Question regarding weight values on the Pacific coast.

[Felipe_Walker16]

I was chatting with some people when a very interesting question came up for a discussion.

Knowing that Guillermo Del Toro stated that 1 ton in Pacific Rim is equivalent to 30 tons (translation) in our world, shouldn't all calculations be updated to a 30x multiplication? I believe this also applies to tons of TNT.

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The weight is officially recorded as 7,864 tons, but some Japanese media outlets report it as 15,640 tons. Furthermore, according to Guillermo del Toro, 1 ton in this universe is equivalent to about 30 times the weight of a ton in the real world.

1. For example: here, the self-destruction of the Striker Eureka was scaled to 2,464 gigatons (Great Mountain level). Multiplying by 30x because the values in Pacific Rim are different from our values, it would be 73,92 (Island level).
2. Another example: Gipsy Danger is said to weigh 1,980 tons, now multiplying by 30x ( 1,980 * 30 = 59,400 ).

Spoiler: Additional notes and explanations

This statement by Guillermo del Toro is an attempt to resolve a famous inconsistency in Pacific Rim. The problem: The official weights of the Jaegers and Kaiju seem very low for creatures of that size. For example: Gipsy Danger is about 79 meters tall and has an official weight of 1,980 tons. The Mega Kaiju has an official weight of 7,864 tons. In real life, something tens of meters tall made of metal should weigh much more than that. Del Toro's explanation: According to this information: 1 ton in the Pacific Rim universe ≈ 30 tons in the real world. That is, the "ton" used in the records of the Jaegers and Kaiju would be a fictional unit different from ours. Converting some examples Gipsy Danger Official weight: 1,980 tons Equivalent real weight: 1,980 × 30 = 59,400 tons Mega Kaiju Official weight: 7,864 tons Equivalent real weight: 7,864 × 30 = 235,920 tons Mega Kaiju (Japanese version of 15,640 tons) 15,640 × 30 = 469,200 tons What does this mean in practice? If we accept this explanation: The Gipsy Danger would have a mass comparable to that of dozens of warships. The Mega Kaiju would weigh hundreds of thousands of tons. The impacts, steps, and blows seen in the movies would make much more sense. The energy required to move these creatures would be gigantic

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I think it's fair to update the Pacific Rim universe based on the Valor of 30x:
I don't think it's fair to update the Pacific Rim universe based on the 30x Valor; it's better to leave it as it is now: