Winchester Flag Wavers (Animatronic)
Winchester Flag Wavers (Animatronic)
Release
Units Produced: 1Release Date: May 1977
Manufacturer: Fantasy Forest
Info
The Winchester Flag Wavers was an animatronic produced by Fantasy Forest for the Pizza Time Theatre on San Jose, Ca (370 S Winchester Blvd) in May 1977. The Bot was a collection of waving flags that were around the room that were controlled through one animatronic system.
The Bot was used from May 1977 up until either Winchester got Cyberamics in 1981, or when the location closed in 1985.
History
The Winchester Flag Wavers were installed in May 1977 in the dining area[1]. They would wave along to the showtapes[2]. The Bot appeared in the "The Great All-American Pizza Show" Brochure in 1979, where there referred to as just "flags"[1]. The Bot would remain at Winchester until it got Cyberamics in 1981. The Bot's were either sent to Sunnyvale, or thrown out.
Design
The Winchester Flag Wavers had multiple Flag designs listed below:
Movements
- American Flags Wave
- Italian Flags Wave
- Confederate Flags Wave
- Californian Flags Wave
Gallery
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![B&W In Dining Area, 2 Californian Flags, 1977[3].](//static.miraheze.org/decodedocdigitizewiki/thumb/1/13/Promo_photo_3_v1_chuck.jpg/120px-Promo_photo_3_v1_chuck.jpg)
B&W In Dining Area, 2 Californian Flags, 1977[3]. -
![B&W In the Dining Area, Californian Flag on the right, 1977[4].](//static.miraheze.org/decodedocdigitizewiki/thumb/1/1d/V1botnewbwimage.jpg/120px-V1botnewbwimage.jpg)
B&W In the Dining Area, Californian Flag on the right, 1977[4]. -
Broad View of Dining Area, 2 Californian Flags, 1 Italian Flag, 1 Confederate Flag, & 3 American Flags, 1979. -
In Dining Area, 1 American Flag, 1 Italian Flag, 1 Possibly either American or Italian Flag, & 1 unknown flag, Unknown year.
![B&W In Dining Area, 2 Californian Flags, 1977[3].](/wiki/File:Promo_photo_3_v1_chuck.jpg?filetimestamp=20220909222429&)
![B&W In the Dining Area, Californian Flag on the right, 1977[4].](/wiki/File:V1botnewbwimage.jpg?filetimestamp=20220909220655&)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 https://www.showbizpizza.com/info/promo/ptt/ptt_79franchise.pdf (Contains the Thumbnail image & Broad Dining Area Shot.)
- ↑ https://www.showbizpizza.com/info/promo/ptt/ptt_77menu.pdf
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://archive.org/details/Atari_Coin_Connection_Volume_1_Number_7_June_1977/page/n1/mode/2up
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://archive.org/details/atariincbusiness0000gold/page/348/mode/2up?q=theatre