Columbus, OH (4284 Macsway Ave)

4284 Macsway Ave, Store #737 was a Chuck E. Cheese's located next to Eastland Mall in Columbus, OH.

This location opened as a Showbiz Pizza Place on January 25, 1982, and closed as a Chuck E. Cheese's on June 18th, 2020.

Stages
Macsway Avenue opened with a Rock-afire Explosion show, and converted to Munch's Make Believe Band during Concept Unification in the early 1990's. Pizzacam was removed from this location in late 2005, and Munch Jr. was removed at some point before 1997. The Latex masks were replaced with Plastic masks by 2001. The 3-Stage remained in operation until the store closed in 2020.

The animatronics were kept in low-to-average working condition throughout the 2000s, as the technician did bare minimum maintenance on the stage. Some of the lights were wired incorrectly or used the wrong color bulb, and the less-crucial movements/lights would often be disabled instead of repaired (such as Jasper's leg kicks, Munch's foot tap, Pasqually's hi-hat, and the MMBB sign strobe light).

The condition of the stage began to improve drastically in 2010 when the store hired a new technician. Their first priority was to properly rewire the lighting, and to adjust the speed of movements to match the diagnostic tape. Then, previously disabled movements were repaired/replaced and reactivated. The stage was in near-perfect mechanical condition by 2011, which is when cosmetics began to be replaced. By early 2013, the stage was essentially in mint condition, both functionally and aesthetically.

Once the store tech ran out of things to fix and replace, they began making custom additions and improvements to the stage. The main additions were:


 * 1) MMBB sign was refitted with LED light strips to distribute light more evenly
 * 2) Every other white light on Chuck's Star was swapped out for blue
 * 3) LED light strips were attached along the edges of the center stage building backdrops
 * 4) Pasqually's Drum lights were swapped out for LED strips

Gallery
1986