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Monopoly Electronic Banking Edition
Posted By ed2yp79 , on November 27, 2009 at 6:52 PM .Category: Games
- Gameboard, electronic banker unit, title deed cards, chance and community chest cards, 6 debit cards, 2 dice, 6 modern tokens – Segway Personal Transporter, Baseball Cap, Altoids Tin, Space Shuttle, Flat-Screen TV and Dog in Handbag, 32 houses, 12 hotels and instructions.
- Uses two “AAA” batteries, NOT included.
- For ages 8 and above
Product Description
Now players can experience the most current version of Monopoly with an electronic banking unit instead of cash. A truly fun experience which utilizes today’s trend of a cashless society. The Monopoly Electronic Banking Edition game combines the best of classic Monopoly with updated electronic transactions. As with the original version, players still operate with money, learn real-world economics, competition and strategy, try to stay out of jail, and try their best… More >>
Monopoly Electronic Banking Edition
This is great since you don’t need to have all the money everywhere, but it still takes time to enter in all the payments, etc. Now to be fair, there are only three of us playing at a time and this may make a difference. If there were many people playing, or even a person just being the banker and not playing, it would be better. You are still waiting to have the banker enter in the values and such, so the play time is still slowed down.
There is no real money-counting educational value to the toy since it’s just like using an ATM machine, more or less. You do have to do some math when deciding whether to buy a property or upgrade to more houses or hotels.
The real (and only) plus to this game is that you don’t have the money all over the place and you don’t have to count it out in the beginning or put it away at the end of the game. This was all I expected when I bought the game so we’re perfectly happy with it and enjoy more room on the table. Worth the money? Absolutely!
Rating: 4 / 5
Great game, But I payed double for it then if it were available in the store. Unfortunly it was a popular game this Christmas season so it was sold out everywhere I went. My daughter only asked for 2 things this year. The game was one of them. So I broke down and bought it. Cost 80 dollars instead of 40. She loves it though.
Rating: 3 / 5
This electronic Bank edition is the best Monopoly types and its good for evary age
Rating: 5 / 5
It’s nice to do away with all the paper money. It takes away the money counting skills younger kids should learn but makes the game much more enjoyable for older kids. (I’m 24 and my sister is 25 and we both still play board/video games.) Instead of spending a few hundred dollars to buy a property then rent for like 60 dollars everything has been changed to thousands and millions. Like 600K ($600,000) or 1.2M ($1,200,000). The places are from the “Here and Now Edition” not the original so you won’t see Park Place or Boardwalk anymore… they have been replaced with Fenway Park and Times Square. Also, whoever decided to put the Liberty Bell and The White House on this game needs to be fired. Out national treasures are not and never will be put up for auction to the highest bidder like this game suggests. I realise it’s just a game but it still bothers me. I would prefer the electronic banking edition also came in the original places like Marvin Gardens or Boardwalk. Then again, I was raised playing the original version.
Okay, back to the actual review. There are too few houses and hotels and I don’t care for the tokens. Who would honestly pick the Altoids tin? Why is that even a “Here and Now” thing? Should of been a Laptop computer or some new Sports car. The electronic banking machine (Looks much like a regular calculator) is very simple to use so younger kids shouldn’t have a problem with it after being shown how to do it.
Rating: 4 / 5
This latest version of Monopoly is great fun and so much simpler than counting those pesky bills!!! My grandkids loved the banking tool and we all loved the improved speed of the game!
Rating: 5 / 5