Meet the Aston Martin DB Junior, the $27,000 toy every parent needs

As a parent, there are a number of toys I buy for my kids because I secretly want them myself. This Christmas, for example, my 3-year old son got a starter Scalextric set and Dave, the talking yellow Minion, from "Despicable Me." He loves them, as do I, and it only set me back around 100 bucks.

But then there's the $27,000 Aston Martin DB Junior: It's what rich folk buy for the kid that has everything. A toy that I'd sell my soul to own.

The DB Junior isn't like one of those measly Cadillac Escalades or Corvette Stingrays from Fisher-Price. And the Aston laughs at their pathetic 5 mph top speed and the electric battery that runs out of juice before you've driven to the end of the driveway. This baby travels up to 46 mph, features a 110cc four-stroke engine, arrives with Brembo disc brakes, and adopts a 3-speed semi-automatic gearbox. And it looks exactly like a shrunken Aston Martin convertible from the 1960s.