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"Scrabble"
My mom has played scrabble for years, decades! she has always played on a stationary scrabble board. i was home for the 4th of July weekend (2008) and my mom and nephew mentioned having a board that would rotate. I ordered it sent it to her and in all the years she played , i never heard her carry on about that one board the way she did. just her excitement alone may me know the investment was well worth it.

"Scrabble- one of the best!"
Our family purchased a Deluxe Scrabble game in the late 1960s with S&H green stamps. It has been well used and is still in great condition. We purchased this new game for a niece who loves the game as we do. I'm sure this game will last as did our first. The price from Amazon was the lowest I could find anywhere!
Thanks for the fun!!
Joe Moore

"Convenient and Fun!"
We just started playing Scrabble. We had a "regular" version (which has not been played)...but bought a travel version for keeping in our 5th wheel to play when we camp. We had problems with the way the travel version worked (though it is a WONDERFUL version). My husband had difficulty picking up the pieces, and even getting them into the "slots". I happened to see the Deluxe version and thought that it would be great. It is large...but we are able to store it under our RVs mattress. We love the larger pieces, we love the ease of use, and REALLY like the fact that we can rotate it around for the other player to see. It is made VERY well. We don't regret buying this version, as well as the "Official Scrabble Player's dictionary! That is a must have as well!

"Scrabble Lover"
I bought this Scrabble game after starting to play the game again. I used to play this when I was younger and thought it was fun back then. Now I know more words and it is more enjoyable than ever. When I discovered that there was a Scrabble game on a turntable there was no hesitation. It is easier to play the game when you can look at the right side of the board and not up side down. Amazon.com was a great place to purchase this Scrabble game. I went online and ordered. I wasn' even charged shipping. It came to my house in Alaska in record time. Amazon.com is great.

"Not worth the money"
Let me preface this review by saying I don't think the game Scrabble deserves one star. I love Scrabble and the rating is only about the quality of this particular edition.

My parents own the old Deluxe edition which I have played for many years. When my boyfriend and I decided to boy an edition of Scrabble for ourselves, this was immediately what I wanted. I love the ridges on the board, the turntable, and the quality of the trays and tiles of the old Deluxe edition.

Sadly, this is a far inferior edition. And for the price, I this it's pretty shocking.

Problems:

* The tiles are poorly made. Examples: The white "ink" on the letter E came off completely onto my friend's finger during a game, leaving only the engraving of an E on the tile itself. This was the first time the game was used. The tiles are all different sizes. Seriously. When you line them up on the tray, they don't all line up at the top and they're different widths. The letters are not all stamped in the center of the tiles, some skew to the left, to the top, to the right, you get the idea.

* The trays are cheap plastic. This may not bother some people, but I love the feel of the old, wooden trays. It's nice that the tile distribution is printed on each tray, but they feel flimsy.

* The board is made of the same cheap plastic and the ridges are extremely shallow. One of the main draws of the Deluxe edition is the ridges because they keep the tiles in place. These ones don't. Instead, they help create a terrain of peaks and valleys when the tiles get shifted during play.

* The turntable doesn't raise the board very high off the table so it doesn't clear the trays when turned. This means everybody has to pick up their trays or keep them far away from the board if you want to turn it between each play.

* And a personal preference: I don't like the dark tiles. They're more difficult to read than the traditional blond wood (probably because they're not printed well, the ink is somewhat transparent).

Save yourself some money and do what we did: find an older Deluxe Scrabble on eBay and stay away from this one. If you really want it, I bet you can find a lot of people getting rid of it online.