IT’S ‘sew’ long to the thimble, as the iconic Monopoly piece has been AXED from the game.
Last month we told how all of the pieces were potentially facing the chop, with Monopoly chiefs asking the public to vote to save their favourites from the planned cull.
Tragically it was the thimble that received the least votes, with makers of the game Hasbro announcing the news it is removing the playing piece.
The Monopoly Token Madness voting campaign attracted more than four million votes, yet not enough backed the thimble to keep it in future versions of the game.
It lost out to favourites such as the top hat, the mini motor car, the recently introduced cat (which was responsible for ejecting the iron in 2013) and the Scottie dog.
Instead it will be replaced by a dinosaur, an emoji, a hashtag, a horse or a helicopter.
Suffice to say, fans of the game were NOT happy about it.
Many took to social media to mourn the loss of the thimble.
One fan tweeted: “What!! They are removing the #thimble from #Monopoly. End of an era, how dare they? #classicIsTheBest.”
Another complained: “Such a travesty! The #Thimble has been ousted. #Monopoly.”
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The thimble originally became part of the collection of pieces back in 1935.
The new Monopoly piece will arrive to a board game near you in August 2017.
In December we told how Monopoly chiefs set up a Christmas hotline to prevent board game bust-ups, after research found that over half of games end in acrimony.