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Retrofitted CEC/RAE Shows
Topic Started: Nov 11 2014, 06:49 AM (6,229 Views)
Cavity Sam
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I thought it would be cool to have a thread to share restaurants/FEC's that have retrofitted RAE's or MMBB's. :cec:

This place is called Banjo Billy's and had a retrofitted PTT show! There's lots of footage of it at the 7 minute mark in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWNeES8nGuI


And this place is called Marc's Funtime Pizzeria. There's a teeny clip of their show in this commercial (if you can survive the awful voice acting haha).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsfPFoHanHg
Edited by Cavity Sam, Nov 11 2014, 07:06 AM.
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Poprock Balboa
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Yeah, that's true. It's a shame, really, but it can't be helped. It's the ambition of the ill-informed, I suppose.

Although to be fair, its more within my range to just buy a frightprops skull, pop it's face off, and retrofit that for a talking head than buy a bot with incomplete cosmetics anyway, and these people would have had a way cooler time doing that

also they'd have WAY MORE SKULLS if they had gone with the skulls
One can never have too many talking skulls, you know. Or things that used to be talking skulls but are now talking heads.
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80sgirl
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Are a lot of these places running retrofits buying their showtapes from the same source? I've seen three different ones singing Rocky Top.
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Not sure if this was mentioned already, but anyone remember that "Rocky and the Ramblin' Rascals" 2-stage CEC retrofit?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tygSNc82Utw

I'm not sure of the store's current state, but I've been wanting to visit this place for a while.
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The Chuck E. Cheese Life
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This is a former cec that reopened as "Fun Zone & Pizza' and Kept the Games and 3 Animatronics ( Chuck E, Munch, Pasqually) https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=W8EtubUJ76w
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Jan 18 2015, 12:51 AM
This is a former cec that reopened as "Fun Zone & Pizza' and Kept the Games and 3 Animatronics ( Chuck E, Munch, Pasqually) https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=W8EtubUJ76w
You forgot the other part.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4nqebm43CI
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Jan 18 2015, 12:51 AM
This is a former cec that reopened as "Fun Zone & Pizza' and Kept the Games and 3 Animatronics ( Chuck E, Munch, Pasqually) https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=W8EtubUJ76w
You forgot the other part.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4nqebm43CI
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ScriptexStudios
Jan 17 2015, 11:42 PM
Not sure if this was mentioned already, but anyone remember that "Rocky and the Ramblin' Rascals" 2-stage CEC retrofit?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tygSNc82Utw

I'm not sure of the store's current state, but I've been wanting to visit this place for a while.



i wonder how they got 2 stage bots i have seen several pizza time theater and rockfire retrofits i thought full body 1 and 2 stage bots get destroyed after they are no longer being used
Edited by Cyberhawk, Jan 28 2015, 12:32 AM.
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PaulKTF
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My problems with retrofits in general are:

1. Ugly cosmetics and sloppy costuming
2. Sloppy programing.
3. No repair work or maintenance done on the mechs so they barely move.

You'll almost always find at least one of those three problems with a show that's been retrofitted.
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80sgirl
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Jan 28 2015, 12:30 AM
i wonder how they got 2 stage bots i have seen several pizza time theater and rockfire retrofits i thought full body 1 and 2 stage bots get destroyed after they are no longer being used
They can sell the robots but are supposed to destroy the cosmetics so they're no longer recognizable as CEC characters.

These probably escaped initial destruction the same way the PTT bots did: a franchised location went out of business and the owners sold the show without destroying the cosmetics first.
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Patrick Boots CEC

Speaking of 'The Man & Dog" at Wonderland Peir in NJ, i saw a reccomended video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_EDNXsASo0
From 2004. it's just showcasing the same sort of stuff though. :)
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80sgirl
Jan 12 2015, 05:51 AM
Are a lot of these places running retrofits buying their showtapes from the same source? I've seen three different ones singing Rocky Top.
Possibly. The Company seems to have CEC Programming, but is specialy cured so Wonderland can say 'Welcome to wonderland!" and Enchanted forest can say 'Go to Klyptoe's Cove!" and such. But Bothe seem to call themselves 'Rocky & the rambling rascals' :)
Edited by Patrick Boots CEC, Feb 2 2015, 12:39 PM.
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Jan 28 2015, 12:54 AM
Js96er
Jan 28 2015, 12:30 AM
i wonder how they got 2 stage bots i have seen several pizza time theater and rockfire retrofits i thought full body 1 and 2 stage bots get destroyed after they are no longer being used
They can sell the robots but are supposed to destroy the cosmetics so they're no longer recognizable as CEC characters.

These probably escaped initial destruction the same way the PTT bots did: a franchised location went out of business and the owners sold the show without destroying the cosmetics first.
It was really a former Cec location that shut down do to not having enough money and reopened but as Fun zone and pizza and kept 3 of the bots witch were later sold to someone unknown.
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Jun 13 2015, 11:14 PM
did showbiz pizza have some kind of deal with Aaron that bots from stores had to be sent back to cei when store closed because there are no former showbiz independent fecs with retrofitted rockafires
I'm not sure what you mean, but nearly all Showbiz Pizza Place was converted into Chuck e Cheese. The three stage band went through concept unification. (You can see it on youtube.)

So they kind of was retrofitted. If you mean any other characters than those...I'm not sure.
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Jun 14 2015, 01:16 AM
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Jun 13 2015, 11:14 PM
did showbiz pizza have some kind of deal with Aaron that bots from stores had to be sent back to cei when store closed because there are no former showbiz independent fecs with retrofitted rockafires
I'm not sure what you mean, but nearly all Showbiz Pizza Place was converted into Chuck e Cheese. The three stage band went through concept unification. (You can see it on youtube.)

So they kind of was retrofitted. If you mean any other characters than those...I'm not sure.
i meant where they any former showbiz locations that got converted to fec other than cec like marc s funtime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytynLseQzDY and banjo billys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk5qe7rFtds only with the rockfire i said independent in my comment cec is not independent in the sense that it is the direct successor to showbiz
Edited by Cyberhawk, Jun 14 2015, 01:38 AM.
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Jun 14 2015, 01:30 AM
ConnorL
Jun 14 2015, 01:16 AM
Js96er
Jun 13 2015, 11:14 PM
did showbiz pizza have some kind of deal with Aaron that bots from stores had to be sent back to cei when store closed because there are no former showbiz independent fecs with retrofitted rockafires
I'm not sure what you mean, but nearly all Showbiz Pizza Place was converted into Chuck e Cheese. The three stage band went through concept unification. (You can see it on youtube.)

So they kind of was retrofitted. If you mean any other characters than those...I'm not sure.
i meant where they any former showbiz locations that got converted to fec other than cec like marc s funtime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytynLseQzDY and banjo billys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk5qe7rFtds only with the rockfire i said independent in my comment cec is not independent in the sense that it is the direct successor to showbiz
Good question, but no. All Showbizes (even franchises) were owned by Showbiz Pizza Time (AKA: CEC) so they were all converted to the CEC concept.
The retrofitted cosmetics is just one part of it- I also like the audio they come up with for these shows. The Marc's Funtime Pizza one is actually pretty entertaining and funny.
Edited by PaulKTF, Jun 15 2015, 06:40 AM.
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CECruxpin
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Good news at the man and dog show this summer the bots got there original 90s clothes back and are completely fixed!!! :)
I will be uploading vids of them to my channel the condition is now AMAZING!!!
Edited by CECruxpin, Jul 22 2015, 04:20 AM.
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are there any recent videos of the 2 stage retrofit i want to see the current condition
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Js96er
Aug 1 2015, 06:40 PM
are there any recent videos of the 2 stage retrofit i want to see the current condition

https://youtu.be/iXERywDE7nk?t=62
found one
Edited by Cyberhawk, Sep 7 2015, 12:27 AM.
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Sep 7 2015, 12:25 AM
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Aug 1 2015, 06:40 PM
are there any recent videos of the 2 stage retrofit i want to see the current condition

https://youtu.be/iXERywDE7nk?t=62
found one
I Saw the Video and they repaired a few things like the retrofitted CEC animatronic mouth and the lighting for the helicopter light! :cecwink:
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Sep 7 2015, 12:25 AM
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Aug 1 2015, 06:40 PM
are there any recent videos of the 2 stage retrofit i want to see the current condition

https://youtu.be/iXERywDE7nk?t=62
found one
I just can't believe there are two of them!
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