The new San Jose City Edition of Monopoly, released November 2023 by educational card and board games maker Top Trumps USA, Inc., was swept up in multiples by avid San Jose residents and fans even before it appeared on the company's City Monopoly Editions website page. Available for prices ranging from $44.99 to $39.95 on Amazon and at CVS, Walmart and other retailers, the custom edition includes landmark locations and local businesses that highlight the most beloved-or beleaguered by some-features of California's third-largest city.
Among the two locations that give nod to their long histories are Winchester Mystery House, which captured the brass ring with a position on the game board where Boardwalk usually is; and Original Joe's prominently replacing the Park Place spot. The city's Valley Transportation Authority took four railroad slots and in response, wrapped an entire city bus in brilliant, eye-opening blue, adorned with text promoting the game. Peters' Bakery's Burnt Almond Cake is the VTA's next door neighbor on the board and anchors the position to the left of the San Jose History Walk. To celebrate and fuel the enthusiasm, the bakery had enormous stacks of the game available for preorder, all of which sold out even before the launch. No doubt, there was and will continue to be plenty of the shop's iconic cake on sale for eating and ordering extras to take home.
San Jose native Hilda Ramirez in a television interview with NBC Bay Area said she had purchased five games and would be ordering more. "I couldn't be more proud and more excited," she said. "I bought five today and I'm gonna come back and order a whole lot more. This is going to be the hottest Christmas gift in the Bay Area."
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