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In lugnet.build.ancient, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
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Well, first off, I am glad I got you to build anything, because your results
are usually awesome when you get around it. But I’m surprised that, given
that the point was to show off a thinner car that fits two minifigs astride,
none of your 8 photos actually show two minifigs in the car. But I’ll give
you the benefit of the doubt.
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Of course you can trust me--I’m from the government.
What?
OK then, here’s a picture as proof.
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I guess the overall question is: if the LEGO world is to best mirror the
human world, how wide (and how long) should an average car be? From
attending a few Brickfests, and occasionally stumbing into .trains, I recall
that train widths is a hotly debated topic, and I’m not sure I want to open a
car width debate that could have the same devastatingly polarizing affect on
the .town community. So I’ll just scamper back to .ancient and try to avoid
any more Brick Testament scenes with automobiles.
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Oh, but it’s a topic that I find endlessly fascinating. It all boils down to
two things: The fact that the dimensions on a minifig are way off, and the fact
that LEGO traditionally (with very few exceptions) produces 6-wide trains and
4-wide autos. If minifigs were skinnier, and if LEGO produced
closer-to-true-scale vehicles, there really wouldn’t be a debate.
So 6-wide for trains is the standard because, well, it’s what LEGO builds in.
But it’s not even close to “true” minifig scale. An easy rule of thumb for
scale is one stud equals one foot (but of course that is merely an estimate).
So, using that, let’s look at a car I fancy--such as the
Lexus SC430 hardtop convertable. It’s
just under 15 feet long (14.8333) and exactly 6 feet wide. Compare this to my
car, which is about 16 studs long (15 not including bumpers...) and 6 studs
wide.
Now, since 6-wide is the minimum possible width to fit two minifigs
side-by-side, it’s a convenient number for cars--and it happens to be in scale,
as well. So while smaller cars may
look cute, they certainly
aren’t what anyone should consider a realistic scale.
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As you’ve discovered, I can just as easily invite you to cool LEGO events
happening 2,500 miles away. :) Of course, you were polite enough to give me
more than six days’ notice.
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Yes, and out of spite, I almost sent a proxy in my place. Luckily for you,
Keith couldn’t make it.
Derek
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| --SNIP-- (...) Here is where you get into the fat minifigs vs short minifigs debate. I like to assume my figs are about six foot tall and built like John Candy. As such 5 studs = 6'. Of course I build most of my cars four-wide but I freely admit (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jul-06, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) Well, first off, I am glad I got you to build anything, because your results are usually awesome when you get around it. But I'm surprised that, given that the point was to show off a thinner car that fits two minifigs astride, none of your 8 (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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