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Re: Set #148: Scales in Transition
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Wed, 10 May 2000 15:48:52 GMT
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Set 365 Wild West Scene combines those two types of doors
also.
But, I'm sort of confused by the way you are classifying
scales. Forgetting about door size for a moment -- neither
the tower nor the over pass are even big enough to hold a
minifig. So, even if you replace the door in the tower
with a 1x3x4 door (which would look bad because the tower
is only 4 studs wide), you still have ambiguity in scale.
Note that the 1x2x3 door in set 365 is used on a carriage.
In that case it can easily be justified; a carriage would
naturally have a smaller door than a building.
I think the real problem is that, in general, mini-figs are
not truly in scale with much of anything in "Legoland", even
today. Part of this is due to the fact that they are not
proportioned in a "true to life" way, whereas most other
things in Legoland are. Since the 70's they have at least
made the doors larger (probably because it was a glaring
detriment to play-value) and the cars are at least large
enough to hold figures (probably for the same reason), but
they haven't made the rooms any bigger or the cars any wider
(although some vehicles are wider), and they've made the
wheels even larger! And tools and utensils are still too
big. :)
Such is life :)
"Eric McCarthy" <bendyarm@aol.com> wrote in message
news:3918837F.697B@aol.com...
> Set #148: Scales in Transition
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> This message is about Lego set #148,
> http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=148
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> This set from 1975 is interesting because it has
> a mix of scales. It was made during a time when
> the regular sets represented many different
> scales, as if the Lego company were trying to
> decide what scale to settle on for the standard
> play system. This confusion seems to be captured
> by the 148.
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| Mark, I think that LEGO was undergoing a philosophical change in building designs. Prior to the 70's, all LEGO Town buildings had 4 walls and no interior access. After the 70's all LEGO buildings had 3 walls with the 4th being open for access for (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Set #148: Scales in Transition This message is about Lego set #148, (URL) set from 1975 is interesting because it has a mix of scales. It was made during a time when the regular sets represented many different scales, as if the Lego company were (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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