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

To: Gary105 who wrote (2630)	2/16/1998 9:07:00 PM
From: Dani	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7111

Hello, I'm new to this tread and recently bought RADAF mainly based on the good financial track record and valuation. Since 2 weeks I followed this thread and and got more and more curious about the products. So yesterday I stopped at the local Walmart to have a look. Following are a few observations: About 70% of the space was Tiger games, mostly fully stocked About 20% RADAF, several Casino games fully stocked, 2 full pegs of Sub and Tank games, 8 pegs for adult fishing games but only 5 games, 4 junior bass. 10 % some other companies including Matels Barbie games. Nothing new about the above, has been reported earlier by other people. However what struck me, was the visual appeal of the fishing games, their shape catches the eye immediately, they stand out in the crowd of all the games. This isn't the case for the casino games or the Sub/Tank games, they seem to be more lost in the maze of all the other offerings. I also noticed that except for the Radica fishing games and the Matel Barbie games, nearly all games appeared to have been on their pegs for some time (more or less dust settled on the top of the plastic covers). The Radica games which appear to collect most dust on the pegs are the Casino games. Back to Gary's point, the visual appeal of the Radica fishing game also catches female eyes like mine, even if they don't buy for themselves, they might very well buy for somebody else. Some of the new Radica games, have that same appeal and eye catching effect IMO, the In-line scatter with its unique shape and very nice color scheme. The pro-golf and soccer also have a very good look, as far as can be determined from the photos. The only one I was really disappointed about was the NASCAR it's idea and shape are great but it's color combination, IMO make's it look like a bulky toy for 3 to 6 year olds, and does not trigger the immediate visual association of a game for 'bigger boys' and adults. I would really like to be proven wrong on this one, because the potential market for a NASCAR game should be huge. Note my personal taste of colors and shapes, might be quite different from that of the targeted US customers, as I grew-up in Europe and only recently moved to the US. Radica seems to have a number of winners lined-up here IMO.