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''<u>AGOG</u>'', <u>ACQUIRE</u>, and <u>MONAD</u>. His wife likes <u>VENTURE</u>. | ''<u>AGOG</u>'', <u>ACQUIRE</u>, and <u>MONAD</u>. His wife likes <u>VENTURE</u>. | ||
<u>Phil Orbanes</u> called while | <u>Phil Orbanes</u> called while I was out and I called back. <br> | ||
The buyer from Gimbel's in Pittsburg said that he sold the <br> | |||
American Greeting games (<u>DEADLOCK</u>, <u>UPON-MY-WORD</u>, <u>NIX</u>, etc.) <br> | |||
during X'Mas and they did fairly well. However he said <br> | |||
that they really don't know how to merchandize adult games. <br> | |||
He said that among the 3M games <u>FACTS IN FIVE</u> is the <br> | |||
best seller. <u>ACQUIRE</u> does well but is dropping slowly. <u>IMAGE</u> <br> | |||
did well, but new ones usually do. He thinks that 3M is losing <br> | |||
touch with the current trends. <br> | |||
<u>Carl Eisenberg</u> tells him that the 5 games (<u>WORDS FOR THE WISE</u>, <br> | |||
<u>CHINESE CHECK</u>, etc.) will sell for $2 and a set of all 5 for $7. <br> | |||
They are behind schedule but will definitely be coming out. <br> | |||
A company, "National Paragon" has taken over Reiss and Hoi <br> | |||
Polloi. Phil doesn't know what they do, but knows that they <br> | |||
are highly profitable. They will put a lot of money into the <br> | |||
companies and Hoi Polloi will be needing new products. <br> | |||
Phil is seeing Carl tonight about <u>AQUARIUS 2000</u> |