Finance (game) in 1935, Parker Brothers purchased "Finance" from Knapp for $10,000. Parker Brothers changed "Finance" so it was less similar to "Monopoly" and published it under the Finance Game Company name in 1935. Parker Brothers made additional changes in 1936 and published it with the Parker Brothers name. During 1935, Parker Brothers was developing its own version of "Monopoly", "Fortune", in case its deal with Darrow and the patent fell through. Almost an exact copy of "Monopoly", "Fortune" had only 10,000 copies made due to the deal with Darrow working out and was only published to keep the trademark to the
Parker Brothers and "", and more. In early 1983, Parker Brothers spent US$15 million establishing a book publishing branch; their first titles featured the American Greetings franchises, Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake. The branch published twelve titles by February 1984; sales of these books totalled 3.5 million units. Parker Brothers also operated a record label around the same time; one of its releases, based on Coleco's Cabbage Patch Kids and involving Tom and Stephen Chapin titled "Cabbage Patch Dreams", was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in July 1984. In 1985, General Mills merged the company with their