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Which Monopoly Token Will Be Banished in 2013? What Will Replace It: The Pencil Shavings or the Half-Eaten Donut?

Which Monopoly Token Will Be Banished in 2013? What Will Replace It: The Pencil Shavings or the Half-Eaten Donut?
Board Game: Monopoly
In 2013, U.S. game publisher Hasbro announced a competition of sorts in which player votes will determine which token in the current edition of Monopoly will be banished from the game forever – "forever" being, of course, a relative term that lasts until a commemorative edition of the game is released. In addition, voters will decide which of five tokens will be added to the game.

Votes, both positive and negative, can be placed via Facebook on a special "Save Your Token" page, with users being able to post a vote every single day, thereby completely skewing the vote total toward those Scottie dog fanatics.

Rather than write more about this "development" in the world's best-selling branded game, I recorded the following video:


For reference, here's Lowen Liu's Slate article referenced in the video.

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