All I want for Christmas is a US$10 million Zeppelin

DALLAS – Baby Boomers, this Christmas season unleash your inner child and empty your bankbook with jewel-encrusted Mr and Mrs Potato Head toys at US$16 000 a pair.

Retailer Neiman Marcus on Tuesday rolled out its annual parade of seasonal excess and eccentricity in its Christmas Book, which is chock full of luxury gifts that harken to the childhood joys of years past. For those who pedalled a Big Wheel tricycle, there is the high-powered “Las Vegas Trike” – US$65 000, three-wheel motorcycle with a long and mean profile, a thundering 330-horsepower engine and a paint style dubbed chameleon because it changes colour in varying lights.Fans of the Jules Verne novel “20 000 Leagues Under the Sea” can travel 1,500 feet under the sea in their own personal submarine dubbed an “Underwater Aviator” for its airplane-like shape, with wings that maximise speed and manoeuvrability.Oh, the price is US$1,7 million.The air ships of yesteryear can be had today, for a tidy US$10 million.The Zeppelin company is offering an 8-ton sky gem that seats up to 12 and can fly slow and low for 24 hours.For those who pedalled a Big Wheel tricycle, there is the high-powered “Las Vegas Trike” – US$65 000, three-wheel motorcycle with a long and mean profile, a thundering 330-horsepower engine and a paint style dubbed chameleon because it changes colour in varying lights.Fans of the Jules Verne novel “20 000 Leagues Under the Sea” can travel 1,500 feet under the sea in their own personal submarine dubbed an “Underwater Aviator” for its airplane-like shape, with wings that maximise speed and manoeuvrability.Oh, the price is US$1,7 million.The air ships of yesteryear can be had today, for a tidy US$10 million.The Zeppelin company is offering an 8-ton sky gem that seats up to 12 and can fly slow and low for 24 hours.