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Non-Tech : Radica Games (RADA) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Skywatcher who wrote (2184)	1/24/1998 7:35:00 PM
From: jerald morse	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7111

Skip - the fishing games are like Seinfeld, I believe. That is nothing really happens, you never actually catch any fish. I played Bass Fishin for two hours with my father-in-law and never caught anything. Yet my wife had to pry my hands off the game to get me home that night. Then I figured out that maybe you actually had to know how to fish in order to play the game. Cripes, I used to put a worm on the line and wait - I don't know how to fish. I'm sure the games must work for somebody. I feel the bike game will be as big as Bass was last year and demand for the fishing games is not slacking off so I doubt there will be any letup in earnings growth for some time.

To: Skywatcher who wrote (2184)	1/24/1998 7:48:00 PM
From: chaz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7111

Chris: Boy, do I miss your part of the world...if you like fish tacos, don't come to Florida. The local Wal-Mart clerks tell me they've restocked Radica 3x since Christmas. That info has to be part of what we collect...in vs what's on the pegs = out, and how often. Get enough of this accurately from enough of the nation and we could get a good estimate of sales per store, etc, etc. What puzzles me is TOY stores still don't seem too terribly interested in the product. In the grocery biz, I gather mfgrs pay for rack space but don't know details. Is toy biz like that as well...?? Could that explain it. Also, this week DIGL (Digital Lightwave) took a major hit (down 80%)when they announced shipments to "distributors" have been counted as sales, grossly distorting revenue. Big investor suits coming over that. Q: how does RADAF count shipments to US distributor? I suspect it's an internal transfer since RADAF is shipping to itself, but I don't know for sure. Gary, perhaps you can enlighten me on this one. Again, any more takers on the retail survey idea.? Chaz. ced@gte.net.