Winchester Chuck E. Cheese V2 (Animatronic)

Winchester Chuck E. Cheese V2 is an animatronic used at the San Jose CA (Winchester) Pizza Time Theatre from 1978 until it was replaced by a standard model Cyberamic in 1980. It is an upgraded version of the V1 Bot.

Design
Winchester Chuck E. Cheese V2 is now a fully 3D figure capable of turning its head and body, as well as moving both arms. The snout was once again very reminiscent of the original walkaround. Chuck E now has gray eyelids with thick black eyelashes, and a black unibrow.

He now wears a brown and yellow vest with a pink bow tie as opposed to the plaid vest and pink bow of his predecessor. His hands are made of latex and hold a cigar in his left hand and a microphone in his right.

Movements

 * Mouth
 * Ears
 * Eyelids
 * Eyes Left and Right
 * Head Tilt
 * Head Turn
 * Body Turn
 * Arm up

Locations
Sunnyvale (1980-1985)

After the Winchester Blvd. location upgraded their show to standard Cyberamics, Chuck E was moved to PTT Headquarters in Sunnyvale CA, along with Winchester’s Jasper and Pasqually. It is unknown where in the building he was kept.

Chuck E. Cheese HeadQuarters (1985-2007)

After Pizza Time Theatre left the building in 1985 due to bankruptcy, Chuck E, Jasper and Pasqually were all rescued by Jul Kamen. Jul would loan it to SPT Headquarters to display in a planned museum dedicated to the history of Chuck E. Cheese’s. The museum plans fell apart and as a result all three animatronics were simply used as a display piece.

In 2004, HQ went through a remodel which caused the portrait bots to be removed from the wall. All three portrait bots were ordered to be destroyed, some say by Gene Cramm, but Chuck E. was rescued by employees and placed in Dept. 18 while Jasper and Pasqually were destroyed. Chuck E. was later returned to Kamen after she learned of Jasper and Pasqually’s destruction.

Private Collections (2007- Present)

In 2011, Kamen sold Chuck E. to Gabe, aka Pizzacam, who held onto him until 2012, when he sold him to Travis Schafer, who also had Winchester’s Crusty the Cat.