The Fall of The New Rock-afire Explosion

[@FreddyTrap]

As some of you may know, I’ve been hinting towards this project for awhile. I’ve been uploading teaser trailers, for example kzbin.info/www/bejne/qX7YYpJrn9-XeNU This was meant to be a 1,000 subscriber special because my first upload was based upon the New Rock-afire. Well, we have hit way past 1,000, and I am thinking of doing something bigger to mark this milestone. Thanks everyone for all the support! New video coming soon!

[@charliethe_glitchcove1168]

Great video!

[@Nobodyisbackmaybe]

Yes great video

[@ExplodedBubble]

Ok

[@travisgroth1552]

Storming of his birth for for the rock fire to the loony bird turntable

[@tatianafranco4180]

Deddd

[@Davidostoti]

Finally someone talks about this

[@howtobuild6983]

Ikr

[@natsuki2878]

Fr

[@Axels_world]

Wow

[@cobrien9738]

Ur prp gives me so much nostalgia

[@Davidostoti]

@@cobrien9738 ya this is my 1st X box 360 pfp

[@aloberry2632]

No one: The rainbow factory music: 🔉

[@lampshade7189]

Didn’t notice til it was pointed out 😳

[@Saphrosyne.]

LMFAOOOO

[@parker-jet]

nobody: literally nobody: the song title of fnaf2 in the final minutes of the video: 🔊

[@Ducky_Lucky]

The song choice in the video was kinda weird overall, don't know why there was such ominous music playing during everything

[@thepromisedneverfrogs4291]

TeHeE

[@beach7337]

Great video! There was actually a few more New Rock-afire shows that you didn’t mention in the video. Circus Pizza, Sports Plus and Pleasure Island all had the show as well.

[@circuspizzafan]

Never love for Circus Pizza lol.

[@PETRIXXXX]

“pleasure island”

[@memoryofficial8869]

Sports with the new rock afire!

[@RealBega]

Circus pizza sounds familiar, how long did the anamatronics stay active there? Because I remember when I was young (I'm 16 currently) seeing the rockafire explosion in multiple times at some pizza place.

[@tatianafranco4180]

@@RealBega eddd

[@mildredchester]

I'm glad to see people are still making videos about the RAE.

[@amberhealy8214]

I thought you meant Addison rae

[@alexfrog546]

I'm hella sad that I wasnt born way back when rae was a thing. I'm obsessed with animatronics now and I wish I was able to experience it

[@stopmasterstudios]

They do creative engineering sells shows (and old animatronics) if requested so u could install one in Ur house

[@sophiecatx3]

same here

[@WasabiKitCat]

@@stopmasterstudios That is very expensive and not a lot of people have the money or space for that sadly. However, there are many places you can go that still have animatronics, and Creative Engineering does tours!

[@MagicMouseProductions]

You can go to billy bobs wonderland and see one

[@Charlieguyss]

I used to live in las Vegas and when I was a toddler I got to see the Chuck E. Cheese beta stage but this looks way cooler

[@pixley1002]

How dare they make billy bob skinny

[@pizzaplexerplushproduction2975]

I know right. He looks so weird

[@tatianafranco4180]

Dddff

[@joanrivera2765]

Same

[@amogussussy.4134]

skinnyz geronimo

[@pajamakidstv474]

Fatz too

[@ButchJoestar]

This was an amazing video man, it really made this confusing timeline much easier to process. It’s so crazy to think a set of animatronics I’ve been trying to see for years was minutes away from my house. I wish I had known, but I’m so glad they let you take some footage. So sad seeing them just sitting there, especially Dooke and Beach Bear. Anyways, amazing video, keep up the great work! 🖤💕

[@m0th.lxvrrr]

Normal people: . . . The rainbow factory music: SCREEEEEEEEEEE!!!🔊 the creepypasta fans just budding into this hearing the song: WOOOOOOOOOOO YASSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

[@sirmilkss]

creepypasta and m l pwdawdaw

[@m0th.lxvrrr]

Lol

[@invid1ae]

Bruh

[@CA-vy8et]

Yepppp that song was my jam in 8th grade

[@tatianafranco4180]

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[@galaxykatyt]

No one: FNAF AR music: 🔉 (0:38 - 7:27) FNAF 3 music: 🔉 (7:27 - 8:15) FNAF VR DLC: 🔉 ( 9:02 - 9:29) yes im a true fnaf fan :) uwu all i see is people talking about the rainbow factory music lmao they aint talking about the fnaf music in the background-

[@Merky2004]

I’ve been knew Fnaf 3 office ambiance Fnaf ar theme Fnaf curse of dread bear hub theme P.s no need to be toxic about it I’m a fan too

[@roseackackack8547]

Aha yes I figured as well

[@fazbearent.official7079]

FNAF VR DLC music is the theme of the mobile five nights at Freddy’s two remastered

[@tstdystopmotions]

Galaxy Kat I really like fnaf as well.

[@calicolovesotter2099]

Galaxy Kat i already know tho, don’t call yourself a true fan for noticing music, if your just a normal fnaf fan you’d already know...

[@WallyTony]

Great video. Aaron Fechter is a complete madman. He's still trying to sell parts for these on eBay. He constantly edits Wikipedia if anyone posts anything negative about him. He really has a crazy little cult of children who he charges to be in his cult.

[@karak962]

yeah, it's insane. it's too bad...I looked up to him a lot before learned much about him :(

[@WasabiKitCat]

He was alright when I visited him years ago, I guess that's just what living in Florida these days does to the brain smh.

[@lon34ngel20]

IRL William Afton?

[@zupacup7809]

I bet scott cawthon inspired by him then he create william afton

[@royalesamiyt]

@@zupacup7809 The whole Fnaf story was based off of the shooting that happened because of uncle klunk in the showbiz era. The story was completely and accurately based off of everything to do about showbiz.

[@joshuabrewer3271]

There’s a chance I mights open my own restaurant and put either a classic rock afire explosion show or the new rock afire explosion show in my places and I might name the restaurant rock afire fun world

[@FreddyTrap]

That sounds cool!

[@littlesomebody_]

Where and how much of a chance?

[@duck7835]

hopefully on how much we advanced the animatronics age well

[@littlesomebody_]

When where ???????

[@littlesomebody_]

@Aspen Fox I think u just have to get approved for the animatronics. There were sum animattonics in a bar once

[@mdx383]

The reason for the disrepair was partly Odyssey’s fault but mostly Creative Engineerings, since they only had about two or three people who knew how to install. After ‘94 rolled around CEI stopped providing support and over charged for the majority of parts. The technology was still too new for its time and there were many issues with stoppers for the stage which would cause it to go out of sync or just continue spinning ripping the wires under the stage which led OFW Naperville to nail the stage down to prevent any more damage to their stage. Tinley park had a restoration attempt but ultimately failed as funds ran out relatively quickly.

[@tatianafranco4180]

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[@tatianafranco4180]

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[@theweakestlink2278]

The NRAE just never caught on in restaurants like the original did. By the 90's the business was shifting from focusing on the animatronic entertainment to more on the arcade games and play areas.

[@theweakestlink2278]

It's all but dead now anyway. Even the rat has fallen on hard times. Who needs chuck e cheese when you've got Dave and Buster's? The only real appeal animatronics have these days is 5 nights at freddy's fans and nostalgia from 80's kids.

[@_soups]

And by the 2000s, the arcades were dying off due to home and handheld video game consoles.

[@T.O.F2007]

Now Chuck E Cheese is getting rid of their animatronics for a dance floor

[@fnafunicorn8140]

I liked the old rock afire explosion better

[@wllwingmllo7277]

Same

[@capybara455]

Same it's because they forgot the two best characters Rolfe and earl

[@dragonmaster5377]

I never would have thought that I lived extremely close to one of the New Rockafire locations. That's a shame I never knew about it

[@AttemptedBattery]

Fatz: sorry Billy Bob Mitzi made me say that Mitzi: am I a joke to you?

[@the486kgman2]

back in the 1980s I’m aware servos was rare so he used the pneumatic system. We should get fechter to build a hydraulic animatronic

[@BoggyBranchet]

He doesn't have enough money left also he would need staff and he I believe he wouldn't take well to being told that he can't do It by himself that's just the kind of person he is sadly. Although if he wasn't like that then he would have gone out of business long before he actually did.

[@fishinghobo]

Helen Wee hydraulics are strong pipes and piston type things that extend when water is pumped into them and retract when it is pumped out

[@sethhorst6158]

Pneumatic is faster and more reliable than hydraulic. Also the use of hydraulic could risk the chance of a bad water leakage that could cause the metal framework to rust.

[@ccapwell]

@@sethhorst6158 Which is why industrial hydraulic systems use oil. I've never heard of a hydraulic system that uses water. That said, when a hydraulic hose blows, you get hydraulic oil sprayed everywhere. Then again, the systems I'm familiar with got a lot of heavy duty use lifting cars and trucks, so there's a lot of pressure involved.

[@chrisedmonds]

I think electric servos would probably be the way to go now.

[@andyandro]

“our feet aren’t screwed to the floor folks” FNAF fans: 👁👄👁 edit: oh wow um- thanks for all the likes-

[@pickled_pup5549]

I'm just saying, if any of those animatronics get off the stage at night.. burn them.

[@linkthecollector3748]

They probably wouldn’t be-able to hurt you but it would still be creepy

[@Matt-kl7qc]

Wishtheshyestwonder 29 William Afton will talk them apart..

[@cannedsas]

Aw man

[@howtobuild6983]

Lo

[@ConMenRDW]

thanks for touching on the status of the Tinley Park Odyssey Fun World. I actually have been watching quite a few rock-afire videos lately and it just clicked with me that THEY were the animatronics at the place lol Sucks that they weren't being taken care of and they're lost to time now

[@ChicagoMel23]

Darn. I don’t live that far from there

[@prehistoricshrimp]

They left behind my boy Rolf and Earl

[@AntiqueAncestry]

I always liked the NRAE To the classic RAE, even though they were built way cheaper and were more of a mess. If CEI ever goes under, I hope another NRAE becomes a public show

[@retrofan4963]

All we can hope is Aaron Fechter fix the new RAE he has in Creative Engineering and make a deal with a company to show in public.

[@SkaShack]

Hi Chibi

[@AntiqueAncestry]

Ska Shack ayo

[@thesecretnewbie8872]

Are you like a fortune-teller or something???

[@kyliethelittlespider-mangirl94]

Great job here! You should talk about more animatronic history like this!

[@FreddyTrap]

I think I will! Thanks for the feedback!

[@kyliethelittlespider-mangirl94]

You’re welcome!

[@satanicXcultXrosary]

Where can I find the full image at 0:44? It’s stunning! Also I grew up in Frankfort Square so practically across the street from Tinley Park. Odyssey Funworld was awesome in its heyday. Sad to see it in such a decline.

[@Greggofat]

i actually pass the former location of magic city on my way to work and its an advanced auto-parts now lol

[@bigt00tz]

i’m sorry but the rainbow factory instrumental has me rolling

[@HamburglerStanAccount]

The strong and large amount of nostalgia it gave me when I heard it was honestly scary

[@L0rdOfThePies]

@@HamburglerStanAccount fr ngl it felt like i was shot 😭 lol

[@nateception9558]

I love how the fnaf special delivery music is in the background xD

[@juliawiniarz326]

Is it still here in 2021? PPLLLZZZZZZZZZ

[@alexisgay7725]

am i the only one that’s actually interested in the VIDEO and not the music?

[@kaitorinnikorasu5225]

Me!!!

[@fnxjack5953]

The ar special delivery music just goes so well in background, I've never been to any of the places but I just like to hear about it

[@joshuabrewer3271]

I like how to you choose the rainbow factory as the intro

[@parker-jet]

and the fnaf2 title song as the outro lmao

[@mistertrashman6140]

As a brony myself me too

[@purple-eye9412]

This is Amazing to see! Question. Do you know the blue prints for the Fun World location? I’m interested in their building style and would like to look into it

[@lucky_ratz]

Back in 2019 my school was scheduled for a field trip for odyssey fun world that got canceled which sparked a outcry in the school because we hadn't been on any field trips when we had been promised 5 up to that point. Turns out they shut down a week after we where scheduled to go. Pretty sure they knew that the end was near and started taking stuff down. If they had been open for a extra week I might have realized that the band was there and could've gotten some footage. In a alternate reality we'd have footage of their last week 😢

[@chuckst3r_]

I have been to the tinley Park location 3 times! It's very fun, and when I went to go see the animatronics my mom was talking about the curtains were closed. I didn't find out until later that the animatronics were there.

[@cecfigment]

I Think Rockafire Explosion Should Make A Comeback Since Chuck E Cheese Is Taking Away All Their Animatronics I Would Make A Restaurant Called The Rockafire Place

[@napoleonbonaparte7172]

Rockafire Kingdom?

[@T.O.F2007]

Imagine if Chuck E Cheese used the New Rockafire Explosion, then decided to do concept unification to that show, and retrofitting all the characters into the Chuck E Cheese characters and decided to include Bella Bunny, and that could be there final animatronic stage

[@hounddogproductions]

I love this Video but it’s Fecther not fletcher

[@the486kgman2]

CC_Animatronics it’s fechter

[@rileybouley6195]

CC_Animatronics he mighta said it wrong on purpose lmao

[@duck7835]

@@rileybouley6195 in that case

[@duck7835]

@@the486kgman2 r/woooooosh

[@owenp3342]

Riley Bouley why?

[@EmperorTechno]

The moment you started playing Rainbow Factory I lost it 😂

[@camx607]

I'm one of the lucky ones who grew up near the Naperville location. The characters always looked weirdly dressed to me as a kid and my favorite character was Loony Bird.

[@doomaringproductions9721]

1:20 instead of a T.V they should have had Rolfe and earl

[@missglamstan6781]

4:80 -well, we do have some info about that “mysterious” show... that NRAE show was installed at Mampato Let’s Fun in the mid 90s, they were doing great until 2007 that’s when they started to deteriorate and since they didn’t had the biggest budget to repair the show a year later or so they decided to completely remove the mijins but the rest of the stage stayed intact! they used the former NRAE stage for some “fun” activities and so... that fun concept only lasted a few years t’ill they completely remodeled what used to be main attraction of the place with a modern bowling alley in 2010-ish. (side note: aaron also sent a NRAE show to a mexican Fun Time Pizza location.)

[@sethboothproductions2635]

4:80

[@tommm5128]

If Aaron fechter built these just a few years earlier Chuck e cheese wouldn’t stand a chance

[@retrofan4963]

This is coming from someone who is a huge fan of both Rock afire Explosion and Chuck E Cheese shows, I highly agree with you. Aaron Fechter is always ahead of his time in term on developing and programming animatronics. The movements and personality he did for these characters are very highly sophisticated and have lot of depth to them. Aaron makes sure to put new ideas for the concept of animatronics to go even further, with ranging of being very interactive and advanced potential what they can do more to perform. CEC on the other hand, while has good animatronics(Not as phenomenal like what Creative Engineering did), rarely took a step above to do more with the concept. If anything, as time goes on, animatronics are taken off for televison screens and dance floor.

[@thomasschmidt3503]

6:22 oooooh shuuut he moved his eyes

[@AntiqueAncestry]

bruh

[@michellesearcy7919]

bruh

[@Rachel-zf4cr]

bruh

[@M1dn1ghtclub]

Bruh

[@chelsealang8892]

Bruh

[@Misscouchpotato-]

6:21 Dook looking a little terrifying today.....

[@bellasmind]

my chuck e. cheese hyperfixation comes back every few years so thank you for this video 🫶🏽

[@rumikohatsune5915]

The New Rock-A-Fire Explosion was the Sega Dreamcast games of the animatronic entertainment , very expensive to build and unnecessarily difficult to program .

[@shabillalma4907]

You know someone should buy one of these buildings and make a real life Fredbear's Family Diner and if its a sucsess continue the chain based on the timeline

[@veronancyy]

Scott will sue them

[@technofurside8363]

Hahaha lol you'll never believe me when I'll Say that i found how to create springlock suits

[@RMacca]

Scott should do a collab project. I'd go!

[@shabillalma4907]

@@veronancyy Well I never got Notification so Sorry for the late reply but Scott should work with them

[@shabillalma4907]

@Captain Quirk's Personal Hygienes and Garage Well I Meant Scott would work with them

[@PizzaTimeFanatic]

I'm appreciating all these cool videos!

[@FreddyTrap]

I appreciate that!

[@tatianafranco4180]

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[@tatianafranco4180]

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[@tatianafranco4180]

@@FreddyTrap dfff

[@JBurg]

there was another public New RAE in Edina, MN at the 2-story Circus Pizza that used to be there (sadly bought out by CEC in ~2000). i grew up in the area and have very fond memories of that show, i wish i’d taken a few videos of it while i had the chance. i remember Circus Pizza became pretty run down in the late ‘90s, and the turntables and eyes for most of the animatronics in the show were either disabled or broken. if anyone knows what happened to that show i would love to know the details. sadly i’m betting it was scrapped, knowing how CEC usually does things.. another Circus Pizza (i believe in Blaine, MN) also had a 3 stage original RAE. that show was in much better condition despite being older. didn’t go to that location as much, but i remember the show very well.

[@mda6184]

Always would go to the edina and burnsville locations. Edina for the new RAE and Burnsville for the classic RAE. Kids these days all they get is screens. I hope someone revives the RAE animatronics with servos. the hydraulics upkeep was the major downside to repairing these things.

[@looneybirdstudiosandbillyb7337]

The new Rae shouldn’t have gone to Odyssey fun world the should have gone to a better place

[@supermariocaleb2048]

was that in the intro that music

[@kiwiandpickles]

6:21 bro he lookin at you-

[@JimmyDean59]

If animatronics were kept up and parts were still being produced then it keep cost down just a little lower despite the huge production cost as parts for Chuck E. Cheese, the new Rockafire and old Rockafire would be less expensive to buy off of collectors and other restaurants because those parts aren’t produced anymore.

[@Arrichicco_Alessandro-video]

5:01 look the Billy Bob eyes.... 🙀🙀

[@juliaofthestars]

Does that mean there are currently no New Rockafire Explosions playing publicly anywhere? If I remember correctly, Billy Bob’s Wonderland has the older version of the Rockafire Explosion playing.

[@bigaj1992]

His name is Aaron Fechter, not Aaron Fletcher.

[@tatianafranco4180]

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[@tatianafranco4180]

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[@tatianafranco4180]

Wwwwww

[@richardunicorn7879]

Very interesting video. Like you said, the Wiki pages didn't seem entirely factual, so I'm glad you posted this video. Why the creepy music though? Kind of ruins it a little bit.

[@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778]

fnaf music

[@reqco.]

whats the music in the begining please someone tell me PLEASE ?!!

[@sprucebadger8229]

4:12 ... hey I remember that. it was my 9 years old birthday party ! in michoacan, mexico I don't really remember the name. but I know they changed it for the Spanish speaking audience. it was great. I knew that stage seemed familiar I don't think I have a lot more information other than the place where they were is most likely still open. and that although American dealers thought it was a waste of cash. a lot of Mexicans really enjoyed the show. until it went out suddenly and mysteriously.

[@FreddyTrap]

Oh really? Did you happen to take any photographs?

[@sprucebadger8229]

@@FreddyTrap you are seeing it right there. My grandma took it. Best day of my life. My cousins were there. around 25 family members in total according to ma

[@sprucebadger8229]

@@FreddyTrap there were also other with "el pajaro chiflado" or looney bird and "pedro el perro" or the junkyard dog but she cant find them anywhere

[@tatianafranco4180]

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[@tatianafranco4180]

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[@radioactivecola3875]

I wish they gave mitzi some hair...

[@This_channeldoesnotexist]

2:40 it looks like Duke and fatz are copying each other’s movements

[@justincharbonneau3758]

I will bring it back. You have my word.

[@danielruiz6054]

I like that I can see the the really old Animatronics

[@randomname-es3cb]

I love your videos about these interesting topics.

[@tatianafranco4180]

Oye alobot oye oye AIO bot

[@lucifernazaedi]

Did he use part of a FNAF soundtrack in the last few minutes of the video? I think from the Help Wanted VR DLC game..? I don’t know.. it sounded familiar.

[@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario]

Why did they get rid of Mitzi’s hair?

[@Urbex-Adventures]

1:30 The big sad

[@sethhorst6158]

Rolfe and Earl wasn't viewed as a main character back then, in fact Aaron was surprised when he founded out that people are a fan of Rolfe Dewolfe.

[@MrKnot.]

What background music did you use for this?

[@elijahwinston5857]

I remember that that pizza place I think I went to that back in 2005 and I was little

[@Kelpflakes]

I like the classic robots better /: they are just more likable to me

[@fthetm]

I took a grainy video of New RAE at Naperville Odyssey Fun World 7 or 8 years ago and even then they were barely operating

[@dinothebetatt6733]

I'm surprised Creative Engineering is still active to this day.

[@retrofan4963]

Thank god it’s still active. I love Rock afire Explosion and all other Creative Engineering shows. Aaron Fechter is honestly a genius.

[@AwesomeDrawer2017]

The Naperville location after closing reminds me of the Wilmington NC location after closing, mainly for the fact that the sign is still up

[@paulgrimes5273]

An arcade in Memphis Tn called X-Cite had the New Rock-afire too somewhere around 94-95

[@AntiqueAncestry]

Also 5:50 is my footage, nice

[@FreddyTrap]

Thanks for recording the Dook stage, when I went there I recorded his stage but I forgot to use flash😬 but your footage became very helpful!

[@AT_Freak]

Why is there FNaF AR music playing in the background?

[@chattychucke5535]

There was actually a new rock afire in TN at the Jackson TN looney birds

[@tatianafranco4180]

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[@captainsarcasm1567]

I think these look stranger. They all have the exact same size and movements, and I think it's weird that their arms just kind of... twitch when they weren't doing anything. The old ones were better

[@SamFurch]

billy bob lost weight lmaooo

[@user78405]

MACHINES PERFORM GREAT WORK TO ME....ITS THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAINS WHO STARTED THIS ...I AM PLEASES OF HIS WORKS BUT HIS ATTITUDE AND RESPECT TO OTHERS CAUSE THE DOWN FALL...ITS MAGNETIC TO PROBLEMS IN MANY RESTAURANTS...

[@big.ant538]

I don’t know why I find a short skinny Billy Bob so disturbing.

[@ice_wolfie]

No One: The Music: *_Rainbow Factory_*

[@MetalMusicManiac]

Nobody will last long in Illinois with high property taxes and many legal fees involved just to open a game park

[@cheezmogee]

the fnaf 3 ambience. i’ve been to the naperville location it’s close to me. kinda creepy to see it rot away

[@memesterchiefmastermeme7520]

Was he using special delivery theme song?

[@loisguardado1848]

That was fascinating, amazing and incredible 😎👌👍🥰💖✨.

[@colanderstudios9682]

Aaron FELCTCHER 5:12

[@michaelwalker2345]

The "ghost town in the sky" Park had the newer version with the rotating platforms. Theirs a guy on utube who shows them at the end of his video exploring the abandoned park. The youtube acount is "the proper people"

[@rambobunny1]

animatronics with terrifying this will never sell in the UK

[@kittychu8gaming5]

Rainbow factory in the background is a nice touch 🤌🏾

[@kyliethelittlespider-mangirl94]

Can you talk about other animatronic falls?

[@vastum7148]

“The timelines don’t make sense, and don’t add up” Fnaf fans: First time?

[@circuspizzafan]

Hmmm and Circus Pizza is totally forgotten... They had one location with the NRAE.

[@tatianafranco4180]

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[@them.e.5119]

Whats the name of the channel who have got the new rock afire?

[@FreddyTrap]

I’m pretty sure someone with the name of David Ferguson purchased both shows. I’m not sure if he has a channel

[@them.e.5119]

@@FreddyTrap Thank but from where you´ve got that video material?

[@FreddyTrap]

THE M.E. The footage is mostly from www.showbizpizza.com/

[@xandewaegemaker2712]

@@FreddyTrap david sold of most of it to different fans.

[@Agpicklefeet]

Has anyone ever told you that you sound like Bill Hader?

[@tatianafranco4180]

Robot hola hola

[@tatianafranco4180]

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[@mikescanlon7892]

Great story. I could fill in some of the gaps for you. I was the GM of both locations for a period in the early 2000s. I refurbed the show and kept it running during my tenure. The problem is the show requires a lot of maintenance and was running on old technology (S-VHS tapes and an Apple 2E computer). The other problem was that the mfg Creative Engineering was basically out of business except for the originator. I was able to work out a deal with him to refabricate new masks for the characters. These are not cheap and over $1k each. They also do not last long - a few years and they develop rips and holes in them. It’s also a problem to get parts and we’d have to have a machine shop make them or pay the mfg tons to just go find them in his shop. Basically this show translated into tons of maintenance and costs to keep it going in a business that is slowly going out of style. The turntables never worked right. They were disconnected and locked in place because there was no mechanism to count how many times the turn table had spun before it would need to go the opposite way. Each character had 30 some cables and tubes going to them that have to move with the spins. Too much in one direction rips them all out of their sockets under the stage. We looked at upgrading the show at several points to a TiVo based system but again that was too cost prohibited. The next generations of management didn’t know how the show worked and didn’t bother keeping up on the routine maintenance. They finally decided to sell off both shows and the same guy bought both. The magic city show was slightly different then tinley park and napervilles. It was kept so a container in tinley park locations parking lot that we just used for parts to make the installed shows keep working.

[@WYVERN_76]

4:33 that clip is from Chuck E. Cheese

[@arperonni]

This guy was BALLSY to peek under the curtains with Duke and Beach Bear never looking away from him.

[@BienSwinginbase]

Why Im getting some Chuck E Cheese and Animatronics videos on my recommendations and all that stuff Imao

[@soon946]

I nicknamed new fatz geronimo as Bones geronimo

[@sadrimadjlessi5495]

whats the song in the start of the video?

[@vincentbishop5395]

Fnaf ar theme or Pegasus device instrumental

[@mooncak3488]

Rainbow factory :)

[@sirmilkss]

nice music choice for the start