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Subscribe to RSSThe results are in! Over the past month, hundreds of thousands of Monopoly fans worldwide voted for which new token should replace one of the iconic ones being retired after countless journeys past Go. After a hard-fought campaign, representatives revealed the newest game piece Wednesday morning on TODAY.
(Drum roll, please.)
Monopoly’s newest token is…
The makers of Monopoly decided to modernize the game a bit by adding a new token and retiring one of the classics. The TODAY anchors chat about the new token, as voted by the public, which will replace the iron.
The cat!
To rally players to show their support for their favorite tokens, Hasbro launched a Facebook app. While the results among the 250,000 votes on TODAY.com’s live poll were close, the feline edged out its competition: the robot, diamond ring, helicopter and guitar.
It’s sad news for some, as the sly cat will replace one of the game’s venerable pieces, which has also been chosen by voters. The boot, iron and wheelbarrow were tied for last place until Tuesday night when the wheelbarrow and shoe hung on and the iron got the boot.
'I loved the iron': Watch anchors discuss the change
What do you think of the results? Are you excited to play with the cat token, or sad to see the iron go? Vote below:
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just add the piece.leave well enough alone. why change.
It is funny you grow up playing monopoly and you take all that you learned to the real business world and you get arrested for owning and playing monopoly.
I wish our neighbor across the street would accept the cats that roam from house to house. He would as he puts it "Get rid of them permanently". Somebody should take the iron and hit him upside the head. But aside from that welcome Mr. Cat, now we can see a real dog and cat fight in Monopoly. HAHAHAHA
cool ... I kin play w/ my p***y ;-)
I'm sure it would be a game more people would watch then.
I see my Ralph Nader write-in campagne didn't work. :(
really people, your all making assinine comments over a board game. and shut up about our president. you do not like it, than move out of the US!
Well really it's he who should move out, economically speaking it would be more cost effective.
They should have replaced the Iron with a Sandwich
I'm going to put my iron for sale on eBay - bidding will begin at $1000
Honestly, Monopoly is a classic game and should stay that way!!! They should not replace any of the pieces!!
they have replaced a number of pieces in the past. I am a crazy collector of Monoploy and hate that my favorite piece has been taken out. for those suggesting token packs instead of games with new tokens. it's crazy collecters like me who will pay for the new games just for one change in token. they should bring back the pig!
why is it "Mr. Cat"????
So they can add landing gear to it.
Because Hello Kitty is busy...
Oh it probably has something to do with a conspiracy involving the illuminati, communicating with space aliens, end of the world... any takers?
The iron was so old fashioned
Next year yet another token will be introduced to the game in order to make it more appealing to inner-city youth. Said new token will be the silver crack pipe!
Actually, I think they were homeskuled.
But, as a cat person, I am exceedingly happy. Of course, since I am an adult with a degree(s), kids, grand-kids and a real job, I haven't had time to play monopoly in decades.
Aww man! I wanted the guitar!
Should have been a gun. That would have given the progs something to whine about for the next few months.
NBC's poll on this has stupid choices that don't really tell anything about how we feel about the cat.
That anybody really finds this newsworthy is a sad commentary. Board games are of an era gone by.
People that dont know how to iron end up with a bunch of cats. Ironic
Classic game, don't change a thing....it's like would you change the lyrics to "American Pie"? I don't think so.............Antiques, do you paint on top of them, update the hardware, no.............. then they lose their value. CLASSICS are classics for a reason, they have spanned the test of time.
I think the new piece should have been John Holmes' junk to represent the screwing we're all getting by the elite liberal socialists in power at the moment.