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Re: New Lego page!
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Mon, 19 Jul 1999 23:04:50 GMT
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Robert Munafo wrote:
> In lugnet.announce, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> [...]
> > o Minifig-scale Narn fighter from B5
> > o Nanofig-scale TANTIVE IV
> > o Microfig-scale starships
> > [...]
> Do you have a clear idea what these three scales are in numerical terms? I
> guess "minifig" scale is fairly well defined as the ratio between the height of
> a minifig and the average height of an adult human, but what about the other
> two? Are they variable and arbitrary or is there some kind of consensus?
They're extremely flexible. Microfig scale is anything smaller than minifig
scale, and nanofig scale is smaller than that. It's not uncommon for
microfig scale to be half as small as minifig scale, or 1 stud = 1 city
block (though I would call that one nanofig scale).
For my microfig starship fleet, I've been going with the scale: distance
between centerpoints of 2 adjacent studs = 10 feet.
Cheers,
- jsproat
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Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com>
http://www.io.com/~jsproat
Darth Maul Lives
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| (...) In other words, 381 : 1 (because the stud spacing is 8 millimeters, and 10 feet divided by 8 mm is 381) It would be convenient if it were 10 times "minifig scale" (which is around 40 : 1). However, it's also more convenient for Americans if (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| In lugnet.announce, Jeremy H. Sproat writes: [...] (...) Do you have a clear idea what these three scales are in numerical terms? I guess "minifig" scale is fairly well defined as the ratio between the height of a minifig and the average height of (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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