We may not be getting a newGhostbustersmovie this year after all, but at least you can soon buy a new version of Monopoly based on the popular franchise. Several years ago, USAopoly released an officially-licensedGhostbustersMonopoly game, and although it can still be found by resellers online, it’s typically at inflated prices. Now, an all-newGhostbustersedition of Monopoly from Hasbro is making its way into stores, offering a new game board and other unique differences for players to enjoy. Of course, finding others to play with at this time may be challenging with social distancing in mind, but the game still looks to be a great collectible for bigGhostbustersfans.
Apart from the game board, also included in the box for theGhostbustersMonopoly game from Hasbro are six tokens, two dice, 22 Contract cards, 32 Roaming Vapor cards, 32Ghost Traps, 12 Containment Units, paper Monopoly money, and a game guide. An awesome Ghost Trap card holder, looking like the device used by the Ghostbusters in the movie, makes another fantastic addition On the game’s packaging, there’s also a button that can be pressed to play an instrumental version of theGhostbusterstheme song. As no other electronic parts are included, this must be what the box’s recommended 1.5V AAA alkaline batteries are to be used for.
Replacing the houses and hotels in theoriginal Monopolyare the Ghost Traps and Containment Units for Hasbro’sGhostbustersMonopoly. The six player pieces included are the PKE meter, ecto goggles, proton pack, MT500 radio, Janine Melnitz’s glasses, and Dana Barrett’s cello. Landing on the new game board’s Supernatural Entity spaces will also have players teaming up to battle Slimer, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, the Library Ghost, or Vinz Clortho. Of course, the game’s winner will be determined when every player goes bankrupt except for one, leaving only one person carrying petty cash.
Althoughnew Ghostbusters merchandisecontinues to make its way into stores, fans of the franchise are not going to see the next movie in the series as originally thought.Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the new sequel from director Jason Reitman, was scheduled to be released this summer on July 10. Because of movie theaters shutting down far and wide for the foreseeable future, Sony has gone ahead and delayed the movie’s official release date until next March, making it now almost a year before anyone will get to see it. As the sequel is set in the same timeline as the original two movies, there’s a lot of excitement for the project from longtimeGhostbustersfans.
According to Ghostbusters News, the Hasbro version ofGhostbustersMonopoly has already been spotted inWal-Mart storesahead of its official release date on April 26. The game also has an official listing on Wal-Mart’s official website, and although ordering online isn’t an option at this time, you can use the website to check availability at your local Wal-Mart locations. Hasbro’sGhostbustersMonopoly should soon start arriving from other retailers as well. As revealed on the Wal-Mart listing, the game retails for $29.97. This information comes to us fromGhostbusters News.
