- February 26th, 2017, 1:55 pm#4890690
Vigo appears to be about 7 inches, or the same scale as the GBs. However, I'll be generous and go with 8". According to info I was able to find, the firehouse is 25' across. At a 6" scale, that equates to 25". If you tip Vigo on his side, he would likely span the base at most 3 times, giving a width of 24" at best, 1" shy of being in scale with the Matty figures at 6", and quite a few more shy of being in scale with the DST figures. Might not seem like much, but when you're posing your figures with it, believe me, it'll be noticeable. I noticed immediately how absurdly out of scale the rooftop was as soon as I started putting the figures in, especially when the 7" scale Neca Terror Dogs didn't even come anywhere close to fitting on their bases (I assume this is why the DST Terror Dogs are loaded with metric tons of ugly articulation, in order to actually be able to stand on bases that are scaled for figures nearly 2" smaller in scale).
Another good way of judging the scale would be to compare how big the sign is in the mockup compared to Vigo, versus how big the actual sign was compared to a person.
It's also worth noting in said comparison that they appear to have changed the shape of the windows on the larger outer doors in order to make them smaller so that the inner doors could actually be big enough for the figures.
As for the Mattel issues, I'm not arguing they're perfect, but, in my opinion, they're vastly superior to DST's offerings, which in my opinion are utter garbage.
Another good way of judging the scale would be to compare how big the sign is in the mockup compared to Vigo, versus how big the actual sign was compared to a person.
It's also worth noting in said comparison that they appear to have changed the shape of the windows on the larger outer doors in order to make them smaller so that the inner doors could actually be big enough for the figures.
As for the Mattel issues, I'm not arguing they're perfect, but, in my opinion, they're vastly superior to DST's offerings, which in my opinion are utter garbage.