Dreamworld for sale - in Monopoly game

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Can't find a quick way to copy the relevant inage on my phone right now, but on the Dreamworld Facebook page they're saying "Dreamworld is hot property", in reference to the new Gold Coast version of the Monopoly game. 

I hope I'm reading too much into this! 😀

[Brad2912]

Wonder how much it cost them to put themselves on the board... quite a lot I imagine 

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An innovative way to attract potential buyers though, maybe!

[Tim Dasco]

2 hours ago, Brad2912 said:

Wonder how much it cost them to put themselves on the board... quite a lot I imagine 

Surely they wouldn’t have to pay. When they did perthopoly a few years ago Adventure World got on it without paying.

[Brad2912]

19 minutes ago, Tim Dasco said:

Surely they wouldn’t have to pay. When they did perthopoly a few years ago Adventure World got on it without paying.

100% paid spots on the board... or “marketing investments” so to speak 

[Naazon]

On 02/11/2018 at 3:51 PM, Tim Dasco said:

Surely they wouldn’t have to pay. When they did perthopoly a few years ago Adventure World got on it without paying.

 

On 02/11/2018 at 4:11 PM, Brad2912 said:

100% paid spots on the board... or “marketing investments” so to speak 

The board its self would be paid for as an advertisement, but whoever is paying for the board would have say on who goes where.

The city of Perth probably paid for Adventure World and the same may have happened here as well.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Don't Hasbro run social media marketing to get people to vote for what should be where?

Seems to be a lot of differing opinions - can anyone point to something concrete that confirms whether the spots are paid or no? Seems a bit shitty to me to make a fortune from all these places paying to be on the board, and then charging everyone who buys that edition of the game...

(ETA: seems like a lot of these specialty versions are actually charity fundraisers...)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_licensed_and_localized_editions_of_Monopoly:_Oceania

 

[webslave]

Yes, they are paid for the most part.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/melbourne-monopoly-board-makers-accused-of-taking-cash-for-spots-20151112-gkx0jo.html

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1 hour ago, webslave said:

Yes, they are paid for the most part.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/melbourne-monopoly-board-makers-accused-of-taking-cash-for-spots-20151112-gkx0jo.html

Well of course they would. You could say that they have a, err, Monopoly on the production of the game really so they can charge however much they want!

[Brad2912]

Can’t find an article now but there was last week when it released and it was on local news up here. 

Properties on the board that represent an entity/business are paid for, and the higher the profile (colour choice) the more it costs. 

I’m sure GC Tourism would have veto power over certain content (Im sure Hollywood Showgirls would have put forward a great business case and had plenty of cash to splash...)

a certain number would be assigned by GC Tourism such as Mt Tamborine 

 

[joz]

I must admit it does kind of diminish the point if they're paid for. Instead of train stations you've got GC Cabs, The Tram and Surfside busses. Instead of streets its an eclectic mix business locations  community space and football stadiums. Kind of misses the point but you know, at least they sold their advertising space.

[Brad2912]

Pretty obvious it’s all about the $$ when the Income Tax space has the ITP logo on it which Is a national franchise and not GC relevant at all..

[joz]

Just to be clear also I'm not having a go at DW or anyone else on the board, but the folks who sold the advertising space.

[Brad2912]

Did find it interesting that VTP chose to only put MW and WnW on it. You’d think they had chosen SW over WnW

[joz]

VRTP probably shocked to find they still own SW.

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13 minutes ago, joz said:

VRTP probably shocked to find they still own SW.

It's about time someone reminded them!