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Re: Scale of minifigs: Standing vs sitting
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 30 May 2000 18:11:29 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Fredrik Glöckner wrote:
> A minifig is approx 5 cm tall, which corresponds to an approx scale of
> 1:35. In this scale, it makes sense to have cars that are four studs
> wide.
Uh, unless I'm using different centimeters than you, I get that a standing
minifig is just under 4 cm. So, 1:25 standing.
> A sitting minifig, on the other hand, is approx 4 cm tall from the
> seat and up. Comparing this to a sitting human, we may end up with an
> approx scale of 1:25. Using this scale, cars should probably be six
> studs wide rather than four. Of course, this leads to a sitting
> minifig having too short arms and legs.
I'm getting 3.3 cm for a sitter. Which is closer to 1:30.
> So with this in mind, a six wide willys jeep I built is no longer too
> large for the minifigs, but vitually perfectly scaled! I just need to
> avoid having a standing minifig next to it! ;-)
Try extending the legs of the stander by adding 1x1 bricks to the feet.
That pops the height of a standing mini up to nearly 5 cm, closer to the
scale for sitting. It looks a bit weird, but what can you do with
minifigs?
I always thought minifigs were sorta dwarf-shaped.
Steve
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| A minifig is approx 5 cm tall, which corresponds to an approx scale of 1:35. In this scale, it makes sense to have cars that are four studs wide. A sitting minifig, on the other hand, is approx 4 cm tall from the seat and up. Comparing this to a (...) (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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