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there has been a tragic loss in the world of monopolies the iconic thimble will not Pasco and is being removed to make way for a new game piece as voted on by fans last month Hasbro rolled the dice and gave the Internet the power to decide which game tokens stay and which new ones joined the classic game for million votes were cast during the month-long contest where people could choose to keep the current pieces like the top hat or shoe or bring in a new token from 50 other options some were tech centric like a cell phone a hashtag or emoji faces but most were just quirky like a Tyrannosaurus Rex and fuzzy bunny slippers Hasbro is not revealing which new pieces won the contest we have to wait until March 19th for the made-up holiday of world monopoly day to find out which token is replacing the thimble in the next generation of the game and that new game will be sold in stores this August the thimble may have lost its shine with modern players but the sewing tool was very common when the game first came out in 1935 Hasbro is not closing the door completely on any game piece making a return but if you want to grab the thimble before it's gone there is a monopoly token madness Edition that has eight current tokens and eight of the new contenders I'm calling it now if the hash tag token wins there is going to be rioting I'm Bridget Carey for the latest news go directly to cnet.com Dena Pascoe not collect $200