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11/1
10/30
2 Wednesday - November 1977
All Souls' Day - 306th day - 59 days to come

Call from Felicia. Herb Roth and she have set up a date for 11/9 2 P.M. to meet with Mr. Fox who is connected with the Korean Company that is interested in putting out FOCUS. (It is known as the "Hudson Bay Division" but she doesn't know name of parent co. [company] Fox was originally with "J.C. Penny.") She is demanding an advance of $5,000. They are working on another RUMMIKUB knock-off. And they are interested in adding to their line. Before this they have done CHECKERS and BACKGAMMON sets. Felicia said to bring along anything that would fit into this type of background.
She called Skor-Mor, and they are flipping over my games. However they have been very busy, so they are running behind in everything. SHAPE & SHATTER is their favorite, particularly Timothy Ashburn's. They are running into costing problems with SPACE BOXES and TANGLED WEB, but hope to have all of them ready for '78. They are having a big meeting on Election Day and may have word by the end of next week - but 12/1 by the latest. They kind of liked STIX, but it is at the periphery. They asked her how come BAZAAR didn't sell with 3M. She told them about all the things did wrong - and the good reports from Hallmark Gallery, Germany, etc. Also the new name I'LL TAKE THAT and A.H.'s renewed interest; but we'd rather not have all too many eggs in one basket.
She rcd. [received] the check from A.H. (see 10/27). She asked if the BALI report was on the one sent to me (no); it was lousy. One problem is that A.H. is selling the game for $3.00 mail order while the stores want $3.50. She doesn't blame them for not wanting to handle the game under those circumstances.