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Subject: 
SNOT - What's the commotion about?
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Tue, 5 Mar 2002 20:36:44 GMT
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I've heard many builders incorporate the SNOT method into their creations.
As far as I can tell this means that the Lego piece is turned on its side or
upside down. Am I missing something because this does not seem impressive to
me at all. What's the big deal?



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  Re: SNOT - What's the commotion about?
 
(...) Well in using a piece on its side, or upside down, one can achieve new geometry, new shapes, new orientations etc. I guess the possibilities are endless. Too bad I have little or no experience using SNOT-techniques. -Bryan (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
  Re: SNOT - What's the commotion about?
 
(...) It's not a big deal at all for Technic builders, who are very familiar with building on all aspects and directions. However, for Town and Train builders, this is a major departure from the way Trains have normally been done. Building on side (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
  Re: SNOT - What's the commotion about?
 
(...) Here's a pretty good page about SNOT by Holger Matthews (HoMo): (URL) in German but Babelfish can make understandable English out of it (at least to me who knows a tad of German): (URL) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)

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