No way. I always play as the boot. Throw out the Thimble.

Yeah, that thimble is a piece of s#it!!!!!!!

I can't believe the dog is that high. That one never gets used when we have less than 6 playing.

I hate the dog, love the thimble! (This is why they just need to keep them all--everything is somebody's favorite.)

I always liked the dog... but a robot would be cool!

A robot? When you could have a helicopter??? Whaddyakiddinme??

When was the last time anyone ironed something? Really?

I own a concrete company, the next on my list would be the wheelbarrow, because it has been years since I have seen anyone but my sons who know how to push one.

What's so wrong with the way it is now? Why can't they just leave it alone?

Carolyn: I agree, nothing is wrong with the game. But I'll bet sales are down, so the marketing dept needs some kind of gimmick to induce more sales of the game.

Monopoly has been around for quite some time, so there is a pretty good market saturation. I'm sure most households already have a copy sitting on a shelf somewhere. So, the only way to get people to buy another copy of the game is to change something. They have more than burned out the million and one themed variations, so now they are going back to an old tactic, switch up the game pieces.

john-737278, I ironed my daughter's denim skirt just the day before yesterday. I also iron my skirts and my husband's uniform shirt. Irons are still a necessity if you want to look decent...but it would still be the one I'd vote out of the game, followed by the thimble. I would want to add either the cat or the guitar.

Iron? I don't even remember the iron. Of course there were 5 of us, so it must have been deemed offensive by one of my brothers and immediately destroyed.

Get rid of; Thimble, Iron, Battleship and Wheelbarrow...Add; Robot, Ring, Cat and Helicopter.

BRILLIANT MARKETING HASBRO!

Change a simple game piece, get a ton of free press coverage. Not to mention all the people that will buy the new game just to get the new piece.

I voted to lose the battleship and for the cat. I really like the iron but I'm afraid that's the one that'll be getting the boot. :(

If you ditch the battleship for the cat you'll have the cat and dog fighting ALL through the game. Talk about WAR!

I agree, sink the battleship. It's way too disproportionate. It doesn't fit with the others. In with the cat. It balances the history of the board game. And, there are a lot of cat people.

I wonder if this is a ploy so everyone can rush to the store to buy the original set as a collectors item.

Ding ding! Watch the price of originals soar.

A battleship is out of place, but a lone shoe isn't? Should of had a shoe and a high heel. One for the boys and one for the girls! hahaha I wish they would keep all the old ones and just add all the new ones.

I agree with lukebandit!

Just add the new tokens and keep all the old ones.

You are voting for the least favorite. lol

come on,

on the facebook app HN means. Over there you vote for the pieces you want to save or add. The least and most popular of those get the boot or get into the game respectively.

That's right Goewil. On FB it's a vote. On this article it's just a poll.

everybody

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Fixed it for you. Personally I used to play two hour games every week. Do not usually have the time to do so now though.

That's because everyone has their own version of the rules, which causes arguments. Each person will want to quit if they can't play the way they always played the game.

We played all the time with our neighbors, because we used our own version of the rules. We place all fines that are payed out, under Free Parking. So when someone lands on it, they get paid. There are many people who won't play if you tell them that's the rule. We also allowed cutting the rate of rent on some players in a collaborative Quid Pro Quo. I have seen people ready to fight because of that, which put a damper on the game as adults.

I guess it does take about 15 minutes before people get ticked off about the rules!!!

I think they should just sell the new piece separately to add to your existing game. But you know they won't.

I've never been a fan of the boot. But it looks like the domestic icons are going. I voted for the helicopter.

What ever happened to the cannon? I have an old Monopoly board game and it has a little cannon as a game piece.

We've substituted in small metal action figures like Dungeons and Dragons fans have. Playing Monopoly as Gandalf is a lot of fun.

Ransom, we substitute Micro Machines in our favorite make & model of car! (I have a gorgeous D&D piece that my husband and-painted especially for me, but it's too precious to use in a game.)

Ransom- my brothers and I would do stuff like that too. Mainly because my brothers would destroy their game pieces when they lost and we had no choice. Just like playing Risk always ended in a global earthquake.

A gun and bag of chips would be much more American than an iron or a wheelbarrow.

Didn't there used to be a Colt 45 pistol?

I agree with the people that say leave the game as is.Everybody is always looking for away to make a buck. My vote would be to keep the scotty. My sister loved scotty dogs she had 4 of them. My sister passed away Friday the 18th of Jan. I would like to see them keep this peice in memory of her:)

The GOP Tea Movement is a Koch Monopoly, but they don't go to jail !

No. you know it is a fantasy game because there aren't places like Welfare Way and Redistribution Road.

The Koch brothers are warning that if they have to pay higher taxes, they'll be forced to layoff about 1/2 dozen congressmen.

@economykiller: You need to playThe Game of Life I know it used to have a Giant Poorhouse. I ended up there with a little plastic car car loaded with kids several times.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that one.

Agreed that was my favorite. Haven't played for so long though didn't know it wasn't in there anymore