How Much Will Bret Get for his Michael Jackson Arcade Game?

This is my friend Bret–a successful Pinball Machine & Arcade Game repair man–dancing with a vintage (c. 1990) Micheal Jackson’s Moonwalker coin-operated arcade game. I also have a photo of Bret dancing with a goat, but the goat made me promise not to reveal it.

Anyway, Bret was absolutely devastated with the news that his favorite singer, Michael Jackson, had passed.

Bret loved Michael Jackson; he even confessed to me that he secretly wanted to be Michael Jackson. He often said that, if only he could find a way to do it, he would–if asked–seriously consider having Michael Jackson’s next baby (and possibly naming it “Tilt”).

Haha! I’m just kidding around here folks! I had to issue a little payback to Bret for the cruel Michael Jackson-related social homicide he attempted to pull on me back during the Holidays.

What he did was, he drove me through the crowded streets of downtown Glendale in his heavily-oxidized black Mitsubishi Mini-Truck (which happened to be loaded down with pinball machines at the time) while bobbing his head up-and-down to Michael Jackson’s “Bad” as the song blasted out the windows at full volume for all the Christmas shoppers.

You know I’m bad…I’m bad…you know it…

Real funny, Bret.

He was pretty proud of himself for embarrassing me, but I wasn’t nearly as embarrassed as his hysterical laughter would indicate.

But, I didn’t write this blog post to get back at Bret (at least that’s not the only reason). I thought it would be fun to try and guess how much Bret’s Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker arcade game–which is currently listed on ebay–would sell for given the current interest in everything Michael.

The item is a full sized coin-operated arcade game designed by Michael Jackson himself and is in excellent working condition.

You can see the auction details, more photos and current price HERE.

The bidding started at 99-cents and has had a few bids already.

So, how much will the final bid be?

The person that comes the closest to guessing the final bid will receive a special “I won a lame-ass contest on Dead Rooster” badge to put on their blog (If the winner is not a blogger, I will try and come up with an equally useless item to present them with).

The eBay auction ends on Sunday night, so the deadline for my contest will be Thursday at 11:00 pm Pacific Standard Time.

Go for it!

Update: the contest is over! The final price was US $1,025.69 which means that Jenn at Of Cabbages & Kings is the winner! Congratulations, Jenn! (I’ll have to create your “I won a lame-ass contest on Dead Rooster” badge for your blog. I’ll bet your thrilled. LOL Don’t worry, I won’t be upset if you decide it’s way to beautiful to display in public.)

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