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Re: Welcome Part Two , Plus Links
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003 17:12:59 GMT
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Ashley Glennon wrote in message ...
> Brian,
> Until late 1999 to early 2000, small scale building really did not seem to
> have a common name. Of course, there were references to quarter-scale,
> half-scale, etc. but as far as I know, nothing stuck. The irony is, prior
> to the advent of the minifig, LEGO building was just...LEGO building!
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> Your references to "Classic" and "half classic" are interesting, and if you
> don't mind, I will add them to my microfig history presentation as good
> descriptors of pre-minifig creations.
"Classic" scale was in common use as a term when I started on LUGNET in
1999, although few people apart from Gary Istok built in it. (See here for
an example post: http://news.lugnet.com/town/?n=15 ). When I started in Lego
in the 1960s that was the scale we used then (although without the name),
since those were the windows and doors available. An adult person was
represented by 2 1x1 round bricks stacked (we used some special color
combinations as uniforms for eg police, fire etc) and a child was a single
1x1 round brick.
I really don't think of classic scale as being microscale, it seems too big
to me! Brian's use of half- and quarter- classic scales is very interesting
though, I haven't seen anyone else describe those scales.
Kevin
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| (...) When I was growing up, I caught the tail end of proto-minifigs. My very first set (that I remember) was a 111 universal set which had a maxifig and the transitional 3-wide by 4-high door that opened; I think my first set with proto-minifigs (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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| Brian, Until late 1999 to early 2000, small scale building really did not seem to have a common name. Of course, there were references to quarter-scale, half-scale, etc. but as far as I know, nothing stuck. The irony is, prior to the advent of the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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