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<u>LOONY LOOPS</u>, and <u>KALAH</u>. Only the latter switched over. Frank <br> | <u>LOONY LOOPS</u>, and <u>KALAH</u>. Only the latter switched over. Frank <br> | ||
thinks there is suspicious money behind Kontrell. I mentioned <br> | thinks there is suspicious money behind Kontrell. I mentioned <br> | ||
that | that at G. & R. they always seem to be pushing Kontrell products. <br> | ||
Frank said that he believes they are paying rent at G. & R., <br> | |||
rather than just commision. <br> | |||
<u>Frank</u> wants to come in for the Stationery Show but would like <br> | |||
someone to share a booth with. I suggested <u>Gini Scott</u> and he will <br> | |||
contact her. I asked him not to tell her that I had invited him <br> | |||
to lunch, since I hadn't invited her. He said that he understood <br> | |||
why she made BB nervous. She makes him nervous too. She wants to <br> | |||
get one of her games or puzzles in his celebrity series, but he <br> | |||
doesn't want to deal with her to that extent. <br> | |||
He gave me a copy of his <u>TUMBLE NUMBERS</u>, even tho it is for <br> | |||
children. In a new edition he is adding another cube, <br> | |||
with 2 +'s, 2 x's, 1 - , and 1 [division sign]. <br> | |||
The name sounded familiar and I discovered I had a <br> | |||
game of that name put out by Kohner in 1960. <br> | |||
Told Frank about Xerox exhibit. He will send me <u>KRYPTO</u> and an <br> | |||
authentic Phillipine <u>MANCALA</u> which he is selling now that the <br> | |||
<u>KALAH</u> line was taken from him. He will also send me a repro of the <br> | |||
Smithsonian report ''<u>MANCALA, THE NATIONAL GAME OF AFRICA</u>'' (which I <br> | |||
already have). <br> | |||
Frank is now handling the <u>WFF 'N PROOF</u> line on the west coast. <br> | |||
He wants to package <u>Claude</u>'s <u>GENIUS BLOCKS</u> a little better. I <br> | |||
suggested a tray into which the 6 blocks can be placed, with <br> | |||
the printed material on the bottom of the tray. Frank will <br> | |||
send me a dozen copies. <br> | |||
<u>Claude</u> is working up a junior edition with 4 blocks <br> | |||
and only + numbers. <br> | |||
Frank got together with Claude yesterday. <br> | |||
Frank told me the present lineup for his "personality series" <br> | |||
of games and puzzles : - <br> | |||
<u>Claude Soucie</u> -<u>GENIUS BLOCKS</u>. <br> | |||
<u>Wade Philpott</u> (the crippled mathematician <u>Martin Gardner</u> spoke to <br> | |||
me about) - <u>TRIPLETS</u> - a puzzle using {small diagram of two conjoined cubes.] <br> | |||
double cube pcs. <br> | |||
Object is to get each color in lines of 3. (Rough Idea.) <br> | |||
<u>Frank Thibault</u> - may supply an item. <br> | |||
<u>Martin Gardner</u> - <u>30 CUBES</u> - the name of Martin's article <br> | |||
which was used instead of <u>THE TOWER GAME</u>. <br> | |||
<u>Frank armbruster</u> - <u>REVERSI</u> (that is Frank is wroting the <br> | |||
(cont. on -5) | |||