Sun (Animatronic)
The Sun Animatronic is an animatronic figure created by Creative Engineering Inc. for Showbiz Pizza Place locations from 1980-1983. It is a very simple figure, as its only movements are its raising from behind the backdrop, and opening its mouth. The Sun would later be used in Concept Unification, where it would be changed into Building, which is a building with eyes and a mouth.
Movements
The Sun features 2 movements, being its head raise, and mouth. The raise mechanism has a spring within the pole attaching the Sun to the raise block, this allows for a bouncing effect.
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| Mouth |
| Raise Up |
It is notable that early Sun mechanisms used to have a body turn however this was never programmed, and after the initial production batch the body turn was removed. This movement is mentioned on early movement lists and is installed on David Ferguson's Sun animatronic.
Gallery
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Sun
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Early Sun mechanism with body turn.
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Sun with Finalised Mech
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Gulliver's Kingdom Sun on 2023/09/24
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Building prototype mask
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Alternative paint Building prototype
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Building at a Chuck E. Cheese location
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Building Mask
Current Sun Animatronics
TODO; Add private shows
| Place | Address |
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| Billy Bob's Wonderland | 5 Cracker Barrel Dr, Barboursville, WV 25504 |
| Creative Engineering, Inc. | 116 Shriners Club Rd, Pomona Park, FL 32112 |
| Smitty's Super Service Station | 1545 MS-48 E, Sandy Hook, MS 39478 |
| Volo Museum | 27582 Volo Village Rd, Volo, IL 60073 |
| DreamFactory | Weierwiesstrasse 8, 9113 Degersheim, Switzerland |
| Wolmi Theme Park | 81 Wolmimunhwa-ro, Gaho-dong, Jung-gu, Incheon, South Korea |
| Gulliver's Kingdom | Temple Walk, Matlock Bath DE4 3PG, United Kingdom |
| Gulliver's World | Shackleton Cl, Old Hall, Warrington WA5 9YZ, United Kingdom |
| Gulliver's Land | Livingstone Dr, Milton Keynes MK15 0DT, United Kingdom |
Current Building Animatronics
| Place | Address |
| Chuck E. Cheese | Charlotte, NC (7701 Pineville-Matthews Rd) |
| Chuck E. Cheese | Billings, MT (100 24th St) |
Trivia
Sun is most commonly depicted with a masculine posh voice but in the intro segment to the showtape "School Days" they are depicted with a feminine voice.