These panoramas show the remains of MJ’s secret toy lair complete with C3-P0, Batman, and Darth Vader dolls along with some bikes, some Bruce Lee stuff, and a few lumpen Power Rangers.
This is the detritus of an overgrown kid with attention disorder. It jumps from cool thing to cool thing and even includes an arcade dedicated to games that died at the turn of the century.
While this is a pretty cool set-up, you wonder what was going through his mind. Maybe he genuinely liked arcade games. Did he go down there any play them, alone, the rattling of the joystick and the dull roar of the idling machines lulling him into a dream state where he wasn’t a man in an empty house but a kid spending a few quarters in a 1980s Seven-Eleven in Illinois, his mother waiting for him at home, his brothers and sisters coming home from school to homework and dinner and sleep?
You would think a man who never seemed to fully accept his own appearance would have less photos of himself everywhere…..
This whole game room does have an eerie feeling that could only be equated to a man in a van with lost puppy fliers…
You guys are a bunch of jealous, cubicle troll, haters who probably have a bunch of toys on your desk. Not to mention the miserable game console plugged into your big screen televisions at home and all the silly little games on your iphone. Stop your hating on MJ and try fulfilling your own dreams when you grow-up! The only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys, and so by that measure most of you are just little boys and girls when compared to the late great MJ. Michael Jackson may you finally rest in peace!!!
Oh no.. it’s LEAVE MICHAEL ALONE!!! guy. How do you look past all of the crazy shit Michael did? Who puts masks on their kids? Or hangs them over a balcony? Or how about all the plastic surgery? His fondness for kids and wearing gloves? Read about his disorder on Wikipedia. He was bat-shit crazy.
Agreed sir. I am just being honest. This is how I felt about the man while he was alive and nothing changes now that he is dead.
Except of course for all the children in the world being a little bit safer.
Or fewer, for that matter.
Just read the info on the link to the images and this was actually all set up by the auctioneers, so are not pictures of MJ’s own arcade. That would be why there are so many images of him around….
sorry. you’re right. that makes it a LITTLE better
awsome. i wonder if played with the toys like a litte kid
awsome. i wonder if played with the toys like a litte kid
I think he often claimed that was never given opportunities to play with toys as a child since he was always working.
I bet he did well in Dance Dance revolution.
He would own that game.
I think it’s awesome that he was able to fulfill many of his dreams no matter how unique in nature they were.
Maybe he liked to collect them or maybe he kept them for his kids…
“While this is a pretty cool set-up, you wonder what was going through his mind”, “idling machines lulling him into a dream state”
What a piece of junk this article is!
Do you think this has any point at all, stupid little man?
no, it doesn’t. sorry
Apologies accepted.
Sorry to calling you that way, didn’t really mean it.
You just pissed me off.
Please strikethrough the offending 3rd paragraph, no-one has the right to talk for a dead man like that.
Is “Teo” short for “Tito”?
who cares he’s dead
I’m guessing he mostly had them for kids to play.
To be fair, I’d probably buy similar things if I was a millionaire, as well as more adult toys like supercars, typical man stuff I suppose. Is this really that strange?
watching his funeral today, live on SKY.
RIP
roofers in leeds
I wanted to bid for his crazy taxi machine that was supposed to be auctioned off a few month back!
I thought they were from Gary, Indiana, not Illinois.
Why is the article titled “sad, sad…”???
Whats so sad about this place, it has an arcade! I think the author needs to lighten up and enjoy the millions of grown men who love toys. I’m in my 30’s and I proudly own a lightsaber and a bicycle. What does the author own? Bland tobacco pipes (for tobacco only I bet) and an espresso machine?
Something else is sad, can you guess who?
Shit is that fucking Boba Fett in the back?!?!?!?!!!
DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!
You guys are a bunch of jealous, cubicle troll, haters who probably have a bunch of toys on your desk. Not to mention the miserable game console plugged into your big screen televisions at home and all the silly little games on your iphone. Stop your hating on MJ and try fulfilling your own dreams when you grow-up! The only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys, and so by that measure most of you are just little boys and girls when compared to the late great MJ. Michael Jackson may you finally rest in peace!!!
What, because I have an Xbox and an iPhone I am inferior to a self-hating child molester?
Fuck him and fuck you.
Despite his many short comings, Michael Jackson has had a significant impact on the music industry and human history. He will be remembered for his numerous achievements. You jealous haters on the other hand will not be remembered at all, nor will your families, or offspring. So please fade into anonymity with the rest of your kind (you worthless bags of protoplasm) .
I would rather be forgotten then remembered as the guy who cut a $12 million dollar check after molesting a underage boy.
So now I see, your dear old dad exploited you, and got you to say that MJ touched you, so that you could finally escape that trailer park you grew-up in? To add insult to injury your daddy kept most of the ill gotten gain and threw you under the bus? Sorry to hear that but you must get over your bitterness and resentment.
So now I see, your dear old dad exploited you, and got you to say that MJ touched you, so that you could finally escape that trail park you grew-up in? To add insult to injury your daddy kept most of the ill gotten gain and threw you under the bus? Sorry to hear that but you must get over your bitterness and resentment.
In the blue corner we have Vincent Walker bringing the thunder, throwing down “protoplasm” and blindly defending the King of Pop.
And in the red corner we have Kyle, pithy, heartless and equipped with a full array of F-Bombs and iPhones.
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I think CrunchGear should write a post about Mikey everyday. It really spices up the comment section.
I like my odds….
Real men in their 40’s don’t collect toys, they collect IKEA furniture.
Anyone who is older than 30 should be buying better furniture than IKEA.
Depends on how old & distructive your kids are!! ;-)
Vincent Walker your statements, so far, are admirable. However, do not concern yourself too much with insignificant punks. YOU are the man.
The King
“…J. Edgar was gay. He and his right-hand man, Clyde Tolson, were constant companions for more than 40 years, even vacationing together… They say Richard NIXON, on hearing of Hoover’s death, exclaimed with his customary delicacy, ‘…! That old cocksucker!’ “
You people are jealous all the deragatory comments made about him you all would give your life to live his for one year!In that year he has made more money seen more and accomplished more than you can in 20 lifetimes!Also so you know because of his skin disease he had to cover his skin and also most families are dysfunctional in one way or another!And remember those who judge will be judged,so just crawl back under the rocks you came from!
I would rather not have been born at all than be a pedophile for a nanosecond let alone a year !!! Yeah he made lots of money but he needed to . Not every sick fuck has 12 million bucks to cover up their disgusting fettish . What next ? Pedophile pride day ? Since you believe in judgement you can rest assured he is burning in hell !!
DUUUUDE.
That place looks AWESOME. 8D
Kinda reminds me of a museam though, like, if I were there, I wouldn’t want to touch anything for fear of it breaking. xD
Oh yeah, and what is up with all these haters spouting out”child molestor?” Must you? I mean it’s pretty obvious he was completely innocent. For one Jordan Chandler came out and said his dad made him lie for money. Big shock there, right? Oh yeah, and that Gavin kid and his insane mom were obviously playing it for money. read about it on Wiki, there are soooo many inconsistoncies in what they say.
And I mean, what if he did like kid stuff?
If I were rich I do the same thing…
Only I’d collect anime crap. Lol.
And he covered his kids faces so the ever so loving media wouldn’t exploit them to no end like they did to him.
He was different, but nothing about him was “crazy.”
He died sad, alone, and pushed to the edge so far, he finally just broke.
He is one of the best examples of being brought to the pot of fame, only to be dragged down to the bottom by the media. My advice: never become famous, they won’t appreciate you.
What do you mean he didn’t exploit kids ? He shelled out big dough to buy off the parrents who are also guilty of exploitation.
Trial post
Thinking through rationally:
1. He has “provably” made significant contributions to music, entertainment and beyond
2. He could “possibly” have been involved with kids sexually.
3. If he wasnt involved sexually with his children, and those accusations were false, the world did him great injustice for what he gave to the world
4. Discussing his obsession with HIS face/nose/plastic surgery, considering that the man was a creative genius, and most certainly thought differently from lesser mortals like us, is rather nosy if I may say so. Only his music and performances are public, not his bodyparts.
The truth is nobody really knew Michael Jackson or his relatonship with his children and what really transpired. Give him the benefit of doubt, at least now when he’s dead.
And dont forget, not everyone who speeds gets a speeding ticket. In fact, those who give out those speeding tickets speed themselves.
Also, for everyone who says “That’s disgusting I could have never done that”, there is someone out there in the world saying the same thing about you, that you may not even know of.