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Re: Lego Scale Conversion Tool
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Tue, 12 Mar 2002 14:50:37 GMT
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Does the stud on the minifig's head count as part of its height, or do only
short minifigs include that?

Scott A

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In lugnet.general, David Eaton writes:
> If you're a freak like me, you love to convert things into minifig scale and
> technic scale. You want to see exactly how long a minifig-scale mile would
> be. And how tall would the Sears tower be in technic scale? Would a minifig
> scale aircraft carrier fit in my room? How big is my room to my figs? Etc.
> In a recent stint I decided I had enough and built myself a little
> conversion tool. So I thought I'd share it with the world. Or the Lego
> community at least:
> 
> http://www.suave.net/~dave/cgi/scale.cgi
> 
> Right now it only does minifig/technic fig scales, and also only goes by fig
> height, but I haven't quite yet ever been so inclined to go by any other
> measurement (since human widths and depths are hardly as 'standard'), so I
> figured "nah".
> 
> Anyway, enjoy!
> 
> DaveE



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  Re: Lego Scale Conversion Tool
 
(...) I estimated minifigs at a height of 42mm, which was (IIRC) the total overall height of a minifig consisting of: -minifig hip & legs assembly -minifig torso -minifig head -minifig male hair You can adjust minifig height with different hair (or (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.general)

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  Lego Scale Conversion Tool
 
If you're a freak like me, you love to convert things into minifig scale and technic scale. You want to see exactly how long a minifig-scale mile would be. And how tall would the Sears tower be in technic scale? Would a minifig scale aircraft (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.faq) !! 

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