But you had sole!
What?
The battleship. It may have been a steamboat, but to my cousins and I, it has always been and always will be a battleship.
If I wasn’t the battleship, I’d go for anyone that would be able to move around the board if it were real. If I got stuck with the top hat or something, I’d be upset the entire game because top hats can’t move around a board on their own.
The dog, 'cause it’s a cute dog, or the shoe, 'cause it’s a shoe, and I like shoes. Nowadays I prefer to be the bag of money.
1st choice dog, 2nd choice car, 3rd choice top hat;
if i didn’t get any of those 3, I ‘took my ball and went home’
just kidding, i took whatever was left
I have 72 different Monopoly pieces, all the originals, the pieces from the Disney, NASCAR, Earnhardt, and Hot Wheels versions plus most of the Johnny Lightning pieces. I also have the gold pieces from a wooden deluxe game sold about 20 years ago and half a dozen that I have picked up off eBay. The last time I played I used a 57 Chevy piece, I have a gold Studebaker pickup I am going to use next time.
and other like cheap metal pieces can? wow - you had a futuristic set 
‘bag-o-money’ was not a choice in the sets I had - I even bought the 50th anniversary edition in a metal box - very nice set - but not as nice as the 70th anniv which i just saw advertised on TV - you betcha i’m gonna get that one
I was usually the penny…shrug
The racecar because I liked racecars, or the iron because it was easier for chubby little kid fingers to dot it around the board.
I don’t recall a horseman . . .?
Ah, yes. The “wheel barrall”.
Yeah, my family had the anniversary edition with the gold (well…brass) pieces and wooden houses and hotels, too. I think it also had an extra piece - the train. I’ve never seen the train in the normal versions.
The dog, of course.
The dog, but I always had to balance him on his front feet and nose. 
I used to always pick the dog because I like dogs, but then I wised up and started making my selection based on ergonomic principles rather than ideology: the cannon and horse are the easiest to grasp with the fingers, for more comfortable overall gameplay…
Ooh, can I take a potshot at that ebay piece too?
Regarding the different pieces, the author remarks:
Then the author immediately backs this up with concrete detail:
Ah, that just brings it to life!
If there’s any karma, the dude having the auction could be selling hundreds of dollars worth of collectibles. Lets hope.
I was always the car. I still am always the car. I don’t know if I’d be able to play Monopoly if I weren’t the car. 
First choice: car
Second choice: top hat
Third choice: person on horse
If for whatever reason, those were taken, I usually would just take whatever was left. Though I admit, the dog was awfully cute.
The Monopoly game I had growing up had wood pieces.
I was the purple one.
We had wood pieces with ours, too. They were all varied spindle-shapes and different colors. I’ve never seen those anywhere else.
I was always black. If I had to play with other people’s set, I was the dog.
I liked the dog, but it always tipped over, and I found that annoying so I switched to the Top Hat, which was inherantly more stable.
We also played with pieces from other games, like those little spinner tops, scrabble pieces, spirographs, and Barbie’s shoes.
I was the dog.