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Pretty sure that would be the physically largest retail set ever sold if they did the minifig scale of 1:45 (ish) [0]. Looks like they might be making it roughl

by rtkwe 7y ago

Pretty sure that would be the physically largest retail set ever sold if they did the minifig scale of 1:45 (ish) [0]. Looks like they might be making it roughly microfig scale judging by the scale of the included microfigs vs the rest. I'd rather maybe double the current size for more detail and chances for little greeble details but this size does make it easy to justify even with my current set backlog. [0] It's a little messy because minifigs are quite squat and wide compared to their height.

vanderZwan 7y ago
> microfig Had to look that up[0], since I haven't closely been keeping up with LEGO since my childhood, and for now lack children of my own to renew interest. Interesting concept, but it doesn't look like they're still "officially" used? EDIT: Oh, the article states that this set comes with two microfigs. My bad, I should pay closer attention next time! [0] https://lego.fandom.com/wiki/Microfigure https://lego.fandom.com/wiki/Microfigure
- rtkwe 7y ago
  I was wrong about the name the wiki seems to call what's included in the ISS set Nanofigures. Though it seems like places use both nanofig and microfig interchangeably since microfigs are discontinued. https://rebrickable.com/parts/90398/minifig-trophy-statuette/ https://rebrickable.com/parts/90398/minifig-trophy-statuette... https://lego.fandom.com/wiki/Nanofigure https://lego.fandom.com/wiki/Nanofigure https://www.firestartoys.com/Shop/LEGO-Minifigures/LEGO-Nanofigures.html https://www.firestartoys.com/Shop/LEGO-Minifigures/LEGO-Nano...
  - Dylan16807 7y ago
    So they're about 1:125-140. And this set is about 1:225. Also that shuttle is absolutely not to scale. It's about 1:400.
    - rtkwe 7y ago
      Ah yeah I was just eyeballing it and the nanofigs did seem a bit big. It's tricky because going up just double size probably doesn't give them much chance to add more detail the way people would want and 4x would make it way too large and expensive.

by rtkwe 7y ago

vanderZwan 7y ago

> microfig Had to look that up[0], since I haven't closely been keeping up with LEGO since my childhood, and for now lack children of my own to renew interest. Interesting concept, but it doesn't look like they're still "officially" used? EDIT: Oh, the article states that this set comes with two microfigs. My bad, I should pay closer attention next time! [0] https://lego.fandom.com/wiki/Microfigure https://lego.fandom.com/wiki/Microfigure

rtkwe 7y ago
I was wrong about the name the wiki seems to call what's included in the ISS set Nanofigures. Though it seems like places use both nanofig and microfig interchangeably since microfigs are discontinued. https://rebrickable.com/parts/90398/minifig-trophy-statuette/ https://rebrickable.com/parts/90398/minifig-trophy-statuette... https://lego.fandom.com/wiki/Nanofigure https://lego.fandom.com/wiki/Nanofigure https://www.firestartoys.com/Shop/LEGO-Minifigures/LEGO-Nanofigures.html https://www.firestartoys.com/Shop/LEGO-Minifigures/LEGO-Nano...
- Dylan16807 7y ago
  So they're about 1:125-140. And this set is about 1:225. Also that shuttle is absolutely not to scale. It's about 1:400.
  - rtkwe 7y ago
    Ah yeah I was just eyeballing it and the nanofigs did seem a bit big. It's tricky because going up just double size probably doesn't give them much chance to add more detail the way people would want and 4x would make it way too large and expensive.