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
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
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.