# Which Monopoly Piece Do You Want Added and Booted? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 11, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-monopoly-piece-do-you-want-added-and-booted/646863 "2013-01-11T15:17:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chargerrich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chargerrich/32/5399_2.png) [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-monopoly-piece-do-you-want-added-and-booted/646863/1 "2013-01-11T15:17:23Z")
Hasbro is killing off one piece and adding another and asking for votes. The new options are: diamond ring guitar toy robot cat helicopter And with one added, an old one must go: shoe top hat wheelbarrow clothes iron battleship race car thimble dog Whats your vote? I say add the Guitar and remove the stupid iron! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-monopoly-piece-do-you-want-added-and-booted/646863/2 "2013-01-11T15:27:40Z")
I don’t want to get rid of any of them, but if you need to, I agree with losing the **iron**. For a new piece, it’s equal time, baby! Therefore, the **cat** gets my vote. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-monopoly-piece-do-you-want-added-and-booted/646863/3 "2013-01-11T15:32:59Z")
As the pieces were originally meant to represent common household items, I say loose the battleship and bring in the helicopter. What’s that you say? You don’t have a helicopter, a top hat or a race car? Well really! ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-monopoly-piece-do-you-want-added-and-booted/646863/4 "2013-01-11T15:33:49Z")
Individually, I’d say add **robot** and remove **battleship**. But this means I couldn’t make the robot and battleship fight, so what’s the point? Edit: Lose **wheelbarrow**. Thing is always a pain to make it stand up right anyway and no one ever says “Ooohh! I get wheelbarrow!” ---
**Author:** ![chargerrich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chargerrich/32/5399_2.png) [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-monopoly-piece-do-you-want-added-and-booted/646863/5 "2013-01-11T15:34:55Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > As the pieces were originally meant to represent common household items, I say loose the battleship and bring in the helicopter. > > What’s that you say? You don’t have a helicopter, a top hat or a race car? > > Well really! Your house must be… AWESOME 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-monopoly-piece-do-you-want-added-and-booted/646863/6 "2013-01-11T15:36:52Z")
Lose: thimble; it’s boring. Get: Diamond ring (very capitalist!) or robot (because well, robots!) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-monopoly-piece-do-you-want-added-and-booted/646863/7 "2013-01-11T15:38:13Z")
Get rid of the stupid thimble. I’m torn between adding the cat or the robot. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-monopoly-piece-do-you-want-added-and-booted/646863/8 "2013-01-11T15:39:20Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Edit: Lose **wheelbarrow**. Thing is always a pain to make it stand up right anyway and no one ever says “Ooohh! I get wheelbarrow!” The wheelbarrow on its side represents the crushing of the working class beneath the iron heel of capitalism! And is therefore perfectly appropriate for _Monopoly_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-monopoly-piece-do-you-want-added-and-booted/646863/9 "2013-01-11T16:12:48Z")
Our Monopoly set had the [old-school wooden pawns with different shapes](http://insideflipside.com/images/monopoly%20red%20box1.jpg). I always liked the one that looked a bit like a milk can. I’d say ditch the iron and add the cat. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-monopoly-piece-do-you-want-added-and-booted/646863/10 "2013-01-11T16:17:37Z")
Get rid of the iron. No one likes the iron. Do not replace it with the diamond ring. That has got “luxury tax” written all over it. Do not replace it with the guitar, as getting rich in real estate with a guitar is a pipe dream. Do not replace it with the cat, as this will cause needless friction with the player who selects the dog. Do not replace it with the helicopter, as this is a game of streets, not airways. Replace the iron with the robot. Just makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-monopoly-piece-do-you-want-added-and-booted/646863/11 "2013-01-11T16:25:03Z")
My mother always played the iron! She was a housewife! Drop the shoe instead. And, you gotta add the cat. My dog-owning friends invariably played the dog. Gotta have something for the cat lovers. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-monopoly-piece-do-you-want-added-and-booted/646863/12 "2013-01-11T16:31:06Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Get rid of the stupid thimble. > > I’m torn between adding the cat or the robot. Can we compromise and add a Laser Cat? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-monopoly-piece-do-you-want-added-and-booted/646863/13 "2013-01-11T16:36:01Z")
The wheelbarrow sucks ass. It must go. I say add the cat. We had the old wooden pawns when we were kids. I liked the red and black ones. My sister always had to have the tall one. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-monopoly-piece-do-you-want-added-and-booted/646863/14 "2013-01-11T16:36:36Z")
Lose the Iron because who likes ironing? We have Real Estate to buy here! Add the Root because everything needs more Robots. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-monopoly-piece-do-you-want-added-and-booted/646863/15 "2013-01-11T16:41:43Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Add the Root because everything needs more Robots. Too bad the root isn’t a real choice. I’d take the silver carrot every time. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-monopoly-piece-do-you-want-added-and-booted/646863/16 "2013-01-11T16:47:56Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > My mother always played the iron! She was a housewife! Drop the shoe instead. > > And, you gotta add the cat. My dog-owning friends invariably played the dog. Gotta have something for the cat lovers. And make sure the cat can do tricks. My dog always goes around the board, balancing on his front feet and nose, tail high in the air. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-monopoly-piece-do-you-want-added-and-booted/646863/17 "2013-01-11T16:53:08Z")
I fear it’s only fair to add the cat, but my vote stands behind the toy robot. Because that’s frigging cool. And I agree that as boring as the iron is, that annoying wheelbarrow constantly flipping over is the one that needs to go though. I hated chasing that stupid thing all around the board. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![PacifistPorcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PacifistPorcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PacifistPorcupine)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-monopoly-piece-do-you-want-added-and-booted/646863/18 "2013-01-11T16:54:08Z")
Lose the wheelbarrow, add the robot. If not the robot, the helicopter. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-monopoly-piece-do-you-want-added-and-booted/646863/19 "2013-01-11T16:56:48Z")
I never wanted to play the thimble, the shoe, or the iron. So ashcan one of those. As for the new ones – any one except the diamond ring. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-monopoly-piece-do-you-want-added-and-booted/646863/20 "2013-01-11T16:58:24Z")
The wheelbarrow kicks ass. You can’t get rid of the wheelbarrow. I always thought the thimble was pretty stupid, so that can go. My set doesn’t have the battleship. I’m not sure if it got lost or forgotten, or if it didn’t yet exist when my set was made. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-monopoly-piece-do-you-want-added-and-booted/646863.md?page=2)