Rock-afire Explosion

The Rock-afire Explosion was an animatronic show created by Creative Engineering for ShowBiz Pizza Place from 1980 to 1983, which would be used in its restaurants until parent company ShowBiz Pizza Time, Inc. rolled out Concept Unification in SPP locations with a Rock-afire show from June 1990 to March 1993. Most remaining Rock-afire shows were turned into Chuck E. Cheese 3-Stage|3-Stages, which are also being dwindled down due to the CEC 2018 2.0 Remodel Program. Creative Engineering would continue to use its spare shows to sell to family entertainment centers as-is, retrofitted, or with new additions such as video and karaoke throughout the 80's and 90's.

History

The Rock-afire Explosion would first be developed in April of 1980, before debuting at the Jacksonville, FL (9820 Atlantic Blvd) on August 14th of that year. The characters were based off the Wolf Pack 5 animatronic show Creative Engineering had previously developed.

Operational Rock-afire Explosion Shows

Place	Address	Availability	Condition
Billy Bob's Wonderland	5 Cracker Barrel Dr, Barboursville, WV 25504	Public	Operational, complete.
Creative Engineering, Inc.	116 Shriners Club Rd, Pomona Park, FL 32112	Privately owned, need contact for viewing.	Operational. complete + owns Klunk/Santa
Smitty's Super Service Station	1545 MS-48 E, Sandy Hook, MS 39478	Privately owned, need contact for viewing.	Operational, complete.
Volo Museum	27582 Volo Village Rd, Volo, IL 60073	Public	Complete.
David Ferguson	Pendleton, IN	Privately owned	Operational. complete + owns Klunk/Santa
John Zerwas	Minneapolis, MN	Privately owned	Operational. complete + owns Klunk/Santa
Jack Turner	Independence, MO	Privately owned	Operational. complete + owns Klunk/Santa
Andrew Lantka	Morris, IL	Privately owned	Operational, complete.
'Mike'	Unknown, MO	Privately owned	Operational, complete.
Chris Giffen	York, PA	Privately owned	Operational, complete.
Brian Aiken	Orlando, FL	Privately owned	Operational, complete.
Finn	Bellingham, WA	Privately owned	Operational, complete.
Dave Harbour	San Diego, CA	Privately owned	Operational, Mini Stage
DreamFactory	Weierwiesstrasse 8, 9113 Degersheim, Switzerland	Public	Operational, mostly complete
Wolmi Theme Park	81 Wolmimunhwa-ro, Gaho-dong, Jung-gu, Incheon, South Korea	Public	Non-functioning, complete.
Gulliver's Kingdom	Temple Walk, Matlock Bath DE4 3PG, United Kingdom	Public	Operational, complete, retrofit.
Gulliver's World	Shackleton Cl, Old Hall, Warrington WA5 9YZ, United Kingdom	Under Restoration.	Non-functioning, complete, retrofit.
Gulliver's Land	Livingstone Dr, Milton Keynes MK15 0DT, United Kingdom	Planned Restoration.