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Winchester Warblettes (Animatronic)

The Winchester Warblettes Animatronic was an animatronic produced in 1977 by Fantasy Forest for the Pizza Time Theatre location on San Jose, CA (370 S Winchester Blvd). The bot used the Winchester Hardware Setup for programming & the Winchester Control System for controlling the bots movements. The bot was replaced in 1981 when Winchester got Cyberamics.

History

Production & Manufacturing

Before the bot was created, Harold Goldbrandsen created concept art showing what the bot could do. The concept art had scrapped movements for the eyes, heads, & hands. The bot was developed in early 1977 by Harold Goldbrandsen & Fantasy Forest.

Location Use

The bot was installed in San Jose, CA (370 S Winchester Blvd) & Programmed to the Pizza Time Theatre Showtape in Early 1977. The bot was later programmed to the Helen Henny Showtape, the Madame Oink Showtape, & the Foxy Colleen Showtape from August 1978 to November 1978. The bot was seen in an episode of the Australian broadcast series, 'Four Corners' in their 'New Eatery Fad' segment(1).

Fate

The bot was removed in 1981 when 'Winchester' got Cyberamics. The bot was sent to the Pizza Time Theatre Sunnyvale, CA Corporate Office the same year & left there until 1984, when they were thrown out during the move to the Showbiz Pizza Time Corporate Office.

Design

The Figures had 2 Eyes, black feathers, a yellow beak, black fluffed hair feathers, yellow feet, a yellow neck chain, & a brow purse.

Movements

The bot had 3 movements, which opened the mouth on the figures.
Daisy's Mouth Open
Maisy's Mouth Open
Irmagard's Mouth Open

References

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucg8MujPDQA

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