MONOPOLY Revolution

by Hasbro

• Revolutionary round board with funky new movers in the new MONOPOLY Revolution!
• As you are wheeling and dealing your way to a big win, hear sounds and music from the past five decades.
• When you Go to Jail you will hear the door slam, and when you pass GO you can celebrate with a party tune!
• In this game, you use cards, not cash to score your favorite properties so you can watch your balance rise and plummet!
• Includes 1 gameboard, 1 game unit, 6 MONOPOLY bank cards, 6 movers, 30 title deed cards, 32 houses, 12 hotels, 2 dice and instructions.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.5 x 21 x 10.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0036RRSXG
• Item model number: 17146
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up
• Batteries 3 AAA batteries required.
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,224 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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Kids eight years and up can become real estate tycoons and veteran players can rediscover their investment savvy in the Monopoly Revolution board game. This updated classic relies on the time-honored formula of original Monopoly, but brings the game into the twenty-first century with features like songs, debit cards, and special zones. Gather round the table and enjoy the fun with this up-to-date version of Monopoly.

Monopoly Revolution Ages: 8 years and up Requires: 3 AAA batteries What We Think Fun factor: Durability: Ease of assembly: Educational factor: Novelty factor: The Good: Updated original with fun, modern features The Challenging: Purists may not enjoy the new sound effects and electronics In a Nutshell: A paperless update of classic Monopoly that's suited for the twenty-first century

This classic game features twenty-first century twists, such as debit cards, music, and more. View larger.

Features a sleek, updated board and contemporary games pieces. View larger.

Sing Along When You're in the Zone
Part of Monopoly Revolution's appeal is the music that plays during certain moments in the game. When you land on one of the board's designated zones, you'll hear music. For example, in the Car Zone, you'll hear excerpts from the Beatles song, "Drive My Car." Each zone has its own theme song that plays before you're given a chance to buy properties, pass Go, or go to Jail.

Game Unit Manages Your Money
Monopoly Revolution features a Game Unit that manages all cash flow electronically, so you don't have to mess with stacks of paper bills anymore. As a result, the game reflects today's marketplace and economic trends, giving younger generations of players real-life lessons in managing cash flow.

Instead of carrying cash, players will all receive a debit card. The Game Unit lets players know their individual balances during transactions and when they pass Go. This game update makes for a tidier playing area, yet still requires players to budget their resources smartly.

Modern Playing Pieces
Monopoly Revolution's playing pieces have retained the familiar shapes of the classic version, but they have been redesigned with some modern flair. Now sleeker and easier to handle, the pieces are transparent and upright, adding another contemporary touch to the game.

An Updated Classic
Despite the electronics and modern updates, Monopoly Revolution retains the essence of the original game. Buy properties, build houses and hotels, borrow money, and seek to own as much as you can. Rest assured you'll still enjoy the good old-fashioned thrill of watching your opponent land on your hotel-laden properties--and adding to your bank account.

What's in the Box
Monopoly Revolution game board, game unit, six player pieces, two dice, six game cards, 30 title deeds, 32 house figures, 12 hotel figures, and instructions.

Product Description

Monopoly has never looked so cool! Round is the new square, white is the new green,sound is the new way! Includes a wide variety of music from The Beatles to Rihanna to Kool & the Gang and 32 sound effects.

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43 of 45 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Monopoly in the 21st Century ... July 22, 2010

By Roberta Karchner TOP 50 REVIEWER

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Durability: 5.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 3.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

The first thing you will notice when you open this version of Monopoly is that all of the prices have been adjusted to relate to today's prices (or even a little more).

Boardwalk now costs $4 million - and even the lowly Mediterranean Avenue runs $600,000! You have to pay $500,000 just to get out of jail! Fortunately, you start with $15 million, and passing go nets you a hefty $2 million! So what are you going to do with all of that cash? No problem, you now use your bank card to keep all of it under control!

This version of Monopoly plays with the "fast rules" although you could (if you wanted to) use the older rules. In this case, every time you land on a property, if you do not buy it, the bank will put it up for auction. This gets all of the properties out there quickly, and was always an option on the older game.

A couple of new fun things with this version is the options available when landing on "A Zone Space" - formerly called chance. When you land on this location, you can either give all players in any zone on the board a "chance" card, or you can move to the next unowned property and put it up for auction. If all of the properties are owned, you can even "force a deal" where you swap one of your properties with anyone else on the board.

In addition, the game unit (which keeps track of all of the money) will occasionally decide to give the person who just completed a transaction a "chance" card!

There are 4 Utilities now, which can be purchased, making them (like the railroads) a much more dangerous place to land if someone has all four. And, the picture on the Railroads is actually a Bullet Train instead of a steam engine.

For those traditionalists who really WANT to be able to receive cash for landing on Free Parking (WE always did - it saved my bacon in a lot of Monopoly Games) that option is still not part of the rules, but you can still do it. Simply pop your card into the controller and tell it to give you $ from the bank. The same goes for any rules you would like to retain - no one will tell you "NO" you can't do that.

The round board not only gives it a contemporary look, but it gives you more room on the table to keep your properties and your snacks. The music also adds another fun touch, and you have the option of louder and softer - as well as the option of turning it off if you are playing it after the kids go to bed at night.

The game controller takes 3 AAA batteries - so if you are buying it as a gift, you might want to keep this in mind. The only issue I saw was that it limited play to 6 players (the number of cards for the game controller), but I don't remember ever having more than 6 playing.

All in all, this is a fun update on an old game. Kids today will enjoy the new features, and all of us who played the old game (for many hours) will recognize and appreciate seeing all of the familiar names and places.

59 of 65 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars I prefer the old monopoly August 26, 2010

By Morrigan Alexandros VINE™ VOICE

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Durability: 4.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 1.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 3.0 out of 5 stars   

Oh Monopoly, such good times lasting 100000 hours. So, they tried to revolutionize Monopoly a bit. Here is the good, the bad and the ugly.

The Good:
Electronic device that allows you to use Debit Cards instead of Money. The game unit has music which makes the game a bit more fun. Meh. The new rules make the game move a little faster. Now, when you land in a space you have two options, buy or auction it. This will, at least, take 1 hour out of the game.

The Bad:
No more Free Parking money. But, my friends and I made a rule that anyone that landed in Free Parking will get an X amount of money. The game unit will make it a bit harder to keep track of your money, since you can't see it. So, much like real life, when you buy, buy and buy without noticing your depleting bank account.

Two almost-see-through dice with silver colored-dots. This is a face palm moment. The dots are hard to distinguish in low light and sometimes, even good lighting. We just got new dice and threw these ones away. They are worthless.

The Ugly:
Boring game pieces, they are all the same shape with some crappy images on them. I like actual and singular game pieces. They are more fun.

Very little educational value. No more real money you can touch and count. This game no longer teaches kids how to count and keep track of money. Wasn't that one of the objectives of the game? Now, it just teaches them how to use a debit card and barely keep track of their money.

Other games have been able to better update. For example, I like the new version of the The Game of Life Twists & Turns. Not so for Monopoly. I think I will go back to my old monopoly. The more I think about this Monopoly, the more faults I find with it. My friends were thoroughly bored with this version and pleaded to get an old Monopoly.

22 of 27 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Stick to the original Monopoly August 10, 2010

By M. Kooiman VINE™ VOICE

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Durability: 1.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 1.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 1.0 out of 5 stars   

This is basically Monopoly with a few changes to try to modernize the game and, my guess, to appeal to the younger generation more accustomed to video game consoles. You have a round board instead of the rectangular board but essentially the same spaces on it as the original game. The hotels and houses are still there and you have cardboard deeds to collect as you buy the properties on the board just as you do with the original game. You even roll dice. However, with this game you have "credit" cards and an electronic gadget that you insert the card into to pay or receive money. Paper money has been eliminated. The gadget is also used when you land on "chance" spaces and selects a chance for a player on demand. It also will randomly, while the game is being played announce a "chance" for the current player.

How did it play? After 3 or 4 turns, my family was bored and frustrated. No one knew how much money they had. They wanted to plan strategies around what properties to buy and how much to bid in an auction but without the ability to count their cash on the fly, they either bid more than they had or just didn't bid at all. I didn't have any younger children playing but felt the loss of using a game to reinforce learning simple math and money management. The electronic gadget to read the cards and play chances reminded me of 1990's electronic handheld games. The display is small and difficult to read. The sound is tinny and annoying. Hooray for the beep feature (you can turn off the sound and just play a beep). You have to take out the batteries when not playing and the place to insert the batteries requires a screwdriver to open and close it. The playing pieces were cheap looking and the property deeds were made of thin cardboard that had the rough edges where they had been printed in a roll with perforations between the cards. Finally, the dice were a frosted look with light grey printing. My mother was not able to read the dots on the dice because there was not enough contrast.

My recommendation - somethings are just great to begin with and need no improvement. Stick with the original game. Even if the playing pieces are cheaply made and the money gets worn and crinkled, it's an awesome game. This hybrid version is not worth buying.