There are hundreds of special editions. With that came an explosion of new playing pieces such as the captain's chair on the Starship Enterprise in the "Star Trek" version, a Pikachu in the "Pokemon" version, or a horse's head in "The Godfather" version. Variations on the game include online versions as well as a card game.
In , the public was asked in a poll what their favorite playing pieces were. The most popular were the car at 18 percent and the dog at 16 percent. The least favorites were the wheelbarrow at 3 percent, followed by the thimble and the iron, both at 7 percent.
At the same time, Hasbro asked the public to vote on a new playing piece that would be added to the standard edition. The candidates were a "bag of money", a plane, and a piggy bank. The bag of money ended up winning with 51 percent of the vote.
This brought the total number of pieces up to The cannon and horse and rider were both retired in with no new tokens taking their place. Another retirement came in with the bag of money that brought the total token count down to eight again. From to , there were more promotional campaigns and game piece decisions. The iron was replaced by a cat in Monopoly fans were asked to select their favorite eight tokens from 64 possible options. A total of 56 were entirely new, while the other eight were the classics.
The thimble and boot have been a part of the board game since and the wheelbarrow was introduced in the s. Related: This Michigan toymaker pledged never to go to China. THE world as we know is changing as Monopoly has announced it is ditching one of its iconic pieces. Game players will soon wave goodbye to the thimble , which has been part of the board since it was launched in — but why is it being replaced and what will the new piece be?
Last month we told how all of the pieces were potentially facing the chop, with Monopoly chiefs asking the public to vote to save their favourites from the planned cull. The vote saw the eight standard pieces vying for a place against 50 new designs, which include a rotary phone, a cowboy hat and a roller skate. Tragically it was the thimble that received the least votes, with makers of the game Hasbro announcing the news it is removing the playing piece.
The Monopoly Token Madness voting campaign attracted more than four million votes, yet not enough backed the thimble to keep it in future versions of the game.
It lost out to favourites such as the top hat, the mini motor car, the recently introduced cat which was responsible for ejecting the iron in and the Scottie dog. Only one of the current eight pieces will be chopped, the thimble, and the new winning replacement design will be announced on March In December we told how Monopoly chiefs set up a Christmas hotline to prevent board game bust-ups, after research found that over half of games end in acrimony.
The original six were: The top hat The thimble The iron now retired The shoe The battleship The cannon now retired 12 In , 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 Credit: AP:Associated Press.
That being said, many still consider the howitzer and cannon the same though the cannon looks like it was from the civil war and the howitzer looks modern. Like it or not, however, the car with driver lost its counterpart battle, but the howitzer won its. Sets with the car with drivers are very easy to find if you are looking to acquire this shorter-lived piece.
The 4 tokens in this edition has the affiliated colors and resources to build buildings. They are the construction workers for Mr. Monopoly to build on Monopoly Island. Characters from The Mandalorian.
The Muppets Tokens. The standing playable tokens are from the left : Gary, SpongeBob, Mr. Krabs, Patrick, Squidward, and Sandy. The optional non-playable coin-like token is Plankton. While original versions lacked tokens, the Junior Edition's release in contained some tokens. This article is not finished. If you know a Monopoly game with different tokens, please write about it here. Monopoly Wiki Explore.
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