The results are in!
ICYMI: Hasbro gave board game fans the opportunity to influence an iconic game in the Monopoly Throwback Token Vote. This contest allowed fans to bring back one of six retired tokens to the game to replace one of the current tokens. The options included the boot, the horse and rider, the iron, the money bag, the thimble, or the wheelbarrow, all popularized during the 1990s. In a 2017 fan vote, the thimble, the boot, and the wheelbarrow had been retired and replaced by the penguin, the rubber ducky, and the T. rex.
The winner of the contest is — drum roll please — the thimble! After receiving 30% of the total votes in the contest, the thimble token will return to the next generation of Monopoly games. After putting up a ferocious fight, the beloved sewing companion will be replacing the T. rex token. The prehistoric piece received 30% of the total votes to leave the game, retiring after its short-lived Monopoly run.
The new edition of Monopoly will hit shelves this fall featuring the thimble alongside the racecar, the top hat, the penguin, the battleship, Scottie, hazel, and the rubber ducky tokens. Players can still get their hands on the current edition of Monopoly from Amazon before the T. rex token heads to extinction.
