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As far as I know, The Paraffine Company has marketed only two Mah Jongg sets, ‘The Game of a Thousand 100 Wonders’. In 1923, according to the accompanying Babcock instruction manuals.
The more expensive ‘JUNIOR’ edition differs with its tiles that seem to be hand painted but in reality are just printed with textured paint. Also the counters are unique, rather big discs made of sturdy cardboard printed with western points.
The cheaper ’MIDGET’ edition has a remarkable rectangular box wit cardboard tiles, wooden rack and an exceptional kind of dice (2x): a twelve cornered disc of sturdy cardboard called ‘Spinner’.
Parker Brothers was established in 1883 and has over the years published some 1.800 games. Like for instance Risk, Trivial Pursuit and the most famous of them all: Monopoly.
In the twenties, as an important game manufacturer, Parker Brothers of course entered the Mah Jongg market too. With a great number of sets that vary enormously in (always good) quality and price.
Parker Brothers used the Babcock copyrighted logo and characters on it sets. And also had its own version of the Red Babcock rulebook.My Parker Brothers collection is far from complete. It contains mainly the cheaper editions but manages to give a good impression of the wide variety.
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