Game Folio Scrabble
by Hasbro
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Toys and Games Reviews of Game Folio Scrabble
Customer Review: Play Scrabble - IN BED!!
Summary: 5 Stars
It's revolutionary - you can play Scrabble in bed, on the couch, in the car, anywhere. You can hold the board and racks at any angle, toss them around like frisbees, and stop your game at any time to resume later. My girlfriend and I have become hopelessly addicted to it, along with hardcore opiates. We spend a lot of time in bed. These people complaining about the design of the tiles and racks... maybe they have arthritis, or really fat fingers, or some kind of developmental disability... but we've never had any trouble with it. I suppose I wouldn't recommend it for children or the elderly, but Scrabble has never been a children's game, has it?
I also suppose, in an ideal world, there would be a better way to design a portable Scrabble game. But at $20 it is an amazing value, and a WAY cooler design than the $30 "deluxe" version with the corny woodgrain finish. I just bought four of them as Christmas gifts.
Customer Review: Convenient, but very difficult to use
Summary: 2 Stars
The travel version of Scrabble is a great idea, but it broadly misses the mark on ease of use. The tiles do lock into place -- eventually! We constantly have to push some tiles back down and far too often one or more tiles will pop out of place when setting a new tile in place. We love to play Scrabble and, even with this version's drawbacks, it still rates four stars for fun and, of course, any version of Scrabble should receive five stars for educational value. It's durability remains in question -- we haven't used it that many times -- but it give me the feeling that game parts will start breaking relatively soon. Because of the problems noted above, I can't go beyond two stars in the overall rating. Sorry, Hasbro, but you "misspelled" this one. I just ordered a Deluxe Platinum Edition to replace this one. We want a version where the tiles lock in place, but the travel version isn't the one for us.Customer Review: Scrabble Folio Edition Review
Summary: 4 Stars
I'd say that its a pretty nice set, but I was dissapointed at how delicate the tiles were, and how it gives you a hard time when you try to fold up the whole set. The racks are kind of small, which doesnt allow you shift letters, but instead you have to pick up, and move, like with 9-letter games. Plus, if your accidentally break a tile, your completely out of luck, because Hasbro, and any other site doesn't offer replacement tiles for the Folio Edition.
Dispite the other bad things about it, its a very cool set. I am a VERY big Scrabble fan, and I cant go 5 hours in a car without playing, so Scrabble Folio Edition was a must have for me. If your willing to deal with all of these faults, just to play a game of Scrabble, then Scrabble Folio Edition is for you. Even though its not what I imagined when I ordered, I still love the little set. I hope that this review was helpful to you :)
Customer Review: FANTASTIC, COMPACT FUN!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
My husband and I selected this as a purchase with a gift certificate from our wedding. We are both Scrabble players, and have regular boards (and later on added Scrabble Deluxe to our collection) with which to play. However, we wanted something that we could throw in the car and take with us on weekend trips or to play while snuggling in bed on the weekends or evenings. (Call us romantics...) Three years later, it is still probably one of our favorite purchases and one we use regularly. True, the tiles may try to snap out of place if you do not put them in right the first try, but we have no problems after figuring that out now.
I would recommend this as a great wedding gift to couples for spending quiet time together. You really get addicted to it, and it helps keep your vocabulary and mind sharp for years to come. :)
Customer Review: Not the best travel version of scrabble
Summary: 2 Stars
This is still a scrabble game, played like all others, but the design is not very good. The letters pop off the 'board' all too easily and by 'pop' I mean they go flying through the air. After playing several games my wife and I got better at placing the letters but some still took off. I can't imagine playing this in a car, letters are bound to get lost; ironically, this version was probably designed for in-car play. Anyone with hand problems should avoid this game, the letters are small and good dexterity is essential for placing the letters.On the plus side you can stop mid-game, fold everything up, go somplace else and resume where you left off.
I much preferred an older travel version which I gave away to a friend. It folded in half and was made out of light blue plastic.