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Title
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1970_Sackson_365_December 11.jpg
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Creator
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Sid Sackson
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Date
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1970
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Type
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image
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Format
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.jpg
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Source
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Box 1, Object 8, Sid Sackson collection
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Language
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English
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Coverage
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1970
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Rights
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The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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transcription
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English
Jack Davis called. I told him about [illegible word crossed out] WCBS-radio. He may call Johnathon Ward again.
Told him about BOOK WORLD and he asked me to send him the article and the front cover, which I did.
He will call me with a listing of magazines in which the gamettes are shown after he compiles it for his report to 3M.
The Dec. PLAYBOY shows the 7 gamettes. I looked at Dana's copy and OCTRIX had the best position, MONAD had the next best. On another page the box for THE GREAT DOWNHILL SKI RACE was show.
From Publishers Central Bureau ordered:
THE WORLD OF TOYS ($3.95)
MATHEMATICAL PUZZLES AND OTHER BRAIN TWISTERS ($1.00)
Wrote to Hamley's asking about an X'Mas catalog and also about the game HIGH FINANCE.
Cut the 1'8 x 1'8 wood strip. I bought Monday into 9 towers for MANHATTAN MADNESS. By holding them all together and sanding them as a unit got them fairly straight.
Made new pieces for LIVE WIRE so that there [illegible word crossed out] are now 6 - [small icon showing diverging line into two small boxes] and 6 - [small icon showing two small boxes connected diagonally]; in addition to the two "powers".
Decided to call Herb Sallzer, an AGOG reader whose letter I rcd. [received] on 7/1. He was very pleasant about my tardiness in answering him.
I asked him about BEE-GUILE. Back during the 2nd world war he saw it being played on a train. He met the inventor and publisher who put it out on his own. He never saw it again. It was played on a board something like an AGON board. He doesn't remember but he thinks it involved moving across the board to a special space, or spaces.
He also mentioned THE AFRICAN GAME. His brother told him about it, [illegible word crossed out] a game about Mussilini's invasion of Ethiopia [spelling as written]. He thought his brother was fooling, but about two years later he saw it in a store. Doesn't remember any of the details.
Also he remembers an article in the READER'S DIGEST from about that time. It gave a list of the necessary ingredients for a fad game.
He'd like to see my collection sometime but doesn't want to impose. I'll contact him early next year and arrange an afternoon meeting. In the meantime I'll send him TROMINOGO and COMBINATION.
(cont. from 12/10) [12/19]
10,000 and the price will be 15c [cent symbol] each.
[started 12/19]
