September 16th, 2009
Launched last week, Monopoly City Streets uses the Google Maps platform to let users “buy” any street in the world.
The goal of the game of chance, like the real-world version, is to earn money on real estate and become the richest property magnate.
New players are given three million Monopoly dollars to build their virtual empire with every street in the world, in theory, available for purchase.
June 3rd, 2009
“San Francisco based jewelry designer Sidney Mobell turns the ordinary into extraordinary while tempting the viewer to question their own perception of jeweled art.
For over 30 years, the artist has created elaborate bejeweled works that bring a sense of magic and wonder to everyday household objects.”
He has used precious materials to create diamond- encrusted cell phones, hourglass necklaces filled with 3,000 tiny diamonds, a gold toilet seat and a 23- karat gold and jeweled Monopoly set, valued at $2 million.
April 14th, 2009
The Monopoly board game, published by Parker Brothers, has a colourful print advertising campaign developed in Germany, using the tag line, “Own it all”.
Four photographs of actual properties, washed in green and red, show 124 Mediterranean Avenue and 74 Baltic Avenue (the two cheapest properties on the board), 807 Boardwalk and 153 Pennsylvania Avenue (two of the most expensive on the board).
The Monopoly “Own It All” campaign was developed at JWT Frankfurt, Germany by art director Petra Sievers.
January 23rd, 2009
Clients for high-end luxury games commonly want something tweaked or personalized or customized and the company that caters to their needs is Zontik Games.
They transform classic games and equips them with precision dice, hand stitched leather cases, and solid gold game pieces.
Zontik has recently taken the vintage board game Monopoly and transformed it into an ultra-luxurious game. « This isn’t your everyday McDonald’s Online Monopoly game. »
March 20th, 2008
What is the most expensive monopoly set in the world?
Sidney Mobell, a jeweler from San Francisco put together a Monopoly set in 1988.
The houses and hotels were solid gold, the pips in the dice were diamonds. The board was made of sapphires, rubies and gold.
The value of this expensive Monopoly set: A mere $2,000,000
