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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: - 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. 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). 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.