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Number of versions: 4
Edition: October 4, 2004
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Most probably the Monopoly (like) board games have relatively late been
introduced in this country, of at least the official Parker Brothers/Hasbro
editions, which to my knowledge was not before 1993. The 8 color
groups are districts from Istanbul (with a population of between 11 and 15 million
people, while the capital city Ankara only have a population of 3.6 million people).
From Başlangiç onwards the properties of the Parker/Hasbro
editions are:
Kasimpaşa - Dolapdere
- Haydarpaşa tren istasyonu TCDD - Sultanahmet
- Karaköy - Sirkeci
- Kodes ziyaretçi - Beyoğlu
- Elektrik idaresi - Beşiktaş
- Taksim - Kadiköy Vapur Iskelesi
Deniz Yollari - Harbiye - Şişli
- Mecidyeköy – Ücretsiz otopark
- Bostanci - Erenköy
- Caddebostan - Kabataş Vapur
Iskelesi Deniz Yollari - Nişantaşi -
Teşvikiye -Sular idaresi - Maçka
– Kodes'e gir - Levent -
Etiler - Bebek
- Sirkeci Tren istasyonu TCDD - Tarabya
and Yeniköy.
Edition: Borsa - small box
Publisher: Inland manufacturer Melis Oyuncaklari - ±1965
Dimensions of the box: 26 x
26 cm
The game:
This edition is from the collection of Roland Klose, Dötlingen-D.
Roland bought it on a flea market because he immediately saw the great
resemblance with the silver colored German
"small box", Nr.102/2 from 1961.
Except for this silvery lid of
the square box he later found more matches, like:
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the
name of the game is printed in blue
on the lid
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underneath
the name is "the Waddingtons engines illustration", typical
of European Monopoly editions
in the
fifthies till mid-sixties of last century.
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the
station spaces show the black Parker engine.
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the playfield has a red
border, giving the impression its back side to be red
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the
prices of all properties are in the same amounts as in the German
edition except for the currency TR (Turkish
Lira) instead of M (Mark)
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as
the mistake, made at the start in the American Atlantic City version of
Monopoly, taken over in all other countries, the rent of all unbuilt yellow
streets was the same (440.- in Germany) untill about 1963.
Funny to discover that the rent of all unbuilt yellow streets in Borsa
is TL 440.
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All properties are streets from Istanbul.
From Başlan giç onwards they are:
Ankara Caddesi -
Şans Kutusu - Büyükdere Cad. - Ortaya koy 4000 T.L. - Hayda paşa istasyonu
- Canakkale
Cad. - Olaylara Şaşma - Bozkurt Caddesi
- Izmir Caddesi - Kodes - Istikâl Caddesi
- Elektrik idaresi - Atatür
bulvari - Hasim iscan
gecidi - Sir keci
istasyonu
- Bankalar
Cad. - Şans Kutusu - Vatan Caddesi - Namik Kemal
Caddesi - Ortaya konan parayi alacaksiniz -
Nispetiye Cad.-Olaylara Şaşma - Rumeli Caddesi - Kurtulus
Cad. - Pendik istasyonu
- Moda Caddesi - Bahariye Caddesi - Su idaresi - Sira Selviler Caddesi - Kodes
gidiniz - Mustafa Kemal Caddesi - Bağdat
Caddesi - Şans Kutusu - Fevzi Paşa Cad. -
Bakir
köy
istasyonu
- Olaylara Şaşma - Silahsör Casd.
-
Lüks Vergisi and Vali Konagi Cad..
The Chance cards are here Olaylara Şaşma cards, while
the Community Chest with the well-known blue
treasure chest is Şans Kutusu here.
The 7 banknotes are color printed on white paper, the denominations
being: 10 - 20
- 100 - 200
- 400 - 1.000
- 2.000 and 10.000.
The design is that of Parker Brothers.
The 6 tokens are hollow colored plastic pawns.
The blue green plastic houses and
red hotels have overhanging roofs.
Only the hotels have chimneys.
Edition:
Monopoly Aile Zeka Oyunu
Publisher: Unknown inland maker (Melis?) - ±1980
Dimensions of the box: 22 x 44 cm
The game:
This edition is owned by Paul Norton - UK.
Here obviously is talk of clear plagiary,
because:
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the
black engine on 2 of the stations is the Parker one.
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the
pink and blue
engines on the other stations are copied from the Parker Junior editions.
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the
Jail scoundrel, treasure chest, gold ring, lamp and tap are according to the Parker design.
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the
Uncle Pennybags illustrations (4 times on the game board and on all cards) are also stolen from Parker Bros.
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the
"Short Rules" (also illustrated with Rich Uncle Pennybags) are also
in accordance with the Parker Bros. idea.
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Clear deviations from the Parker Bros. design are:
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the
familiar color groups are situated at different sides of the board.
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the
Şans space on the board is next to "Free Parking" and the
treasure chest can be found next to Başla.
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the
"Free Parking" corner shows a funny car with a P-road sign on top.
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the
third corner shows a new policeman with handcuffs.
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All properties are streets in Istanbul, but others
than those of the Borsa game and in
case of same streets they are differently situated.
From Başla onwards all spaces are:
Vatan Caddesi - Yardim Sandiğ - Tarlabasi
Caddesi - Gelir Vergisi - Roket Demir
Yollari - Siraselviler
Caddesi- Şans - Kurtuluş
Caddesi - Topağaci
Caddesi - Sadece Ziyaret - Ulus
Meydani – Elektrik Şirketi - Ankara
Caddesi - Büyükdere Caddesi
- Şimşek Demir Yollari - Taksim
Meydani - Yardim Sandiği - Istiklâl
Caddesi - Emlak Caddesi - Ücretsiz
park yeri - Yüksek Kaldirim - Şans
- Leveny Caddesi - Nispetiye
Caddesi - Füze Demir Yollari - Halaskârgazi
Caddesi - Rumeli Caddesi -
Su işleri - Gençlik parki - Hapise
gir - Cumhuriyet Caddesi - Aksaray
Bulvari - Yardim Sandiği - Bağdat
Caddesi - Yildirim Demir Yollari - Şans - Park
- Lüks Vergisi and Barbaros Bulvari.
The inner box has two inserts: one formed like a tray, the larger
one serving as a filling piece. Its bottom is unprinted.
The Yardim Sandiği and Şans cards (40x70 mm) are one
sided printed on grey paper. The property
deeds (55x71 mm) are also printed on grey
paper. The 7 banknotes (41x80 mm) according to the Parker Bros. design are one
sided color printed on grey paper in
the denominations: 10 - 50
- 100 - 200
- 500 - 1000
and 5000. Under the figure in the circle
it says "Kategori 50 20 120" the meaning of it being obscure.
There are 6 colored plastic pawns as tokens.
The blue green plastic houses and
red hotels have overhanging roofs.
Only the hotels have chimneys.
Both dice are small (7 mm) white Chinese ones, so with a large red
dot for the 1.
Edition:
Standard, ref.0695TU131
Publisher:
Parker Bros./Tonka/Hasbro/Intertoy -1995
Dimensions of the box: 26 x 51 cm
The game:
The version of this Turkish game is the same as of all European editions of that
era. That means it has been made in the Irish works of Parker
Bros./Tonka.
The lid of the box not only shows the fourth side of the game board but a
compilation of the attributes of the game as well. The bottom side shows
the color picture of a laughing Monopoly playing family, however on a German
game board.
It is striking there are ferry boats on two of the station spaces.
(Although there are bridges connecting both parts of the town there are a number
of ferries crossing the water as well.) On the other two are stations from
Istanbul. The back side of the solid game board is red.
The inner box has a red insert with
12 holes for the accessories.
The back side of the white Şans cards is red
printed showing the question mark. The back of the Kamu Fonu cards is
printed in blue showing the treasue chest.
From this version of the Monopoly games on
the rent of the unbuilt third yellow
street is higher than that of the other
two, now being 2.400.000 TL (see what is said about this subject earlier). Your
salary at Başlangiç is 2.000.000 TL.
The package of 7 banknotes have the ref.nr."1006951GKR-Greek"
meaning this game has the same notes as the corresponding Greek issue. The
respective notes are printed in black on colored paper: 100.000 - 500.000
- 1.000.000
- 2.000.000 - 10.000.000
and 50.000.000.
The 10 metal tokens ("made in China") are resp.: car - boat -
hat - iron - shoe - thimble - dog - canon - wheelbarrow and rider-on-horse.
All green plastic houses and red
hotels have overhanging roofs, only the houses also have a chimney.
Both dice are red with white pips.
The price of this set amounted to TL 990,000 (US$ 28.-) June 1995.
Edition:
Standard, ref. 14535131
Publisher: Parker/Tonka/Hasbro - 1996
Dimensions of the box: 26.8 x 40.3 x 5.3 cm
of the double folded board: 25.2 x 25.2 cm
The game:
This edition is a sample of the "new look" of the games who are
manufactured in the Irish works.
Striking are the new
dimensions of the box. Hasbro told this is because of standardization of the
sizes of all of their games. So herewith the long box we called standard so far
disappears.
This new box contains a red plastic tray
insert with newly shaped slots for the banknotes and title cards of the banker.
The board is folded in four like in the so-called "small box".
The back side is red and the play side is blue
green. The set is manufactured in Ireland and so it has again a
picture of a laughing family at the back of the box.
On the board
are the nice
Şans- en Kamu Fonu cards of this game.
The banknotes are of the new model, i.e. with a black "Monopoly
ribbon
and Uncle Pennybags" in the upper part of the circle and at the bottom, almost
unvisible, the remark "1996 Tonka
Corporation".
The 10 tokens are of pewter and likely no longer manufactured in China.
The green, plastic houses do have a
chimney, the red hotels don't.
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