--- title: Monopoly Vote for Game Board Tokens 2017 description: Monopoly is letting the Internet choose which tokens they'll use in the next version of the game; voters choose from classic and new pieces. canonical: https://time.com/4630772/monopoly-token-madness/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-10T23:09:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:04.556Z og:title: Monopoly Is Letting You Choose the New Tokens og:description: The fate lies in the hands of board game fans og:url: https://time.com/4630772/monopoly-token-madness/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f0cc44965e181a2/6988b50fbc6cfc73a23dfbef/monopoly-tokens-voting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1995 og:image:height: 1122 og:image:alt: monopoly-tokens-voting og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Monopoly Is Letting You Choose the New Tokens twitter:description: The fate lies in the hands of board game fans twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f0cc44965e181a2/6988b50fbc6cfc73a23dfbef/monopoly-tokens-voting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Monopoly Is Letting You Decide If They Should Change the Classic Tokens > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 10, 2017 11:09 PM UTC  (Credit: Hasbro)  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 10, 2017 11:09 PM UTC If you’ve ever wondered why there’s still a wheelbarrow token in the [Monopoly board game](http://time.com/4270687/mcdonalds-money-monopoly/), now’s your chance to ensure that the game pieces for the next version of the game are the ones that truly deserve to be there. From January 10 through January 31, [Monopoly is asking the Internet to vote for the game pieces](http://time.com/3546303/monopoly-1935/) that they deem worthy to be the next eight tokens, ranging from current classic pieces like the thimble and top hat to more than 50 new options that include a rubber duck and a penguin. Some of the tokens that more accurately represent modern times are a wireless phone, a computer, a kissy face that bears a striking resemblance to an emoji, and a sports car. This isn’t the first time that Monopoly game pieces have been updated; in fact, the most recent update was the [replacement of the iron token with Hazel the Cat in 2013](http://gizmodo.com/5982075/monopolys-iron-token-is-dead-long-live-the-cat). However, as might be expected, many Monopoly fans had strong feelings about the decision to leave the fate of the new tokens in the hands of the Internet — and in a fitting fashion, took to the web to air their grievances. After reading their responses, you can vote for your favorite tokens [here](http://www.votemonopoly.com/?locale=en-us). > [](https://twitter.com/kerrymflynn/status/818848667838939136) > [](https://twitter.com/GL%5FChicken/status/818839120562638849) > [](https://twitter.com/Readitdaddy/status/818841485156220928) > [](https://twitter.com/dalehay/status/814229461902262272) > [](https://twitter.com/Kolon%5FPowell/status/540713853865431040) > [](https://twitter.com/6NewsLawrence/status/818878475587166212) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4630772/monopoly-token-madness/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4630772/monopoly-token-madness/"},"headline":"Monopoly Is Letting You Decide If They Should Change the Classic Tokens","datePublished":"2017-01-10T23:09:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:04.556Z","description":"The fate lies in the hands of board game fans","url":"https://time.com/4630772/monopoly-token-madness/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Games","monopoly","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f0cc44965e181a2/6988b50fbc6cfc73a23dfbef/monopoly-tokens-voting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f0cc44965e181a2/6988b50fbc6cfc73a23dfbef/monopoly-tokens-voting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"monopoly-tokens-voting","caption":"","creditText":"(Credit: Hasbro)","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4630772/monopoly-token-madness/","name":"Monopoly Is Letting You Decide If They Should Change the Classic Tokens"}}]}] ```