Expensive
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In a subversion of the usual video game variety of this trope, they are really expensive but absolutely useless as equipment, just like real solid gold armor would be.
Source: Video Game / Half-Minute Hero -
And although you can build more than one of them, the too-expensive-justification is in full effect, as you need a very solid economy before you can start building one.
Source: Super Prototype - The idea that "more expensive equals better" was the entire point behind Robin Leech's Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, what with its exposes on solid gold toilets and such.
Source: Brand Names Are Better
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