My Monopoly
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My Monopoly is a service offered to citizens of the United Kingdom
by the company Hasbro
. The service was designed to allow a user of the My Monopoly website to create a personalized Monopoly
gameset, which can then be ordered and made for that person. The service was introduced in 2002. There were two versions of My Monopoly: the Traditional version; and the Here & Now version, which was introduced in 2005 and discontinued in 2006.
s may not be entered. After personalizing the property squares around the board, the customer can then order their board. The gameset includes the personalized gameboard, 1 pack of standard Monopoly money, 10 movers, 2 dice, 16 personalized Chance cards, 16 personalized Community Chest cards and 28 personalized Title Deeds. The game comes in a deluxe presentation tin with a colour label affixed which has custom text printed, and the tin itself is embossed with the Monopoly
logo and Rich Uncle Pennybags
.
Here & Now Limited Edition. In this version the customer chooses to replace each property with one from an extensive list of properties in England. They can also fully personalize the four property spaces around Go. The customer must purchase either the Monopoly Here & Now Limited Edition or the Monopoly Here & Now Electronic Edition before ordering their My Monopoly set. The gameset includes the personalized board, 28 Title Deeds, 16 Chance cards and 16 Community Chest cards. When the customer receives their My Monopoly set they should replace the board, title deeds and Chance and Community Chest cards in their standard Here & Now edition with the ones from the My Monopoly set. This version of My Monopoly was discontinued in 2006.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
by the company Hasbro
Hasbro
Hasbro is a multinational toy and boardgame company from the United States of America. It is one of the largest toy makers in the world. The corporate headquarters is located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States...
. The service was designed to allow a user of the My Monopoly website to create a personalized Monopoly
Monopoly (game)
Marvin Gardens, the leading yellow property on the board shown, is actually a misspelling of the original location name, Marven Gardens. The misspelling was said to be introduced by Charles Todd and passed on when his home-made Monopoly board was copied by Charles Darrow and thence to Parker...
gameset, which can then be ordered and made for that person. The service was introduced in 2002. There were two versions of My Monopoly: the Traditional version; and the Here & Now version, which was introduced in 2005 and discontinued in 2006.
Traditional version
In the Traditional version of the service, the customer uses an online facility on the website to type new property names over the original ones. All squares on the board can be edited with the exception of Go, the Jail square, Free Parking, Go to Jail, Electric Company, Water Works, Chance, Community Chest, Super Tax and Income Tax. Obscenities and trademarkTrademark
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s may not be entered. After personalizing the property squares around the board, the customer can then order their board. The gameset includes the personalized gameboard, 1 pack of standard Monopoly money, 10 movers, 2 dice, 16 personalized Chance cards, 16 personalized Community Chest cards and 28 personalized Title Deeds. The game comes in a deluxe presentation tin with a colour label affixed which has custom text printed, and the tin itself is embossed with the Monopoly
Monopoly (game)
Marvin Gardens, the leading yellow property on the board shown, is actually a misspelling of the original location name, Marven Gardens. The misspelling was said to be introduced by Charles Todd and passed on when his home-made Monopoly board was copied by Charles Darrow and thence to Parker...
logo and Rich Uncle Pennybags
Rich Uncle Pennybags
Rich "Uncle" Pennybags aka Frank Moneybags, is the round old man in a top hat who serves as the mascot of the game Monopoly. Rich "Uncle" Pennybags was rechristened Mr. Monopoly in a Hasbro marketing effort in 1999. He also is known as Whiff from all the casino slot machines...
.
Here & Now version
This version was introduced in 2005, alongside the introduction of the MonopolyMonopoly (game)
Marvin Gardens, the leading yellow property on the board shown, is actually a misspelling of the original location name, Marven Gardens. The misspelling was said to be introduced by Charles Todd and passed on when his home-made Monopoly board was copied by Charles Darrow and thence to Parker...
Here & Now Limited Edition. In this version the customer chooses to replace each property with one from an extensive list of properties in England. They can also fully personalize the four property spaces around Go. The customer must purchase either the Monopoly Here & Now Limited Edition or the Monopoly Here & Now Electronic Edition before ordering their My Monopoly set. The gameset includes the personalized board, 28 Title Deeds, 16 Chance cards and 16 Community Chest cards. When the customer receives their My Monopoly set they should replace the board, title deeds and Chance and Community Chest cards in their standard Here & Now edition with the ones from the My Monopoly set. This version of My Monopoly was discontinued in 2006.