{"id":2126,"date":"2009-10-19T07:00:48","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T11:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=2126"},"modified":"2009-10-18T23:55:28","modified_gmt":"2009-10-19T03:55:28","slug":"justice-league-of-america-monopoly-1999","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/10\/19\/justice-league-of-america-monopoly-1999\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice League of America Monopoly – 1999"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we’ll be looking at the Monopoly Justice League of America Collector’s Edition<\/strong> from 1999.\u00a0 This was a great piece produced by USAOPOLY representing the Silver Age Justice League.\u00a0 The premise of the game is identical to Monopoly, the difference being simply in what things are called.\u00a0 Instead of the properties being named after places in Atlantic City, they are named after Justice League member’s abilities.\u00a0 For example, instead of “Boardwalk” and “Park Place”, you have “Strength of Steel” and “Heat Vision”.<\/p>\n

Below is the box cover.<\/p>\n

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Below is a shot of the game board and the insert explaining the characters.\u00a0 To see all the properties, click the image below to enlarge (big image – 1.4 MB).<\/p>\n

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Below is the bank, some of the Title Deed cards (called “Power Cards” in this edition), the “Chance” and “Community Chest” cards, a reprint of The Brave and the Bold<\/em> #28 (the first appearance of the Justice League of America), and the instructions.<\/p>\n

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Below are the replacement Utilities cards.\u00a0 Instead of the “Electric Company”, you have “Green Lantern’s Power Battery”.\u00a0 Instead of “Water Works”, you have “Aquaman’s City of Atlantis”.<\/p>\n

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Below are the replacement Railroad cards.\u00a0 In this set you’ve got: Flash’s “The Cosmic Treadmill”, Green Arrow’s “The Arrowplane”, Batman’s “The Batmobile”, and Wonder Woman’s “Invisible Jet Plane”.<\/p>\n

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Below is a shot of the player tokens and the houses\/hotels.\u00a0 In this edition, green houses are replaced by blue “Powers”, and red hotels are replaced by red “Super Powers”.<\/p>\n

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Here is another shot of the pewter player tokens.\u00a0 They include (from L to R): Superman, Green Lantern, Batman, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Flash, and Green Arrow.<\/p>\n

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Here is a better shot of the “Powers” and “Super Powers” pieces.\u00a0 You can see the star on the blue pieces, and you can see the Justice League of America logo on the red pieces.<\/p>\n

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Here is the JLA currency for the game.\u00a0 Poor Martian Manhunter, everyone else got a bill except him.\u00a0 Maybe he’s on the three dollar bill.<\/p>\n

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The orange “Daily Planet” cards replace “Chance” in this edition.<\/p>\n

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Below are some of my favorite “Daily Planet” cards.\u00a0 There are tons more, these are just the ones I chose to feature.<\/p>\n

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The yellow “Batcomputer” cards replace “Community Chest” in this edition.<\/p>\n

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Below are some of my favorite “Batcomputer” cards.\u00a0 There are tons more, these are just the ones I chose to feature.\u00a0 It’s interesting that Hawkman and the Atom managed to sneak into the game on these cards.<\/p>\n

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What a cool version of Monopoly!\u00a0 It definitely puts a fun spin on the game for us comic geeks.<\/p>\n

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