Dallas ? Jeff Wasson thumbed the steel visor higher on his forehead so he could see out from under his suit of armor.

“It would be a great gift for the executive who has everything,” Wasson said of the shiny suit, which weighs 65 pounds. “I mean, what boy hasn’t dreamed of being a knight in shining armor?”

Executives who might need such a suit for the next shareholders’ meeting — or anyone else with $20,000 to spare — can order one in the 2004 Neiman Marcus Christmas Book.

Other gifts in the book include a $10 million zeppelin, a $1.7 million winged submarine, and jeweled Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head figurines at $8,000 apiece.

The Dallas-based luxury retailer released its annual catalog of gifts this week. There’s also a his-and-hers gift: a four-lane bowling alley for $1.45 million, including large-screen plasma TVs, personalized shirts and bowling lessons from a pro.

“This is state of the art,” marveled Chris Barnes of Flower Mound. Barnes is one of the highest-ranked men on the Professional Bowling Assn. tour, but even he doesn’t have a private lane.

The two-seat, 22-foot-long submarine can dive 1,500 feet and cruise at 8 knots. Unlike a conventional submarine, it descends by using thrust instead of ballast.

“It’s designed to cover a lot of ground. You can follow dolphins or view a shipwreck,” said Jay Wade, co-founder of the maker, Deep Flight Submersibles of San Francisco.

Neiman Marcus gift scout Ginger Reeder found the submarine at a marine technology show in Monterey, Calif., and met Wasson, the artist and armor maker, in New York.

Wendy Reynolds sits in the .7 million winged submarine, one of the gifts offered in this year's edition of the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book. She was pictured Tuesday in Dallas during a preview for the Christmas book.

“When I asked him if he could make a suit of armor for us, he asked, ‘Do you want 14th century or 15th century?'” she said.

Reeder traveled to Germany to check out another mode of transportation, a 12-passenger zeppelin.

“It’s the most exciting gift I’ve ever tried out in eight years of doing this,” Reeder said. “It’s not like riding in an airplane. It’s more akin to sailing in the air.”

The Neiman Marcus book first appeared in 1926 with a 16-page offering of unusual gifts. Items have ranged from a $35 million Boeing jet to many gifts under $100. Special-edition cars are a favorite among customers, often selling out.

The company won’t disclose how much it earns from the gift book.