The Invicta series made the big scale breakthrough. Everybody is supposedly in 1:45 scale. Let's see how closely Invicta approached their good intentions. Below, for each figure, are - figure length - length of the figure, as measured here at the Laboratory - the longest dimension, the important one if you were looking for a box to put it in stretched length - estimated length the figure would be if the pose was stretched out - more precisely, the nose-to-tail-tip length when standing with neck and tail extended in an upright and moderately relaxed attitude. Obviously, a lot of room for misjudgement here nominal size - nominal size of animal, as marked on figure real animal - length of the real animal, as given in various published sources (not Web rumor - real books with real credentialed authors and real editors and real proofreaders) actual scale - actual scale of the figure (real animal length divided by stretched length of figure) nominal scale - nominal scale of the figure - 1:45 for the entire Invicta line scale error - how far off is the actual scale from the nominal scale? Calculated from stretched length of figure times nominal scale, all divided by real animal length
1 - Due to the scanty nature of the remains, there's some doubt about the size of Megalosaurus. Estimates vary from 7 to 9 meters. Invicta used 9 meters, so that figure is used to calcuate the numbers in the table. 2Ichthyosaurus was nowhere near this size. There were other ichthyosaurs about 9m long, but the figure is explicitly labeled Ichthyosuarus, not an ichthyosaur, so I have to consider the 9m length an error, and calculate the table accordingly. |