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2 TUESDAY * OCTOBER 1973
275TH DAY * 90 DAYSTO COME

Rcd. 1974 Child Craft catalog. Among other things contained:
ON SETS, SENTENCE CUBE GAME, TUF, NUMBLE, SPLIT WORDS,
PERFECTION, KLIK, </U THE DOT GAME, NETRESULTS, QUBIC, MATOCA,
CONNECT, MIND MAZE, FLORAL DERANGEMENT, LOTS 'O SPOTS,
SHREWD MOVE, THE UPTIGHT SPIDER, IMPASSE, TENNIS ANYONE?,
GREAT DOWNHILL SKI GAME, MONTAGE, VIBRATION DERBY GAME,
GOLF-O-MATIC, HOLEHOG, TALLY HI!, TILT-A-BIT, THINK A DOT.

BB retyped part of the TOTALLY-- rules and I got repros of
the whole set. Put black cover contact on the SHAPE AND SHATTER
box.

Picked up Felicia at her office. She had a call from Burt Huber.
The models of THE 31ST HEX and PUSHOVER reached him.
Orders for the puzzle-games are coming in very well.
They have shipped the first production. As soon as the next
run is ready we will get our samples.
To Kohner in New Jersey. Meeting with A. Stubbmann, V.P.
Research & Development.
He kept PAIR OFF for testing. He is only interested in the
solitaire. He was interested in OVER 'N OVER, again only
the puzzle, but I wasn't able to come up with a solution.
Took it back with me to note a solution and make a new board
without the corner paths. ECLIPSE; again he wants a
solution. SHAPE AND SHATTER; wants a simple ten minute
game for the "pop-o-matic" series (I believe he said the
patent has another 7 years to go). He spent some time going
over possibilities with me and I took it home with me to
work on it. The plastic pcs. that Hallmark made up were
attractive but he didn't care for the white dots in the center
of each unit - an added expense.
He didn't care for