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21 MONDAY - FEBRUARY 1972
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION - 52ND DAY - 314 DAYS TO COME

Spent day working on a set for SKYSCRAPERS. Looked pretty good. Played the game a few times with BB.

(cont. from 2/23) [2/23]

Registered in the Press Room at Toy Fair. Took the following : -
Athol Plastics : KRAZY 8.
Ideal (catalog): PAY-OFF, UPSET, MARK THREE, SNAP JUDGEMENT, BATTLEBOARD, AUCTIONEER, THE BOSS, CRISS CROSS, TRAP, DEAR ABBY.
Western Publishing: Nothing adult.
Milton Bradley : SWIVEL, SEANCE, CHAIN REACTION, PIVOT POOL, HAPPINESS, MANHUNT, ICE CUBE, INWORD, ARCHIE BUNKER'S DING BAT CARD GAME.
Cadaco (catalog) : TOUCH 'N GO, POKER-KEENO.
Middle Earth Co. : - RING, etc.
3M Co. : POINT OF LAW.
E.S. Lowe : HEAD TO HEAD, TRIPLE YAHTZEE, GLOBE TROTTER, BRAIN STORM.
Reed Toys (catalog) : SHUFFLE BACK, CUSHION SHOT TIC-TAC-TOE, PERFECTION.
Wff 'N' Proof : ON-WORDS.
Andrews Enterprises : - MAD-CAPS, BIO-GRAPHICS.
Schaper : SHAKE-A-LEG. (Catalog)
Lakeside : SPLIT-LEVEL AGGRAVATION, CHAOS.
Samsonite : No games.
Mattel (Toys & Hobbies Catalog) : RACE CHASE GAME, WILD ROUND-UP GAME, SECRET PICTURE GAME, JUNGLE GAME, HIDDEN TREASURE GAME, FAST PASS GAME.
Sports Illustrated : Nothing new, but they say some new sports games and some non-sports games are being developed.
Aurora Games (catalog) : SKITTLE POKER, MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.
Selchow & Righter (catalog) : COOK'S TOUR (question & answer game).
Parker (Catalog) : DEALER'S CHOICE, SQUARE OFF (Alex Randolph's), SNAPSHOT, PATTERN PENDING.
Looked at Entex but there are no new games. Alex' !@#C&*! was not listed.
Picked up the first two issues of TOY TRADE NEWS, the special Toy Fair issue of TOYS. In 2/21 issue Hasbro is listed as having SCREWBALL (a puzzle) and FREE FALL (an action game). Nothing of special interest in the 2/23 issue.
In press room met Natalie Donna, then Mickey Mackay who took me up to MB [Milton Bradley] showroom. Saw the games listed above and one other, THE ALL IN THE FAMILY GAME, which Mickey says is a takeoff on PSYCH-OUT.
Talked with Dick Harris and conveyed a message from Felicia to him "Did you break your arm?" He said that he would get back to Felicia (on GIRL TALK Felicia told me) right after Toy Fair. He also said that they might be looking at new games for their adult line bt Stationery Show. I said that I'd like to have another game with MB and told them that HIGH SPIRITS had been mine.
I mentioned that there was a discrepancy in the changeover
(cont. on 2/20)

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