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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1693/monopoly.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Voters Choose to Remove Thimble from Monopoly Game' data-article-id='2211'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13188'>Toy maker Hasbro announced on Thursday that it was removing an iconic piece of its famous board game, Monopoly.</span> <span data-start-time='13188' data-end-time='21708'>Fans of the game voted to do away with the “thimble” playing piece.</span> <span data-start-time='21708' data-end-time='33563'>The Associated Press news service reports that Hasbro is trying to make the game more meaningful to a younger audience.</span> <span data-start-time='33563' data-end-time='37875'>A thimble is used in sewing.</span> <span data-start-time='37875' data-end-time='46333'>The metal device covers the top of a finger to protect it from the sewing needle.</span> <span data-start-time='46333' data-end-time='58021'>Proposed new game pieces include representations of an emoji, hashtag and rubber duck.</span> <span data-start-time='58021' data-end-time='63854'>The thimble had been in the game for over 80 years.</span> <span data-start-time='63854' data-end-time='71729'>But people went to a Hasbro website and voted to end its use.</span> <span data-start-time='71729' data-end-time='78750'>The thimble is not the first classic piece to be removed from the game.</span> <span data-start-time='78750' data-end-time='91875'>In 2013, a vote carried out on Facebook resulted in a representation of a cat replacing the iron playing piece.</span> <span data-start-time='91875' data-end-time='109167'>In the recent vote, fans of the game were asked to choose their eight favorite game pieces from a group that included the current eight, along with 56 possible new pieces.</span> <span data-start-time='109167' data-end-time='123813'>Those new pieces include a stopwatch, a fish, a television, a truck, a rabbit, a trumpet and a dinosaur.</span> <span data-start-time='123813' data-end-time='129896'>Hasbro will announce the eight winning game pieces in March.</span> <span data-start-time='129896' data-end-time='134833'>Those pieces will be available starting in August.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1693/vote_to_replace.m4a'><span>vote to replace</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1693/widely_known.m4a'><span>widely known</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=8142 data-hint-location='109167' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1693/what_new_pieces_are_being_considered.m4a'>What new pieces are being considered?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a dinosaur'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1693/a_cat.m4a'><span>a cat</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1693/a_dinosaur.m4a'><span>a dinosaur</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1693/an_iron.m4a'><span>an iron</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1693/a_sewing_needle.m4a'><span>a sewing needle</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=8143 data-hint-location='33563' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1693/a__blank__is_used_in_sewing.m4a'>A <span class='blank'>thimble</span> is used in sewing.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='thimble'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1693/trumpet.m4a'><span>trumpet</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1693/thimble.m4a'><span>thimble</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1693/cat.m4a'><span>cat</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1693/iron.m4a'><span>iron</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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