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Re: New Lego page!
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Mon, 19 Jul 1999 23:46:11 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
[...]
For my microfig starship fleet, I've been going with the scale: distance
between centerpoints of 2 adjacent studs = 10 feet.

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 "minifig scale" is
taken to be exactly 38.1 : 1 because then they can use 1 stud = 1 foot.

- Robert Munafo



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  Scales (Was: New Lego page!)
 
Robert Munafo wrote:> (...) The number I came up with is 384 : 1 -- assuming that the length of a 2 x 4 brick is 1.25 inches (1). (...) I was just going by the assumption that a 1 x 1 tile would make a fairly appropriately-sized cockpit blister. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: New Lego page!
 
(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)

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