After over 80 years the game of Monopoly is going to be getting rid of 2 of the iconic game tokens to make room for 2 new and more current tokens. A global vote is being held on Facebook here to save your favorite token, or to vote on which ones you want to go away. Currently (pretty much the 2 I expected it to be) the iron and the wheelbarrow are losing the battle.
Of course there are a lot of people wondering why they would do such a thing. Not just a democratic vote for a game that rewards being a sole dictator, but changing a classic. A business mogul game without all the headaches of finding Business Credit and Capital, while still being able to destroy the lives of family and friends. Obvious answer is money. This has and will give them a ton of press, and surely the Monopoly fanatics will have to go out and buy a "new" edition to keep up to date.
The funny thing is that we all know there will still be a "classic" version on the shelves with all the old pieces no matter what new ones are introduced. In fact, you have to wonder why they need to take any out in the first place right? I mean is it that big a deal just to toss 2 new pieces in the box and keep all the old ones? That makes too much sense of course. Then they couldn't sell a "classic" version as well!
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