Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Update on the new Monopoly piece...

An earlier blog posted here gave you information on how to vote one of the iconic Monopoly pieces into history.You also had the opportunity to vote for a replacement piece.

Well, here are the results...READY

Say goodbye to the old fashioned iron








The Monopoly iron token (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Following a month-long nationwide vote from fans, Hasbro took to the Today show to announce that it will retire the iron from the game’s iconic pieces, replacing it with a cat.
Some fans were worried about the fate of beloved tokens like the pooch or the race car, neither was ever in danger of being eliminated. (The Scottie dog, in fact, was the most popular token, with 29 percent of the vote to save it.) Hasbro says the boot, iron and wheelbarrow  were always in the red zone with players.
In fact, all three tokens were virtually tied for last place until late Tuesday night, when iron haters pushed the appliance over the edge.
 In the end, just 8 percent of voters wanted to save the iron.
Fans were presented with five replacement token options, including a helicopter, a diamond ring, a robot, a guitar, and a cat.
 But this is was an Internet vote and voters can't seem to get enough of our feline friends.

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