Iron evicted from Monopoly game board

Fans voted online to cast off the iron game piece, while a new feline token takes up residence.

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If so, it’s too late. Voters have already spoken and the iron is out.

As PR Daily reported in January, the Hasbro game launched a worldwide vote giving fans the option of choosing to save one of its iconic game pieces: the Scottie dog, racecar, top hat, iron, shoe, thimble, battleship, or wheelbarrow. The company said one of them would be replaced by a new token that participants also voted on.

Contenders for that piece included a diamond ring, helicopter, cat, robot and a guitar.

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