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Re: Minifigures in Legoland
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lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.legoland
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lugnet.legoland
Date: 
Tue, 13 Nov 2001 15:35:18 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Cary Clark writes:
> In lugnet.dear-lego, James Stacey writes:
> ...
> > Then it struck me that they had felt the same thing I had on visiting
> > Legoland (Windsor). There are no minifig scale models at all in the park
> > (outside of the shop). There are fantastic, awe inspiring models throughout,
> > but nothing minifig scale.
> 
> At Legoland Billund, there are a couple of minifig scale models in the park
> proper. One is a concert hall with a retractable roof, filled with thousands
> of minifigs.
> 
> But I imagine that the park's first models predated minifigs, and once the
> precedent was set, most models stayed in 'Miniland' scale (although there
> are a number of different scales in the park). There's more unity to the
> display when everything is made out of bricks: buildings, people, animals. I
> also find it interesting that I saw no roofs in at Legoland made out of roof
> bricks -- but not surprising.
> 
> Cary

I wonder, was the original park miniland built to 'maxi-fig' scale?  (What
are the big figures from the 70's called, I can't find any reference to them
in Partsref.)

Psi



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In lugnet.dear-lego, James Stacey writes: ... (...) At Legoland Billund, there are a couple of minifig scale models in the park proper. One is a concert hall with a retractable roof, filled with thousands of minifigs. But I imagine that the park's (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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