Shocker! Internet Votes Cat as New Monopoly Piece

This is what happens when you let the Internet choose.

Hasbro let fans decide on a new token for the game (and which of the old tokens to boot) on Jan. 9. The voting closed Tuesday night. The result: The iron is out and a new character, a cat, is in. Here's a look:

The cat's ascendance isn't hugely surprising given the Internet's fetish for all things feline. And there's no corresponding craze for LOL Irons. As the chart below shows, the race to the bottom between the iron, the wheelbarrow and the shoe was a real nail-biter:

Other new pieces that vied for contention included a robot, a helicopter, a guitar and a diamond ring. Oddly, Hasbro announced the new token Wednesday…
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