Monopoly reveals newest game token (and the one kicked out of the box)

By Lauren Sullivan, TODAY
The results are in! Over the past month, hundreds of thousands of Monopoly fans worldwide voted for which new token should replace one of the iconic ones being retired after countless journeys past Go. After a hard-fought campaign, representatives revealed the newest game piece Wednesday morning on TODAY.
(Drum roll, please.)
Monopoly’s newest token is…





The makers of Monopoly decided to modernize the game a bit by adding a new token and retiring one of the classics. The TODAY anchors chat about the new token, as voted by the public, which will replace the iron.
The cat!
To rally players to show their support for their favorite tokens, Hasbro launched a Facebook app. While the results among the 250,000 votes on TODAY.com’s live poll were close, the feline edged out its competition: the robot, diamond ring, helicopter and guitar.
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