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Binding: Toy Brand: Mattel EAN: 0027084535792 Label: Mattel Manufacturer: Mattel Manufacturer Minimum Age: 120 Model: 5011363535790 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Mattel Studio: Mattel
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: An Abomination Comment: DO NOT BUY SCRABBLE 'DELUXE' There is absolutely nothing deluxe about it: The 'spinner' is sticky The 'Luxury wooden surround' is cheap pine, stained badly The racks are horribly tacky and cheap-looking There is no scoring facility The tiles look like off-cuts collected from the floor of your local carpenters The raised surface on the board down't work - it makes the letters harder to place, but doesn't stop them moving around after being placed. The only thing deluxe about this product is its name. BUY NORMAL SCRABBLE INSTEAD (or if you're really into scrabble, get a custom-made board) Customer Rating: Summary: Another poorly made scrabble Comment: I have to agree with the other poor comments about this set. We had the Scrabble Anniversary for £60 which was a nice set but did not have a grid to secure the pieces so that set was returned. We then purchased the cheaper so called 'Delux' set for £30 and other than the well written manual on playing the game the rest was terrible and seriously tacky to say the least. The center tile area with the apparent grid just didnt function, the grid varied in depth all over the board, the board being made of cheap tin metal, the underside is really cheap plastic, the wooden sides are certainly nothing to write home about and seem out of place to be honest as wood normally means quality and yet the rest of the item is tacky. No extras like a score pad or timer, so why its called 'Delux' I have no idea. Franklin Mint might be able to say 'Delux' to there £400 scrabble set but thats another story which we intend to investigate as it appears the Franklin Mint scrabble might be your only option if you want to play on a decent set as there is nothing to my knowledge under £100 thats any good or worth buying. I think this set is highly overpriced for what it is. Really do not advise purchasing this. Customer Rating: Summary: New Deluxe Scrabble Comment: A real disappointment compared with the old deluxe. The tiles do not fit into the raised grid, which is not sufficiently deep to keep the tiles in place. Plastic tile racks and plastic edge to the board. A waste of money!! Customer Rating: Summary: Scrabble delusions Comment: My review follows the same vein as the others which have criticized it. I bought my parents a deluxe version of Scrabble about 10 years ago. It is superb...so I thought I would treat myself to a deluxe version. What a load of rubbish it is! Tile racks are cheap plastic. The board which I was led to believe would be wood is cheap plastic The swivel board however does work. The tile grid on the board is so shallow, it is pointless. By the time you have 'swivelled' the board, your tiles have moved off the grid positions. The 'velvet' tile bag is far from velvet. A cheap stiff material. And finally, where are the pencils and the score pad that are in the deluxe version my parents have? In this version there is nothing, just one page for you to use as a score pad in the instruction booklet. If you are going to buy Scrabble, save yourself some money and buy the original version, this one is not worth a penny! Customer Rating: Summary: Not quite as deluxe as it sounds Comment: Scrabble deluxe is not a terrible item but it wasn't what I was looking for in a luxury board game that costs more then twice the normal game - for those looking for a nicely made WOODEN board I suggest purchasing the Anniversary Edition - for some reason this one is not as widely publicised as the Deluxe even on Amazon it was hard to find but it is there- this has a quality real wood board, wooden tiles and tile racks (unlike the plastic ones that come in the deluxe) as well as having the turntable feature - all of this and it comes with a nice wooden case/storage box so its good enough to display - I could go on and on about how much better this board is when compared to the deluxe version - the only thing better then it is the deluxe scrabble board sold in Harrods which is truly a thing of beauty but at £2000 is a bit too rich for my blood! More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: The most convivial scrabble set includes: a grid style board, which can be turned easily to allow play to pass from player to player. Raised grid surface keeps tiles in place whilst turning.