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Monopoly will retire the thimble, but won’t name its successor until World Monopoly Day

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By Lisa Lacy | n/a

February 20, 2017 | 2 min read

Bad news, makers, tailors and seamstresses: Monopoly fans have voted to retire the thimble from the game.

Monopoly fans voted to retire the thimble.

Monopoly fans voted to retire the thimble.

There’s a good chance it will be replaced by a more high-tech token like an emoji or a hashtag, but Hasbro said it won’t reveal the thimble’s successor until World Monopoly Day, which is March 19. Mark your calendars.

To be fair, there are 63 total token contenders, which also include a dinosaur, a trumpet, a roller skate, a cowboy boot and a bow tie.

Hasbro said more than 4m votes were cast in nearly a month of voting in its Monopoly Token Madness campaign earlier this year.

“Despite being an integral part of day-to-day life when the token was originally added to the game in 1935, the lucky thimble has lost its shine with today’s fans and will be retired from the game,” the brand said in the statement.

A thimble-less version will be available in August.

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