Hasbro "Retiring" a Classic Monopoly Game Piece

From the Jan. 9, 2013, Yahoo! Games, Plugged In.

It has been many a year since I played Monopoly, but growing up, I remember fights could start over who got what piece.  Of course, I HAD to HAVE the battleship for some reason.  That was my piece.  Brother Bob always wanted the race car.

Back in January, it was time to stand up for your favorite, but too late now.  One of those was to be a goner.  You had until Feb. 5th to vote online at their site or Facebook.  Of course, this is great publicity.

They also had several replacement pieces: helicopter, diamond ring, robot, cat and guitar.  I voted for the helicopter.

This is not the first time pieces have been replaced.  In the 1950s, 3 original pieces were replaced: purse, lantern and rocking chair.  The dog, man on horseback and wheelbarrow came aboard.

Voting to keep when I looked in January went: Scottie Dog 30%, Car 14%, battleship 13%, hat 12 %, thimble 10%, iron, shoe and wheelbarrow 7%.

I see the final results were the iron out and cat in.

Cat Lovers Rejoice.  --RoadDog


TOO PUNNY:  Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft.  Not surprising, the kayak sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.

That was bad.