Answers.Body: <h2>Mini style {used in LEGO sets and by collectors, not Miniland}</h2>
  
  <p>Mini scale/style is typically much smaller than normal LEGO. In Mini scale/style, figures are formed with 2-3 blocks.</p>
  
  <p>Mini scale/style {if I remember correctly} didn't gain popularity until recently. It's so far been popularly used in the LEGO Architecture sets, and in a few others of common landmarks.</p>
  
  <p>It's also common to see three-to-five-dollar packages that contain buildable models {sold in the LEGO stores} in the Mini scale/style.</p>
  
  <p>Examples of Mini sets include:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/4837-1">4837 Mini Trains</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/5761">5761 Mini Digger</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/5864">5864 Mini Helicopter</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <h2>Miniland style {used by Legoland amusement parks and a few LEGO sets}</h2>
  
  <p>I believe that the LEGO amusement parks use something close to miniland scale. It is, however, much different than normal Mini style/scale. One notable fact is that the people have larger heads. I know this is true for the one in Billund, but I'm not sure about the one in California.</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.legoland.dk/da/Oplev-LEGOLAND/">Here</a> and <a href="http://california.legoland.com/Explore/Rides_and_attractions/miniland_usa/">here</a> are the pages of Minilands Billund and California, respectively. The Billund miniland doesn't have its' own page, but it's on the interactive map at the link provided.</p>
  
  <p>A Miniland Flickr group is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/975302@N21/">here</a> if you want to see what Miniland style/scale is.</p>
  
  <p>EDIT! As Zhaph-Ben Duguid pointed out, the Legoland amusement parks are called Miniland, but do not use the Mini scale/style. They use a strange hybrid between DUPLO and LEGO Mini scale/style. It is actually not the more common Mini style/scale used in sets. I've updated this answer to reflect that.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I'd suggest that Miniland is **larger** than standard LEGO - the figure's heads in the Minilands at the parks are made of a number of bricks alone - and are larger than minifig heads.
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Answers.Text: The Lego parks had the term Miniland first; can you cite its use outside the parks?
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Answers.Text: @Erik Olson and Joe Wreschnig: I've clarified that. You're right: The Architecture sets are not built in any form of Miniland. They're Mini style. not Miniland style.
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Answers.Text: @Joe Wreschnig: Nope. They're not called Micro at all, anywhere. They're called Mini. See here: http://search2.lego.com/exec/?q=micro&pt=&lang=2057&cc=US&u= and here: http://search2.lego.com/?pt=&cc=US&lang=2057&u=&q=mini&x=0&y=0
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Answers.Text: @Joe Wreschnig: WTF are you talking about? I searched the entire LEGO.com for Micro and found nada. I searched the entire LEGO.com for Mini and found **nine-hundred-fifty-seven** results. Where'd you get "three relevant results" from? P.S. My official term w/957 results vs your 2 links: I believe the official term wins.
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Answers.Text: thanks for making it a bit clearer, i had also heard of micro-scale but knew that it was separate from this style of building. I know about the more official "mini" style too now.
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Answers.Text: Ah, the joys of search results. There's a tab on the second of @JavaAndCSharp's links that contains 957 results, compared with the 4 models that were available in the GB shop - however most of those links do not talk explicitly about mini-models, but instead list the same 4 or 5 models. Poor indexing strategy really, they should be excluding the navigation from their crawls.
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Answers.Text: @Joe Wreschnig: Yup. Looked at the results; they give 14 Lego sets in the 'mini' scale. As you pointed out, there is also a set {may be more than one} in the 'micro' scale. LEGO designers need to agree on one standard term. IMHO, these two scales are the same. Do you agree?
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Body: <p>I have heard many references to "Miniland" scale. From what I have seen, this style of building mostly includes figurines that are larger than normal mini-figs.</p>
  
  <p>What are some other characteristics of "Miniland" scale?</p>
  
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ThreadText: # What are the characteristics of "Miniland" scale?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2011-10-25)
  
  I have heard many references to "Miniland" scale. From what I have seen, this style of building mostly includes figurines that are larger than normal mini-figs.
  
  What are some other characteristics of "Miniland" scale?
  
  **Tags:** terminology
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2011-10-26. Score: 9 | Accepted answer
  
  ## Mini style {used in LEGO sets and by collectors, not Miniland}
  
  Mini scale/style is typically much smaller than normal LEGO. In Mini scale/style, figures are formed with 2-3 blocks.
  
  Mini scale/style {if I remember correctly} didn't gain popularity until recently. It's so far been popularly used in the LEGO Architecture sets, and in a few others of common landmarks.
  
  It's also common to see three-to-five-dollar packages that contain buildable models {sold in the LEGO stores} in the Mini scale/style.
  
  Examples of Mini sets include:
  
  * [4837 Mini Trains](http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/4837-1)
  * [5761 Mini Digger](http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/5761)
  * [5864 Mini Helicopter](http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/5864)
  
  ## Miniland style {used by Legoland amusement parks and a few LEGO sets}
  
  I believe that the LEGO amusement parks use something close to miniland scale. It is, however, much different than normal Mini style/scale. One notable fact is that the people have larger heads. I know this is true for the one in Billund, but I'm not sure about the one in California.
  
  [Here](http://www.legoland.dk/da/Oplev-LEGOLAND/) and [here](http://california.legoland.com/Explore/Rides_and_attractions/miniland_usa/) are the pages of Minilands Billund and California, respectively. The Billund miniland doesn't have its' own page, but it's on the interactive map at the link provided.
  
  A Miniland Flickr group is [here](http://www.flickr.com/groups/975302@N21/) if you want to see what Miniland style/scale is.
  
  EDIT! As Zhaph-Ben Duguid pointed out, the Legoland amusement parks are called Miniland, but do not use the Mini scale/style. They use a strange hybrid between DUPLO and LEGO Mini scale/style. It is actually not the more common Mini style/scale used in sets. I've updated this answer to reflect that.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: I'd suggest that Miniland is **larger** than standard LEGO - the figure's heads in the Minilands at the parks are made of a number of bricks alone - and are larger than minifig heads.  
  > **username_3**: The Lego parks had the term Miniland first; can you cite its use outside the parks?  
  > **username_1**: @Erik Olson and Joe Wreschnig: I've clarified that. You're right: The Architecture sets are not built in any form of Miniland. They're Mini style. not Miniland style.  
  > **username_1**: @Joe Wreschnig: Nope. They're not called Micro at all, anywhere. They're called Mini. See here: http://search2.lego.com/exec/?q=micro&pt=&lang=2057&cc=US&u= and here: http://search2.lego.com/?pt=&cc=US&lang=2057&u=&q=mini&x=0&y=0  
  > **username_1**: @Joe Wreschnig: WTF are you talking about? I searched the entire LEGO.com for Micro and found nada. I searched the entire LEGO.com for Mini and found **nine-hundred-fifty-seven** results. Where'd you get "three relevant results" from? P.S. My official term w/957 results vs your 2 links: I believe the official term wins.  
  > **username_0**: thanks for making it a bit clearer, i had also heard of micro-scale but knew that it was separate from this style of building. I know about the more official "mini" style too now.  
  > **username_2**: Ah, the joys of search results. There's a tab on the second of @JavaAndCSharp's links that contains 957 results, compared with the 4 models that were available in the GB shop - however most of those links do not talk explicitly about mini-models, but instead list the same 4 or 5 models. Poor indexing strategy really, they should be excluding the navigation from their crawls.  
  > **username_1**: @Joe Wreschnig: Yup. Looked at the results; they give 14 Lego sets in the 'mini' scale. As you pointed out, there is also a set {may be more than one} in the 'micro' scale. LEGO designers need to agree on one standard term. IMHO, these two scales are the same. Do you agree?  
  
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