Football: (6 sets)

• World Cup 1998 (in French)
• UK Premiership 2000/2001
• French League 2001/2002 (?)
• Arsenal FC
• Arsenal FC - Farewell to Highbury NEW
• Manchester United FC

Other Sports (6 sets)

• 1999 NFL Season (American Football)
• New York Mets  (Baseball)
• New York Yankees (Baseball)
• Seattle Mariners (Baseball)
• 2001/2 (?) NHL Season (Ice Hockey)
• Major League Baseball (2003/4?)

TV Shows & Films (11 sets)

• Star Wars Episode I (US version)
• Star Wars Episode I (UK version)
• Star Wars Eps, IV-VI edition
• Star Trek - Next Generation
• Star Trek - Original Series LE
• Coronation Street
• I Love Lucy 50th Anniversary
• Wizard of Oz
• Lord of the Rings Trilogy (French)
• Thunderbirds (2004 film version)
• The Muppets

Cartoons (13 sets)

• Pokemon #1bought out around 2000
• Pokemon #2 bought out 2003 - different set
• Disney
• Spiderman
• Justice League of America
• Peanuts
• Suske & Wiske (Belgian)
• The Simpsons (English)
• The Simpsons (Spanish)
• Garfield
• Betty Boop
• Duel Masters
• Mickey Mouse 75th Anniversary Edition

Junior Sets (9 sets)

• UK
• Swedish
• Finnish
• Spanish
• Italian ("Monolopolino)
• Toy Story
• Eloise
• Dino Dig
• Shrek II (Spanish)

Miscellaneous: (12 sets)

• Monopoly 2000 Millennium Edition
• Inflatable Monopoly
• Harley Davidson
• Stock Exchange
• Toys R Us - Times Square edition
• USA Deluxe car shaped tin
• Facsimile of the Original 1935 edition
• Coca Cola
• Elvis edition
• Wonders of the World
• The Dog
• Ferrari (in Italian)
• US Army

Edible Editions:

• Edible Monopoly (with chocolate - eaten, board and box remain!)
• Edible Junior Monopoly (with candy-also eaten!)

• UK - Standard Edition +
  • Birmingham
  • Essex
  • Yorkshire
  • Cambridge
  • Nostalgia Edition (UK)
  • Here and Now Edition (UK) NEW
• France (pre Euro)
• Italy
  • Standard version but in a sqaure box - poor quality
  • Standard version in a rectangular box
• Spain- standard edition (pre Euro) +
  • Barcelona
• The Netherlands (pre Euro)
• Belgium - Standard Edition +
  • Brussels (in French)
  • Antwerp (in Flemish)
• Finland
• Norway
• Sweden
• Denmark
• Israel
• Frankfurt (Germany) NEW
• United States - Standard Edition +
  • New York City
  • America Edition (after 11/09/01)
  • Las Vegas
  • National Parks
  • USA deluxe edition
• Australia - Standard Edition (1992) +
  • Gold Coast
• Europe Set (Euro Edition)
• Portugal
• Singapore
• Hong Kong
• China
• New Zealand

(35 sets)

Monopoly FAQ

1. Why on earth do you collect Monopoly sets?

2. How did you start collecting them?

3. Any rules in the way you collect them?

4. How many sets do you have?

5. Where do you buy all your sets?

6. Where do you keep them?

7. Do you ever play them?

8. What's your favourite set?

1. Why on earth do you collect Monopoly sets?

It makes a change from stamps, postcards, gnomes etc.

2. How did you start collecting them?

I was in Australia during the summer of 1992 and rather than bring home a huge load of tourist tat, I was looking to travel home light and bring back 1 souvenir that would sum up my trip.  My cousin Claire picked up on this and bought me an Australian edition Monopoly set.  As it turned out I also had to send home 10kgs of tourist tat anyway, but it did get me started and since then, wherever I've travelled I've tried to bring home a Monopoly set.  These days I'm rather more successful at the travelling light thing. Then I started to expand to buying other sets as well.

3. Any rules in the way you collect them?

If it's a Geographically-related set, I HAVE to have gone there myself (no country/city set presents,  thanks!)  It encourages me to travel, and makes it more of a challenge! I have to catch up with a lot of the UK regional editions. I collected a lot of the European sets before the Euro appeared, so that makes them more collectible.

Another REALLY IMPORTANT thing is that they HAVE to be "proper" Monopoly or officially licensed versions from Hasbro/Waddingtons/Parker Bros, a not just similar looking board game.

4. How many sets do you have?

Not including the "edible editions" which I don't really count, currently I have 94 sets as of January 2006 (not including the edible ones).

5. Where do you buy all your sets?

Mostly in the USA and the UK, but from other countries as well (see the list above)

6. Where do you keep them?

In the spare room in our house.  Always quite a talking point when we have friends over!

7. Do you ever play them?

Er, not usually. Having so many sets has sort of waned my interest!

8. What's your favourite set?

I have a couple: The Arsenal FC and the Peanuts (Snoopy) editions.