Monopoly Is Killing The Thimble

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Monopoly Is Killing The Thimble

 

 

If you buy a game of Monopoly in the future, the family of game tokens will soon look very different.

 

It has been part of the game since it was added in 1935, but soon it will be replaced by something more 21st century. So, suggestions include a dinosaur, a rubber duck, an emoji and a hashtag.

 

Hasbro is holding a worldwide contest to let people choose the eight tokens to be included in the next generation of the property acquisition game, based on the real streets of Atlantic City, New Jersey.

 

Monopoly fans cast four million votes last month to decide which of the board game's classic eight tokens should stay around -- and which gets the ax.

 

The results are in

 

Say goodbye to the thimble.

 

This means that the thimble token -- which has been around since 1935 -- won't be included in the next version of the classic Monopoly board game slated to hit stores this fall.

 

The thimble's fate is the result of an online vote Monopoly parent Hasbro (HAS) held last month at VoteMonopoly.com, marking the first time in Monopoly's 82-year history that Hasbro crowdsourced the future of the game.

 

Winners will be announced on March 19 and will be included in games hitting shelves this August. Voting has now ended, but keep an eye on the website to find out what the victors will be.

 

http://www.votemonopoly.com

 

There were eight different categories of new items that the public could choose from

 

What were the original Monopoly pieces

 

Since Monopoly was introduced in the 1930s, many of the playing pieces have come and gone. Some have stuck around since its launch, and others have been ditched.

 

Monopoly enthusiasts will know that there used to be six items in the famous playing game’s line-up.

 

The original six were:

• The top hat
• The thimble
• The iron (now retired)
• The shoe
• The battleship
• The cannon (now retired)

In 1999, a sack of money beat a pig and a plane to be added to the board but it was retired less than a decade later.

 

A few more options were added in 1935 and 1936:

• The race car
• The purse (now retired)
• The rocking horse (now retired)
• The lantern (now retired)

And a further collection were added in the 1950s and later:

• Scottie dog
• Wheelbarrow
• Horse and rider (now retired)
• Sack of money (now retired)
• Cat (new in 2013)

What versions of Monopoly are there?

 

This isn’t the first time the public have been given their say on which piece will take them past GO.

 

In 2013, a vote meant that the iron was replaced by a cat, but there are many other editions available other than the classic board game.

 

There are many other cities other than London that are featured, such as Chicago edition, a New York-opoly and a New Zealand edition. And then the sky is the limit for themed options that have hit shelves since its launch.

 

Some of the most creative include a Walking Dead Survival edition, a 007 James Bond Collector’s edition, a Beatles' Collector’s Edition and even a Sonic the Hedgehog Collector’s edition.