10 New Monopoly Game Pieces for the Year 2017

DETROIT, MI – NOVEMBER 16: Visitors walk past lighted store fronts on Woodward Ave during the City of Detroit’s Christmas Tree Lighting celebration at Campus Martius Park on November 16, 2012 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Paul Warner/Getty Images)

Lightbulb

Remember when there was a lantern piece in Monopoly? Yeah, me neither, because the vast majority of us weren’t born. The lantern was a piece back in the 30s, 40s, and 50s and was removed in favor of the adorable Scottie dog, the wheelbarrow, and the horse rider. We haven’t had a light-based piece since, so it seems like a great time to reinstate it. Not the lantern itself, which seems more akin to camping now than whatever it was meant to represent back then, but something like a lightbulb.

I opted for a lightbulb over a more conventional lamp or fixture because of its symbolism for new ideas and intellect. The only downside to a lightbulb is that it’s likely to roll around the board and not stand properly. How hard do you think it would be to make a piece of one of those cool, twisty, energy-efficient bulbs?