For figures, scale is the size

The tag is decorative for scale

Listed heights drift, and they rarely include the bit that matters — the base, the antenna, the pose. The only real data is your own ruler on the actual spot. Trust the spot, not the spec.

A '1/7 scale' line is a wish. Measure your shelf; the number is the fact.

Clearance beats the footprint

A figure needs room to read — space above for the pose, around for the diorama, behind for the light. Measure the clearance, not just the footprint, or it arrives and crowds the shelf.

Write the clearance in your notes. 'Usually fits' is memory; the ruler is fact, and the note is the record.

The shelf and the case

Figures live or die at the spot. Measure the shelf depth, the case height, the detolf before you cart a statue. The warehouse can't tell you your display.

If the row has no dimension note for the path, slow down and read reviews for 'too tall'. Guessing means a second order or a piece that never leaves the box.

No swaps across the border

You're shipping through an agent from Asia. There is no 'swap a size'. Wrong scale means a second order or a figure that never leaves the box. On a grail fit, that's the piece lost.

That's why the spot matters more than the tag. Someone measured their shelf; read it like the only review that counts.

Soft goods: size to the use

For stands and bases, size to how you'll display it, not the photo. A '20cm' reads small on a big shelf; measure the spot, not the listing.

If the row has no size note, slow down and read reviews for fit. Guessing means a second order if wrong.

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