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Re: Lego Scale Conversion Tool
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 13 Mar 2002 15:08:34 GMT
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In lugnet.general, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.general, Mike Petrucelli writes:
> > That is very cool. Thanks.
> > Nice to see that I was pretty much right on assuming 3 studs was a mini-meter.
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> Yep-- that's about the most accurate "even" measurement you can make
> (despite the fact that I typically use 7mm per minifig foot in my ever
> stubbornness). Makes minifigs about 1.75m tall and almost 5'9", whereas
> "average" human height is about 5'6" even (1.6764m).
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> DaveE
Actually, I thought average height was about 5'11" in the US, so I went and
looked it up. Most sites showed that for the US, average height comes in at
about 5'9". Here is one of the better sites I found in my brief search:
http://www.tall.org/clubs/ny/tcnyc/Resources/Facts___Trivia/body_facts___trivia.html
Actually, due to the ready availability of calories here in the US, I think
that the average height is continueing to increase.
Regards,
Steve Martin
IndyLUG
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| (...) Assuming a 50/50 gender distribution, that's 5'-6.4"... but according to stats... [goes and checks stats] US population is predominantly female (slightly): 48.90% male 51.10% female (1). Accounting for that, we get average height at slightly (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego Scale Conversion Tool
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| (...) Yep-- that's about the most accurate "even" measurement you can make (despite the fact that I typically use 7mm per minifig foot in my ever stubbornness). Makes minifigs about 1.75m tall and almost 5'9", whereas "average" human height is about (...) (23 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.general)
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