The
Chuck E. Cheese 16m Animatronic is an animatronic figure created by Garner Holt Productions Inc. for Chuck E. Cheese's locations, manufactured from 2002-2012, and was created to make animatronics more cost efficient.
History
Some time from 2001 to 2002, Garner is consulted by CEC to reduce costs on their animatronics. Eventually, a compromise was reached as to where they would remove half of the movements of the existing Chuck E. Animatronic to practically cost half the price.
The figures were manufactured from 2002 to 2012 until their contract came to an end, making this the last animatronics CEC would ever use.
Mechanical Structure
The bot features 16 movements in total, hence the name, with the majority being in the head. The mech is presumed to be identical to the 32m bot, but with some cylinders missing, such as the head tilts, eyebrow mechs (they were apart of the head shell), foot tap, ear mechs, eyelid up, body side bends, wrist turns, arm outs, and arm forwards.
| Bit # |
Function |
| 2 |
ARM SWING |
| 3 |
ELBOW UP |
| 5 |
WAVE |
| 7 |
ARM SWING |
| 8 |
ELBOW UP |
| 10 |
WAVE |
| 12 |
BODY FORWARD |
| 15 |
TORSO TWIST RIGHT |
| 16 |
TORSO TWIST LEFT |
| 18 |
HEAD TURN LEFT |
| 19 |
HEAD TURN RIGHT |
| 20 |
HEAD UP |
| 21 |
MOUTH |
| 24 |
EYE BLINK DOWN |
| 27 |
EYE TURN LEFT |
| 28 |
EYE TURN RIGHT |
Stages Used In
- Studio C Alpha: Installed from 1997-2002, 2012 and 2015. Animatronic Installed in one location, June 2020 - November 2020.
- Studio C Beta: Installed from 2003-2012. 1 preserved in Nanuet, NY (250 West Route 59) as part of legacy location.
- Studio C Cappa: Installed from 2003-2006. 12 left as of September 2024.
- Galaxy Stage: Was exclusive to the West Melbourne, FL store. Removed April 10, 2023.
- Circles Of Light, 16M: Installed from 2012-2013, 2014, 2015, 2018. 9 left as of September 2024.
- CU Beta 16M: Installed in two locations, July 2020 & October 2020. 0 left as of July 2024.
