Photo Challenge - Figure Scales

Hi everyone,

As part of a long term effort to archive fundamental figure collecting information, I would like to compile a list of photos that show one or both of:

• Figures next to widely recognizable objects to help people generalize their size. For example: 12 oz can, coin, pen, etc. You can also use a ruler (ideally one that has both inch and cm visible), but since height info is already listed in the db, I think having common objects would provide additional insight. However, either one works fine!
• Figures of varying scales next to each other to show how different scales compare (bonus points if they're multiple scales of the same character)

Most shelf/collection photos will likely fulfill these requirements, since your collection is likely to contain some variance of scale. As long as the photos are focused enough where a relatively accurate conclusion about scale can be drawn, feel free to post it!

Important Notes

• SFW photos only. It's ok to use castoff figures as an example, as long as the figure is in "SFW Mode" when the photo is taken. If you're unsure if you should use a specific image as an example, send me a PM and we can discuss it.
• When I mention figure scale, that doesn't mean to imply that the images you share have to be specifically of "scale figures." They can be anything: Nendoroid next to Figma next to 1/4 bunny, Sega prize next to 1/8 scale next to Dollfie... if it's a figure, we want to see it!
• Please include links to the photos so that I can link them to the club, and also if possible link the items to your photos to help future users.

For scale comparison I have recently posted a photo with different scales (based on a question regarding Dollfie dream) Note that Chinese scale differs from Japanese scale when it comes to action figures and BJD’s.
Will make some better photo’s later with more different figures and something recognisable in size.

The photo below shows Azone 1/6 scale and Dollzone 1/6 scale.

Rajke • 7 months ago • #117261423View spoilerHide spoilerFor scale comparison I have recently posted a photo with different scales (based on a question regarding Dollfie dream) Note that Chinese scale differs from Japanese scale when it comes to action figures and BJD’s.
Will make some better photo’s later with more different figures and something recognisable in size.

The photo below shows Azone 1/6 scale and Dollzone 1/6 scale.
Excellent, we're off to a great start! This is exactly the type of photo I was looking for. I look forward to seeing your next post.

Edit: I went in and linked your photos to the club. Thanks again! The first photo you uploaded really gives great context into how large Dollfies are; they make the 1/4 bunny look tiny!

Here's my contributions!

(for comparison, an 8.4 oz Red Bull and a bottle of Two Buck Chuck)

Scales
L to R: 1:8, 1:7, 1:6 and 1:4 scales (and 2 super minis on the base of the 1:4). I used small risers and CD cases to elevate the smaller figures so they all roughly stood on even footing, so bases wouldn't skew the results.


Smaller articulated figures
L to R: Super Action Statue, S.H. Figuarts, Figma.


Chibi articulated figures & even smaller figures
L to R: Nendoroid, Cu-Poche, Amiibo, and 2 super mini trading figures.


Final Fantasy VII Cloud Strife Trading Arts figures
L to R: Remake, "original," Dissidia versions. For the lolz, as it's basically the same figure with minor variations, from 3 different sets in 3 different sizes.

bnomiko • 6 months ago • #117271878View spoilerHide spoilerHere's my contributions!
(for comparison, an 8.4 oz Red Bull and a bottle of Two Buck Chuck)
Scales
L to R: 1:8, 1:7, 1:6 and 1:4 scales (and 2 super minis on the base of the 1:4). I used small risers and CD cases to elevate the smaller figures so they all roughly stood on even footing, so bases wouldn't skew the results.


Smaller articulated figures
L to R: Super Action Statue, S.H. Figuarts, Figma.

Chibi articulated figures & even smaller figures
L to R: Nendoroid, Cu-Poche, Amiibo, and 2 super mini trading figures.

Final Fantasy VII Cloud Strife Trading Arts figures
L to R: Remake, "original," Dissidia versions. For the lolz, as it's basically the same figure with minor variations, from 3 different sets in 3 different sizes.
Amazing! These are all excellent; the use of cd cases to put all of the scales at the same level was a good call. This is a great variety of figure types and sizes, and the descriptions given are much appreciated! I was interested in learning about those Cloud figures, since you mentioned that it's basically the same line of figures, but all turned out different. My guess was that they got larger as time went on, and it looks like that actually was not the case, and is actually the exact opposite lol. Thanks for the contribution!

lowroller • 6 months ago • #117309983I was interested in learning about those Cloud figures, since you mentioned that it's basically the same line of figures, but all turned out different. My guess was that they got larger as time went on, and it looks like that actually was not the case, and is actually the exact opposite lol.
Yeah I found it interesting too (especially since it's obvious I keep collecting the exact same figure of a character I don't even love lol, but I liked having this proof of progression and evolution of the character's design over the years). I admit I was disappointed when I received the newest figure (Remake) because it's small to the point that you lose detailing, even though it's a much more detailed figure than the original.

Here are some random size comparisons that I threw together! :)

PigeonSocks • 6 months ago • #117324132View spoilerHide spoilerHere are some random size comparisons that I threw together! :)
Excellent post! There is a really nice variety of figure types here, thank you for this! I have gone through and linked all of these images to the club.

To add some more context for future readers, here are the categories of figures in the images posted by PIGEONSOCKS above. From top to bottom, left to right:

• 1/7 scale, Hello! Good Smile
  
• Hello! Good Smile, Nendoroid
• Trading (I think?), Hello! Good Smile, Nendoroid
• Funko Soda, Hello! Good Smile, Nendoroid
• SEGA SPM Figure, Espresto, BiCute Bunnies
• Espresto, BiCute Bunnies
• Nendoroid, BiCute Bunnies

Here is my submission!

Left to right: Nendoroid, 1/7 Scale


Left to right: 1/7 Scale, Nendoroid, Figma, 1/4 Scale

Here is my submission! Apology for the messy background :)

Here are some scale comparisons for Shinobu from Kimetsu no Yaiba. 4 of her 5 scales (left to right: Kotobukiya, MegaHouse, Alter, Funny Knights), her Nendoroid and her Pop Up Parade.



Despite both being 1/8 scales, Kotobukiya's Shinobu is quite a bit bigger than Alter's Shinobu. Funny Knights' Shinobu is listed as 1/7 but she's as big as my other 1/6 figures if not bigger, so the size isn't really that true. MegaHouse doesn't provide a scale, but this Shinobu is about as big as Alter's 1/8 (if you picture her standing, of course), so I'd say she's a 1/8

Thaltha • 6 months ago • #117791600View spoilerHide spoilerHere is my submission! Apology for the messy background :)
Here are some scale comparisons for Shinobu from Kimetsu no Yaiba. 4 of her 5 scales (left to right: Kotobukiya, MegaHouse, Alter, Funny Knights), her Nendoroid and her Pop Up Parade.

Despite both being 1/8 scales, Kotobukiya's Shinobu is quite a bit bigger than Alter's Shinobu. Funny Knights' Shinobu is listed as 1/7 but she's as big as my other 1/6 figures if not bigger, so the size isn't really that true. MegaHouse doesn't provide a scale, but this Shinobu is about as big as Alter's 1/8 (if you picture her standing, of course), so I'd say she's a 1/8Great picture! Thanks for adding it! I've linked this image to the club.

Your point about scales being inconsistent between companies is interesting, and something I didn't really consider. Do you think any of them are more "true to scale" than others? According to the wikia for DS, Shinobu is 151 cm tall. It doesn't give a source for this, but if we assuming its true then a 1/7 scale would be ~22cm tall, and a 1/8 would be ~19cm.

I also wonder if her scale is bumped up a bit since she is on the smaller side? Like, maybe some figure companies add or remove a bit to their height so that they look "right" when put next to other characters of the same scale?

View spoilerHide spoilerlowroller • 6 months ago • #117802244Great picture! Thanks for adding it! I've linked this image to the club.
Your point about scales being inconsistent between companies is interesting, and something I didn't really consider. Do you think any of them are more "true to scale" than others? According to the wikia for DS, Shinobu is 151 cm tall. It doesn't give a source for this, but if we assuming its true then a 1/7 scale would be ~22cm tall, and a 1/8 would be ~19cm.
I also wonder if her scale is bumped up a bit since she is on the smaller side? Like, maybe some figure companies add or remove a bit to their height so that they look "right" when put next to other characters of the same scale?

Her height is accurate, it says so in the official companion book for the series :)
Alter's Shinobu is 22 cm tall, but she isn't perfectly ground level, and she is standing on the tip of her feet: Shinobu herself is actually 18 cm tall (pretty accurate). Kotobukiya's is 25 cm, and Shinobu herself is 19 cm (also super accurate).
Anyway, they definitely removed some height from other Demon Slayer characters so that she doesn't look out of place with them (even though she is super short in the anime/manga too, the only Hashira as short as her is literally a 14 year old boy). For example her fellow Hashira Rengoku is 177 cm tall but his 1/8 scale by Aniplex (ITEM #994530, lovely figure btw) is only 20 cm tall, and not 22,1 as it should be if it were an exact 1/8 :)

Thaltha • 6 months ago • #117855269View spoilerHide spoilerView spoilerHide spoiler
Her height is accurate, it says so in the official companion book for the series :)
Alter's Shinobu is 22 cm tall, but she isn't perfectly ground level, and she is standing on the tip of her feet: Shinobu herself is actually 18 cm tall (pretty accurate). Kotobukiya's is 25 cm, and Shinobu herself is 19 cm (also super accurate).
Anyway, they definitely removed some height from other Demon Slayer characters so that she doesn't look out of place with them (even though she is super short in the anime/manga too, the only Hashira as short as her is literally a 14 year old boy). For example her fellow Hashira Rengoku is 177 cm tall but his 1/8 scale by Aniplex (ITEM #994530, lovely figure btw) is only 20 cm tall, and not 22,1 as it should be if it were an exact 1/8 :)That's interesting! It sounds like her figures are generally pretty accurate then. But also that they do change other characters to make them fit together. It honestly makes sense; most people would probably prefer their collection "fits" together at the expense of a bit of accuracy. I had kind of speculated this before, so it's nice to have it confirmed.

On the flip side, I've also noticed that sometimes things seem exaggerated. I took a picture of two Fate 1/8 scales: PICTURE #3021846. Medb (left) is 154cm / 41 kg according to the wiki. Okita (right) is listed as 154cm / 45 kg in the wiki. So exact same height, with Okita weighing a bit more. Even with Okita wearing taller shoes, Medb looks shorter and much more petite. This is likely by design, to really make Medb seem petite but it's interesting in it's own right.

tomura • 6 months ago • #117855395View spoilerHide spoilerThought I'd help add to this with one character across a few figure variants.

Figures in question (left to right)
ITEM #1166435 - 1/8
ITEM #1039141 - prize (~ 1/6 scale)
ITEM #1295164 - 1/8
ITEM #1240482 - 1/4
ITEM #728445 - 1/8

8in / 20cm water bottle for reference.
The most accurate figure from this selection is ITEM #1295164. TOHOs stealth suit is 100% on the nose in scale, as the character in question is 172cm (5'8 or 68in), 1/8 of 172cm is 21.5cm and the 22cm of the figure probably includes the slight platform of the boots.
Excellent submission! Thanks for this. I like that you included the water bottle for scale also. It looks like these photos are hosted outside of MFC, otherwise I'd link them to the club.

Since you mentioned that the Toho figure was the most accurate, I decided to take a look at some of their other figures to see if they're consistently accurate.

I looked at ITEM #1295144, figure is 21.5 cm, character is 166 cm, so 1/8 = 20.75.
ITEM #1295156, figure is 23 cm, character is 176 cm, so 1/8 = 22 cm.
All 3 of those figures are the same line, and all seem to be consistently about 1cm taller than true scale; which as you mentioned could be due to the boots or maybe even the base (if thats included in figure height). So yeah that company seems to be pretty accurate!

As a side note, the figure on the far left has a great base and pose.

Same character in 1/6, 1/7 and 1/10. :)

PICTURE #503741

Maakie • 5 months ago • #119236780Same character in 1/6, 1/7 and 1/10. :)
PICTURE #503741Awesome! It's kind of crazy how large a 1/7 looks when it's standing next to a 1/10, it honestly almost feels like looking at a 1/7 or 1/8 next to a 1/4! This image really helps to illustrate how the different scales look side by side.

This got me thinking about how the different ratios compare. I did some quick math (anyone feel free to check if this is right). If anyone wants to see a bunch of functional comparisons click below:
a bunch of fraction comparisonsclose1/7 is approximately 1.43 times the size of 1/10
1/7 is approximately 1.71 times the size of 1/12

1/8 is 1.25 times the size of 1/10
1/8 is 1.5 times the size of 1/12

1/4 is 1.75 times the size of 1/7
1/4 is 2 times the size of 1/8

So if we had figures of the same character that were 100% true to scale, a 1/12 standing next to a 1/7, is close to the same proportional difference as a 1/7 standing next to a 1/4. So my original thought of the 1/10 next to the 1/7 being like a 1/7 next to a 1/4 isn't entirely accurate; although it still is a big difference in scale.

Thanks for posting!

lowroller • 5 months ago • #119246991Awesome! It's kind of crazy how large a 1/7 looks when it's standing next to a 1/10, it honestly almost feels like looking at a 1/7 or 1/8 next to a 1/4! This image really helps to illustrate how the different scales look side by side.
This got me thinking about how the different ratios compare. I did some quick math (anyone feel free to check if this is right). If anyone wants to see a bunch of functional comparisons click below:
a bunch of fraction comparisonsclose1/7 is approximately 1.43 times the size of 1/10
1/7 is approximately 1.71 times the size of 1/12
1/8 is 1.25 times the size of 1/10
1/8 is 1.5 times the size of 1/12
1/4 is 1.75 times the size of 1/7
1/4 is 2 times the size of 1/8
So if we had figures of the same character that were 100% true to scale, a 1/12 standing next to a 1/7, is close to the same proportional difference as a 1/7 standing next to a 1/4. So my original thought of the 1/10 next to the 1/7 being like a 1/7 next to a 1/4 isn't entirely accurate; although it still is a big difference in scale.
Thanks for posting!

Interesting maths! Just by 'feeling' and not maths, I always felt like the 1/10 was very tiny, more like 1/11 and the 1/6 was very big, more like 1/5. I eventually sold the 1/6 and her new owner was also like "WOAH I did not expect her to be THIS big". :D Back then, the only other 1/6 I had was kneeling and of a younger character, so I never had a good comparison to an 'adult' 1/6 other than this Mai.

Maakie • 5 months ago • #119567708Interesting maths! Just by 'feeling' and not maths, I always felt like the 1/10 was very tiny, more like 1/11 and the 1/6 was very big, more like 1/5. I eventually sold the 1/6 and her new owner was also like "WOAH I did not expect her to be THIS big". :D Back then, the only other 1/6 I had was kneeling and of a younger character, so I never had a good comparison to an 'adult' 1/6 other than this Mai.Reading this kind of made me think about how, in general, figures used to be smaller. I feel like we have so many 1/4 bunnies etc. floating around now that people are used to these massive figures, but it's really a somewhat new thing for it to be so common. That's at least how it seems to me.

lowroller • 5 months ago • #119727698Reading this kind of made me think about how, in general, figures used to be smaller. I feel like we have so many 1/4 bunnies etc. floating around now that people are used to these massive figures, but it's really a somewhat new thing for it to be so common. That's at least how it seems to me.

Hrmrm partially agree. I remember around 10-15 years ago the most impressive figures (in size) were the Lucky Star and Haruhi Suzumiya 1/4's. I was also impressed by them myself, but held back because of them being so huge. I would think the biggest change is that people are a lot more open to buying 1/4's than 10+ yrs ago. This also lets the manufacturers make a lot more 1/4's.

A while back I also had talks with some other oldtimers on here and we felt like in the past a lot more 'common' figures were in 1/6 scale, nowadays that size mainly seems to be reserved for 18+ original characters and flavor of the month/popular characters get way more regularly 1/7's and 1/8's. My example of the Mai being a common figure at 1/6 to 1/5 scale is something you would now not so commonly see of [insert whatever is popular now].

Anyway short version: Bigger figures were definitely around, but less people were willing to buy as big as 1/4. 1/6 was a lot more desired/common. Eventually it seems like the market shifted to people liking 1/4's (especially bunnies), 1/6's being reserved for 18+ material and 1/7's and 1/8's the more generic size.

Maakie • 5 months ago • #119943186Hrmrm partially agree. I remember around 10-15 years ago the most impressive figures (in size) were the Lucky Star and Haruhi Suzumiya 1/4's. I was also impressed by them myself, but held back because of them being so huge. I would think the biggest change is that people are a lot more open to buying 1/4's than 10+ yrs ago. This also lets the manufacturers make a lot more 1/4's.
A while back I also had talks with some other oldtimers on here and we felt like in the past a lot more 'common' figures were in 1/6 scale, nowadays that size mainly seems to be reserved for 18+ original characters and flavor of the month/popular characters get way more regularly 1/7's and 1/8's. My example of the Mai being a common figure at 1/6 to 1/5 scale is something you would now not so commonly see of [insert whatever is popular now].
Anyway short version: Bigger figures were definitely around, but less people were willing to buy as big as 1/4. 1/6 was a lot more desired/common. Eventually it seems like the market shifted to people liking 1/4's (especially bunnies), 1/6's being reserved for 18+ material and 1/7's and 1/8's the more generic size.Interesting! That's not what I expected honestly, since when I look up older figures for characters I know they tend to usually be 1/8 or smaller if its made pre-2010. It could just be due to the type of thing I'm looking at though, so it might not be a great sample size.

The 1/6 being more common is sort of unexpected. Why do you think that changed to being mostly only reserved for 18+ OC figures?

Do you credit the BStyle bunny girl line for the popularity of 1/4 scale in general?