TOYS THAT COST THE EARTH

TOY SOLDIER

PRICE: £137,000

Handcrafted by Don Levine in 1963, the G. I. Joe prototype

figure became the world´s most expensive toy soldier

40 years later when it was sold in an auction for staggering

£137,000. Made on the author´s ping pong table, the

figure wears a hand-stitched sergeant’s uniform and an

apparently battle-weary expression.

STEFANO CANTURI BARBIE

PRICE: £207,000

To raise money for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation,

Mattel tapped Australian jewellery designer Stefano Canturi

to create a special edition Barbie. After six months of hard work,

he came up with a doll wearing a diamond necklace worth

£205,000 alone. In 2010, the Barbie was purchased for £207,000.

KURATAS WEARABLE ROBOT SUIT

PRICE: £684,000

Designed by Japan-based Suidobashi Heavy Industry, the

gigantic robot suit known as Kuratas will enable you to

experience what it feels like to be a real life Transformer.

Weighing 5-tons and measuring 12.5ft (3.8m) tall,

the price tag for this tech is 1 million dollars.

GOLDEN MONOPOLY

PRICE: £1.3 MILLION

The world’s most expensive version of the Monopoly board game is

estimated to be worth roughly £1.3 million. The 18-karat gold and

jewel-encrusted Monopoly was crafted by San Francisco jeweller

Sidney Mobell in 1988. It took him one year to finish

this masterpiece.

STEIFF LOUIS VUITTON TEDDY BEAR

PRICE: £1.4 MILLION

Created by Steiff, a teddy bear designer, and Louis Vuitton, a

luxury French fashion house, the Steiff Louis Vuitton Teddy Bear

boasts the title of the most expensive teddy bear in the world.

Sold at an auction in Monaco in 2000, the toy was bought by

Jessie Kim from Korea for a hefty price of £1.4 million.

LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR MODEL CAR

£3.1 MILLION

One of the most luxurious and desired sport cars, Lamborghini

Aventador costs around £2.7 million. As unbelievable as it

sounds, a German engineer named Robert Gulpen created a

model version called Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 that

was worth £3.2 million. Yes, the miniature version was more

than 10-times more expensive than the actual car. Why?

Because it was made of platinum, carbon fibre,

gold and diamonds.

ALNWICK GARDEN TREEHOUSE

PRICE: £4.1 MILLION

Every kid loves playing in a tree house and usually, it only takes a

few boards and a skilful parent to build one. However, if you don’t

want to waste your time and if you have 6 million dollars lying

around somewhere, you can buy the Alnwick Garden Treehouse.

Made by Treehouse Co for the Duke and Duchess of Scotland,

the house extends over a massive 6,000 square feet

(560 sq. m) area.

ASTOLAT DOLLHOUSE CASTLE

PRICE: £5.8 MILLION

The world’s most expensive dollhouse crafted over 13 years by

carpenters, goldsmiths, silversmiths, glassblowers and other

craftsmen is probably worth more than all the real houses in

your street combined. The price of this 29-room dollhouse was

estimated at a staggering £5.8 million dollars.