i'm highly doubting that the '93 games were flipsiders. they must have been
another
similar game. there's too much info missing about them.

--- In mbflipsiders@yahoogroups.com, "gary_fixler" <yahooSIGNUP@...> wrote:
>
> I agree. What are they hiding? Was there some great Flipsiders War,
> and the wounds are still too deep for anyone to want to revisit that
> dark chapter? I think they're just trying to generate hype, and darn
> it, it's working.
>
> -g
>
> --- In mbflipsiders@yahoogroups.com, "superstar" <superstarlet_04@>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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?
>