My parents gave me the gift of real estate through the timeless game of Monopoly, but with a new twist. There is no cash, it now uses ATM cards. HOT!I am headed back to Los Angeles with the Monopoly Here and Now The World Edition. This special edition is like the other "Here and Now" version my friend got me that is a little nicer. (I think I like the board game actually better, but I love the ATM.) It has adjusted prices on the properties and money that reflects today's market. I love that.
This particular game has some very special stuff giong on with it besides the ATM banking. What do I mean? Read about Montreal as the top spot in the press HERE. ...but that's not all. There are many more fun facts that can be found HERE including "Parker Brothers once sent an armored car with one million dollars of the MONOPOLY® game money to a marathon game in Pittsburgh that had run out of funds."The character locked behind the bars is called Jake the Jailbird. Officer Edgar Mallory sent him to jail." and can you believe this? - "In 1978, the Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog offered a chocolate version of the game priced at $600." Fierce.I was very interested to see how many licenced versions of the game there are. Holy Monopoly Money! Check out the list at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_licensed_Monopoly_game_boards. There are some crazy ones. I didn't see Barbie on the list though. I did see a Best Buy Corp. Edition, a Disney Theme Park Edition, a Family Guy Editon, a Las Vegas Edition, and a Sephora all in the official list. (No New Orleans though.) I need to get on a www.rentboy.com or a gay porn version. HOT! Wow.
