Chuck Statue- Liberace (Shelf Item)

The Chuck Statue- Liberace was a Artifact Shelves item created for Chuck E. Cheese's locations around 1994-1995.

Production

The statue would be produced by Peeler Rose Productions^[1] for the 1990s Major Remodel around 1994-1995, alongside the Tux, Director, Coach, Baseball, Football, Hockey, Basketball, Cowboy, and Musician statues. All the statues shared the same head and hands.

The statues were produced with a multitude of materials. The body was a single block of wood glued to a wooden square base- with a half cut egg-shaped section of Styrofoam hot glued to the front stomach area.

The shoes were also smaller half-cut Styrofoam eggs on the front, and a half-sphere for the back, with spandex hot glued on top of them. The arms were metal wires stuffed with fiber fill stuffing and encased in the outer clothing layer, all hot glued together.

The head was a molded piece of hard plastic set on top of the body frame, which can be easily removed. The hands were also molded plastic. Both were painted with cel vinyl paints.

Prototypes

Production pictures of the statue heads and hands unpainted or without teeth have been found.

Generic Unpainted Statue Head
Generic Statue Hands
Generic Statue Heads
Generic Statue Head
Generic Body Frame^[2]
Generic Body Frame Measured^[3]

Releases

In the original release to stores, the shoes were Styrofoam with hot glued spandex. Some time late within the production of the figure, the shoes would switch to shiny molded plastic much like the hands and head. Very few plastic shoe variants exist compared to Styrofoam shoes.

Another variant has chuck with a yellow buttoned-up shirt rather than a white and gold shirt.

Design

The statue is Chuck E. Cheese wearing a big red bowtie, golden vest, velvet pants, and fancy cuffs at the end of his sleeves. His arms are posable to be in a multitude of positions. It's also possible he was based on a specific outfit worn by the actor he is meant to resemble, as seen in the Gallery.

The statue came with no accessories.

Gallery

Chuck w/ hands out forward
Chuck w/ hands out forward
Chuck w/ hands out forward
Chuck w/ Yellow Buttoned Shirt
Liberace wearing the likely inspiration for Chuck's outfit

References

[1] ttps://www.facebook.com/peelerrosestudios/photos/pb.100063533323960.-2207520000./861447533887433/?type=3

[2] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/CswW5ESh3uj/?igshid=YTUzYTFiZDMwYg%3D%3D

[3] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/CswW5ESh3uj/?igshid=YTUzYTFiZDMwYg%3D%3D

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