Chuck E. Cheese 32m (Animatronic)
The Chuck E. Cheese 32m Animatronic is an animatronic figure created by Garner Holt Productions Inc. for Chuck E. Cheese's locations, manufactured from 1997-2001. The Chuck E. Cheese 16m (Animatronic) was created in 2002 to replace this animatronic due to it's cost.
History
After the Awesome Adventure Machine concept failed, the one animatronic show concept was still being considered. Soon enough, Showbiz reached out to a few manufactures one being Creative Presentations. But being unable to help Showbiz, they suggested that they contacted Garner Holt.[1]
In 1997, Garner Holt built their first batch of 32 function Chuck E. Cheese animatronics, the first appearance being on October 3rd, 1997 for an invite only event at the Showbiz Pizza Time Corporate Office and a hand-full of locations. In February 1998 Chuck E. was unveiled at the General Managers Convention. 160 of these Chuck E. Animatronics were placed in locations by the year 2000 and later ended production in 2001, only finishing one batch that year.
Internals
| Bit # | Movement |
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| 1 | ARM OUT |
| 2 | ARM SWING |
| 3 | ELBOW UP |
| 4 | WRIST TURN |
| 5 | WAVE |
| 6 | ARM OUT |
| 7 | ARM SWING |
| 8 | ELBOW UP |
| 9 | WRIST TURN |
| 10 | WAVE |
| 11 | LEFT ARM FORWARD |
| 12 | BODY FORWARD |
| 13 | BODY LEFT SIDE BEND |
| 14 | BODY RIGHT SIDE BEND |
| 15 | TORSO TWIST RIGHT |
| 16 | TORSO TWIST LEFT |
| 17 | RIGHT ARM FORWARD |
| 18 | HEAD TURN LEFT |
| 19 | HEAD TURN RIGHT |
| 20 | HEAD UP |
| 21 | MOUTH |
| 22 | HEAD TILT RIGHT |
| 23 | HEAD TILT LEFT |
| 24 | EYE BLINK DOWN |
| 25 | EYE BLINK UP |
| 26 | NOSE |
| 27 | EYE TURN LEFT |
| 28 | EYE TURN RIGHT |
| 29 | EYEBOWS UP |
| 30 | EYEBROWS DOWN |
| 31 | EARS |
| 32 | FOOT TAP |
Known Serial Numbers
Gallery
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Infamous "Chuck E. Cheese Army" Photo
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Concept Art
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Studio "C" Animatronics ready to be sent out (00s)
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Studio "C" Animatronics being made (1997/1998)
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Garner Holt's CEC Maquette
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Autographed photo of Garner Holt with Studio "C" Animatronics
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Maintenance
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Maintenance
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Las Vegas Tuxedo
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Late Night
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Cool Chuck
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Avenger
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Rockstar
Stages Used In
- Studio C Alpha: Installed from 1997-2002, 2012, 2015. 35 left as of June 2023
- Studio C Alpha/Beta Mix: Installed from 2000-2001. None left as of October 2022
- Studio C Beta, 32m: Installed from 2000-2003, 2009, 2019. 11 left as of June 2023
- Circles Of Light, 32m: Installed from 2012, 2013, 2015. 1 left as of April 2023
Trivia
- The prototype animatronic had wrists that turned 180 degrees. This was considered unnatural so they changed it to just 90 degrees.
- Figures made in 1997 had wire in their hands so that they were able to have their fingers bent to hold things.
- The Garner Holt website in the late 1990s to early 2000s erroneously stated that the animatronic had 33 movements.