There’s so much to unpack here.
Firstly, I very much doubt any 8 year old would have any notion of who Hendrix was, or maybe even anyone under, say, 40. What would the man himself have made of it? ‘Yeah man, I love a game that bankrupts people – right on’.
Can you imagine the pitch at the meeting for new products…’Bear with me here, I know Jimi Hendrix died after choking on his own vomit, but we won’t include that bit’..?
Having gone down this rabbit hole, I see there are Monopoly versions featuring Iron Maiden, Bowie in Labyrinth, HM Queen Elizabeth II, Queen, and I’m sure I saw a Beatles one a few years ago. Who buys this crap besides Monopoly collectors (and I know there are some).
Any other rock related tat we have come across..?
A Frank Zappa Monopoly could be amusing. Lots of Zapparian iconography and memes to play with, though I am sure the market for Zappa is now literally dying off.
Love the pieces but where is the guitar? And I’m not sure. Are the houses red? The hotels should be blue.
Oh, very good..!
I’m pretty down on these kind of offshoots but having threatened my wife with a Jimi box set for Christmas I am sorely tempted to get this for her… without, of course, letting on about the Jimi theme until we come to play it. Oh what a jolly jape that would be!
It sounds bizarre – I can imagine Chance/Community Chest cards Your Strat has been stolen. Cancel a gig and pay £20,000 penalty.
Your houses are made of sand. You must pay rebuilding costs.
If you roll a 6 you get a 9.
You hear your train a coming. Advance to Kings Cross Station.
Pay Congestion Charge due to Cross Town Traffic.
You there with that gun in your hand, go straight to jail.
Proceed straight to a mountain and chop it down with the edge of your hand. Do not pass go, do not collect £200.
‘Scuse me while I roll the die