When I play Monopoly, I always want to be the dog; my second choice is always the car. So you can imagine my sorrow when I read that both pieces could soon be forced into game token retirement!
Hasbro, the maker of the iconic family board game, is hosting a Facebook competition inviting users to vote to save their favourite piece and to vote, from a selection, for a new piece.
The car, the Scottie dog, the thimble, the boot, the battleship, the hat, the iron and the wheelbarrow are all facing elimination.
Facebook users can vote from a robot, a diamond ring, a cat, a helicopter or a guitar to replace the shafted piece.
The new pieces have been developed in an attempt to modernise the Depression-era brand, Jonathan Berkowtiz, vice president of marketing for Hasbro Gaming, told the Daily News.
“The tokens that are in the game today represent household items from the 1930s when the game was first introduced. We wanted to introduce a new token to the game that’s more representative of today’s Monopoly players.”
And this isn’t the first time tokens have faced retirement.
Players used to be able to zip around the board buying property with a lantern, purse or a rocking horse. These three pieces were sent to retirement in the 1950s.
A cannon and a man on horseback are also no longer available in the classic edition - this makes my little sister breaking the latter from my mum’s 1960s era Monopoly even more awkward.
Let us know which tokens you voted for in the comment section below, via our Facebook page or on Twitter and let us know what you think the new token should have been – part of me wonders why an iPhone wasn’t an option…
I was lucky enough to have a very exciting week last week. Three concerts in four days, starting with a “red-headed yeti with multiple arms” that goes by the name of Newton Faulkner, then my favourite band, Counting Crows and finishing up with amazing young talent, Birdy. All concerts were amazing; I didn’t want any if them to end. On Monday morning, a co-worker said he wanted to see Birdy live again before he even said hello. It was a very good week.
