What Was Your Favourite Monopoly Piece?

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What Was Your Favourite Monopoly Piece?

Post by Yorick »

Just saw this on another forum and their choice as a kid, sort of came true in later life. Was a bit spooky

Mine was always the motorbike :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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I always wanted to be the Battleship but my older brother always bagged it.

It's like how I always wanted to be the Silk Cut Jaguar on our Le Mans Scalextric set but ended up with the Rothmans Porsche. I felt hard done by, but in hindsite I was an idiot in that choice.
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Always wanted to be the dog - but my sister always "had" to have that.
Brother had the battleship - so I got the car
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Post by Le_Fromage_Grande »

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:48 pm I always wanted to be the Battleship but my older brother always bagged it.

It's like how I always wanted to be the Silk Cut Jaguar on our Le Mans Scalextric set but ended up with the Rothmans Porsche. I felt hard done by, but in hindsite I was an idiot in that choice.
The Jag is mildly better, the spoiler on the back of the Porsche 962 makes it a bit tail happy.
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#1 The hat
#2 The boot

As you could put them on the end of a finger.
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There was a battleship???
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Post by Mr. Dazzle »

Didn't they add a new one a while back after a vote?
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I have absolutely no idea why, but I always wanted (and got) the hat. (No, not that hat. :D ).
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The dog wearing the top hat. :D
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I always wanted the car, but mainly because our set didn't have a motorbike. Sister had the dog, Dad had the hat, Mum had the iron.

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I think I generally went for the iron or the hat. But it’s been so long since I’ve played I really can’t remember

Definitely have no recollection of a battleship tho 🤣🤣🤣
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While they were all arguing over the pieces,I was pinching and stashing the £500 notes.

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Post by McNab »

Yeah, I don't remember the battleship or the motorbike.

Car, dog, hat, iron I remember. Always the car for me. Although I never really liked the game as it went on for ages, probably because we were playing it wrong (like most people probably were).
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Although it's quintessentially London, Monopoly was originally based on Atlantic City. (Surprised they had enough places :lol: but, IIRC the policeman on 'Go to Jail' looks a bit American).
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Post by Mr. Dazzle »

Pretty sure I've got Milton Keynes monopoly and I'm equally pretty sure that I've never played it.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Apr 12, 2024 5:29 pm Pretty sure I've got Milton Keynes monopoly and I'm equally pretty sure that I've never played it.
I've still got the Visopolown board and cards (somewhere....)
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Apr 12, 2024 5:29 pm Pretty sure I've got Milton Keynes monopoly and I'm equally pretty sure that I've never played it.
Yeah, we bought a Sheffield edition and it's still in the shrinkwrap...
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Next up, what was your favourite weapon in Cluedo? :D
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Post by Mr. Dazzle »

Yeah goes without saying everyone wants to be Colonel Mustard.