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Minifig Customization 101:
When you start working in any art form, you begin by learning how to think about scale and perspective. This is one of the most challenging bits of working in minifigure customization, because LEGO minifigures are so small and their scale is not a 1:1 with our world. Their heads are too big, their hands are massive, and their torsos and legs are the same length. They are a weird-shaped figure comparatively speaking, and the scale of objects around them is much, much, larger than they would be to you or me. Just look at the LEGO apple and think about how large that would be to us. Perhaps you will recall my conversion of a Clock Superman Figure into Captain America in previous issues. I have wanted large format LEGO minifigures. Clearly, I have longed for big minifigs or Bigfigs/big figures, but these can be hard to build and time consuming.
Scale and Perspective (Part 1) Article by Jared K. Burks
No, not these figures!
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No, I do not want that abomination to LEGO—the anthropomorphized figure with so many non-moving parts and crazy steroid induced anatomical features found on no other LEGO figure. I want a true large format LEGO style minifig with its odd scale and weird proportions. Not to completely bash the current Bigfigs—the original rock monster and HP Troll made sense, as did several others—however, in 2012 when LEGO started using it for the Hulk and gave it 6-pack abs, it just did not make sense anymore. Want to see all the official figures in this category? https://youtu.be/ FVa2xQHJ9LU. These post-2012 larger figures just don’t seem to fit the rest of the LEGOverse. As such, I want a true big, giant figure that is merely a scaled version of the figure standing small at 1.5 inches or 4 cm. Not only could we build a better Hulk, we could make a Marvel Giant Man, Galactus, or Sentinel. We could also make our favorite signature figure simply larger.
