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12 Monday - February 1973
Abraham Lincoln Born 1809 - Georgia Day - 43rd Day - 322 Days to Come

Made the pcs. [pieces] and the base for a new set for HABITAT.
Dana covered the boxes for PUSH OVER and THE BRAIN GAME; used the VECTOR box for 1st and the NOSTALGIA box for 2nd. (From Xerox exhibit.)
Started a letter to Earl Doherty of "House of Games."

(cont. from 2/18) [2/21]

- Stancraft: - Still have TRANSFORMATION, ODD OR EVEN, TEMPO, INTERPLAY, etc. MAG-NA-BOX is a set of stunts & games with magnets. (A set of "TV Magic Cards included.)
- Mattel: - None of the previous games. New are MANHATTAN CRACKDOWN, TALKING FOOTBALL, TALKING BASEBALL, and JONATHON LIVINGSTON SEAGULL GAME.
- Middle Earth: - MY SON THE DOCTOR and CHUTZPAH. (Discarded.)
- Lakeside: - ORIENT, SCORE FOUR, SPLIT-LEVEL AGGRAVATION, PERFECTION, BUZZ OFF, 3 UP, AGGRAVATION, CHAOS, KISMET, PERQUACKEY, SPARE-TIME BOWLING, HEX-O-GRAM, DROP IN THE BUCKET, etc.
- SYNESTRUCTICS: - NET RESULTS, SNOW CRYSTALS, GREAT SHAPES.
- Eltron: - QUADTRIPLE.
- S&R [Selchow & Righter]: - WHODUNIT, LOTTERY GAME, JOTTO; these are the new ones.

Rcd. [received] a letter from EUI, glossies of PINK PEBBLES and GARBAGE GAME, and another catalog (discarded).
Rcd. [received] the stones for TALLY from Jim Scully.

Called Claude and told him about Dick Harris' and Bill Garrity's reaction to UPSTAGE.
Since the Fair closes at 5, I called Gini to change out date Monday to 5:15

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Picked up a copy of TOY TRADE NEWS (Weds. Feb. 21 [Wednesday February 21]). Roylon - HOLE HOG and NIMBLE NUMBERS. Kohner Bros. - POP CHECK and TENNIS MENICE. Lakeside - PERFECTION.
PLAYTHINGS (Toy Fair Highlights). Had map of the Hotel exhibits which I tore out to use. No games that I didn't see elsewhere.
TOY & HOBBY WORLD. Article on RGI/Athol mentions HOLIDAY by Sid Saxon. Other games seen elsewhere.

(cont. from 2/11) [2/22]

Didn't get the details. Tentative name - GO BUGGIE. Four of us to Cabana Carioca for supper - Frank's treat.

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Felicia asked if I/S get will be getting anything for PATTON. I told her that she had once said that 15% would be O.K. but that 25% was O.K. with me. She said that 15% was plenty.