(...) Heh... guess not then... 3 meters tall makes it just over 7 bricks high-- I'd round it to 7 bricks and 1 plate (rounding up slightly)... Of course that's assuming the average minifig is 6 feet tall, and is 42mm in height... they do vary from (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
