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The news we have all been awaiting was announced and I must admit that I am a little sad about the death of an ironcon icon. Yes, the Monopoly piece formerly known as “the iron” is now a thing of the past. The voting is in and if you were out of the loop the following picture shows the different options that were proposed and voted on.
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And the winner is …….the cat!!!
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I guess out of the choices that would be my pick as I am sure it is many of yours but I must say that I am a little bit sad that the piece that I usually got stuck with ended up with as a child is now going to be eliminated from the popular board game. I think it is definitely a sign of the times. The iron is a thing of the past. At least for some. If you remember my post of a few weeks ago you know that it is still a very big part of my life (Click here to read my tale of ironing)
Change is difficult at times and I guess I will have to embrace it in this case. I am just a little worried there will be a lot of cat and dog fights on the board from now on out.
Make sure you check out my blog next Monday—it is time for a give away!!!!
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Leave a commentDo they still have the top hot? That was my fave. No one wanted to be the iron in my hood.
Yep–the top hat is still in there. If I am right the pieces now are the cat, racecar, Scottie dog, a shoe, thimble, top hat, wheelbarrow and battleship. At least I think that is what they are!
No one ever chose the iron when we played either. I usually was the car but also used the hat and cannon. If I play the new version, I would most likely pick the cat. I am happy with the results since this is how I voted: out with the iron, in with the cat! MEOW!
It’s funny to me to read what everyone chose as a kid!!! I liked the iron because it was different I guess!
I just read about this yesterday and my first thought was this: Does that make my vintage Monopoly game more valuable?
Probably in time it will be worth more!!! Maybe not quite today but someday!!! 🙂
I like the cat, however, I wish they kept the iron too. So many memories of playing Monopoly and yes, I often ended up with the iron too! At least when the kids and I played!
I think we ended up with it because we always let everyone else pick their piece first!!!
Personally, I would have picked the robot! Sorry about the iron, my friend, but at least you got a cat…LOL xoxo, Diane
I liked the robot,too!!! Oh well. I guess it is just a sign of the times!
Maybe they should have replaced it with a teapot.. That would have eased your pain sufficiently I would think..
Why didn’t I think of that????
I thought that you would have.
My first choice was the Diamond Ring. I’m sure the dog and the cat will iron out their issues, tho.
Oh man—-I should have seen that one coming!!!! 🙂
I saw where they were making changes. How could this be? I liked that little iron that would glide around the board, collecting $200 for passing GO! The cat IS cute…My brother always took the race car.
The race car was popular with my oldest brother, too. Must have been a guy thing. The cat is cute but I will miss the iron.
I have not played that game for so long, I can’t even remember how to play the game anymore let alone know what the pieces were. I am pretty sure ir was not an iron.
I bet it would come back to you in a flash if you played it. And as you know I was never very good at it!
I didn’t even know there was an iron – we are not Monopoly players in our house, or any board games for that matter! I like the kitty so. 🙂
I like the kitty too so I guess if the iron had to go the cat was a good replacement. 🙂
Hello! I am sorry it’s been so long since I’ve stopped by and I’m so glad to discover that you blogged about this topic! I’ve been wanting to talk to someone about it! I KNEW it would be the iron – just knew that would be the least relatable thing these days. I, like you, still iron at times…and need to today…bother. Enjoy your day – and your tea!
Oh bother—I have a boatload to iron today too so that is this afternoon’s project. Oh well….
I have to sew on a patch on my daughter’s jeans – why, oh why, is it the style to have “pre-distressed” jeans? You can hardly find ones that aren’t! And then they’re “Pre-falling-apart” before they even outgrow them!!!!
Because they want to make you have more fun by sewing those patches on!!!!!!
That must be it!
This makes me sad. Why do we have to update a classic? I liked the iron! Although, I can see where this is going… Three years from now there will be a re-release of Classic Monopoly with the Iron included again. LoL
I bet you are right!!!! The re-release will be triple the cost!!!