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Re: Minifig What scale are they??
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lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town
Date: 
Fri, 24 Mar 2000 05:37:10 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Dean Husby writes:
> Carl Greatrix wrote:
> 
> > Ok, I have not managed to read many posts in the last 4 weeks or so(I hold my
> > head in shame) due to work comitments.I have recently purchased a Panther
> > radio controlled model tank, 1.25th scale. As a teenager I used to have 1.35th
> > scale tanks etc. Now, I always took it as Lego minifigs where comparible
> > between 1/35 and 1/25, yet now when I take a 1/25 scale  German helmet to a
> > minifig it is still too small!! Yet the 1/25 tank matches the scale of my most
> > recent ww2 street and Lego Russian tank perfectly!! (pics not yet posted).so,
> > did Lego purposely design the minifigs as midget dwarfs or what?? I would say
> > they must be more around 1/20 -1/15 scale yet this would dwarf them to
> > comparible vehicles of this scale? I think this is relative to all minifig
> > trains, trucks and cars, I dont know exactly what my point is here other than
> > the question, has anybody actually agreed on a scale ?(noticing the 6-8 stud
> > wide train debate), as sometimes I thought my models may be too big in scale
> > yet now they must be too small!!
> 
> The thing that everyone is missing is this...
> 
> This isn't Earth, they aren't humans. They are Legoans and they come from
> LegoLand. (I've seen proof!)
> 
> It's a classic Xenophobe reaction. Shame on you all! They are perfect as they are!
> 
> Back to reality....
> 
> Dean
> 
> 
> 
> --
> TFM's Home Page: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm
> Dean's Lego Workshop: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/lego_wr.html
> Vancouver Lego Club: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/vlc

  absolute gospel, dean!

  later ~ craig~



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(...) The thing that everyone is missing is this... This isn't Earth, they aren't humans. They are Legoans and they come from LegoLand. (I've seen proof!) It's a classic Xenophobe reaction. Shame on you all! They are perfect as they are! Back to (...) (27 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)

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