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Subject:	Re: Minifig What scale are they??
Newsgroups:	lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town
Date:	Fri, 24 Mar 2000 02:21:22 GMT
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Carl Greatrix wrote: > Ok, I have not managed to read many posts in the last 4 weeks or so(I hold my > head in shame) due to work comitments.I have recently purchased a Panther > radio controlled model tank, 1.25th scale. As a teenager I used to have 1.35th > scale tanks etc. Now, I always took it as Lego minifigs where comparible > between 1/35 and 1/25, yet now when I take a 1/25 scale German helmet to a > minifig it is still too small!! Yet the 1/25 tank matches the scale of my most > recent ww2 street and Lego Russian tank perfectly!! (pics not yet posted).so, > did Lego purposely design the minifigs as midget dwarfs or what?? I would say > they must be more around 1/20 -1/15 scale yet this would dwarf them to > comparible vehicles of this scale? I think this is relative to all minifig > trains, trucks and cars, I dont know exactly what my point is here other than > the question, has anybody actually agreed on a scale ?(noticing the 6-8 stud > wide train debate), as sometimes I thought my models may be too big in scale > yet now they must be too small!! The thing that everyone is missing is this... This isn't Earth, they aren't humans. They are Legoans and they come from LegoLand. (I've seen proof!) It's a classic Xenophobe reaction. Shame on you all! They are perfect as they are! Back to reality.... Dean -- TFM's Home Page: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm Dean's Lego Workshop: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/lego_wr.html Vancouver Lego Club: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/vlc

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		Re: Minifig What scale are they??
(...) later ~ craig~ (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)

		Re: Minifig What scale are they??
I think you got it right there Dean. I would said the same thing, but, um, I didn't. Build On! John Matthews Dean Husby <nntp@akasa.bc.ca> wrote in message news:38DAD121.7FC802...a.bc.ca... (...) hold my (...) Panther (...) 1.35th (...) to a (...) (...) (25 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)

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		Minifig What scale are they??
Ok, I have not managed to read many posts in the last 4 weeks or so(I hold my head in shame) due to work comitments.I have recently purchased a Panther radio controlled model tank, 1.25th scale. As a teenager I used to have 1.35th scale tanks etc. (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)

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