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Re: Scale of Lego
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 21 Oct 1999 22:21:45 GMT
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This was mentioned here before, and not by myself, but a good point would be
that the classic 2x4 brick is approximately the same proportion as a common
clay brick.
common brick = 3 5/8 x 7 5/8 x 2 2/3
lego brick = 16 x 32 x 9.6
Build On!
John Matthews
Bryan Wong <green_paper@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:FJz3nJ.K86@lugnet.com...
> Hi, I am thinking of writing a research paper on the scale of Lego
> models/bricks. I was wondering if any of you have any suggestions as to • main
> points that I should bring up?
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> I think my main focus will be on this: How TLG itself has different size • models
> (i.e. Town vs Model Team) and if there is some "special correlation" • between
> the scale of the model and its length (in a conventional unit, or maybe in
> studs).
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> And then there's all that minifig/maxifig/microfig stuff...
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> Any suggestions will be appreciated.
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> Bryan
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| (...) Ahh... No wonder the classic 2x4 just looks so... natural to the eye. It's because we've seen thousands of the common brick in our everyday lives. Thanks for your input, John. Bryan (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Hi, I am thinking of writing a research paper on the scale of Lego models/bricks. I was wondering if any of you have any suggestions as to main points that I should bring up? I think my main focus will be on this: How TLG itself has different size (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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