Monopoly will soon be getting rid of its classic tokens and replacing it with a new one. And it will be up to the public to determine which one it will be.
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| Toy robot token |
As of January 11th, it appears the dog and the
racecar are safe from elimination, and the top hat and wheelbarrow are most in jeopardy.
Voting runs until February 5.
Most
tokens were introduced with the first Parker Brothers version of the
game in 1935, and three of the original tokens – a lantern,
purse, cannon and a rocking horse – where replaced in the 1950s with the
dog, wheelbarrow, and a man on a horse.
According to an Associated Press report, a special limited edition “Golden Ticket” version of Monopoly will be available in Target stores beginning Feb. 15 with golden versions of both the old and new tokens. It will be the final edition of the game to include the classic tokens.
While growing up in the suburbs during the late 1970s and early 80s, my family played a lot of Monopoly. And aside from arguing about the validity of the schemes to render each other bankrupt or the questionable property deals, most of the heated debates would come at the beginning of the game, when trying to determine which player would chose their token first. For some reason, in our house, the man on a horse was the prime token, as was the racecar and the Scottish terrier (interestingly enough, for reasons I could not find, the man on a horse token was taken out of circulation sometime in the 1980s or 90s). Conversely, it was considered a letdown in our family to play the thimble or the boot. So for that reason alone, the boot or thimble would get my vote for elimination. As far as voting for one of the new ones, I would say the toy robot. It has a timeless retro feel to it.
The version of Monopoly with the new token is scheduled to be released sometime in 2013.
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