Rey in ‘Star Wars’ Monopoly after girl complains

Fans, male and female, expressed outrage when Rey was omitted from the now available ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ edition of Monopoly, including an eight year-old named Annie Rose, who hand wrote a letter to manufacturers Hasbro which went viral. Without her, the bad guys would have won!

Throughout November, fans used the hashtag #WheresRey on social media to protest the absence of the character’s likeness in a box set of action figures from the film, as well as a lack of Rey-themed toys in aisles overall.

It seems pretty weird that a board game featuring North America’s top grossing film of all time wouldn’t include the movie’s main character, but that’s exactly what Hasbro did.

The following day, Hasbro replied to Carrie Goldman’s tweet with a lengthy statement addressed to Annie Rose, explaining that it didn’t want any spoilers, so it did not include Rey when it released the game in September, three months before the movie’s premiere.

The current version of the Monopoly game has the characters of Finn, Kylo Ren, and old favorites like Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader.

Jill Pantozzi, editor-in-chief of TheNerdybird.com, agrees that there has been a trend of leaving out female characters in merchandise but sees improvement with “Star Wars”. More than 50% of the aisles at Wal Mart have some sort of Star Wars logo on a random product. It awakens in her!’

Yesterday, Hasbro Gaming posted an update on their Facebook page stating that Rey would be coming to Star Wars Monopoly “later this year”, though a date has not been specified.

Journalist April O’Neil is noticeably missing from the Toy Center’s Benjour Pattern Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Action Figures set, which includes the four turtles, sensei Splinter and another masked figure.

The new Star Wars Monopoly game was one of the most egregious offenders. Ahead of the March 25 release of “Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice”, Wonder Woman toys have already been announced, including official releases from Mattel, including statuettes and Die Cast figurines from toymaker Metals. “This morning she said to me, ‘Mommy, this shows that one little kid who nobody knows can make a difference'”.