Winchester Crusty the Cat V2 (Animatronic)
Crusty the Cat V2 in the Winchester location
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Winchester Crusty the Cat V2 is an animatronic used at the San Jose CA (Winchester) Pizza Time Theatre from 1978 until it was replaced by Mr. Munch in 1980. It is an upgraded version of the original animatronic.
History
Shortly after the Kooser Rd Road Pizza Time Theatre location opened, PTT requested Fantasy Forest Manufacturing to update the Winchester Chuck E. Cheese's to be standardized like the Kooser location. Once the Winchester Blvd. location upgraded their show to standard Cyberamics in 1980, Chuck E. was relocated to the Pizza Time Theatre Sunnyvale, CA Corporate Office.
Once Pizza Time Theatre went bankrupt, Paul Linden of SPT's Entertainment Department acquired the Crusty animatronic and was thought to be a prototype animatronic that never ended up in a location. In 2011 the Crusty animatronic was discovered once again and later bought by Travis Schafer in 2012.
Cosmetic Design
Crusty is a black cat with white fur patches, wearing a blue and yellow baseball uniform reading "Swingers 13"; to fit his theming he also held a red baseball bat in his right hand The animatronics eyes and hands are nearly identical to it's accompanying Chuck E. Cheese Animatronic, with the exception of color and eyes being more detailed.
Internals
The majority of the animatronic's mechanics were built onto the fiberglass body, leaving a mostly empty interior.
| Movement |
|---|
| Mouth |
| Eyes Left |
| Eyes Right |
| Eyelids |
| Ears |
| Head Tilt Left |
| Head Turn Light |
| Head Turn Right |
| Body Turn Left |
| Body Turn Right |
| Right Elbow |
Gallery
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Close up of Crusty, 2020
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2011
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2021
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Crusty the Cat collection of Travis Schafer, 2014
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Crusty the Cat and Chuck E. Cheese in storage, 2022
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Crusty close up, 2022
