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Re: Set #148: Scales in Transition
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 10 May 2000 23:40:11 GMT
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Eric McCarthy wrote:
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> Mark Koesel wrote:
> > So, anyway, I'd still say set 148 is interesting. But not
> > because it has a mix of scales, but because it contains a mix
> > of design philosophies.
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> I agree, the changing philosophy was the driving force,
> and the mix of scales is a consequence of that.
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> It is interesting that the changing philosophy was not
> carried through consistently (e.g., with redesigned doors
> that the figs fit through) when the stiffs came out.
> It is as if the set designers themselves had not articulated
> the philosophy, but rather were evolving towards it!
>
> Later, all the sets with minifigs had 1x4x5 doors.
> But set 148, with figs, had two different sizes of doors,
> neither of which the figs could fit through. Even that fact
> alone, even ignoring the philosophy, makes 148 interesting.
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> So we can see 148 is interesting on many levels!
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> > ... TLC, does not seem to be concerned with scale, ...
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> Well, you can point to many examples of selective compression
> and miscellaneous unrealistic things, but I think this assertion
> is far off-base. Most sets do try to keep the scales conceptually
> similar within the same play system. We don't see minifigs
> on Belville-sized horses or Scala figs on System-sized horses.
> And since 1979 we have not seen sets with minifigs that had
> doors too small for the minifigs. It makes them more playable
> and it also makes them more appropriately scaled. TLC *is*
> concerned with scale since scale is an important aspect of
> playability.
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> /Eric McC/
I think that the bigeret fault by TLG ever is that the minifigs are
selectivly compressed.
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