When measuring dimensions for a minifig with cloth attachments, capes or similar
very easily compressed, do we measure to the fullest possible extent, pulled
out tight or should it be wrapped tight and close so as to minimize the size??
When measuring dimensions for a minifig with cloth attachments, capes or similar
very easily compressed, do we measure to the fullest possible extent, pulled
out tight or should it be wrapped tight and close so as to minimize the size??
as is to the best of my knowledge. take a standard
as an example.
its width is the width of the cape and for a height example take [M=sh354] where
its height is based on the cape hanging down
Assuming this is the official way to measure a minifig, why? why is this measurement
more important than the actual packing dimensions, which are for more useful
to Bricklink sellers than how much room a minifig will use up on display shelf,
which is the only reason I can think of for measuring the spread of a cape...
as an example.
its width is the width of the cape and for a height example take [M=sh354] where
its height is based on the cape hanging down
Assuming this is the official way to measure a minifig, why? why is this measurement
more important than the actual packing dimensions, which are for more useful
to Bricklink sellers than how much room a minifig will use up on display shelf,
which is the only reason I can think of for measuring the spread of a cape...
There are multiple ways to pack a figure, but the site had to have a _standard_
way to measure them for packing dimensions. The standard is that the packing
dimensions should be as the figure is shown assembled in its BrickLink catalog
entry image.
as an example.
its width is the width of the cape and for a height example take [M=sh354] where
its height is based on the cape hanging down
Assuming this is the official way to measure a minifig, why? why is this measurement
more important than the actual packing dimensions, which are for more useful
to Bricklink sellers than how much room a minifig will use up on display shelf,
which is the only reason I can think of for measuring the spread of a cape...
I put the cape on a square piece of cardboard and then heat seal that inside
plastic and then put that and the minifig pieces in a small bag from a LEGO set
and heat seal that and trim it down to size. If I bought a minifig with a cape
and the seller had wrapped its cape around its body to conserve space, I would
be very disappointed.
ALL packing dimensions are simply a place to start. If you calculated the volume
of an order by the packing dimensions and got a box with that exact capacity,
it wouldn't work out. The dimensions make a box that almost invariably leaves
room for other boxes to encroach. That's certainly the case with all minifigs.
You can spill 20 of any minifig in a much smaller space than its packing dimensions
indicate, but the same is true for
and
most anything but bricks. Someone who is using the packing dimensions to estimate
box size is going to have to build in a multiplier that they find works for them,
because it would also depend on how they pack and pad and arrange.
The data point is CALLED "packing dimension". None of MY shipping methods
use the packing dimension and I think that is pretty common. When I started
doing that work, I approached it academically for people who are looking at a
catalog page and wondering how big a boy that part or minifig is anyway.
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