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Made date for lunch this coming Saturday. | Made date for lunch this coming Saturday. | ||
<u>Jerry D'Arcey called. | <u>Jerry D'Arcey called. He was on his way to eat with <br> | ||
<u>Frank Thibault</u> and decided to check how I was <br> | |||
doing so they could talk about it during the evening. <br> | |||
Gave him the news about the games that are out <br> | |||
or coming out, and about my leaving engineering. He <br> | |||
said that I wouldn't really know how wonderful it <br> | |||
is until I actually start. <br> | |||
His royalty for the 2nd quarter on <u>PLUG-A-JUG</u> was <br> | |||
about $10,000. | |||
<u>HOOKER</u>, with a Texas firm, will sell for $8.50 and <br> | |||
they expect to sell a million. He'll be satisfied with 1/10th. | |||
<u>THE IMPUZZABLES</u> "Lakeside" tells him are doing well. I <br> | |||
mentioned that I don't see them around and neither does he. | |||
"Samsonite" has given him $500 to hold <u>COMMODITY</u> for <br> | |||
another month. They are trying to cut the production <br> | |||
costs to $1 so it can retail for $5. <br> | |||
He said that "Mattel" (the operation here in New Jersey) is <br> | |||
hungry for games and will take just about anything. <br> | |||
He is thinking of demanding $2,500 as an advance <br> | |||
for any games he sells in the future. | |||
Wrote air letter to "Hamley's" telling them that I hadn't <br> | |||
(cont. on 8/3) |