(Note: The video's poster gets a little text crazy at 1:59 if you are offended by four-letter words and 80s cartoon theme songs)
The King of Pop's affinity for robotkind was revealed to a great extent in this oh-so-symbolic clip from his 1988 film Moonwalker. Jackson was clearly obsessed with cultural icons adored by other grown-up children (Pirates with Peter Pan, zombies/monsters with Thriller, but still looking for ninja references), however his fascination with robots was clearly the most dangerous—for the rest of us.
MJ once considered building a giant robot of himself, probably not unlike the vision seen in the above clip, in Las Vegas, NV. Fortunately, that vision was never realized. The damage done by that beast if (when?) it were to go rogue would have been magnified by its superior weapons systems and immunity to gunfire, as illustrated in Moonwalker.
The above video also answers the question: What happened to Joe Pesci? (In all honesty, check out this link to see the movies he was in even after participating in Moonwalker. Quite impressive.)
The robot head, detailed below, was nearly auctioned off with a suggested bidding price of $2000-$3000. However, that auction had been canceled. In light of recent events, the price should skyrocket. Hopefully someone out there will be willing to pay the price to lock up this artifact. It could be deadly if it falls into the wrong hands.
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