Hasbro would not say which of the new pieces had the most votes. The winner is to be announcedĪs of Monday afternoon, the boot and the iron had the fewest votes and were most in danger of being replaced. The classic token with the fewest number of votes will be replaced by the new token with the highest number. Hasbro came up with a list of potential replacements, conducted an internal vote and narrowed theįield to five finalists: a robot, diamond ring, cat, helicopter and guitar. Of course, the company is not leaving it entirely up to the public to decide such an important part of a classic game. So after Tuesday, when voting closes, the thimble, car, boot, Scottie dog, battleship, hat, iron or wheelbarrow will go to jail, forever, and a new token will take its place. And, in a modern twist, it has taken to social media to seek input from Hasbro, the company that manufactures Monopoly, has decided that the journey around the board for one of the eight classic tokens will end soon.
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Of those, perhaps the most popular isĪnd even though there are any number of variations - a NASA edition, a New York Yankees edition, a Star Wars edition - the Monopoly of Park Place, Boardwalk and the Community Chest has remained largely Credit Courtesy of Hasbroĭespite the onslaught of high-tech games played on smartphones, tablets and giant flat-screen televisions, some old-fashioned board games played at a more methodical pace endure.
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The game's manufacturer plans to replace one of them. The original version of Monopoly has eight game pieces.