Hasbro ditches iconic boot and wheelbarrow 'tokens' and unveils new Monopoly game

By Michael Idato
March 19 2017 - 4:00pm
This is not the first time Hasbro has used a public marketing campaign to update the game's pieces. Photo: Bloomberg
This is not the first time Hasbro has used a public marketing campaign to update the game's pieces. Photo: Bloomberg

Conceived as a piece of shallow marketing, the demise of three of the ubiquitous Monopoly "tokens" may yet be seen as a powerful statement of the time in which we live.

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