Britains glossy figure size (1 Viewer)

[toymodelsoldiers]

Good afternoon.
Am new to this Forum and there are some things I don't understand.
Why are the newer Britain's glossy finish figures in a different scale from the Britain's newer matte finish figures?

Dave.

 

[Ken & Ericka Osen/H&A Studio]

The size was chosen to maintain some compatibility with the older style figures that many collectors already had. These generally came in at about 54mm in height, although a figures height is not a real scale.

A scale is always a fractional number with the real world at 1/1 scale. The first number is the real world size and the second number is the scale size or reduction. This works very well for manufactured goods such as a vehicle, weapon or equipment in fixed sizes such as canteens or backpacks, but has always been very subjective for a figures height.

I hope this helps,
Ken

 

[toymodelsoldiers]

Thank you for your quick response Ken.

Dave.