Haltiamieli Posted January 28, 2011 Posted January 28, 2011 This is quite a trivial question for its own topic, but there doesn't seem to be any special topic for small questions... So, I thought it might be a nice addition for my medieval village to have a bear tamer and a dancing bear,* but the only brown bear Lego has produced (excluding Duplo) is this Belville one from the beginning of 2000s. It seems cartoonish for sure, but might just pass in absence of better alternatives. However it is quite hard to try to make out the real size of the bear compared to minifigs from the smallish Bricklink pictures, and I don't want to buy one from BL just to see myself as they're somewhat expensive. So I'm asking whether any eurobricker happens to have this piece and be willing to tell (or better still, photograph) how it compares to minifigs in size and look? * Bear taming is cruel I know, but it was a quite common custom in the middle ages. Quote
Brickdoctor Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 Don't have it, but I'd say it's about 3-4 studs high, judging by comparison to the long red antenna in this picture. Quote
Haltiamieli Posted January 29, 2011 Author Posted January 29, 2011 Yeah, true. I tried to compare the size to the studs on the baseplates, which is not as easy as comparing to the red antenna. Good call. 3-4 studs is quite small really, but on the other hand maybe small is better than huge. The bear can always be interpreted as a young one, which it looks like anyway with its big head. I wonder would the mouth be of the right size to hold a bar for some sort of muzzle? Quote
Brickdoctor Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 It looks around the right size. If not, you can squish in a piece of pneumatic tubing if it's too skinny, or wrap it in a rubber band or something if it's too big. Quote
Aanchir Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 Since both the Belville bear and minifigures appear in the Toys 'R' Us City Truck, a picture of that set can give you a good idea of how the sizes compare. Quote
Rick Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 The City TRU truck/shop has the teddy bear. The topic starter is referring to another Belville bear, representing a real bear. Quote
Aanchir Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 The City TRU truck/shop has the teddy bear. The topic starter is referring to another Belville bear, representing a real bear. Oh, my mistake. I should have followed the link in the first post. The teddy bear was the only one I knew about, and seeing as it made its debut in Belville I thought it must be the one the topic starter was talking about. Not the wisest assumption I've ever made. Quote
Pate-keetongu Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 Belville bears are 3 cm tall and 2,8 cm wide, you can tranfer that to studs pretty easily. Quote
SlyOwl Posted January 31, 2011 Posted January 31, 2011 The mouth does hold a bar, yes. You might not want to click this, but it does give a good impression of minifig scale! Indcidentally, MicahBerger has an excellent brick-built bear, complete with instructions here. More posable too - just a thought Quote
autobrick Posted January 31, 2011 Posted January 31, 2011 You might not want to click this, but it does give a good impression of minifig scale! LOL and I mean it! I literally laughed out loud! That was not something I was expecting at all... It is too bad the polar bear only came in white; maybe you could paint one? Otherwise you should brick build one because I don't think the Belville bear will fit in with minifigs. Quote
Haltiamieli Posted February 1, 2011 Author Posted February 1, 2011 You might not want to click this, but it does give a good impression of minifig scale! Oh my... But thanks for the links anyway. They were... informative. Indcidentally, MicahBerger has an excellent brick-built bear, complete with instructions here. More posable too - just a thought That is indeed quite a remarkable creation. I have much respect for the people who manage to do beautiful brick-built animals in minifig scale, but in my honest opinion brick-built animals don't really fit along the specialized mold animals, which I have/will have a plenty anyway. So I suppose either the Belville one works (well enough) or I just won't have a dancing bear (at least not until Lego does a system version of the brown bear). The scale doesn't seem to be horribly off anyway, so I think I'll try it. Quote
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