HP merchandise I'd like to see - Monopoly

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter, "davewitley" wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter, Heidi Tandy wrote:
> 
> > And a monopoly game.
> 
> Now there's a target for all our creative impulses!  British
> Monopoly already has Kings Cross on it - but should the
> stations really be fireplaces on the Floo network?

I think broom-manufacturers are a better choice, since we see only 
two railroad-stations in the books so far (and in the old versions of 
monopoly in Norway we had shipping-companies rather than 
trainstations).  Then one could have the Cleansweep Broom Company, 
the Comet Trading Company, Ellerby and Spudmore, and Nimbus Racing 
Broom Company (all taken from QTTA - these four are in fact all the 
discredited companies still in business according to that volume 
(Firebolts probably being manufactured not by a company but by an 
artisan)).  This, of course, means that we have to find another place 
to put King's Cross if we want it in.

> If we don't want all the ordinary properties to be Alleys, what 
> should they be, apart from Charing Cross Road?  The Burrow? 
> Hogsmeade? Privet Drive, of course, should be there.  We need
> 22 in all.

Malfoy Manor and Hogwarts should probably be included, possibly as 
second last and last property before start.

> Jail is Azkaban, of course; what is Free Parking? Go =
> Platform 9 3/4?

Could Dumbledore's office serve for Free Parking?  I can't really 
think of anything else at the moment.  The other two seem good.

> As for the six tokens, the Knight Bus, the Hogwarts Express,
> the FFA, Sirius, Dobby's sock, one more needed.  A broomstick
> is my vote.

Agree on the broomstick.  However, I don't think Sirius is a good 
token - IMHO it is best to not use characters as tokens.  And can you 
imagine the fighting over the Sirius-token that would result if 
certain ladies of this group would be playing this game?  >;->  
Having two brooms is not good either, as it will be difficult making 
them different at this scale.  How about the Sorting Hat?  It fits 
the theme of transportation and change that seems to be in the other 
tokens.

> Electric Company, Waterworks?  Super Tax, Income Tax?

I am not sure if one can find wizarding companies that make the world 
tick the way electric companies and waterworks do in the muggle-
world.  Perhaps have The Leaky Cauldron in place of the Waterworks?  
Taxes should perhaps be kept as they are.

> Community Chest = Gringotts. Chance?
> 
> David

Best regards
Christian Stubø