6 Amazing Rich Kid Versions of the Toys You Grew Up With

#3. The Biggest G.I. Joe Play Sets Ever Made ($900 to $1,400)

The Achilles' heel for every action figure play set in history has always been scale -- it wouldn't be practical or cost effective to produce a Technodrome that was 50 times bigger than the Ninja Turtles, for example, or a Castle Grayskull your He-Man toy could actually get lost inside. The G.I. Joe toy line, however, predates common sense ... and that's probably why, in 1985, it produced what is still the biggest play set ever, the legendary U.S.S. Flagg aircraft carrier.

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It was discontinued in 1987 because actual jets kept landing on it.

The U.S.S. Flagg is the holy grail of toy collecting, not just for G.I. Joe fans, but for anyone who ever played or will play with action figures. We're pretty sure there's some sort of child safety law that prevents anything like this from ever being produced again. Originally priced at $89, it currently goes for at least 10 times that in mint condition and as high as $1,400, if you managed not to lose or swallow any of the pieces. At 7 feet 6 inches in length, it was so big that the old TV commercial that showed a bunch of kids running on top of it didn't seem like that much of an exaggeration.

Possibly even cooler is the Defiant space shuttle, which was actually three play sets in one: the control station, the huge wheeled crawler and the actual shuttle on top of it. Also, the box art made it seem like one ship was humping another.

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As good an excuse as any to explain to kids about space fucking.

Ironically, Hasbro flew too close to the sun with this one, which retailed at a prohibitive $120 and thus wasn't as popular as the other play sets. As a result of its rarity and sheer awesomeness, it's currently going for $900 on eBay. We ... we have a hard time arguing with that price.

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We're almost certain that there are children trapped inside that monster.

#2. Insanely Detailed Official Star Wars Lego Replicas ($1,200 to $2,950)

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At some point in the last decade and a half, Lego's target audience went from "mainly kids" to "mainly adults compensating for the fact that their parents didn't buy them the pirate ship set when they were kids" (which is admittedly a far more lucrative market). The prime example of this trend is the insanely huge Lego Star Wars Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon, which is so big that you'd have to be a [insert giant creature from the Star Wars series here] to lift or let alone play with it.

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The great thing is that after you build it, you can live inside the box.

The price? Right now, it's going for $2,950, which incidentally is $2,950 more than Han Solo paid Lando Calrissian for the original Falcon. The box contains more than 5,000 Lego pieces, and if you ever wondered what that looks like, here it is:

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Honestly, we'd probably get six pieces put together before passing out from exhaustion.

It takes roughly one week to assemble, and the end result weighs more than 25 pounds. Oh, and check out Amazon's "Frequently Bought Together" suggestion:

This might be why the economy collapsed.

Apparently, enough people have cleared their bank accounts on the Falcon, the $2,000 Lego Star Destroyer and the $1,200 Lego Death Star (so accurate that they even left it unfinished) that Amazon now bundles them together. You'd probably need to clear the garage to store all three, but that's no problem, because you just sold your car to buy them.

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There was a globe there, just seconds before the photo was taken.

#1. The Most Expensive Video Games in the World ($20,000 to $29,000)

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When you think about "rare" toys, you're thinking in terms of the G.I. Joe set up there, where thousands were produced, but not many were sold or survived the decades since. What separates the Gold Edition of the 1990 Nintendo World Championships NES cartridge from every other collectible, however, is that there are only 26 in the world.

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And they come with servants who blow into the ends so they'll start up.

The story is that back in 1990, Nintendo hosted a video game tournament in the U.S. called Powerfest, which was basically a real-life version of the Video Armageddon from The Wizard, except without all those embarrassing Power Gloves. Instead, Nintendo created a special NES cartridge programmed with modified versions of Super Mario Bros., Rad Racer and Tetris on it -- contestants had exactly six minutes and 21 seconds to complete these trials, most of which was spent waiting for that fucking long piece in the Tetris portion.

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Nerd flashbacks look a lot like this.

Afterward, 90 of these gray cartridges were awarded to championship finalists, but another 26 were mailed out by Nintendo Power in a fancy, The Legend of Zelda-esque gold cartridge. Now rated at a price exceeding $20,000, these gold editions of 1990 Nintendo World Championships give you the unique opportunity of attempting to beat NWC champion Thor Aackerlund's top score of 2,800,000 points, which ... probably won't get you laid, but will earn you the scorn of every Nintendo nerd on the planet (which is almost as satisfying).

And if an expensive retro game that looks like gold isn't good enough for you, luxury watch dealer Swiss Supply also offers a one-of-a-kind original Game Boy console made out of actual 18K gold with solid diamond buttons -- and yes, it's playable.

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Finally, scientists have reduced tackiness down to its elemental form.

For the $29,500 it costs, they'll even throw in some actual Game Boy cartridges and original cables, although we'll admit that their game selection leaves something to be desired.

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Monopoly, Golf and Super Mario Land. Wait, no Shaq Fu? Pfffft.

Jacopo della Quercia was recently interviewed by Ripley's Believe It or Not! to discuss the great Andrew Jackson Cheese Party of 1837, so please make sure to check that out, along with his Facebook and Twitter feeds for more information about how to attend via history!

For more playthings you don't need but we advocate owning, check out 7 Great Products for Telling the World You're a Rich Dick and 14 'Luxury' Sex Toys for the Extremely Rich and Creepy.