If you're looking for a bit of post-Christmas dosh, perhaps you need to look no further than the video games you've been playing the whole time.
According to H&T Pawnbrokers, just one of Sonic the Hedgehog's golden rings would net you £5.8 billion ($7.7 billion) on the market, weighing approximately 256 pounds (~116 kg). Thanks to the insights of the Sonic the Hedgehog Archie Comics wiki (an extremely trustworthy source of Sonic info), we know that Sonic himself only weighs 35kg, so apparently his arms are just as strong as his legs. We have no news on how much a Chaos Emerald would cost, but it's gotta be a lot more than the rings, since Eggman isn't bothering with those, right?
Meanwhile, Steve from Minecraft is finally going to have enough money to upgrade his dirt shack into a mansion (with a whole room dedicated to M&Ms), since his diamond pickaxe alone is £5 billion in shiny rock money. Considering how much time we've put into digging the damn things up, we'd say that's a fair trade.
The beloved Animal Crossing Froggy Chair (the one that's missing from New Horizons) is only £34 worth of butt-comforting frogginess, while Mario's brick block is just £14 worth of masonry (although Mario's probably fine with all the coins he's got). Link's Master Sword - which technically doesn't even belong to him, it's just on loan from the goddesses - would be worth £1,800 of carbon steel.
Take a look at the full list of gaming prop evaluations below:
Do you think something even pricier is missing from the list, or do you have an object from games that you'd love to know the real-life cost of? Let us know your thoughts below!
[source handt.co.uk]
Comments 16
But what about one of Mario's coins?
Like, those things are iconic. I guess Nintendo never really made it easy to guess their worth.
3 cents banana peel xD
@Kalmaro Considering Mario's coins are fully gold and don't have a big hole in the middle of them I'd say they would be worth more than Sonic's rings at least.
@Yosher That's kinda what I'm thinking. And their size is pretty decent so they've have to be worth a lot more.
@AndyC_MK84 I meant iconic as in, I'm shocked they never mentioned it in their work. Not that popularity should influence the price.
@Kalmaro New Super Mario Bros. 2 and Paper Mario: The Origami King definitely make it harder to guess the worth of a coin
Hold on a second. A PipBoy for $25 bucks!!! I’m not Fallout expert but that thing is like a smartwatch on steroids. It provides detailed specs about your physical condition and contents of your pockets as well as a built in targeting assist. And the ability to access bunkers of the wealthy*. All that in a self adjusting waterproof design that has more durability that any armor you happen to equip. I call shenanigans.
*lots of obvious exceptions
Ah yes, my favorite. F r o g g y c h a I r
Uh oh. You said the 'D' word gasp!
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@Zaphod42 I remember the collector's edition PipBoy costing a LOT more than $25!
I bet a real diamond pickaxe would last a lot longer too. Lol
Yeah that fallout thingy would not cost that low.
Unless they're talking about literal props. As in... A non-functional piece of plastic.
I call shenanigans, a box large enough to hide a person would not cost .82 USD, as that's the cost of a small box just about anywhere. Nah, you're looking at at least 3.50 USD depending on how tall the person is, and seeing as Solid Snake is 6'0'' a small box wouldn't do at all.
I think Fi would be ticked to wake up in a pawn shop.
“Master Link is a dead man...”
Thats cheap for a darkness sealing sword! Why irl gold rings cost like $500 (engagement rings and marrige rings) and sonic's rings cost 7.7 BILLION USD
I just want to know how much a Diamond Block or Netherite Block would cost. If 3 diamonds and some sticks cost 6,700,000,000, then a block (made from 9 diamonds) would cost at least 20,100,000,000.
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