking
about. ;)
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Oh, just another field with perfectly-standard quantized parts that snap
together in a finite number of ways to form an infinite variety of compounds,
and that must be designed with a sensibility distinct from “let’s cut to fit”
macro-engineering. See the Foresight Institute and
the Institute for Molecular Manufacturing.
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) 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)
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| (...) 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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| (...) 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)
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