The original 1935 version of Monopoly had four colored wooden tokens shaped like "Sorry" pieces The familiar diecast metal pieces were introduced inIn 1935, Parker Brothers (PB) bought the rights to Monopoly from the 'inventor', Charles Darrow This included Darrow's inventory of game parts PB immediately began selling Monopoly games using the Darrow game parts The first games Parker Brothers made were marked TRADE MARK About 24,000 25,000 of these were maunfacturedMonopoly was first marketed in a Standard Edition, with a small black box and separate board, and in a larger Deluxe Edition, with a box large enough to hold the board Parker Brothers sets were the first to include metal tokens for playing pieces In 1991 Parker Brothers was acquired by Hasbro 1935 Monopoly Game Board Patent Artwork Vintage Metal Print By Nikki Marie Smith Original monopoly pieces 1935