Grey pyramids!
Woot!
On Feb 26, 2006, at 9:25 AM, Kristin
Looney wrote:
> --On February 25, 2006 Billy
Brahma wrote:
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>> Please please please do not kill the single color pyramids
>>
distrubution!!!!
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>> Think of Volcano...
>> Right now to play it costs 48 bucks...
>> with the new method.. it will cost almost 80!
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>> We now have a heavily
demo'd game from the past we can no longer >> in good
>> conscience Demo! please reconsider this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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> Hi Billy! (and everyone else on the Icehouse list)
>
> We are concerned about Volcano too... and are working on several > ideas to make sure the game can be purchased without having to buy > 5 of both color sets of the
Treehouse sets.
>
> But keeping the stash tubes in distributions isn't the answer.
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> The fact that something is in distribution does not make it > available in stores. If only it was that easy! Right now there > are very few stores around the country that sell the pyramids in > stash tubes, our largest distributor orders a half dozen of each > color on each restock. They simply are not selling.
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> So what are we doing about Volcano?
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> First, there is the 11th color of pyramids we just made. The fine > folks at
KLON just made a whole bunch of little opaque grey > pyramids! Our mold makes 3 pyramids at a time, one of each size - > and we had them cut off just the
smalls, and grind up the other two > sizes and the runners and toss them back into the mold again. Over > and over again. Until we had 5000 little grey pyramids - which will > make 1000 copies of a new little product called 'Volcano Caps'. > (The last time through the mold, we kept the medium and large grey > pyramids - so we will also have full stashes of grey pyramids > coming out soon as a Dangling Carrot exclusive.)
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> 'Volcano Caps' will only be available in our Short Run Depot at > first - but if you have a local store that is selling the pyramids, > and wants to sell Volcano, they can get it from us at a 40% > discount. (They can get the single color stashes too.) So Rabbits > can either direct new Volcano fans to our web site to buy the caps, > or talk to your local game store and make sure they know about our > Short Run Depot.
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> Second, Andy started searching the house yesterday for other things > that might be used as caps for Volcano... so he could mention in > the 3HOUSE book that Volcano can be played with 5
Treehouse sets + > 5 of "something you should have on hand". Little 1 pip
Lego pieces > works quite well, and my thought was
Cherrioes - but it would be > really hard not to pop them in your mouth and eat them. :) > Anybody have any other ideas? A little ball of
playdough poked > onto the pyramid would make a pretty functional cap...
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> Anyway... trust me when I say we care about Volcano. Getting >
Treehouse selling in stores is the best step towards the larger > mold and the boxed Volcano set that we will publish eventually (and > put into distribution and into stores everywhere)... but first we > need to build up the demand for the pyramids - and simplifying the > message, with this change in the way the pyramids are purchased in > stores, is an excellent path towards this goal.
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> Please look around your house and think about what else could be > used for Volcano caps!
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> Thanks for playing and promoting pyramid games!
>
> -Kristin (of the
Looney variety)
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