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The Library of Disposable Art — toys trapped in the box David Macpherson Special to Worcester Magazine USA TODAY NETWORK
A Worcester version of Monopoly is in the works, in addition to the one that’s happening in the Canal District. SUBMITTED PHOTO
A few modest suggestions for Worcester Monopoly Victor D. Infante Worcester Magazine USA TODAY NETWORK
Just in time for Worcester’s latest round of battles over gentrifi cation comes Worces ter Monopoly, the board game that teaches you how to win through capitalism by bank rupting your friends and fam ily! The game, which according to the Telegram & Gazette, is “being created and manufac tured by Top Trumps USA Inc. and licensed by Hasbro, the of fi cial owner of the Monopoly game and brand, will feature Worcester locations in the spots normally occupied by Boardwalk, Baltic Avenue, Marvin Gardens, etc.” And now, a few recommen dation to localize the game: PLAYER TOKENS: Instead of the traditional shoe, little
dog, iron or what have you, we recommend for Worcester, “the Boston Developer Build ing Luxury Apartments,” “Out OfTown Developer Building Parking Garages,” “The Uni versities,” “Worcester Old Money,” “Niche Hospitality Opening Another Restaurant” and “Other Worcester Locals,” but if you’re the last, you pretty much just have to sell when ev erything gets too expensive. DUNKIN’ DONUTS: Build instead of houses, and you can build as many of them on a street as you can possibly fi t. POLAR PARK: Obviously, this would take the place of something like Boardwalk or Park Place. As a special ability, the owner of this card should be able to siphon $100 from ev ery other Canal District busi
One of the fi rst fi ghts my wife and I ever had was when she moved in with me and we unpacked her “Peanuts” toy fi gures. She had a lot of them. Snoopy and Woodstock. There was Lucy and Linus dressed for Halloween. (I got a rock.) The little action fi gures were still in the original packaging. “Why don’t you take them out so you can pose them and play
with them?” She gave me a steely look and I had the sensa tion that I said something VERY bad. She informed me that taking them out of the package was a deal break for the relationship. They came in the original packaging and they were going to stay that way. But this is not about me. This is about the refusal of many adults to take their toys out of the package. There is a whole generation of toy crea ture that will be forever en
cased in original plastic. You know what is better than having a Boba Fett action fi gure? Having a Boba Fett ac tion fi gure that has never been taken out of the package. Or a Donatello Ninja Turtle doll. That thing better be in its plas tic card for it to be worthy of collecting. This has been a thing for decades with toy collectors. Toys in the original box or bet ter than the toys themselves. See ART, Page 14
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