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Number of versions: 1
Edition: December 19, 2009
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So far I have got no indication Ecuador ever has had any native
versions of Monopoly published or Parker/Hasbro have ever sold
their standard Spanish Atlantic City editions in this country.
In any case the edition described below seems to be (one of the) first Monopoly
games in this country.
Edition: Monopoly Ecuador, ref.nrs. LA01730 (LA01753 / 2000001743126)
Juego de Compraventa de Inmuebles, de Parker Brothers ®
Edición
de Colección
Publisher:Hasbro/Parker
- 2008
Dimensions of the box: 40.2 x 26.7x 6.7 cm
Diese Version auf
deutsch: www.monopoly-wiki.de
The game:
This collector's item is from the collection of Steve Amato -
N.Y.
While in many countries the black, or blue,
Parker logo tends to disappear these days from the Hasbro
editions this first Monopoly edition is yet introduced in this country showing
the American blue Parker logo on the
colorfull lid. This also means the game has been produced in America. It almost has
the sizes of the standard white boxes of the Parker/Hasbro editions from around the year
2000 in Europe and elsewhere, only 1.5 cm higher. However, its content is that
of the standard square green boxes with the third
die as it is announced by the yellow
sticker on the bottom of the box saying
"Juega rápido con el Dado
Veloz" (Play faster with the Lucky die). The bottom
of the box only shows a large picture of the board with Mr. Monopoly on top and the "introduction
story" in a green column. There is no
reference to the new interactive ways of playing Monopoly by EA.
From what is written on the bottom of the box it appears this edition to be distributed in Mexico and
Chileas well!
The properties are from Salida (Go)
onwards:
Península De
Santa Elena -
Arca Comunal (Community Chest)
- Machala - Impuestos Sobre La Renta
(Income Tax) - Aeropuerto Cuenca - Santo
Domingo - Casualidad
(Chance) - Portoviejo
- Manta
- En la cárcel/De visit nada más
-
Plaza de la Independencia
- Empresa
Electrica - Parque la Carolina
-Palacio de Carondelet - Aeropuerto
Quito -
Panecillo
- Arca
Comunal - Iglesia DeGuapulo
- Parque Itchimbía - Parada
Libre - Parque de las Iguanas
- Casualidad - Parque
Histórico Guayaquil
- Malecon 2000 - Aeropuerto
Guayaquil - Las
Penas - Municipio
de Guayaquil - Agua Potable (Represa Paute)
- Parque
Centenario
-¡Váyase a la cárcel! - Cuenca
- Ruinas de Inga-Pirca - Arca
Comunal - El Chimborazo - Aeropuerto
Manta -Casualidad - Islas Galápagos
- Impuestos de Lujo (Luxury Tax)
and Mitad del Mundo.
The most striking is the 3rd die, the red
socalled Lucky die, making the play faster. However, the game can still
be played the "old-fashioned" way, without this additional die.
This die shows the figures 1 - 2 and 3, a bus and 2x Mr.
Monopoly. The effect of this Lucky die, together with both white dice is:
 | 1, 2 or 3: Add up this with your throw of the white dice. |
 | Bus: You may choose if you want to move on the basis of one or both white
dice. |
 | Mr.Monopoly: Proceed the number of pips of the white dice and carry out
what has to be done on that space. Further you go to the next unsold
property and buy it or let it be auctioned. If there is no more unsold
ground you proceed to the next property of an other player and pay the rent. |
 | At double throw of the white dice the Luck die does not count. |
 | When you throw 3 times one, two or three in 1 throw you may go to a space
to choice. |
 | If you are sent to the prison, the Lucky die no longer participates. |
Other features of this
possible prospective "standard edition" are:
 |
In the white strip of the lid is stated it here concerns a Parker invention of a Family game for
players over
8 years old and a number of players from 2 to 8. |
 |
All 4 rims of the lid show the new
rectangular Monopoly red bar. |
 | The innerbox contains a greenish
cardboard filling piece showing the red
Monopoly bar and Ecuador
banner as well as a black plastic insert
with 7 slots for the banknotes. |
 | The
property deeds have the sizes of the European ones: 56x88 mm, while
the picture in the Rules booklet
suggest they have the sizes of the American cards: 67x77 mm.
The fact that this wrong card is shown in the Rules booklet may be an
indication there must have been an earlier
Ecuadorian Parker Monopoly? By the way: the word Mudo on the small card
is wrong, it ought to be Mundo. |
 | The Casualidad
and Arca Comunal cards are illustrated
with various apparitions of Mr. Monopoly with
his cane. The instructions on these cards are
still the same as over the past 74 years. |
 | The Banknotes are printed in black on colored paper
in the denominations: 1 (white) - 5
- 10 - 20
- 50 -
100
and 500 $ (= US $).
The notes are not stacked in order in the bundle, the 20$ and 50$ have been
swapped. |
 | The 8 metal tokens are the
usual ones, viz.: car - wheelbarrow - dog - iron - hat - boat - shoe
and thimble. |
 | The hollow plastic houses
and hotels are the American ones and have a chimney and an
overhanging roof. |
 | The
Rules are in a booklet of 12 pages. There is a number on the back. It is 767LA0173000. |
 | The double folded game board lies
unfixed on both inserts of the innerbox and so can move freely. |
The game is made in the U.S.
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