I don't know who's the worst troll here - the user who says "Sod Star Wars" and "Fanboys has taken over the community", or the one who says "There’s no place for your statements here" and "Every sentence you wrote reeks of stupidity".

Yes, with the 1:41 scale of the article more emphasis is put on figure height. This works for most vehicles but the smaller walkers like AT-RT and AT-ST are missing width, especially the latters 2009 version can barely manage one pilot. This is why the common AT-ST mocs with Bionicle ball joints go the route of recent official sets and veer towards 1:32 or 1:35 scale which is frankly too large, especially when they then go on to put them next to 1:41 starships, but it easily allows 2 seats and interior. Measurements taken from StarWars.com, Wookieepedia.com or the most recent canonical reference book. Gungan Sub, which does a poor job of approximating the vehicle. Amazingly, the remake of this (9499: Gungan Sub) did the same thing! The sixteen identical battle droids feature one straight arm to hold their blasters, which are the same as the new clone blasters, upright. All of the other parts are the same to the older versions.

Establishing precise minifigure-scale is always difficult, primarily because minifigures feature such unusual proportions. Nevertheless, many Star Wars models are intended to interact with minifigures, of course. Notes: Two measurements are frequently published for the AT-ST, although the variation between them is small and hardly affects accurate minifigure-scale. I recently discussed the scale issues with the different Hailfire models, but I went by 1:48 scale. At that scale, every 1/4” represents 1’, and 6’ tall person would be 1.5”. A minifig, shaved and excluding the stud), happens to be 1.5” tall. At this scale, by the 22’/6.8m height I used for my calculation, the 8” tall Technic model is about 45% larger than it should be. If you go by the 8.5m length, the 9-1/4” long model is still 14” too long. By this same scale, the new X-Wing that people complained was too tiny is actually still 12.5% on the long side. But, unbelievable as it sounds, at 1:48 scale, the plane from the recent Amelia Earhart GWP is only off by a small fraction of a stud. In real life, this is a plane that seats seven. One pilot, and three rows of two seats below and aft. This is a plane that people complained should have been at least twice as long, but if you actually look up photos of Earhart with the plane, it’s spot on...based strictly on a minifig’s height. Say whatever you want, but calling licenced sets a bad thing just shows your ignorance of the wider market and how business works. This is absolutely spot on. The perception of minifigure-scale is paramount, regardless of actual accurate scale and particularly when the characters are exposed inside the vehicle.

Meanwhile, the Heavy Scout Walker not only looked completely out of place, out of style with everything else Star Wars, but its cardinal sin is that it didn't appear in the film at all. Unless it makes an appearance in a future film, you can't even consider that thing canon. It might as well be some random sci-fi MOC. It also included a very random, bland selection of minifigures, not that it mattered since it wasn't in the film anyway and it could never have included an accurate assortment. That’s the awkward thing about minifig scale. The Earhart plane has a fuselage that’s just four studs wide, but the bare minimum to seat two minifigs side-by-side is six (and even then they’ll need to roll down the windows so they can rest their arms on the sills). Based on height, cars scaled to a minifig end up looking like the polybag Elva that can’t even fit a whole minifig. Scale the model to their width, and that’s how you end up with Speed Champions producing 8-wide tanks. So for full functionality, sets should probably include proper scaling for height, depth and width, but that would make a lot of real-life items look more stubby."I remember hearing that yeeeears ago; when Kenner had 'Star Wars', someone pointed out their Falcon wasn't 'proper scale'. Their counter was: if it was, no kid could lift it (not to mention, how fewer could've afforded it). LEGO has released a number of sets based upon their own animated series in recent years, the latest of which are from The Freemaker Adventures. On the one hand, these sets are at a disadvantage because they are not based upon a familiar or beloved design from the Star Wars movies. However, this situation also allows the designers to create something from their own imagination, without the restrictions imposed by a source material.

The Ultimate Collector's Series represents the pinnacle of the LEGO Star Wars theme, usually valuing detail and authenticity over every other factor. 75098 Assault on Hoth was released in 2016 and does not adhere to those principles at all, instead containing an array of small models which would be far better suited to a standard retail set by the admission of the set designer in the instruction manual. These models are of mixed quality and combining them to form a focal point does little to improve the design. Millennium Falcon is constructed at minifigure-scale, measuring 84cm in length. While perfect accuracy cannot be verified, I think the Millennium Falcon appears appropriate beside minifigures and am therefore satisfied with this scale. The onscreen vessel reaches 34.75m in length, giving an approximate ratio of 1:41.369 for 75192 Millennium Falcon. Thomas the Tank Engine would be a great choice for a system licensed theme. (the old tv show). Theres roughly 70 years of fans and the lego train fans would go crazy. (this is if there were parts included to remove the engine's faces). There are studies proving that a parent is much more likely to buy something if they can relate to it. While children may be the target audience, Lego is really selling sets to adults. So when Star Wars is chosen over say, Castle, its because of the parents, not the children. The reason there is a large market of child star wars fans is because there parents are either SW fans themselves, or watched the movies as a child.The destroyer droid is a different variant from the older Episode 1 droidekas, and is not one of the ones featured in LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game. Its main colours are copper and grey, and its legs cannot fold in like the older variant. It uses the same type of double-gun, binoculars, but instead of pistols connecting to it, the designers used light grey agent guns. Recent discussion surrounding 75309 Republic Gunship has prompted broader examination of minifigure-scale. This interesting topic undoubtedly warrants investigation and this article encompasses numerous significant vehicles, determining their approximate minifigure-scale. The LEGO Star Wars range is primarily focused upon vehicles but it has also included some splendid location-based models. Unfortunately, 7257 Ultimate Lightsaber Duel is not among them in my opinion as the control rods around which the entire set is designed do not work particularly well. These rods for each minifigure are a nice idea but their execution is rather disappointing as the platforms tend to rotate freely, making them difficult to direct.

Scale is tough because you have to consider all 3 dimensions. Using one makes for a good approximation, but the minifigure is disproportionate in width as well. It's why a lot of vehicles look wrong with minifigs and can't accommodate two side-by-side. At least in Lego form it's a lot easier to mask scale inaccuracies, because there is no actual solid point of reference scale wise. A minifig is intrinsically a really bad estimate of the human form factor, so everything else is a lot easier to sell as "somewhat in scale". The Self Propelled Heavy Artillery (SPHA) walker was a modular heavy artillery unit used by the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. It was used at the end of Episode 2 on Geonosis. There is actually also a thing about colors, that ends up looking inaccurate in smaller scales, making people mix lighter colors and create fake shadows, but that's a whole other can of worms, that scale modelers have to deal with. This was the first set to include Battle Droid minifigures with vertical hands able to hold a standard blaster.Certain memorable vehicles would be decidedly unsuitable for minifigure-scale renditions, based upon their incredible size. Nevertheless, we can establish how large they would need to be, for accurate scaling beside minifigures! Venator-class Star Destroyer Whoa, awesome article! It’s interesting that the most accurately scaled examples in official sets (by this standard) are very old sets in some cases and much newer sets in others. Notes: Three different lengths are commonly provided for the TIE Advanced x1. Detailed fan calculations have established that the length is nearest to the shortest of those canon measurements, which would match the design in 75150 Vader's TIE Advanced vs. A-wing Starfighter. Once again, this issue can be attributed to the limited selection of colours available. Dark green pieces are ideally suited to Boba Fett's Slave I and have been used on every subsequent model of the vessel. Unfortunately, they did not appear until 2003 so the designer had to use the standard shade of green which is not at all suitable. This model also suffers from a severe scaling issue and its flaws become even more apparent when the set is compared with 7153 Jango Fett's Slave I which was released just two years later. 7257 Ultimate Lightsaber Duel