I think you should repurpose some of those robots into FNAF animatronics. For example, Jasper can become Bonnie, Mitzi can become Chica, and Rolf can become Foxy. I don't know who will Freddy take on, maybe he can be a repurposed Chuck...
the thing is, it's sad to see that CEC don't care about preserving their past. But hey, at least there are many people that try to restore and preserve the animatronics.
The thing is, they totally could have preserved 2 or 3 bands and made them hot tourist attentions because of their exclusivity. Aaron Fechter makes money giving private showings of his band, doing tours of his workshop, and even programing the bots to say personalized phrases. CEC could probably make a whole Chuck-E museum to appeal to parents who want to teach their kids about engineering, young fnaf fans, and people who're just nostalgic. Nostalgia always sells. My guess is that they're just too far in the hole and too scared it would fail, or they just genuinely can't figure out how to restore and maintain the animatronics (to their standards) since Creative Engineering left and they're too cheap or skeptical to hire someone.
You'd think that with the rise and popularity of Five Nights at Freddy's, Chuck E. Cheese would have capitalized on that success and actually decided to take care of their animatronics. Hell, FNAF is the only reason I even know about The Rock-afire Explosion and Showbiz Pizza in the first place. Aaron even made a video on his RUclips channel years ago, where he threw a FNAF themed birthday for a kid named Blake: ruclips.net/video/d_ba2Omq6II/видео.htmlsi=fuyWlgQ-SWo9hK6Y
I think it's a similar reason why they wanted to completely destroy the animatronics and keep them away from the access of public They didn't want to share profits with Scott for character licensing
They could’ve maybe replaced the base animatronics with fnaf themed ones like Freddy and the others for Halloween to capitalize off its success and making the animatronic scene huge
@@XMitrilXPL license what? He's not saying to merge with Fnaf. He's saying that they could've used fnaf's popularity as a platform too boost their own shows and take care of their animatronics
@@katastrobeats3607 They would if they had wanted to use FNAF characters . Because they would have been more recognizable if they wanted to invest heavily in animatronics. Othewresiwe they would have to upgrade characters they already own, and their popularity isn't a guarantee to be big enough or lasting enough(unlike FNAF which constantly gets new content), to make a profit.
9:59 the fact that chuck e even *HUMBLY ACCEPTS* the fact that he's getting removed is heartbreaking. he's giving the best birthday a child could ask for in the clouds.
As someone who is way too young to remember this (as well as someone who does lives in a country that does not even have chuck e. Cheese restaurants), it's genuinely really interesting to hear about stuff like this. I never got to experience any of this so it's neat to hear about it from someone who has. Also, I had no idea that it'd be this hard to render an animatronic completely unrecognisable.
THANK YOU FOR THIS! The issue of animatronic preservation is only really something prevalent within our niche community. I hope this video gets pushed out more so people can learn about these important pieces of entertainment history.
The nearest location to me still has an animatronic , A lone chuck who stands on a separate stage from the TV's, who just looks around. He doesn't sing, talk or do anything besides blinking and moving his head from side to side. Quite sad when his friends were up with him, singing and having fun.
When i was little I went to a location just like that! My grandpa took me to his nearest CEC and I had a mental breakdown on the zebra ride because I lost track of my brother I also had my 2nd birthday there years prior
@@prorandocopier7945 if you are asking me, I think it used to have 3, last time I went I think there was only the TV stage and a side stage for Chuck, they might be connected, I don't remember
(Im french)i can see that the animatronic is siting and when he take his arm up it almost tuching the roof I always tought fnaf carater were huge, and i tought that chuk e cheese were the same height BUT NO THERE TOO BIG TO STAND UP IN A NORMAL ROOM
Love to see Sully, A fan of Animatronics real and fictional. Documenting this subject in a fun and informative way. As a Disney Parks fan, I find people like Nolan Bushnell and Aaron Fechter have the same vision as entertainers like Walt Disney. Leave it to the corporate suits to slowly ruin everything overtime and make it cold and soulless. :(
@@imaginationstationyt6948 nah its alr pal its not even your fault anyway plus i bet he probably just has problems and somehow thought sayin the n word or being "homophobic" or anything sin related got him better but no instead it made him bein a worse *swear* hole than ever
@@TSMASB wait. I wasn't aware of him being racist too, yikes. Hopefully one day he realizes words have power. Kind of glad me and my family never went on a tour now at his warehouse that one year. D:
Great to see some proper discussion on the state of animatronic archival, I don't think its ever really been covered outside of the inner fandom circles!
I would love to see more animatronic content from you! It saddens me seeing what chuck e cheese is doing just to make sure nobody gets their hands on animatronics. Ive been a fan of animatronics for years now
My dad actually was hired by Chuck E Cheese to do the electric work of the remodeling for phase 2.0, and they were very strict. For instance. They weren't allowed to record or take photos during work hours. They weren't allowed to take anything with Chuck E cheeses' name on it or anything considered Chuck E cheese memorabilia. I was super upset I couldn't get the fursuit, but luckily, we were allowed to keep the chairs, lol.
bruh that reveal at the end... I'm happy to see that someone else cares about these animatronics too, they look great by the way, and I wanna say thank you for sharing these with us and not letting them go forgotten..
Thank you so much for talking about this!! As someone with a niche obsession with animatronics sparked by FNaF years ago, eventually developing into full passion separate from FNaF all together, it makes incredibly distressed how little Chuck E. Cheese cares about their history. Even Disney is way better about this stuff. You didn't even go over the countless pizza time theatre cosmetics and full animatronics that have actually been entirely destroyed. Some survived but some are just gone forever. I still don't understand why Chuck E. Cheese cares so much in the first place, since it's not like they'll be competing against animatronic shows anymore if their plan is to remove all animatronics. If it's the IP they care so much about, why don't they just strip and incinerate the cosmetics and then auction off the animatronics themselves? They'd be indistinguishable from the countless still existing RAE animatronics in circulation, which they don't even own the rights to. Then they'd even make a few extra bucks from the auctions, rather than burning money by destroying them. It makes me mad and I think more people should be aware of it. Maybe if enough people cared and made noise about it, it would impact their (non-existent) profits or something, idk.
Jeez, this is insane. I’m happy to see that people like you and Jack are preserving these pieces of history. Also love how this video ends…First, Thomas Elmers, then Rory Felton, and now…Chuck E. Cheese, let’s dance!
Very entertaining video, Sulley. It's good to see one of these beginner/basic CEC info videos that is not crammed full of FNAF references. You did an amazing job with this
I’m really glad people like you are saving these animatronics. I only got to see an actual Chucky Cheese show a few times as a kid and I mourned too, because I was there too when they phased out coins and swapped it for tickets, and eventually the swipe card machines. It’s nice to see there’s people who are committed to restoring and taking care of these shows and even restoring them fully. I know there’s never a guarantee way to make something last forever but sometimes I wish there were still legacy restaurants to visit a snapshot of time. Like the 70s version? I would have loved to just watch those routines.
I’m the only crazy one to actually pay an attorney over $4k to successfully secure rights and rebrand of one of the abandoned PTT characters🤪😂 And thank goodness it worked 😅🤚🏼
I’m surprised you didn’t mention the original 70’s portrait animatronics that were on display at corporate headquarters for some time but were half destroyed because of intellectual property during a renovation but they were actually on loan from a woman who owned them. Fortunately Chuck and Crusty survived and were eventually bought by a collector.
I've been in the CEC community for a while now and it's always been one of my biggest interests, its always great to see things like this be saved and more people to learn about this companies history and actually appreciate tha art of animatronics and how special they are. I can't fault CEC for the decision to remove animatronics as they have fallen out of popularity within the past 20 years. I'm still glad to be a part of a community that still cares and wants to preserve its history.
A while ago i was obsessed with chuck e cheese animatronics and history, but now that all of the animatronics are gone i just couldn't keep supporting them
It’s a shame that the corporation is so determined to wipe these from the earth! They are amazing pieces of history and somebody worked hard to bring those characters to life! There are many people who would pay top dollar for them too!!
Yeah and they were Aaron creation first then to see them get Destroyed that's like a middle finger to the face the guy that gave the rights to chuck e cheese Aaron from showbiz pizza
I very well enjoyed this video and learned about how desperate the corporate side of Chuck E Cheese to destroy history. The whole Billy Bob just being taken home is a funny thing to me. Kinda reminds of how there is a place here in West Virginia called Billy Bob's Wonderland which basically straight up refused to do concept unification. Instead just changed the name.
its a shame Billy Bob's Wonderland then stopped giving a damn about maintaining their animatronics for a very long time. I've heard that recently they're in better condition cosmetic wise, not sure how well they are mechanically though, but it sucks that it took them this long to bother fixing them.
@Makaponpon recently went, they are starting to need repairs, for instance, Rolfe's mask had a crack in it, and billy bob's eyelids are too far down where he gives a pissed look.
Its really sad that they're doing that. Animatronics cost so much and they're so cool. For them to just destroy them like that is CRAZY to me, such a waste
you're very well spoken and your comedic timing is nice - im glad people like you care enough to try to preserve this odd but fascinating niche. it truly is a fascinating world i wish i were born slightly earlier to truly enjoy!
Get the whole band back together and then record a few shows! These old robots are a national treasure. It's horrifying that the rich show a lack of respect to them.
One of the first videos i ever watched on RUclips was a Chuck E Cheese training video and 15 years later, wow someone finally has the animatronics saved.
Im personally thrilled to see you rescuing these from destruction. If i was rich i would do the same. I collect vintage toys and comics and save them from destruction as well. I have hundreds of mint sealed figures from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Oh i also have dozens of halloween animatronics 😎
YOU'RE THE ONE WHO BOUGHT THEM! I called about that showbiz pizza animatronic set the day after you bought it. I saw the listing on craigslist...My mom grew up in that place, we still have tokens floating around from there, I'm sure. I'm so glad they're in a good home! As i was watching i saw them come up and was like "Damn I almost bought a set just like that" Then you said in the Topeka Kansas area, and I about spat my drink out!
You guys got Hannah Banana’s, which had a Creative Engineering show made up of Billy-Bob, Birthday Bird, Loony Bird, and the restaurant’s mascot, Hannah Banana.
2:28 brock was not a founder of pizza time theatre, brock hotels was supposed to franchise pizza time theatre locations, but broke off when he saw the wolf pack 5 at IAAPA
Looking forward to your inevitable follow-up video about how Northridge and another location have gotten/are getting a 2.0 that keeps the animatronics and some classic decorations!!!
I just recently a few months ago left my amazing job at Chuck E Cheese. It was the best job I've ever had, but during my time there, we went from a Studio C to a Dance Floor. While I wasn't able to save the animatronic, I did something I shouldn't have. With the help of the contractors in charge of 2.0, I was able to save a sign that once hung above the registers. It is Cool Chuck in his yellow sweater and red and green hat. It is one of my most prized possessions and it is currently hanging up in my home game room.
A company deciding not to use something anymore and spending so much money and time uselessly making sure no one else can use or will never cease to be funny and depressing
I couldn't have been prepared for that outro and he's my favorite one - finally some happy tears about all this. 😭Maybe one day we'll be able to see a "short" of him boppin' around doin' his thing.
from this video we can gather the following information - you're a rare gem, I hope you can save as much animatronics as possible - scott cawthon nonstop watches similar videos and writes everything down - CEC is stupid
dude those animatronics you have are sick, ive always been super interested in the history of these guys and Im glad people are taking matters into their own hands to save and repair them
... So Corporate wanted to get rid of the animatronics as a cost saving measure, and saw people trying to buy or salvage them for large sums of money... and thought to destroy them rather than auction them off? Like I get it may not be a large sum of money compared to their typical renvue and it being a niche market of collectors, but at least some profit could be made or even just reduce the cost of destroying the animatronics by only destorying the ones that weren't sold in an auction or something
Yeah I’ve never understood this. Whenever they take the animatronics out, they put in a dance floor in their place. I feel like if they’d auctioned off the animatronics, they could’ve used some of that auction money to help cover the costs of the dance floors, but I guess not. 🤷♀️
“Uhh… the animatronics do get a bit quirky at night” Sully: “TURN ON LIGHT CLOSE DOOR OPEN DOOR TURN OFF LIGHT TURN ON LIGHT CLOSE DOOR TURN OFF LIGHT…. AHH THERES ONE IM HERE! ❤all the credit this guy gets 👍👍two thumbs up! 😅
I’ve been obsessed with animatronics since I was a very little girl-I remember my brother being absolutely terrified of Chuck E Cheese. He wouldn’t go near any of the animatronics. Meanwhile I’m trying to figure out how they fucking work. Now I’m 27 and my obsession hasn’t died-only grown to encompass Halloween animatronics and a weird affinity for FNAF
I only really remember Rock Afire. By the time our local Showbiz turned into a CEC, I only cared about pizza and games and didn't really sit and watch the shows.
I heard this story over a hundred times from diffrent pepole on this platform, but you still menaged to catch my attention through the whole video, also I belive that Billy Bob was not used during Concept Unification just to piss Aaron off
What you're doing to ensure the survival of these parts of history is just amazing, I look forward to seeing them restored and refurbished, so all generations to come can remember these animatronics for what they are.
Hello GSully ! To correct a bit of misinformation, Robert Brock was not a founder of CEC. He signed up to be the largest franchisee of CEC's Pizza Time Theatre stores. This was a year or two after PTT incorporation. Robert had also been the largest franchisee of Holiday Inns previous to signing up for the PTT franchise. But when Bob attended the annual IAAPA trade show, he saw Aaron's animatronics, and chose to break away from CEC franchising. Thus began the lawsuit and counter-lawsuit. I know this information because I was the 7th PTT, Inc Corporate office employee after Nolan bought the assets from Warner Communications in 1978. -dale
Funny how the tables turn, showbiz wanted to bankrupt creative so they could have free reign over the rock-a-fire explosion but after that brilliant idea failed years later they’re trying to stop people from having any part of their precious pizza time players band, despite the fact that over half of them were just rock-a-fire bots skinned and turned into the chuck e cheese gang
from what i wathced today the north ridge la chuck e cheese will still have them. they had a "live press comfrence" today on the offical chuck e cheese resturant. they said they will have a perment home for the band and might go to other places i dont think this is the end just yet
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I saw your animatronics from the writing music with dumb instruments video
I think you should repurpose some of those robots into FNAF animatronics. For example, Jasper can become Bonnie, Mitzi can become Chica, and Rolf can become Foxy. I don't know who will Freddy take on, maybe he can be a repurposed Chuck...
Aren't you the Otamatone guy???
5:01 5:02 5:03
We still do have chuck E cheese roadshows
The fact of how desperate the chuck e cheese company was to get rid of the animatronics is very fnaf-like
Yeah, didn’t know “HE DOES NOT EXIST” was based off a real thing
I wonder what the co-ceo did in his pastime😅
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Mr House 😱😱😱
CANON EVENT
the thing is, it's sad to see that CEC don't care about preserving their past. But hey, at least there are many people that try to restore and preserve the animatronics.
Even if only a single eyeball of Chucky remains, someone could reverse-engineer one easily
CEC has always been very budget conscious. From a business standpoint they were deemed too much cost for not enough return.
The thing is, they totally could have preserved 2 or 3 bands and made them hot tourist attentions because of their exclusivity. Aaron Fechter makes money giving private showings of his band, doing tours of his workshop, and even programing the bots to say personalized phrases. CEC could probably make a whole Chuck-E museum to appeal to parents who want to teach their kids about engineering, young fnaf fans, and people who're just nostalgic. Nostalgia always sells. My guess is that they're just too far in the hole and too scared it would fail, or they just genuinely can't figure out how to restore and maintain the animatronics (to their standards) since Creative Engineering left and they're too cheap or skeptical to hire someone.
Imagine inviting someone over for the first time and their reaction realizing your house is just full of Chuck E Cheese animatronics
GET YALL HEADBANDS WE ARE GOING TO WAR
My reaction would be pure excitement 🎉❤
I would simultaneously respect and fear them.
Sully is the Otamatone and Animatronic Guy.
Oh, hell no I'm outta here.
You'd think that with the rise and popularity of Five Nights at Freddy's, Chuck E. Cheese would have capitalized on that success and actually decided to take care of their animatronics. Hell, FNAF is the only reason I even know about The Rock-afire Explosion and Showbiz Pizza in the first place. Aaron even made a video on his RUclips channel years ago, where he threw a FNAF themed birthday for a kid named Blake: ruclips.net/video/d_ba2Omq6II/видео.htmlsi=fuyWlgQ-SWo9hK6Y
I think it's a similar reason why they wanted to completely destroy the animatronics and keep them away from the access of public
They didn't want to share profits with Scott for character licensing
They could’ve maybe replaced the base animatronics with fnaf themed ones like Freddy and the others for Halloween to capitalize off its success and making the animatronic scene huge
@@XMitrilXPL there's nothing to liscense
@@XMitrilXPL license what? He's not saying to merge with Fnaf. He's saying that they could've used fnaf's popularity as a platform too boost their own shows and take care of their animatronics
@@katastrobeats3607 They would if they had wanted to use FNAF characters .
Because they would have been more recognizable if they wanted to invest heavily in animatronics.
Othewresiwe they would have to upgrade characters they already own, and their popularity isn't a guarantee to be big enough or lasting enough(unlike FNAF which constantly gets new content), to make a profit.
9:59 the fact that chuck e even *HUMBLY ACCEPTS* the fact that he's getting removed is heartbreaking.
he's giving the best birthday a child could ask for in the clouds.
it honestly sucks that theyre actively destroying pieces of history like that
Here’s an idea, why not just have them put in a museum?
Companies don't care about their history. They exist to make money and shit on you. @@akganimationstudioproducti3779
11:02 That was the most badass way too end a video
Frrrrr
I got chills down my spine lol
The fact this guy has the balls to sleep while the animatronic is in his home is terrifying
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I would seems like a dream to me
he should be safe enough. they're all bolted to the floor anyways.
@@memedude8303fnaf 1: am i a joke to you?
They can't do anything
Corporate really told their employees to go full FNAF 3 Purple Guy on those poor bots
For real
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Corporate: How are we going to get rid of all these animatronics?
William Afton: allow me to introduce myself
its literally the die in a fire music video
As someone who is way too young to remember this (as well as someone who does lives in a country that does not even have chuck e. Cheese restaurants), it's genuinely really interesting to hear about stuff like this. I never got to experience any of this so it's neat to hear about it from someone who has.
Also, I had no idea that it'd be this hard to render an animatronic completely unrecognisable.
GET YALL HEADBANDS WE ARE GOING TO WAR
THANK YOU FOR THIS! The issue of animatronic preservation is only really something prevalent within our niche community. I hope this video gets pushed out more so people can learn about these important pieces of entertainment history.
The nearest location to me still has an animatronic , A lone chuck who stands on a separate stage from the TV's, who just looks around. He doesn't sing, talk or do anything besides blinking and moving his head from side to side. Quite sad when his friends were up with him, singing and having fun.
When i was little I went to a location just like that! My grandpa took me to his nearest CEC and I had a mental breakdown on the zebra ride because I lost track of my brother
I also had my 2nd birthday there years prior
Does it have 3 stages?
@@prorandocopier7945 if you are asking me, I think it used to have 3, last time I went I think there was only the TV stage and a side stage for Chuck, they might be connected, I don't remember
I had a cec restaurant like that to but those fuckers fired chuck himself 😭😭
Ironically enough i feel like five nights at freddy's kinda bought back the animatronic pizza chain back into the limelight.
And any future animatronic pizza place is sure to do well because more people wanna see that
@@Hauntakuprobably, but let’s hope there’s no masked murderer and 5 kids go missing
@@DumpyIsGrumpy imagine if there was a murderer who liked fnaf and just did that for the lols
@@mysteryman765 that would probably be little timmy
both in a good and bad way, tho.
As someone who is not American, the moment where you stood next to Jasper, I was like 'holy shizz these things are huge!"
I’ve seen different variants of these animatronics many times in person, yet whenever I go to see them I always forget how large they actually are.
(Im french)i can see that the animatronic is siting and when he take his arm up it almost tuching the roof
I always tought fnaf carater were huge, and i tought that chuk e cheese were the same height BUT NO THERE TOO BIG TO STAND UP IN A NORMAL ROOM
Imagine just walking into someone's house and instead of a TV, they have a full animatronic band that plays only the same 3 songs over and over again
Tbh that’s better than tv
@antoniowilsonstudios208 exactly! I forgot to say that xD
I would run before i get killed by them
@antoniowilsonstudios208I would make them play splatoon songs lmao
@@arran4285 wuss
It's sad to see corporate types being so anti-history
These things are relics that need to be preserved
No, they're creepy
@@SMCwasTakenthey are creepy AND they are relics that should be preserved. Both of these things can be true
@@SMCwasTaken bros scared of something not scary lmaooo grow some balls
That is why collectors like me and sully do our best to protect the history of merch, animatronics, media, and more
@@SMCwasTaken Of course they are! Doesn't make them any less interesting and worthy to be preserved
Love to see Sully, A fan of Animatronics real and fictional. Documenting this subject in a fun and informative way. As a Disney Parks fan, I find people like Nolan Bushnell and Aaron Fechter have the same vision as entertainers like Walt Disney. Leave it to the corporate suits to slowly ruin everything overtime and make it cold and soulless. :(
Boys we going into war get y’all ropes
Except Aaron took the wrong turn
@@TSMASB Completely valid. Yes. I don't agree with his views on politics either. I had just about completely forgotten about that. :(
@@imaginationstationyt6948 nah its alr pal its not even your fault anyway plus i bet he probably just has problems and somehow thought sayin the n word or being "homophobic" or anything sin related got him better but no instead it made him bein a worse *swear* hole than ever
@@TSMASB wait. I wasn't aware of him being racist too, yikes. Hopefully one day he realizes words have power. Kind of glad me and my family never went on a tour now at his warehouse that one year. D:
Great to see some proper discussion on the state of animatronic archival, I don't think its ever really been covered outside of the inner fandom circles!
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Exactly!!!!
Yep, it sucks that it isnt being talked about now.
(also damn, the Replay engine is fucking good. Thanks for these games, I hope you have a good life)
Great video Sully! As someone who has saved many animatronics from Chuck E Cheese dumpsters I found this video very interesting.
Not ruin chucky
bro could create a chuck e cheese ruin dlc
I never would’ve expected you to actually have Jasper cosmetics to put on Beach Bear, glad to see you saved a piece of restaurant history! 😂
I love the fact the a bigger youtuber actually likes and cares for C.E.C and R.A.E animatronics
This is all about Sullys Plan to recreate the bite of 87
@@yleyatarni agree with that opinion
@@KoroguruI will eat another
Haha 😐
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@@warrenkec374 The only NPC here is eating a cat
That was a awesome ending to the video. I love jasper’s dumb face wave at the camera like if he was saying “Hi Showbiz, I’m right here. Ahyug!”
I would love to see more animatronic content from you! It saddens me seeing what chuck e cheese is doing just to make sure nobody gets their hands on animatronics.
Ive been a fan of animatronics for years now
My dad actually was hired by Chuck E Cheese to do the electric work of the remodeling for phase 2.0, and they were very strict. For instance. They weren't allowed to record or take photos during work hours. They weren't allowed to take anything with Chuck E cheeses' name on it or anything considered Chuck E cheese memorabilia. I was super upset I couldn't get the fursuit, but luckily, we were allowed to keep the chairs, lol.
It's kinda sad seeing Chuck E Cheese's Animantronics being messed up but this is good history.
bruh that reveal at the end... I'm happy to see that someone else cares about these animatronics too, they look great by the way, and I wanna say thank you for sharing these with us and not letting them go forgotten..
Thank you so much for talking about this!! As someone with a niche obsession with animatronics sparked by FNaF years ago, eventually developing into full passion separate from FNaF all together, it makes incredibly distressed how little Chuck E. Cheese cares about their history. Even Disney is way better about this stuff.
You didn't even go over the countless pizza time theatre cosmetics and full animatronics that have actually been entirely destroyed. Some survived but some are just gone forever.
I still don't understand why Chuck E. Cheese cares so much in the first place, since it's not like they'll be competing against animatronic shows anymore if their plan is to remove all animatronics. If it's the IP they care so much about, why don't they just strip and incinerate the cosmetics and then auction off the animatronics themselves? They'd be indistinguishable from the countless still existing RAE animatronics in circulation, which they don't even own the rights to. Then they'd even make a few extra bucks from the auctions, rather than burning money by destroying them. It makes me mad and I think more people should be aware of it. Maybe if enough people cared and made noise about it, it would impact their (non-existent) profits or something, idk.
Jeez, this is insane. I’m happy to see that people like you and Jack are preserving these pieces of history. Also love how this video ends…First, Thomas Elmers, then Rory Felton, and now…Chuck E. Cheese, let’s dance!
Very entertaining video, Sulley. It's good to see one of these beginner/basic CEC info videos that is not crammed full of FNAF references. You did an amazing job with this
5:58 shadow... *COUGHS* ...freddy
@@TSMASB tbf it's basically the best image of a backstage/parts and services room out there
@@TSMASB 1 blink-and-you'll-miss-it sight gag in nearly 12 minutes _does not equal "crammed full."_
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I thought he was greenscreened over the video, it freaked me out when he touched billybob.
I’m really glad people like you are saving these animatronics. I only got to see an actual Chucky Cheese show a few times as a kid and I mourned too, because I was there too when they phased out coins and swapped it for tickets, and eventually the swipe card machines.
It’s nice to see there’s people who are committed to restoring and taking care of these shows and even restoring them fully. I know there’s never a guarantee way to make something last forever but sometimes I wish there were still legacy restaurants to visit a snapshot of time. Like the 70s version? I would have loved to just watch those routines.
I’m the only crazy one to actually pay an attorney over $4k to successfully secure rights and rebrand of one of the abandoned PTT characters🤪😂
And thank goodness it worked 😅🤚🏼
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I assume you've visited the King at jungle Jims in Cincinnati?
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I’m surprised you didn’t mention the original 70’s portrait animatronics that were on display at corporate headquarters for some time but were half destroyed because of intellectual property during a renovation but they were actually on loan from a woman who owned them.
Fortunately Chuck and Crusty survived and were eventually bought by a collector.
I've been in the CEC community for a while now and it's always been one of my biggest interests, its always great to see things like this be saved and more people to learn about this companies history and actually appreciate tha art of animatronics and how special they are.
I can't fault CEC for the decision to remove animatronics as they have fallen out of popularity within the past 20 years. I'm still glad to be a part of a community that still cares and wants to preserve its history.
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stop spamming dude@@IknowThatHurtss
@@thegodzillafandomsrookie5514 NO CHUCK E CHEESE WANNA PLAY IT THIS WAY
what are you even talking about in the first place? what war dude?@@IknowThatHurtss
@@thegodzillafandomsrookie5514 THERE TAKING THE ANIMATRONICS
A while ago i was obsessed with chuck e cheese animatronics and history, but now that all of the animatronics are gone i just couldn't keep supporting them
Its kinda surprising they didn't auction them off because they could've made a lot of money from it.
It’s a shame that the corporation is so determined to wipe these from the earth! They are amazing pieces of history and somebody worked hard to bring those characters to life! There are many people who would pay top dollar for them too!!
The old animatronics would make an amazing exhibit in a museum as well...there's just so many great things that they could have done to preserve them!
Yeah and they were Aaron creation first then to see them get Destroyed that's like a middle finger to the face the guy that gave the rights to chuck e cheese Aaron from showbiz pizza
There allegedly is a museum that has acquired a Rockafire Explosion band and is trying to form an exhibit out of it. @@Ashley-vc2gy
I very well enjoyed this video and learned about how desperate the corporate side of Chuck E Cheese to destroy history. The whole Billy Bob just being taken home is a funny thing to me. Kinda reminds of how there is a place here in West Virginia called Billy Bob's Wonderland which basically straight up refused to do concept unification. Instead just changed the name.
its a shame Billy Bob's Wonderland then stopped giving a damn about maintaining their animatronics for a very long time. I've heard that recently they're in better condition cosmetic wise, not sure how well they are mechanically though, but it sucks that it took them this long to bother fixing them.
@Makaponpon recently went, they are starting to need repairs, for instance, Rolfe's mask had a crack in it, and billy bob's eyelids are too far down where he gives a pissed look.
Chuck E. Cheese animatronics: goes to the collector's prompt hands
Corporate: I HOPE YOU DIE IN A FIRE!
lmao i never knew how accurate fnaf 2 was to reallife
imagine some fazbear employee just dragging a whole fukin withered bonnie into their car tho 😂
Not everything needs to be associated with FNAF, dude. Its annoying.
Its really sad that they're doing that. Animatronics cost so much and they're so cool. For them to just destroy them like that is CRAZY to me, such a waste
This commentary was absolutely amazing! You deserve more views for the content you make! 👍
you're very well spoken and your comedic timing is nice - im glad people like you care enough to try to preserve this odd but fascinating niche. it truly is a fascinating world i wish i were born slightly earlier to truly enjoy!
Your restoration of them look REALLY well done. Nice job!
Get the whole band back together and then record a few shows! These old robots are a national treasure. It's horrifying that the rich show a lack of respect to them.
One of the first videos i ever watched on RUclips was a Chuck E Cheese training video and 15 years later, wow someone finally has the animatronics saved.
brilliant video! thank you for saving these animatronics from becoming nothing more than scrap metal. It's truly nice to see them in a better home.
Im personally thrilled to see you rescuing these from destruction. If i was rich i would do the same. I collect vintage toys and comics and save them from destruction as well. I have hundreds of mint sealed figures from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Oh i also have dozens of halloween animatronics 😎
YOU'RE THE ONE WHO BOUGHT THEM! I called about that showbiz pizza animatronic set the day after you bought it. I saw the listing on craigslist...My mom grew up in that place, we still have tokens floating around from there, I'm sure. I'm so glad they're in a good home! As i was watching i saw them come up and was like "Damn I almost bought a set just like that" Then you said in the Topeka Kansas area, and I about spat my drink out!
I'd love to get a Rolf animatronic at some point, these old bands are so interesting (We don't have animatronic bands in the UK, never did)
Hard luck bears show at gullivers got fixed recently
You guys got Hannah Banana’s, which had a Creative Engineering show made up of Billy-Bob, Birthday Bird, Loony Bird, and the restaurant’s mascot, Hannah Banana.
hannah banana shut down ages ago after a lady found glass in her pizza@@erikhill356
@@erikhill356the show got destroyed after owners changed and the guitar is the only thing left of that show
Holy cow, great video, it was very well put together and that ending was icing on the cake.
2:28 brock was not a founder of pizza time theatre, brock hotels was supposed to franchise pizza time theatre locations, but broke off when he saw the wolf pack 5 at IAAPA
Looking forward to your inevitable follow-up video about how Northridge and another location have gotten/are getting a 2.0 that keeps the animatronics and some classic decorations!!!
I just recently a few months ago left my amazing job at Chuck E Cheese. It was the best job I've ever had, but during my time there, we went from a Studio C to a Dance Floor. While I wasn't able to save the animatronic, I did something I shouldn't have. With the help of the contractors in charge of 2.0, I was able to save a sign that once hung above the registers. It is Cool Chuck in his yellow sweater and red and green hat. It is one of my most prized possessions and it is currently hanging up in my home game room.
This video was just so good. Loved the jabs by showing your collection. This was really informative and learned some things I didn’t know.
A company deciding not to use something anymore and spending so much money and time uselessly making sure no one else can use or will never cease to be funny and depressing
I couldn't have been prepared for that outro and he's my favorite one - finally some happy tears about all this. 😭Maybe one day we'll be able to see a "short" of him boppin' around doin' his thing.
Great video! You covered the history really well, also live that ending lol
Holt crap I never realised how big beach bear/jasper was. Amazing video!
from this video we can gather the following information
- you're a rare gem, I hope you can save as much animatronics as possible
- scott cawthon nonstop watches similar videos and writes everything down
- CEC is stupid
The wait is finally over, I can sleep more peacefully now that this video is out. Thank you for educating new people about CEC and the RAE.
As someone who also loves animatronics I must say this video is awesome! Wishing you luck keeping these animatronics alive 👍
It’s awesome that you own a Jasper animatronic!
dude those animatronics you have are sick, ive always been super interested in the history of these guys and Im glad people are taking matters into their own hands to save and repair them
... So Corporate wanted to get rid of the animatronics as a cost saving measure, and saw people trying to buy or salvage them for large sums of money... and thought to destroy them rather than auction them off?
Like I get it may not be a large sum of money compared to their typical renvue and it being a niche market of collectors, but at least some profit could be made or even just reduce the cost of destroying the animatronics by only destorying the ones that weren't sold in an auction or something
They could've made a few million at least
Yeah I’ve never understood this. Whenever they take the animatronics out, they put in a dance floor in their place. I feel like if they’d auctioned off the animatronics, they could’ve used some of that auction money to help cover the costs of the dance floors, but I guess not. 🤷♀️
Never thought to see Shattered Chucky. Reminds me of the Shattered animatronics in Five Nights At Freddy's.
Just be careful about them moving around at night. We don't need a 3rd bite for the lore.
MatPat will have a whole field day with this one.
“Uhh… the animatronics do get a bit quirky at night” Sully: “TURN ON LIGHT CLOSE DOOR OPEN DOOR TURN OFF LIGHT TURN ON LIGHT CLOSE DOOR TURN OFF LIGHT…. AHH THERES ONE IM HERE! ❤all the credit this guy gets 👍👍two thumbs up! 😅
I’ve been obsessed with animatronics since I was a very little girl-I remember my brother being absolutely terrified of Chuck E Cheese. He wouldn’t go near any of the animatronics. Meanwhile I’m trying to figure out how they fucking work. Now I’m 27 and my obsession hasn’t died-only grown to encompass Halloween animatronics and a weird affinity for FNAF
Nice job Sully, I'm glad that other popular RUclipsrs are spreading awareness of this.
THIS PART WAS CRAZY!!😂 11:04
0:47 I love the defunctland/yesterworld refrence(I get confused about the two😭😭)
Man just casually has a 3 stage Jasper in his house and i love it
Did he went dumpster diving to save him?
I only really remember Rock Afire. By the time our local Showbiz turned into a CEC, I only cared about pizza and games and didn't really sit and watch the shows.
I heard this story over a hundred times from diffrent pepole on this platform, but you still menaged to catch my attention through the whole video, also I belive that Billy Bob was not used during Concept Unification just to piss Aaron off
outta all the people i met, i never expected you to be a fan/aniamtroinc collector! congrats man!
Would be 10 times better for the company if they just sold those animatronics And didn’t destroy them That would be a huge revenue stream for them
What you're doing to ensure the survival of these parts of history is just amazing, I look forward to seeing them restored and refurbished, so all generations to come can remember these animatronics for what they are.
Hello GSully !
To correct a bit of misinformation, Robert Brock was not a founder of CEC. He signed up to be the largest franchisee of CEC's Pizza Time Theatre stores. This was a year or two after PTT incorporation.
Robert had also been the largest franchisee of Holiday Inns previous to signing up for the PTT franchise. But when Bob attended the annual IAAPA trade show, he saw Aaron's animatronics, and chose to break away from CEC franchising. Thus began the lawsuit and counter-lawsuit.
I know this information because I was the 7th PTT, Inc Corporate office employee after Nolan bought the assets from Warner Communications in 1978.
-dale
1:00 You can hear the Fnaf one theme or the Finnuff seem the most iconic theme
Funny how the tables turn, showbiz wanted to bankrupt creative so they could have free reign over the rock-a-fire explosion but after that brilliant idea failed years later they’re trying to stop people from having any part of their precious pizza time players band, despite the fact that over half of them were just rock-a-fire bots skinned and turned into the chuck e cheese gang
I don't think I've caught on to why they want all of the animatronics to be destroyed. They could of made thousands if they sold them.
7:24 HA! My arm made it in the video!😂😂
What?
@@Matt-dose-animationI’m the guy holding Earl in the dark blue shirt
@@TroublesomeJunction MAN! YOUR LUCKY!
It's so crazy how they're getting rid of all of this history. Especially with the popularity of FNAF you'd think business would go up a bit.
from what i wathced today the north ridge la chuck e cheese will still have them. they had a "live press comfrence" today on the offical chuck e cheese resturant. they said they will have a perment home for the band and might go to other places
i dont think this is the end just yet
Everyone watch out. Sully is slowly gonna start wearing purple clothes and speaking through a rotary phone
im just praying an engineer with way too much time on his hands will somehow recreate the animatronics.
Didn't chuck e cheese literally file for bankruptcy a few years ago?
why would they be so against selling the animatronics when they NEED MONEY!?!?!?!
As an animatronics fan I'm glad you finally made this video
did you seriously drill holes into a 1980 mech for jasper cosmetics.
Im so glad that u have an animatronic it’s means alot man! #SAVETHEANIMATRONICS!
2:46 WAS THAT THE CRASH OF 87?
Lol
Sully you're very passionate and knowledgeable about this topic. Thank you for sharing this video!
6:19 the billy bob war lol
Troops arm your weapons
Chuck E Cheese: no more
Sully and Scott: mhm yeah sure thing
11:09 NO WAY SULLY HAS A JASPER ANIMATRONIC
7:36
*Casually pulls out a rockafire explosion mask*
9:42
Helen without clothing is wild
man i wish the bite of 83 could’ve occurred here..