| Mrluvaluva |
06-02-2013 02:14 PM |
The cat wins! :pipe:
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Monopoly fans have voted to give the iron the boot and welcome in the cat as the new token for the much-loved board game.
Time was ticking for classic tokens the shoe, wheelbarrow and iron after voting closed for which one should get kicked out on Tuesday.
In the end it was the latter that was dropped but it was a close call, with the item being neck and neck with the wheelbarrow until the end.
The cat becomes the first new item to be introduced since the 1950s.
Thousands of fans registered their opinion on Facebook for which one of the pieces should be replaced after makers Hasbro launched a competition.
The Save Your Token Campaign allowed voters to decide to replace one of the classic tokens with either a robot, diamond ring, cat, helicopter or guitar.
The eight previous icons that were up for the chop, included an iron, racing car, Scottie dog, a shoe, thimble, top hat, wheelbarrow and battleship.
Fans from 120 countries got to decide what the new piece would be.
The game featuring the new icon will go on sale later this year.
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