The official 2006 McD's Monopoly tradeing thread?

[Lucid]

I saw one of these around last year... just wondering if anyone is collecting again this year, i already have about 5 doubles that i can get rid of, mostly green and oranges. I also have an extra railroad if anyone is interested, does anyone else have anything for trade?

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[then00b 10+ year member]

The problem with that is that no one is going to trade the rare pieces if theyve got half a brain...?

 

[Calikid 5,000+ posts]

can i have the numbers on the bottom of them, please.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[skmfkr 5,000+ posts]

i lost some of mine

 

[dkguitarist 5,000+ posts]

i want the numbers as well.

and i'll trade my doubles as well.

 

[Lucid]

Im not exactly sure how all of it works (what time pieces are released, etc) but i talked to the lady at the drive thru window the other day and she is saying different pieces get realeased at different times, and you need to get different things for the different pieces, meaning your not going to get all 3 reds just buying large frys for 2 weeks.

I think its a pretty fun game, i understand it has to be rigged somehow in order for them to make money but hell mite as well try right

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

they will release all but one of the pieces you need. and then they will release one of the 3rd one, my guess would be somewhere like hawaii or some remote location where there are not that many people.

at least thats how i'd do it if i didnt want people to win

 

[mtdewelf 10+ year member]

they will release all but one of the pieces you need. and then they will release one of the 3rd one, my guess would be somewhere like hawaii or some remote location where there are not that many people.
at least thats how i'd do it if i didnt want people to win

i would guess alaska or like rhode island before hawaii, but yeah pretty much.

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

i would guess alaska or like rhode island before hawaii, but yeah pretty much.

i was just thinking of remote places, didnt think about the population. alaska or russia

 

[SUB_URBAN 10+ year member]

yea, or they just make like a couple of all the rare ones so your chances of getting a rare are already low, and all it takes is one person throwing a rare away because they don't play and someone doesnt get to win that prize.

 

[XTRProBoy 10+ year member]

Nobody wins! Nobody friggin' wins! LOL. At least that's what a McDonald's manager told me once!

Seriously though, if you read the possible odds and stuff you'll see how unlikely it is that anyone will win the bigger prizes. Has nothing to do with regions or dates really either. They put out like very few pieces (those "rare ones" that everyone is always looking for). Probably like 1 for the top prize. Now think about how many cups/fries/hashbrowns/etc. that have the peices don't even ever get distributed during the promotion, before it ends. The "rare piece" could be on any one of those probably tens of thosands people never even get.

Then think of how many people get their food and never bother to check or collect the pieces, throw them out lose them, etc. That one rare piece that lets you complete the set for the top prize? It's long gone.

The official odds never take that into account, they only figure in how many of those pieces they print. The real odds are actually far, far worse, particularly among the bigger prizes.

Now I'm not saying absolutely no one wins anything but for the top prizes I'm pretty sure all things considered, if you consider the real odds, you probably have a better chance of winning a regular (state/federal run) regular lottery. It's not impossible either, technically it is possible to win whatever the biggest prize is, but it's just very improbable if you ask me. I've never even seen it publicised that anyone ever won the grand prize, ever. (Could have happened I just don't remember.)

I just throw all my pieces out, unless ppl ask for them and then I give them to them while I sit back and watch them foolishly collect the pieces. Nobody wins! LOL.

And don't get me wrong I love McDonald's I eat probably far too much McDonald's, LOL. I just don't eat any more or less depending on whether they have their useless Monopoly promotion going on.

As for getting pieces from Russia, LOL, I don't think you can do that--though different countries have the promotion the pieces are not interchageable I don't think... I.e. I couldn't send you a piece from Canada for you to use in the US and vice versa.

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

i look for the instant win ones only. i know i wont win anything big, i have the worlds worst luck

 

[Brock 5,000+ posts]

yea, or they just make like a couple of all the rare ones so your chances of getting a rare are already low

thanks einstein. don't think too hard...

lol

 

[bimma85 5,000+ posts]

I just wanna know if anyone has thrown out Boardwalk w/o looking //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[zthumper 10+ year member]

Micky d's makes you fat //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif