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 enlarge | Brand: Parker Brothers
Category: Toy
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $13.99
You Save: $26.00 (65%)
New (35) from $13.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 18
Batteries Included: No
Age: 8 - 40 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 12 x 15.8 x 10.5
MPN: 01612
Model: 01612
UPC: 653569314233
EAN: 0653569314233
ASIN: B0017RXZNY
Release Date: August 22, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand new. Ships quickly. Check out my other items for sale in my store.
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 Monopoly January 6, 2009
The new monopoly game was received with much excitement and immediately played. Everyone was very happy with the added features of this game over the older version. This game got an A+.
Fun educational twist on an old favorite January 2, 2009
I really like the updated equipment in this game, bringing Monopoly into the modern world. The banking machine made keeping track of money so much easier, with no disagreements about who has/had how much cash, and really empowering the banker. The kids seem very interested in the cities and where they are -- my quibble is that the cities are not organized logically by country or even by continent, so what is the point of that? Hard to understand why they would go through the trouble of a total redesign and not be more careful about that kind of organization. Other than that, I like the updated rules, especially the mortgage "auctions," and am a total fan of the banking machine.
go monopoly! December 29, 2008
i have always loved monopoly since i was a kid, and have recently taught my 7 year old boy how to play the old style just so i would have someone to play with. we love this new version because of electronic banking the cards. now he can be banker without errors!!i got this on amazon for 14.99.a steal!
 Cash Is Better December 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
When deciding to purchase this, I though the electronic banking concept would be faster, more accurate, and less cumbersome than using Monopoly money. In my experience it has none of these advantages.
For some reason, they designed the banking unit to pause a couple seconds before and after every transaction - it must do the actual transaction instantly, but stops to make a cash-register-like sound. All player-to-player deals must go through the unit. You need the unit to check your exact balance. It really becomes a bottleneck to the pace and hampers deal-making. Assigning a non-playing banker may help.
Accuracy of the unit is not in question, but making sure the cards go in the desired way (debit vs. credit) requires the banker to pay close attention to whose card is whose, and the nature of the transaction. Relatively small color codes on the cards makes this job more difficult. Finally, keying in the data must also be correct - numbers and denomination - and only the banker sees the result. Not transparent like handing over cash between players or banker. I'm sure the unit itself is accurate, it's the error-prone nature of the transaction process that leads to mistakes. The banking unit could have been designed better in this regard.
In my opinion, forcing all of the game's action through one person (the banking unit operator) is just not as fun as dealing with cash. The game itself is fine, with its interesting selection of properties and inflated currency.
 Electronic Banking is UNreliable. December 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The electronic bank from my game did not work at all. My son was/is very disappointed, it would have helped if the paper money was included in the box as a back up.
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