Monopoly 007 Collector's Edition

Monopoly, 007 Collector's Edition, 2006.

This, the first of three James Bond editions of Monopoly, was released a few months before Daniel Craig's first outing, Casino Royale.  The properties are the Bond films, in chronological order from Dr. No to Casino Royale.   However, because there are spaces for 22 properties on the board but there were only 21 films at that point, the cheapest property (Mediterranean Ave in the original game) is a generic "Double-0 Assignment."  Villains and Bond "Women" replace Community Chest and Chance, respectively.  Houses and hotels are renamed safe houses and headquarters, respectively.  And the tokens are the Aston Martin DBS, Odd Job's bowler hat, the 007 logo, the Lotus submarine car, the Acrostar plane, and Rosa Klebb's shoe. 

Here is where we would evaluate the game play -- if we had ever played it.  We would love to try it out, but that would involve breaking the seal, which would devalue what cost far more than your typical off-the-shelf Monopoly game.  Perhaps one day we may no longer be able to resist the temptation, and that may be the subject of a future post.  But for right now, the "O.H.M.S.S. Not to be opened until Officially Authorized" seal on this file remains unbroken.