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To: Mad2 who wrote (404)	7/15/1999 1:05:00 PM
From: Night Writer	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 779

Mad2, I agree with what you are saying about this quarter. Games system purchases are probably being delayed. However, I think the purchase of games may be strong due to Star Wars. This is just based on local observation and what I have read. No real science to it. At the same time, I don't think Star Wars was as big this time as it was in the past. This one seemed to be laying the ground work for the next Star Wars. Of course I'm much older then when the first movie came out. NW

To: Mad2 who wrote (404)	7/20/1999 1:47:00 AM
From: ratherbelong	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 779

Mad2, Regarding your comment from several posts ago... < I've read that a couple of companies that serve the video game market have indicated a softening of business that they attribute to consumers delaying purchases pending Sega's release of dreamcast.> I didn't want to respond until I had a chance to do some investigation on this issue and I do believe that what you say is "right on". ELBO is certainly not immune to the fact that prior to the release of a brand new platform and especially one of this magnitude, that sales (of what would suddenly be considered obsolete equipment) would slow. However, having said this, I also believe that ELBO is in what would normally be their slowest quarter anyway and are only up against last years <-0.02> cents result. I believe analyst projections of 0.02 cents for this quarter are very obtainable given the fact that pokemon, game boy and Star Wars would have boosted sales in what would normally have been a very difficult new platform pre-release period. Given all the above, I would be happy to meet expectations for this quarter, knowing in advance that next quarter should be an absolute blowout. Everything I read leads me to believe that pre-orders for the new Sega Deamcast system are way ahead of expectations and we should see some excitement building as we get closer to the September 9th, 1999 introduction date. Just my thoughts but as an investor, I very definitely am happy to be long ELBO here, at these prices because I believe the closer we get to September the more costly it will become to buy in. What is your take on this? Your comments are always appreciated. RBL