Jenni at 20:41, 30 June 2024

2024-06-30T20:41:22Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:41, 30 June 2024
Line 60:		Line 60:
	\|}		\|}

	[[Category:Brand names]]		[[Category: Brand names]]
			[[Category: Companies and organizations]]
			[[Category: Companies and organizations based in England]]
			[[Category: Companies and organizations closed in 1994]]
			[[Category: Companies and organizations formed in 1989]]
			[[Category: Mergers and acquisitions in 1994]]
			[[Category: Mergers and acquisitions in 2008]]

Jenni: Created page with "{{Infobox_Company | company_name = Waddingtons| company_logo = File:Waddingtons logo.png| company_type = Brand of Winning Moves| foundation = ~1897 (Waddingtons Printing)
1905 (John Waddington Limited)
1922 (Waddington Games)
August 1972 (Waddington House of Games)
1982 (Waddingtons Games Limited)
1989 (Waddingtons Limited)| location = London, England | key_people = John Waddington, founder
Wilson Ba..."

2023-11-05T04:35:12Z

Created page with "{{Infobox_Company | company_name = Waddingtons| company_logo = File:Waddingtons logo.png| company_type = Brand of Winning Moves| foundation = ~1897 (Waddingtons Printing) 1905 (John Waddington Limited) 1922 (Waddington Games) August 1972 (Waddington House of Games) 1982 (Waddingtons Games Limited) 1989 (Waddingtons Limited)| location = London, England | key_people = John Waddington, founder Wilson Ba..."

New page

{{Infobox_Company |
company_name = Waddingtons|
company_logo = [[File:Waddingtons logo.png]]|
company_type = Brand of Winning Moves|
foundation = ~1897 (Waddingtons Printing) 1905 (John Waddington Limited) 1922 (Waddington Games) August 1972 (Waddington House of Games) 1982 (Waddingtons Games Limited) 1989 (Waddingtons Limited)|
location = London, England |
key_people = [[John Waddington]], founder [[Wilson Barrett]], founder |
num_employees = not disclosed |
industry = electronics |
revenue = not disclosed |
products = electronics |
homepage = https://winningmoves.co.uk/collections/waddingtons-number-1|
}}
'''Waddingtons''' is a brand owned by Winning Moves.

==History==
In at most 1897, '''Waddingtons Printing''' was founded by the theater manager [[John Waddington]] and the playwright [[Wilson Barrett]] as a theatrical printing company. In 1905 the business was renamed '''John Waddington Limited'''.

In 1922, the company began selling games after a boom in the [[French playing cards|playing card]] business after World War I, and the company was renamed '''Waddington Games'''.

In August 1972, the company was renamed to '''Waddington Games Limited''', and the company name was shortened to '''Waddingtons Limited''' in 1989.

The Company was acquired by Hasbro in 1994, after which it closed and became used as merely a brand name.

The rights to the Waddingtons name and products were acquired by Winning Moves in 2008.

==Videomaster==
Waddington sold card games and board games. In 1974, they started a video game arm of the company titled [[Videomaster]].

Viewmaster ceased operating in 1981, when Waddingtons sold the rights to their [[video game console]] to [[Voltmace]].

==Video game consoles by Waddingtons==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
!| Name
!| Year released
!| Added to museum
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center;" | [[1292 Advanced Programmable Video System|Database]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center;" | 1979
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center;" | [[1292 Advanced Programmable Video System|MPU-2000]] ([[Acetronic]] version of the Database): March 22, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center;" | The Videomaster Database was also sold under the Waddington's label.
|}

==Merchandise by Waddingtons==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
!| Franchise
!| Type
!| Year released
!| Added to museum
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center;" | ''[[Rick and Morty]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center;" | [[French playing cards|French-style playing cards]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center;" | 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center;" | November 24, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center;" |
|}

[[Category:Brand names]]

Waddingtons - Revision history

Jenni at 20:41, 30 June 2024