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(...) Using the "Star Wars" standard, there are 2.85 studs/meter. Jeff "You can't be a hero hiding underneath your bed" (URL) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Guess I should document. See this message: (URL) can't be a hero hiding underneath your bed" (URL) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) about 2.87 studs = 1 minifig meter (this is based on your average minifig being 6 minifig feet tall, and actually being 42mm tall (5.25 studs or 4.375 bricks tall) So for metric, estimating about 3 studs = 1 meter is not too bad... for (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) But remember that medieval minifigs were actually much shorter than modern ones because they didn't have as good nutrition. Shouldn't we take that into account? 8) I think that 1 stud = 1 foot would work pretty well for CW. At least for us (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) lol (...) I'm all for it. That's usually what I use as my estimate, except that it means my minifigs are all 5 feet tall. On a side note, Altavista will spit out a bunch of conversion tools if you ask it for "metric conversion" (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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On a side note, Altavista will spit out a (...) Does that actually include a "metric to Lego" chart? (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Alas, no, it's not that sophisticated, although it did have such esoteric units as drams and fathoms. I should write my own utility and plunk it up on the net. All it is is simple math. (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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