“Bite my shiny metal token!”
Good news everyone! The World of Tomorrow now features the board game of yesterday! Grab your holophonor for some virtual realty in the year 3000. Buy properties across the four corners of the universe (and the game board) as you hobnob with huggable industrialist Mom, dance with the Robot Devil, and take a mutated plunge into Sewer City. But mind the Hypnotoad – or else Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect 200 Professorland Fun Bucks. Custom Resi-Domes and People Hives replace traditional houses and hotels.
Includes seven collectible tokens voted on by Futurama fans – GOLDEN Bender (pre-order exclusive), Hypnotoad, Brain Slug, Seymour, Planet Express Ship, What If Machine and Leela’s Boot!
Did you know this about Monopoly?
- More than 275 million games have been sold worldwide and it’s available in 111 countries, in 43 languages.
- The longest MONOPOLY game in history lasted for 70 straight days.
- The most expensive version of the game was produced by celebrated San Francisco jeweler Sidney Mobell. Valued at $2 million, the set features a 23-carat gold board and diamond-studded dice.
- The character locked behind the bars is called Jake the Jailbird. Officer Edgar Mallory sent him to jail.
- Children play MONOPOLY all over the world, but where they live may determine what they call the highest rent property on the game board. In the U.S., it is named “Boardwalk” after a street in Atlantic City. In Spain, it is named “Paseo del Prado” after a street in Barcelona and in France, “Rue de la Paix” is the name of the most coveted property space.
- Escape maps, compasses and files were inserted into MONOPOLY game boards smuggled into POW camps inside Germany during World War II. Real money for escapees was slipped into the packs of MONOPOLY money.
- Every few years, national champions from around the globe meet for the MONOPOLY World Championship tournament. World Champions have hailed from 10 different countries, including: United States, Ireland, Singapore, Italy, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Japan, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Japan and Spain.
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