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Brokering peace between the collectors and the Mame Community
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Reged: 03/11/05
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Loc: Oakland, CA
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Re: Prosecutors: 6 charged with making fake Pac-Man games in Santa Clara
08/16/17 04:45 PM
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Give or take $1500x800 = $1.2 million
Selling since 2003.
So yeah, actually, there should have been mo money but they also seized 5 houses and cars. Coinopstore also sells cleaned up original arcade machines at obscenly high prices.
Sorry folks, no money laundering here. There actually is money to be made in classic arcade multimachines, mostly cocktail cabinets. The machines weren't fakes. Counterfeit for sure, but not fake. They could be set for taking coins or freeplay so mostly private use, but lots of commercial use as well. Perhaps Namco got fed up with seeing the machines in all the barcades and cafes that are appearing thoughout the area.
What is surprising though is that they were also selling machines wrapped in art from the NFL, MLB, NHL, Disney, Wizard of Oz, Marvel, Harley Davidson etc, and bragged about how they could do whatever you wanted to the Feds.
They also sold around the country, crossing state lines.
So far, it appears to be only Namco that got upset about it.
Haven't even heard from General Computer Corp (GCC) whom guards Ms Pac-Man
Court date is Aug 21. Now thats a jury duty I would love to be on 
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