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Meet The New Monopoly Tokens
The iconic thimble, the boot and the wheelbarrow have been voted out of the game by fans.
PAWTUCKET, RI — The boot, the thimble and the wheelbarrow are out of the next edition of Monopoly. The iconic tokens will be replaced by a T-Rex, a rubber ducky and a penguin.
The new tokens were voted in by fans along with five others to be featured in the next generation of the classic board game, Hasbro said in a news release. More than 4.3 million votes came in during the month of January from more than 100 countries. Fans picked the eight tokens from a list of 64 contenders.
The eight tokens in the next generation of the game will be:
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- Scottie Dog Token
- T-Rex Token
- Top Hat Token
- Car Token
- Rubber Ducky Token
- Cat Token
- Penguin Token
- Battleship Token
Tipping our hats to the Thimble, Boot & Wheelbarrow, & welcoming the T-rex, rubber ducky, & penguin! https://t.co/T1OJ5WveNt #MonopolyVote pic.twitter.com/r3IK1lgEw7
— Hasbro (@HasbroNews) March 17, 2017
The new edition of the game will be available for sale in the fall. However, Monopoly diehards need not wait that long. For about $20, consumers can buy the Monopoly Token Madness Edition, which includes the eight current tokens and eight golden tokens.
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