At first, I thought this was going to be a complicated “make your own Monopoly” set-up where you’d have to upload a bunch of photos and choose how they would be laid out on a board, before it created a custom-printed board for you. Actually, this is much different, and potentially more fun.
This Photo-opoly just provides you with the guts of a Monopoly board (playing pieces, deeds, specially titled “chance” cards). You supply the photos out of the shoebox, cut them to fit the boxes, and glue them on. It sounds like a big project, but promises to “unleash your creative genius” (if you have one lurking inside).
The Photo-opoly can be renamed around any theme you desire, but has to retain the “opoly” ending, likely for licensing reasons.
$30 from Photojojo.com .
I have to say that when my three and a half year old son opened this present on Christmas, I thought it was really a gift for a little baby. But it’s turned into one of his favorite toys.
– These sets are clearly for older kids (or dads) and future engineers. While the age recommended age range is 8+, the photos always show a big, big boy playing with them, so I think even advertisers know this is not for little kids. The prices here are far more affordable at $55.00 for this big set, but the toy is a lot more free form (think erector set) and requires more imagination (or dad involvement) to get excitement out of it. 
So much cooler than old-fashioned sand ant colonies, this 
