(Forwarding on behalf of AOL user "Sheridan.Kathleen" <kath...@aol.com>, please reply to the list or to her, not to me!)
On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 12:17 AM, Andrew Hans <drib...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm posting this on behalf of Annie Pidel: > > Does anyone know the creator of this model? The you tube site lists it as > traditional, but I wonder if that is true. > > http://i.ytimg.com/vi/jDMNoYxC2bs/maxresdefault.jpg > I was first introduced to this model by Mariette Kok of the Netherlands by an oral description, then again just last weekend by overseas guest Martin who had a 90 unit one with which to play. I was fascinated. He reiterated what Mariette had told me a year or so ago, that it is just called snake, since no one knows its name or creator. I took it over to Yamaguchi-San who said he knew of it, but also did not know name or creator. Yamaguchi-San told me to ask Miyuki Kawamura. I went over to her and she also smiled and said name and creator are unknown. Neither said it was traditional. I posted a picture of myself playing with it on my Facebook page and then Dennis Walker chimed in with these facts: - It's diagrammed in NOA magazine 455. As far as I can tell, no creator name is given. - The English name given is ‘Snake,' but the Japanese is 'Nyoronyoro'. I have a friend looking in NOA 455 for me as I write. Write to me off list if you’d like. And now you know the rest of the story :) Kathleen
