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    Who else wants an AT-AT? —Mychal Zimny
   I've seen a lot of really good MOC AT-ATs on the web and I really think Lego could do this if they wanted to. By my estimation, to be minifig scale, it would have to be about 40 studs tall. Now Lego's version wouldn't necessarily have to be this big (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Who else wants an AT-AT? —Jason J. Railton
     (...) I would have thought that it might impact on sales of the Dark Side Developer's Kit (DSDK). I know they'd be very different models in appearance, but the big attraction of the DSDK is that it's a Lego AT-AT; that's why it takes centre image on (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Who else wants an AT-AT? —David Eaton
   (...) Actually, going by the movies, an AT-AT's about 75 feet tall, which translates to about 525 mm in minifig scale which is about 65 studs tall... But 40 studs would about work for the often reported 50-feet height of the AT-AT, though... (...) (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Who else wants an AT-AT? —Zak Arntson
     (...) ... (...) I remember wanting to kill for that AT-AT when I was a kid. Anyway, if LEGO put out an AT-AT in a big box (size of UCS/Millenium Falcon) I'd buy one (or two, even). -Zak PS - I heard a rumor that LEGO.com was eventually going to have (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Who else wants an AT-AT? —Mark Sandlin
     (...) I think that the general consensus we all reached was that LEGO will most likely offer that service based on a limited number and type of parts. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Who else wants an AT-AT? —Jonathan Castellino
   1st rule: NEVER go by what you see in the movie!! In one scene, the AT-AT's could easily be 100 M tall, wheras in the scene when the foot steps on luke's snowspeeder, it is significantly smaller (to scale w/ the foot, maybe 10 M tall at the (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Who else wants an AT-AT? —David Eaton
   (...) <fanatic level=almost_there> Very true. There's a lot to consider :) There are a couple key scenes to derive the AT-AT's actual height. 1. Luke ascending to the underbelly (there's a shot available on www.starwars.com) 2. The foot trampling (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Who else wants an AT-AT? —Joseph Cardana
     (...) Hey All, I don't want to sound rude but why not avoid the "argument" and confusion. I haven't read all of this conversation but according to my blueprints the AT-AT is 15.5 meters equaling 50.8524 feet. Why not just go with 50 feet? Joe (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Who else wants an AT-AT? —David Eaton
     (...) Forgive me if I sound like I'm ranting about the size of the AT-AT... It's really not all THAT important-- and I'm SURE if we actually measured the models used in the movies, got the distance to camera of the filming of the little luke (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Who else wants an AT-AT? —Joseph Cardana
     (...) Well I do agree that 50' would just seem too small. The version I made at (URL) Is slightly smaller than minifig scale and according to the stud height, it's over 50'. (And if you look at my picture, don't rag on me about the head, I know it's (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Who else wants an AT-AT? —Jason Fabisch
      Here's a thought, maybe there are several different sizes of AT-AT based on purpose. A larger 80ft one that contains vehicles and a smaller 50ft version that is a people transport. Just a thought. I know the books say otherwise, but maybe the books (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
     
          Re: Who else wants an AT-AT? —David Eaton
      (...) It's certainly been suggested that there are multiple varieties-- I've heard the following things about what various AT-AT designs carry for transport: - 40 troops & 5 speeder bikes - can be outfitted to carry "more" speeder bikes - can store (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
     
          Re: Who else wants an AT-AT? —Joseph Cardana
      (...) Is anyone else a member of the Star Wars Fan club? I've written a question to Steve Sansweet about the scales used (actual scales of models) and represented (how big they are supposed to be). "If" I get an answer maybe we could get closer to a (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Who else wants an AT-AT? —Edward T. Riddle
     BUT if you go strictly by the fact that the foot of the AT-AT covers the Snowspeeder and take into account the size of the LEGO Snowspeeder. In order to accomplish the AT-AT foot being the right size it would HAVE to be HUGE. This would also support (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Who else wants an AT-AT? —Zak Arntson
      If you consider that LEGO uses existing pieces where they can, I can imagine each foot would use one of those tiny "saucer" pieces like the AT-ST foot, or the Millenium Falcon landing gear. Which would be fine, because if it were TOO big, yikes! I'd (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Who else wants an AT-AT? —David Eaton
     (...) The even sadder thing is that the snowspeeder is one of the few SW models Lego's made that's actually LARGER than it 'should' be-- making the required AT-AT foot even bigger :) If I recall correctly, the 7130 is 18 studs long, making it about (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Who else wants an AT-AT? —David Eaton
     (...) A more refined guess: 80' - 96' (...) I checked snowspeeder length a bit more closely. They're about 16 feet long, +/- a foot. So revamp that guess to 60' - 68' (a little over in each case). (...) I still agree with this 60' - 93' measurement, (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Who else wants an AT-AT? —Bradley Dale
    (...) I'm not sure that the average minifig would be six feet tall. The women should be a bit shorter than the men (they wear shoes with high heels under the dresses, most likely), let's say that their average is 5 and a half feet tall. There are (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Minifig scale! —David Eaton
   (...) Yep. "Average" human heights are very interesting. Go over to Asia, and people are shorter than people living in Europe. I was suprised to find that while up in the northeastern US, I was a bit on the tall side of average (6 feet), but a-way (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
 

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