Monopoly on the Truth
For those who are interested, Jerusalem made it on to the world edition of the Monopoly board.
Auckland and Queenstown have missed out on a place on the world edition of the Monopoly board.
Queenstown was just outside the top 20 city cut-off, finishing in 21st position.
During a six-week period in early 2008 more than 5.6 million votes were cast for 70 cities.
The 20 cities with the most wild card votes, including Auckland, faced off in a bonus vote in March 2008. The two with the least votes – Taipei and Gdynia – earned the brown property spaces on the game board.
Montreal will be the most expensive property on the new board.
The new game will be available on August 26 with the first in the world to be sold at 12.01am from Toyworld at Sylvia Park, Auckland.
The 22 cities that earned spots on the Monopoly World Edition:
(listed in order of property groupings with the highest rent property listed first)* Dark Blue: Montreal, Canada; Riga, Latvia
* Green: Cape Town, South Africa; Belgrade, Serbia; Paris, France
* Yellow: Jerusalem, Israel; Hong Kong, China; Beijing, China
* Red: London, England; New York, USA; Sydney, Australia
* Orange: Vancouver, Canada; Shanghai, China; Rome, Italy
* Magenta: Toronto, Canada; Kyiv (Kiev),Ukraine; Istanbul, Turkey
* Light Blue: Athens, Greece; Barcelona, Spain; Tokyo, Japan
* Brown: Taipei, Taiwan; Gdynia, Poland
Yep, you read correctly. Jerusalem, Israel.
Update: Commenter Yehudah notes that all of the cities are listed without country names, “specifically because Hasbro refused to list Jerusalem as being in Israel”. He’s right on both counts. All cities are without country names and this was almost certainly due to the “Israel” issue. The Israel mention was thus from the New Zealand Herald, which is surprising in itself.
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An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.Filed Under: General
Boy – I bet a proof reader is in trouble now!
I’ll get myself one of those! I like Monopoly, used to have a Bavarian version.
Just my luck. If I land on that square I’ll probably have to stay on East side!
oh israel, the american state that has broken the most UN restrictions. fuck m.
It’s nice to see that someone finally recognizes that Jerusalem is part of Israel.
But I must confess, I always thought New York City had the highest rents anywhere.
Go to Dimona. Go directly to Dimona. Do not pass Go. Do not collect 200 shekels.
Great meeting you last night, Aussie Dave! We’ll talk.
No. All of the cities are listed without country names, specifically because Hasbro refused to list Jerusalem as being in Israel. Look at the official site and you will see.
Where did you get any information otherwise?
Yehuda
At the link in my post. But thank you for that information, I will update my post accordingly.
The NZ herald filled in the information that Hasbro left out. See:
http://www.hasbro.com/games/kid-games/monopoly/default.cfm?page=News/Item&newsID=DB7DFA53-D56F-E112-458E61859535CD3D
Yes, I know. I had already updated my post.
What War Zone???
Right back at ya!
I guess we started too late to get Sedrot in.
Great meeting you at the JBLOGGER – NBN Convention.
It was great meeting you and your husband too.