Thimble voted off as monopoly game piece...

[Missourian]

The classic thimble token has been officially voted off the Monopoly board.

Toy and game company Hasbro let the public vote on whether Monopoly's classic pieces should stick around or give way to more modern updates like the hashtag, the wireless phone, and the rubber duck last month. After tallying the 4 million votes, Hasbro announced Thursday that they're discontinuing the thimble in the next version of the game.

"We were a little bit surprised that the thimble got among the lowest votes because it's been in the game for so long," Senior Marketing VP for Hasbro Gaming Jonathan Berkowitz told CNN Money. The game introduced the thimble in 1935, the year Monopoly first came out.

The Internet Is Upset That Monopoly Just Killed the Thimble
​

RIP Thimble...they were likely trying to rid themselves of the less than PC Battleship after axing the cannon a few years ago.

Replace the Thimble with a flatscreen TV, or a smartphone, or better yet, a cup of Starbucks coffee...something 21st century urbanites can relate to.

I mean really, who uses a thimble anymore? All our sewing is done in China.

 

[norwegen]

They might as well just replace it with a penny. That's what we all use when we lose game tokens, anyway.

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

I always felt like the thimble is one of the better pieces.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

I like the horse and the race car.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

 

[Endine]

The classic thimble token has been officially voted off the Monopoly board.

Toy and game company Hasbro let the public vote on whether Monopoly's classic pieces should stick around or give way to more modern updates like the hashtag, the wireless phone, and the rubber duck last month. After tallying the 4 million votes, Hasbro announced Thursday that they're discontinuing the thimble in the next version of the game.

"We were a little bit surprised that the thimble got among the lowest votes because it's been in the game for so long," Senior Marketing VP for Hasbro Gaming Jonathan Berkowitz told CNN Money. The game introduced the thimble in 1935, the year Monopoly first came out.

The Internet Is Upset That Monopoly Just Killed the Thimble
​

RIP Thimble...they were likely trying to rid themselves of the less than PC Battleship after axing the cannon a few years ago.

Replace the Thimble with a flatscreen TV, or a smartphone, or better yet, a cup of Starbucks coffee...something 21st century urbanites can relate to.

I mean really, who uses a thimble anymore? All our sewing is done in China.

I did a video about this

 

[theHawk]

I'm surprised the left doesn't boycott the game entirely. A game about acquiring real estate and wealth, I'm sure the safe spacers would be horrified by it.

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

I'm glad they got rid of the boot and the wheelbarrow though. They were too small.

Monopoly scraps thimble, boot and wheelbarrow | Daily Mail Online

 

[my2¢]

I thought of the thimble as the offensive lineman of all Monopoly pieces. Very solid and non-delicate. It and the race car were my favorites. Hated the cannon as it was too dainty and also never cared for the shoe.