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| I think I heard someone once say that a good guide for scale is 3.5 studs per foot. Is that right? Ti (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) For minifig scale, 3.5 studs per *meter* probably works pretty well. I tend to stick with approx. 1 stud per foot (not that I ever calculate dimensions). --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) I'd think it's more like yards or meters, rather than feet. -- -Bones- = (URL) = NecroBones Enterprises Tim Saupé wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) It depends what you mean by "scale." If you mean a scale that translates between human size and minifig size, 3.5 stude per foot is clearly wrong. Minifig scale is about 0.35 meters per stud -- or, in Imperial measurements, 13.8 inches per (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Is that lengthwise or heightwise? (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Huh? That question is a little vague. I'll try to be more specific. Lay a minifig down on its back. You will see that it's five studs high. An average adult human is about 1.7 meters (or 5 feet, 7 inches) tall. Divide 1.7 meters by 5 studs, (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) So the average human has an 83" (2.1m) waist??? (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Hey, a minifig is shaped *quite* unlike a human being. You have to pick one minifig body dimension, and use it as the basis for your scale. Height, being the longest measure on the minifig, would seem to be the obvious choice. You're right, (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| (...) I'm not big on calculations either. My minifig scale is "minifigs can fit in it". :) James (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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