Scrabble Board Games Preparing to Celebrate 25 Years under Production by Hasbro
Scrabble Board Games is about to celebrate 25 years under the banner of Hasbro. 2011 marks the silver anniversary of Hasbro ownership of the rights to Scrabble brand word games.Scrabble Board Games is about to celebrate 25 years under the banner of Hasbro. 2011 marks the silver anniversary of Hasbro ownership of the rights to Scrabble brand word games.
- (1888PressRelease) October 06, 2010 - After an initially slow start after its invention in 1948, Scrabble Board Games have seen sales increase steadily, having just reached 100 million sets sold worldwide. With annual sales of somewhere between one and two million games in North America alone, http://www.ScrabbleBoardGames.com is your one-stop shop for all your Scrabble needs.
Invented by Alfred Mosher Butts, an out of work architect from Poughkeepsie, New York in 1948 - Scrabble was initially rejected by every manufacturer Butts took the idea to. It took a chance meeting with James Brunot, a game loving entrepreneur for the board game to finally have a chance. The two men rented an abandoned school house in Connecticut and began stamping the wood tiles by hand. With some help from friends they were able to turn out 12 game sets a day.
In 1952 the pair licensed Selchow & Righter, a Long Island based game producer, in order to bring production up to meet demand. In 1986 Selchow & Righter was sold to COLECO, most famous for their Cabbage Patch Dolls. A mere 3 years later COLECO went out of business and the rights passed into the capable hands of Hasbro, parent company of America's leading board game manufacturer Milton Bradley, giving us the Scrabble Board Games we know today.
Today Hasbro is ready to celebrate its 25 year of production of the iconic Scrabble Board Games. There are many versions available including folding travel editions, a junior edition, and even a deluxe edition with a rotating board. One in three American households currently has at least one Scrabble board game. http://www.ScrabbleBoardGames.com is a great online source for whichever version you want to start or add to your collection.
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