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2:51 pm - 01/09/2013

Monopoly retiring a game piece, vote to keep your favorite

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Monopoly is sending one of its tokens directly to jail forever without passing go, without collecting $200.
The iconic board game is asking its Facebook fans to vote for their favorite game piece, including the car, thimble, boot, Scottie dog, battleship, hat, iron and wheelbarrow.

The one that receives the fewest votes will be voted off the board next month.

As of Jan. 9, the dog and the car have garnered the most support. Fans of the wheelbarrow and hat may need to select a new game piece.

But out with the old and in with the new: Monopoly will replace the shunned piece with a cat, diamond ring, guitar, helicopter or toy robot.

This isn’t the first time Monopoly has introduced replacement tokens. According to Hasbro.com, the lantern, purse and rocking horse got the ax in the early 1950s, making way for the dog, wheelbarrow and the horse and rider (the horse eventually got booted from the box, too).

Hasbro's promotion hearkens back to M&M’s marketing stunt in 1995, when the the tan-hued chocolate candy was nixed and fans were asked to vote for a new color (the verdict was blue).

Hasbro will reveal the new token on Feb. 6.



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superdogbiter 9th-Jan-2013 09:04 pm (UTC)
booooo why not just keep the piece
although if the dog gets taken out i'm cutting someone
drkshdw 9th-Jan-2013 09:04 pm (UTC)
who is this going to even affect? like who doesn't have an edition of monopoly somewhere that they can steal pieces from?


with that being said, if anyone tries to fuck with me being the shoe i'll be pissed. i love being the damn shoe.
argyle_strikes 9th-Jan-2013 09:05 pm (UTC)
wow i've never met anyone who picks the shoe
drkshdw 9th-Jan-2013 09:08 pm (UTC)
WTF I love it
argyle_strikes 9th-Jan-2013 09:05 pm (UTC)
i could do without the shoe

i'd be all over that diamond ring (or the robot)
greenfairy_87 9th-Jan-2013 09:05 pm (UTC)
Keep the dog, add the cat, who the hell played with the boot.
drkshdw 9th-Jan-2013 09:08 pm (UTC)
I LOVE THE BOOT
hrhobo 9th-Jan-2013 09:11 pm (UTC)
i did because everyone took what i wanted >:|
16_bit_goddess 9th-Jan-2013 09:05 pm (UTC)
I've always been partial to the top hat and thimble. but I have a special edition monopoly that has a money bag piece and that one's definitely my fave.
hrhobo 9th-Jan-2013 09:05 pm (UTC)
wtf ppl don't like the hat? it's like a thimble, but for your head. a small replica of your head.

who likes the iron that shit's so old we have steamers now and shit.
shortliljackers 9th-Jan-2013 09:10 pm (UTC)
hat is my fave.
loveumbrella 9th-Jan-2013 09:56 pm (UTC)
ikr

I THOUGHT EVERYONE WANTS TO BE A HAT
deathbytamarind 9th-Jan-2013 10:54 pm (UTC)
Whenever I played Monopoly with my friends as a kid, the car and the hat were always the most popular.
robodromo 9th-Jan-2013 09:07 pm (UTC)
glad to hear the dog is not in danger, not that I've played Monopoly in years but if I wanted to I'd like to be able to use the token I always used.
kahluaandcream 9th-Jan-2013 09:07 pm (UTC)
Not the Scottie! Anyone but the Scottie!

The new ones are silly but I could go for the robot. If I wasn't playing as the Scottie, and let's be real, I am always the Scottie.
little_vienna 9th-Jan-2013 09:08 pm (UTC)
get rid of the wheelbarrow, put in cat.

also, best version of monopoly:



sandstorm 9th-Jan-2013 09:12 pm (UTC)
We used to take the tokens and play with them, fuck the actual board game...I saw a Sonic one yesterday...I wish I could get that AND this.
winter_lace 9th-Jan-2013 09:26 pm (UTC)
I have a Nintendo one. It's rad.
fwee_prower 9th-Jan-2013 09:29 pm (UTC)
I want this
wincest_dean 9th-Jan-2013 09:42 pm (UTC)
i didn't know this existed
deathbytamarind 9th-Jan-2013 10:55 pm (UTC)
I have this!
symphonicdream 10th-Jan-2013 01:23 am (UTC)
Pikachu was my fav and I hid the character token so only I could play as him and, predictably, forgot where it was hidden :(
generalstolas 10th-Jan-2013 07:47 pm (UTC)
Shit got dangerous over at my house when I pulled that out for the first time. You would have though I had the ark of the covenant hidden in my closet that way my friends flipped out.
awaywithpixie 9th-Jan-2013 09:08 pm (UTC)
I can't play with foreign boards.
It's the classic traditional proper English streets and train stations for me. WTF now you can get airports and Wembley stadium? Bah, good old Mayfair and Park Lane for me. It's Englishness is the essence of the entire game.

And the dog ftw.
kurtvonnegut 9th-Jan-2013 09:10 pm (UTC)
the original version was american

ur foreign sry
patiently 9th-Jan-2013 09:11 pm (UTC)
i lol'd
awaywithpixie 9th-Jan-2013 09:18 pm (UTC)
Wow, did not know this.

Never heard of or saw any other version for sale than the English one until the mid 00's.

We bought our first English set here in Australia in 1968, so excuse my ignorance. Been playing the English one since I was a kid in the 60's.

sorry for not being American.

Not sorry.
mandramoddle 9th-Jan-2013 09:28 pm (UTC)
lol
srparker328 9th-Jan-2013 10:39 pm (UTC)
lmao
eaglefan2011 Re: love the fuck outta this edition9th-Jan-2013 09:11 pm (UTC)
i really want this one
shortliljackers Re: love the fuck outta this edition9th-Jan-2013 09:12 pm (UTC)
this is for lazy people who can't do math.
hrhobo Re: love the fuck outta this edition9th-Jan-2013 09:13 pm (UTC)
HEY MAN DOING ARITHMETIC IS PRETTY DIFFICULT FOR SOME PPL OK JESUS
fwee_prower Re: love the fuck outta this edition9th-Jan-2013 09:30 pm (UTC)
It makes the game faster especially with the giving ppl money.
hrhobo Re: love the fuck outta this edition9th-Jan-2013 09:13 pm (UTC)
i had this for a while. it made being the banker easier, but still, fuck that i don't want to be the banker.
sandstorm Re: love the fuck outta this edition9th-Jan-2013 09:15 pm (UTC)
This making me laugh really hard for some reason.
fwee_prower Re: love the fuck outta this edition9th-Jan-2013 09:29 pm (UTC)
This is so flawless.
shania_cares Re: love the fuck outta this edition9th-Jan-2013 11:45 pm (UTC)
I hated this. My bb cousin has it and we played and I felt like I could not track the $ properly, and I couldn't teach him math skills. Also when the game is over with paper money, if you win you can throw it all up and roll around in it.
invisible_cunt Re: love the fuck outta this edition10th-Jan-2013 12:55 am (UTC)
THIS TAKES AWAY THE FUN FROM COUNTING THE MONEY

I WILL BREAK THAT CALCULATOR IN HALF

MATH SKILLS, PEOPLE!
mynamehere07 9th-Jan-2013 09:08 pm (UTC)
Get rid of the iron, it's pointless.
katieo21 9th-Jan-2013 09:08 pm (UTC)
Besides the Scottie, I also adore the thimble. For new ones, the robot. Duh.
biggerfun 9th-Jan-2013 09:09 pm (UTC)
Monopoly, why? ;___;

I guess I'll be okay as long as the top hat sticks around.
llilliathari 9th-Jan-2013 09:09 pm (UTC)
Get rid of Wheelbarrow and Iron, they were always shi**y at making deal on the app!

The Robot is cute though!
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