When I have played Monopoly in the past, I have always reached for the iron as my token. I know for a fact I have never played with another token. I never came across another friend who just had to have the iron too, so I guess that was good because I wouldn’t have played. I guess when you find a right fit you just have to go with that one each time. And the iron and I made our way around to pass Go many, many times. So, imagine the horror when I heard today that Hasbro, the maker of Monopoly, is going to send one of the little steel tokens to jail……and they can’t even pass Go first.
What a great marketing ploy. Hasbro has set up a Facebook page and is letting people vote for which token gets to stay and which one will replace it. I went to the site to see how this was going to unfold. The choices to vote for are the car, thimble, shoe, dog, ship, hat, iron, and wheelbarrow. I wish we could vote for which one gets to go, but alas, we were only allowed to vote for which one we wanted to stay.
It’s funny, but I think baby boomers are going to feel the same way about this that I do. Oh, sure, in the whole scheme of things, I really don’t give a rat’s ass about the impending doom of one of the Monopoly tokens, but yet again, off I went to vote to save my beloved iron.
The options to replace the permanently jailed token are a helicopter, a diamond ring, a cat, a robot, or a guitar. I immediately voted for the diamond ring. It makes sense and goes with the game. What the hell does a robot or a guitar have to do with Monopoly? Ok, I guess an iron doesn’t make much sense either, but you know, whatever.
So, baby boomer friends of mine, what token did you use when you played Monopoly?
Jumping in Mud Puddles 
Posted by NCMountainwoman on January 12, 2013 at 10:13 am
I always wanted the iron too. I would settle for the thimble but I really liked the iron best. And I agree with you…the diamond ring seems a natural. I never quite understood the wheelbarrow. I loved how the various neighborhood kids had their own rules about free parking and such. We had tons of arguments about the made-up rules.
Posted by Jumping in Mud Puddles on January 14, 2013 at 7:06 am
I always wondered why the wheelbarrow until I saw a commercial or something with Mr. MoneyBags carrying a wheelbarrow full of money. I didn’t understand the battleship..lol
Posted by backonmyown on January 10, 2013 at 10:42 pm
I always liked the iron, too. Guess you and I can’t play together.
Posted by Jumping in Mud Puddles on January 11, 2013 at 6:32 am
I would have won anyway. 🙂
Posted by suzywordmuser on January 10, 2013 at 8:51 pm
Like you, I loved the little iron! Most of the time I spent ironing the table cloth on the dinning table instead of concentrating on playing the game, because I was the youngest in the family and had real difficulty keeping up with everyone else! I moved on to the little dog and the boot when I was a teenager, and won many games – so I must have been paying attention after all! I suppose they have to move on to keep the game relevant to today. But I’m not sure I’d bother to vote, I suspect it’s largely an advertising campaign!
Suzy 😀
Posted by Jumping in Mud Puddles on January 10, 2013 at 9:47 pm
Oh, it’s surely an advertising campaign to sell the old and the new game….How funny that you ironed the table while waiting your turn…:)
Posted by Deb on January 10, 2013 at 8:16 pm
Always the dog.