On 21 Jun 97, JAMES BUTLER wrote to JOHN GIANNINI:
 ->> For the last month and a half, 99 cent bags of Lays patato chips, BBQ
 ->> chips, Doritos, Doritos Ranch, Doritos Zesty, and Doritos Taco have
 ->> come with these little 35mm film cells depicting characters from the
 ->> soon-opening Batman movie.
 JB> I take it your looking for Batman and Poison Ivy, right? I have
 JB> plenty extra of Batman. But I'm still missing Poison Ivy myself. If
 JB> you want the Batman just drop me a note.
Hi James -
Yes, I would like to get maybe 2-3 "Batman" cells.  I have a bunch of cells I 
can trade - I have 2 extra Batgirls, 2 extra Robins, and 6 extra Mr. Freezes. 
I started out wanting to collect 2 sets of the cells.  As it turned out, I 
wasn't able to do that.  I did get 2 of each of every cell except the 
"Batman" cell, which I didn't get any of.  I have a good friend in Oakland 
who only wanted one set, but he couldn't find any Batmans either.  I believe 
the reason is that the Batman cell was the first one put in chip bags, and 
they came and went before I knew about the promotion.  When I found out about 
it, Robins were everywhere.  Then Batgirls were everywhere - in every brand 
and type of chip, then lastly, Mr. Freeze.  Poison Ivy seems to have been the 
"key" cell - it seems lots of folks never saw those.  I was lucky in that I 
got two of them, but *only* two - in over 30 bags purchased over the last 
month.  My friend in Oakland, though, got only Poison Ivy's!  Seems the 
FritoLay distributor up in Redding that serves my area and yours (Chico and 
Sac are both handled by the same FritoLay branch) got only a very few of 
those Poison Ivy cells.  But the plant down in the Bay Area had tons of 
Poison Ivys and no Batmans.  Hense my friend got tons of Poison Ivys and no 
Batmans!) Anyway, my friend asked me to see if I could find one Batman cell 
for him. Which means to finish my 2 sets and get one for him, I would need 3 
Batmans altogether.  My friend is also sending me up one of his extra Poison 
Ivy cells, which I am going to send to you.  He'll get his Poison Ivy in the 
mail to me tomorrow. It's only 1 day service to Chico from Oakland, so I'll 
get it Tuesday, and try to get it out to you that same day.  Meaning you 
should have your Poison Ivy and whatever else you select from me by 
dnesday.
So:  I will send you one Poison Ivy in exchange for one Batman.  This will 
take care of my friend.
As for me - if you have extra Batmans, I would like to offer you your choice 
of any combination of Freeze, Robin or Batgirl cells, or I would be willing 
to buy the Batman cells from you if you wish.  I need 2 of these cells to 
complete my own 2 sets.
Let me know what you think...  Also please post or netmail me your address so 
I can get these out to you right away (after we decide how many cells we'll 
be trading or whatever).
--- GoldED 2.50
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