(Rounding down also accounts for the slight increase in height when you add hair or a hat.) I have rounded down slightly and concluded that 1:42 is an good estimate for the scale of LEGO Minifigures based on their height. Width and Height of Classic LEGO Minifigure. (1 p = 1.6 mm, or 0.063 inches)ġ plastic is 1/2 of the height of a LEGO plate (excluding studs), 1/5 of the width of a 1x LEGO brick, or 1/6 the height of a LEGO brick (excluding studs). I call this unit 1 plastic, or simply “1 p”. The smallest common dimension in the LEGO System is the thickness of a LEGO brick’s wall. It is impractical to include figures in your models at a scale smaller than about 1:125. The calculations used to achieve these values are included below… That older article now points to this page, as this article is more accurate and covers additional figure types.)īased on my calculations, here is the approximate scaling factor for each common LEGO figure (from largest to smallest).
(This revisits a topic I first explored in 2013 with the blog post calculating minifig scale. This article shows you how I calculated the “scale” for various LEGO figures as they compare to the size of real-live humans. This page shows the calculations behind my article in issue #13 of Bricks Magazine.
By Tom Alphin, author of the bestselling book The LEGO Architect, which explores how to build 7 styles of architecture using LEGO.
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