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selectivly compressing the minifig. The minifig is too wide for its
height and that makes it impossible to truly build to minifig scale.
Does anyone know the reason for the selective compression?
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| (...) Hey I love the little people. As Matthew said their cute. If you want my guess as to why I think you need go no further than standard LEGO measurements. Both the legs and the base of the torso are 1x2 studs which allows 1. you to attach then (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| (...) The minifig as we know it was originally a baby in another scale. My guess is it was adopted as-is to make large scale building easier (ie, reduce the overall scale) without designing/sculpting/tooling up machines for new figs. eric (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| (...) This is hardly a mistake, and even if it is, there's no way it could be considered TLC's biggest mistake. (...) Like Matthew said, they're cute. That's not a flip answer, it's the reason -- the infant-like dimensions of minifigs appeal to (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| (...) I think Lego's biggest mistake was making minifig darker. That is, some of those Aquazone-villain-thi...-minifigs, and the UFO uglies. That alone has kept me from buying those sets as gifts. I like variations on mini- fig heads, but I've got a (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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