Who else is upset about this?

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<p>[Rest</a> in pieces: Hasbro to replace a classic Monopoly game token | Games Blog - Yahoo! Games](<a href=“http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/rest-pieces-hasbro-replace-classic-monopoly-game-token-202310173.html]Rest”>http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/rest-pieces-hasbro-replace-classic-monopoly-game-token-202310173.html)</p>

<p>I always wanted the Scottie. And I always lost. I wonder if the two things were related. Or if I just landed on the wrong squares at the wrong time.</p>

<p>Why do they have to replace a piece? Why can’t they just add a new one? Why change it at all?</p>

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<p>They change it to get free advertising like this.</p>

<p>That said, I, too, was always the Scottie.</p>

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<p>This cracks me up!!</p>

<p>What are they messing with NOW!?</p>

<p>But I must say, I’d vote for getting rid of the iron - who the heck chooses the iron???!!!</p>

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<p>I don’t have much use for the thimble either. It seems pointless - it’s not like we are all going to run out and buy a new version of the game to get the new token!</p>

<p>I went to the site and looked - the iron has a surprising number of votes to keep. It looks like the boot is losing.</p>

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<p>Race car, of course.</p>

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<p>^really? I just did an online poll, and only 1% of the 133,777 people wanted the car to go.</p>

<p>abasket – iron got the most votes – 33% – so maybe it’ll get disappeared.</p>

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<p>I wonder if some of those voting even know what an iron is! I personally love the boot.</p>

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<p>I usually play as the thimble, but that new helicopter would be pretty cool.</p>

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<p>It’s time for the thimble to go. Kids today probably don’t even know *** it is.</p>

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<p>Naturally, it’s the race car for me.</p>

<p>I don’t think they’ll retire the Scottie - too many people like dogs and kids especially, like to use the Scottie.</p>

<p>Lot’s of people sew (even still) so I think the thimble will stick around.</p>

<p>I can see the old boot going. I’d be able to see the top hat going as well except it’s iconic of Mr. Moneybags.</p>

<p>I can see the wheelbarrow going. Even if one uses a wheelbarrow they’re usually not enjoying it at the time.</p>

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<p>I didn’t have any idea what a thimble was for the longest time growing up, but I’ve still always liked it best. It just looks cool. </p>

<p>I wonder if this is even true. I find it odd that you can only vote on facebook and by joining the facebook app.</p>

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<p>I always chose the boot. I agree, the iron can go. lol</p>

<p>Leave the scottie alone!</p>

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<p>^^ I believe it, but the FB app thing is creepy so I guess I’m not voting.</p>

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<p>I usually play with the iron, and win. I flatten my opponents with it. ;)</p>

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<p>Slate’s take, "The board game Monopoly will soon lose a classic token and gain a new one, by way of a public vote on Facebook. It may sound like harmless fun, but is in fact a travesty, though not for the sake of nostalgia or preservational instinct. Notice the four tokens currently winning the vote, and thus most likely to stay “safe” from elimination. They are, as of this writing, the Scottie dog, the race car, the battleship, and the top hat. What do they have in common? Accoutrements of the 1 percent. A Scottish terrier champion-line puppy may cost $1,500. A roadster, $50,000. A battleship, $100 million in mid-century dollars. The top hat is as much a sign of the filthy rich as the monocle.</p>

<p>And here are the four losers: the humble thimble, the laceless workboot, the iron (no electric model, this one you had to heat in a stovepipe oven), and the current bottom-feeder, the wheelbarrow. What do they have in common? Labor. Penury. Born, most of them, with the first 1935 edition, when the Great Depression was not an instructive economic case study, but outside your window."</p>

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<p>The Scottie IN the boot, of course. Second choice, the race car. The wheelbarrow’s the loser as far as I’m concerned. It’s awkward to move unlike the more streamlined pieces.</p>

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<p>I always choose the boot. Wheelbarrow can go, wouldn’t be missed. I hope they replace it with something of the original era, and not a new symbol like a robot or space ship.</p>

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<p>Just a little request. Can we put what a thread is about in the title instead of something like “Who else is upset about this?” It’s annoying to have to click to find out what something is about, when it could have been indicated in the thread title. Thanks!</p>

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<p>I love the boot! Don’t take the boot!</p>

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<p>When I was a kid we fought over the Scottie and the iron. The Scottie cuz we loved dogs, the iron cuz we could flatten someone. I say give the boot to the boot.</p>