i will not believe these actually exist until i see them. since anjar,
hasbro, MB or the inventor won't comment, the illusiveness
makes them way more appealing... and frustrating.

--- In mbflipsiders@yahoogroups.com, Gary Fixler
<yahooSIGNUP@...> wrote:
>
> Hmmm... When I got this email, I went to Jesse's mbflipsiders
Yahoo!
> group to reply, but though the screen says "49-78 of 79," the
79th
> message isn't there. Did you delete it?
>
> Anyway, yes, that was my thread on BGG, wherein I was trying
to get
> any more info I could. I've been meaning to get that info over
here,
> but now that I see the dates over there, I can see work really
has
> gotten in the way, and time has flown past!
>
> That's my thread on BGG you found, which I started up when I
noticed
> the product ID numbers on my Flipsiders. I figured they could
be used
> to help track down the total number of Flipsiders out there, but
as I
> didn't have too many at the time, I still needed much help.
Alfonzo
> Smith was able to fill in some additional product IDs for me,
> including that of the mythical Prom Date! He did duplicate the
number
> for Gold Fever and Road Rally as you can see, but I didn't want
to get
> pushy, since he had been one of my best sources of info
already.
> Unfortunately, with the common nouns used for the naming of
the new
> Flipsiders he listed, there was little I could search for online.
The
> only really oddly (and thus easily searchably) named one was
> Caterpillar Causeway, but all that finds on Google is a few
random
> things, and now my thread on BGG. I searched out the rest, to
no
> avail. They are non-entities online, sadly.
>
> Since I've procrastinated long enough getting that info over
here,
> let's complete things. Thanks for the gentle nudge :) I will post
the
> info finally right now in a new thread with an easily findable
topic
> title.
>
> -g
>
> > i found this quote from someone on boardgamegeek about
the 1993 flipsiders:
>
> > "I had a friend who was fond of the Flipsiders series so when
they were discounted after
> > being discountinued I wound up collecting them. When I
catalogued my collection I was
> > surprised to notice that the series was released by two
different publishers. The ones with
> > the 1988 copyright were released by Milton Bradley. The
ones with a 1993 copyright were
> > released by Diversified Specialists, Inc. (who?)
>
> > The newer games are:
> > Caterpillar Causeway (#144172)
> > River Run (#144185)
> > Prized Pony (#144186)
> > Alien Assault (#144200)
> > Gold Fever (#144178)
> > Road Rally (#144178)
>
> > There is a sticker on the back of these games that says
"Distributed by West Coast
> > Liquidators, Inc. Domiguez, CA 90220." This leads me to
believe that the games were just
> > dumped on the market and sold below cost."
>
>
> > i've never heard or seen of any of these titles, ever. like
aliens, do they really exist?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
>