End is near in Monopoly vote

The end is near for the shoe, wheelbarrow or iron in the classic Monopoly game as fans vote in the final hours of a contest to decide which token to eliminate and what to replace it with.

The eight tokens identify the players and have changed quite a lot since Parker Brothers bought the game from its original designer in 1935.

The latest changes mark the first time that fans have had a say on which piece to add and which one to lose, with voting on Facebook.

So far, Pawtucket-based toy maker Hasbro has said the wheelbarrow, shoe and iron are neck and neck for elimination through the Save Your Token Campaign.

The new addition will be a robot, diamond ring, cat, helicopter or guitar.

Fans from more than 120 countries have voted.

The real-estate trading game is based on the streets of Atlantic City, New Jersey, and has sold more than 275 million games worldwide.

The eight tokens are an iron, racing car, Scottie dog, a shoe, thimble, top hat, wheelbarrow and battleship.

Most of the pieces were introduced with the first Parker Brothers version of the game in 1935, and the Scottie dog and wheelbarrow were added in the early 1950s.

Versions of Monopoly with the new token will come out later this year.

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