Scale

**Scale** is the relative size of a toy to the object that it depicts.

Preschool toys tend not to follow a consistent scale as closely as toys for teen and adult hobbyists for a couple reasons. Sizes of "child", "adult", and "animal" figures may be closer than expected. This lets them use the same slides and other playset elements and helps them meet toy safety guidelines. It also gives a bit of an excuse for using redecos as different characters in a scene.

In addition, different generations have different size figures. Unlike model railroads, which largely stick to O (1:43), HO (1:87), or N (1:159), or dollhouses for older children that follow Barbie (1:6), inch (1:12), or G.I. Joe (1:18), **there is no one scale for all mainline Weebles toys.** Wonder Club figures' bottoms are noticeably narrower than those of Weebleville, and the 1970s eggs are the smallest of all. This causes compatibility failures when using figures from one generation in playsets from another.

This page lists the sizes of a selection of figures from each generation. For most figures, it lists the height and the diameter at the top of the base. For vehicles, it lists the track (distance between centers of wheels on one axle) and the wheelbase (distance between centers of front and back wheel).

## 1970s egg

Most of these are 2 inches tall. Some are 1 3/4, 1 7/8, or 2 1/8 inches tall. They're so small as to pose a choking hazard. Leave these out of your scene until the youngest turns 5.

* Mickey: 46 mm by 28 mm, or 51 mm including the ears
* Grover: 51 by 31 mm

We know Mickey's life-size height from Blaine Gibson's *Partners* statue. Mickey is half as tall as Walt, making him 2'11" (89 cm).

## Late 1980s

* Highway:71 mm by 50 mm
* Highway's car: 56 mm track by 60 mm WB

## They Roll Too

* Girl with doll: 65 mm tall; bottom diameter: 42 mm front to back, 40 mm side to side, 44 mm diagonally

## Weebleville and Weebles Storybook World

* Pendleton: 71 mm by 49 mm
* Pendleton (Wendy's) figure height: 62 mm; bottom diameter: 48 mm. A hat makes make a figure taller.
* Noomie: 68 mm by 49 mm. A bow also makes a figure taller; she's 63 mm tall without it.
* Hogie: 63 mm by 48 mm
* Mac: 60 mm by 48 mm, minus the ears. Children aren't that much shorter.
* Jill: 65 mm by 49 mm
* Baby Bear: 56 mm by 49 mm. Possibly the shortest in the gen.
* Bumpus from Mini Weebles Pals: 101 mm by 63 mm
* Ogre: 109 mm by 70 mm
* Pendleton's car: 55 mm track by 55 mm WB
* Winston Hobnobby III's car: 60 mm track by 60 mm WB
* Weemobile: 80 mm track by 129 mm WB

The track of basic vehicles changed little since the late 1980s, as many Weehicles fit in the mechanic's bay of Weebles Gas Station.

## Character and Jazwares

* Barleymow: 78 mm by 44 mm
* Winston: 80 mm by 44 mm
* Buster: 61 mm by 35 mm
* Wobbily Tractor: 94 mm track by 75 mm WB
* Winnie's locomotive: 29 mm track by 61 mm WB

Based on the events of "Visit the Doctors" and "Leading Lady", I'm assuming that Wonder Club figures are meant to represent elementary-school-age human children without legs. This means the height of a figure represents about five-eighths to three-fifths of the height of such a child. Per the CDC growth charts, the average 9-year-old American boy is about 134 cm tall. This would make life-size Winston about 80 cm tall, compared to the figure which is 8 cm tall, for a 1:10 scale.

The floats are much narrower than Weehicles.

## PlayMonster

* Elliot figure height: 60 mm; bottom diameter: 50 mm across collar, 46 mm below collar
* Kai's car: 68 mm track by 51 mm WB

## Not Weebles

Sizes of some other toys that may be in your toy box, for the sake of interoperability:

* Sarah Lynn (Little People): 58 mm tall by 29 mm feet diameter
* Sofie (Little People): 65 mm tall by 29 mm feet diameter
* Luca (Go Go Smart Friends): 79 mm height; 43 mm to 49 mm shoe radius
* Bear (VTech Animal Adventures Ark): 52 mm by 43 mm

Some are so small as to pose a choking hazard. Leave these out of your scene until the youngest turns 5.

* Roly-poly penguin from Temu: 37 mm by 23 mm

## References

1. ↑ "Small Parts for Toys and Children's Products Business Guidance". United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. Accessed 2023-12-18.
2. ↑ "Hasbro Weebles: Figures ID". *This Old Toy*. Accessed 2023-12-18.
3. ↑ "Growth Charts - Clinical Growth Charts". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Accessed 2023-12-18.
4. ↑ Tumbler Doll Penguin sold by Deng Yin Accessed 2023-12-22.

## External links

* "Scale model" and "Rail transport modelling scales" on Wikipedia