Mike Caprio found a picture of the new pieces at
http://www.rokenbok.de/for%20kidz/news/start.htm and I have started a rumors
page at http://www.limey.net/~fiji/rokenworld/rumors/index.html. I also added
the Construction Site to the front page in a list of vendors.
I also wanted to find out what Crispin had learned at the Toy Fair so any
updates would be most cool.
Also do you guys want to be added to the mailing list?
-ben
The Construction Site wrote:
> Hey there!
> It sounds like you had a great Superbowl Party. I enjoyed reading
> the rules for the sumo game and hope to see the others up there soon. I was
> actually playing a game similar to that on our in store display with a few
> kids, and found your assesments of the different trucks to be accurate. We
> did find one use for the Power Sweeper's roller, if you wedge 3 red balls
> together and store them in the front portion, you can deploy them kind of
> like a speed bump at an opportune moment to hopefully knock your opponent
> off balance, or even get him "beached" on top of the balls. You didnt
> mention anything about allowing the use of balls in the sumo games, but they
> sure can add new dimension to it. So far there is no news on new Rokenbok
> from the NY toy fair... Crispin is still there in NY and we're anxiously
> awaiting his return. Steve however just came home from the toy fair in
> Germany and got to witness a few items in their prototype stage. There is a
> new truck that resembles the transgripper when it is carrying the yellow
> dumpbin. It has a big scoop that can gather up balls and lift them
> vertically, then dump them out. There is also a repair garage which contains
> an elevating device. When you drive into the garage, you keep your wheels
> spinning, and it lifts your truck up to the ceilling so that the repair men
> can work comfortably. Thats all i've been informed of, but everybody knows
> that there's got to be a use for that "smart port" on the command deck
> sometime soon, right?! I'll keep checking your page for new gaming info, and
> soon We'll have our Rokenbok ordering info/pictures up on our page. Be sure
> to write again after Saturday when Crispin is back from toy fair and we can
> let you know of any other cool new stuff.
> Thanks a lot for writing.
> -Marc Haggerty
>
> At 05:21 PM 2/9/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >Any Rokenbok news from the NY toy fair?
> >
> >Also I have put together a site at
> >http://www.limey.net/~fiji/rokenworld/ that might be of interest. There
> >is only a little there at the moment but I am working on it.
> >
> > -ben
> >
> >
> >