Pizza Phone
The
Pizza Phone is an animatronic figure created by Garner Holt Productions, Inc. for Chuck E. Cheese's locations, manufactured from 1997-2001.
It was only used on the
Studio C Alpha stage, and was also used at
Jeddah (Corniche Road), Saudi Arabia on their unique
Studio C Beta Prototype .
History
The Pizza Phone was created by Garner Holt Productions in 1997 as part of the
Studio C Alpha stage, situated next to Chuck in the main booth. Pizza Phones would be installed from 1997-2002, alongside 2012 and 2015. In December of 2001, it would be installed in the
Jeddah (Corniche Road), Saudi Arabia location on their unique
Studio C Beta Prototype . The phone would not be included in the designs for
Studio C Beta and
Studio C Cappa going forward.
In July of 2019 the Jeddah store would close, leaving the rest of Pizza Phones exclusively at
Studio C Alpha locations.
As of August 2024, only 7 Pizza Phones remain in stores.
Design
The Pizza Phone is designed like a slice of pizza, except it doubles as a telephone, complete with a phone on top, a cord on the side, a dial in the middle, which also has a 'C' in the middle of it. there are also lights inside, 3 for the pizza part, and 2 inside the dial, and the full figure swings out from the wall.
The figure is hung on the wall to Chuck's right, at his eye level.
Movements
The figure features 1 movement in total. it also features two light functions.
Bit # |
Function |
40 |
PHONE SWING |
17 |
PHONE HANDSET LIGHTS |
18 |
PHONE DIAL LIGHTS |