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UPDATE: Here’s a link to the 2008 Rare McDonald’s Monopoly Pieces

I’m sure that most of you that are reading this already know that you really only need to find one of the set of McDonald’s Monopoly pieces. If you get the rare McDonalds Monopoly piece, then you are essentially a winner. Find the rare piece and I’ll find you the rest of the pieces if you need them. In fact, you can just go and purchasedthe McDonald’s Monopoly pieces on eBay if you need them.

Either way, I still love McDonald’s monopoly game. Mostly because of the free food that you can win. I just love McDonald’s sausage egg mcmuffins. So good!!

Here’s the list of McDonald’s monopoly pieces for 2007 and the ones that are rare are in bold. Good luck!

#801 – Mediterranean Avenue
#802 – Baltic Avenue

#823 – Reading Railroad
#824 – Pennsylvania Railroad
#825 – B&O Railroad
#826 – Short Line

#803 – Oriental Avenue
#804 – Vermont Avenue
#805 – Connecticut Avenue

#806 – St Charles Place
#807 – States Avenue
#808 – Virginia Avenue

#809 – St James Place
#810 – Tennessee Avenue
#811 – New York Avenue

#812 – Kentucky Avenue
#813 – Indiana Avenue
#814 – Illinois Avenue

#815 – Atlantic Avenue
#816 – Ventnor Avenue
#817 – Marvin Gardens

#818 – Pacific Avenue
#819 – North Carolina Avenue
#820 – Pennsylvania Avenue

#821 – Park Place
#822 – Boardwalk

Looking for free McDonald’s monopoly pieces? Send a hand-printed, self-addressed stamped envelope to The Monopoy 2007 Game at McDonalds, Game Piece Request, PO Box 49308, Strongville, OH 44149-0308.

UPDATE: This is the list for 2006 Rare McDonald’s Monopoly pieces. Here’s a link to the 2007 Rare McDonald’s Monopoly pieces.

UPDATE 2: Here’s a link to the 2008 Rare McDonald’s Monopoly Pieces

While in Dallas at the Educause Conference, I decided to run down to McDonald’s to get a little something to eat. I upgraded my 10 piece chicken nugget combo meal to a chocolate shake. Well, that means I got the medium chocolate shake and much to my surprise I had the McDonald’s Monopoly pieces on it. I guess that shows how much I go to McDonald’s that I didn’t even know that their Monopoly promotion is going on.

Well, a while ago my friend ruined the Monopoly game for me because he informed me that really you just need to find the rare piece for each color and then you can find the rest of the pieces. For example, Boardwalk is the rare piece you need to win the big bucks from McDonalds. So, if you find Boardwalk you’ve as good as won. Finding a Park Place will be simple since there are thousands and thousands of them out there. However, there is only one boardwalk in all the world (or is McDonald’s Monopoly only played in the US?)

Well, I decided that someone has probably figured out which of the Monopoly pieces were the rare ones that would let you win. Indeed there is a site that has all the info on McDonald’s Monopoly pieces. I’ve copied them below for your convenience (rare in bold):
#3601 – Mediterranean Avenue
#3602 – Baltic Avenue Rare
Common Purple $50 5,000
#3603 – Oriental Avenue
#3604 – Vermont Avenue
#3605 – Connecticut Avenue Common
Rare
Common Blue Gray $500 500
#3606 – St Charles Place
#3607 – States Avenue
#3608 – Virginia Avenue Common
Common
Rare Maroon $1,000 250
#3609 – St James Place
#3610 – Tennessee Avenue
#3611 – New York Avenue Common
Rare
Common Orange $1,500 100
#3612 – Kentucky Avenue
#3613 – Indiana Avenue
#3614 – Illinois Avenue Rare
Common
Common Red $5,000 50
#3615 – Atlantic Avenue
#3616 – Ventnor Avenue
#3617 – Marvin Gardens Common
Rare
Common Yellow $10,000 10
#3618 – Pacific Avenue
#3619 – North Carolina Avenue
#3620 – Pennsylvania Avenue Common
Common
Rare Green $50,000 2
#3621 – Park Place
#3622 – Boardwalk Common
Rare Blue $1,000,000
($50,000 per year for 20 years) 1
#3623 – Reading Railroad
#3624 – Pennsylvania Railroad
#3625 – B&O Railroad
#3626 – Short Line Common
Common
Common
Rare White $5,000,000
($250,000 per year for 20 years) 1

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