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Nace / Brandon
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RetroGirl / Cindy


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Current Moderators
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CavitySam / Andrea
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Rockafirecheese / Jacob
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80sgirl / Stacy
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avengerchucke / Jack (T)
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CECWestCoast / Isaiah (T)
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Current Number of Members
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Admins – 4
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Moderators – 5
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Members – 871
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10/10/14
The GRAND "RE"-Opening of the forum is TODAY!! October 10th! This new and inviting atmosphere was recreated with a cool new look for all users, past/present/future to touch back with their old roots!! Hope you like it here, at the RETRO PIZZA ZONE!!

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2/8/15
There's always new things happening on the forums, and y'all are helping it bloom faster than a flower in Spring! Don't forget to check out your favorite topics, and continue the conversations!

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--/--/15
WE HAD A BLAST setting this up for you all! On the center scroller, you see us thanking everyone on the staff team, but we should be thanking you! THE FANS! You inspired us to touch back to our roots, with a LARGER "play area", with more to talk about, more to do, and more people to see! We surely hope you enjoy it here, and even share about this new era!

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8/8/15
As we aim to make your experience more enjoyable, we're always trying out new things!! In the near future, there MIGHT be some new things coming to light, as we help to make this place what it should be! As well, I'm marking this day as the day some updates happened!! XD The Member scroller has been updated, and things are in the works!!

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4/1/16
THIS IS MY FORUM, AND I'M TAKING OVER, WITH AS MUCH CHEESE AS I WANT!! I HOPE Y'ALL ENJOY YOUR STAY, HERE ON MY FORUM!!! CHEESE!! CHEESE!! CHEESE!!

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4/1/16
We got the forums back, and it's been a very eventful day!! We think Rick needs a bit of a break though, and during that time, be sure to check out the new theme!!

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2/23/17
Ladies and gentlemen, we'd like to announce that we've updated a few things! Feel free to extend a congratulations to our new mods, and continue to have fun!

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Topic Started: Jan 31 2015, 09:47 PM (288 Views)
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Hello Retro Pizza Zone!

I am glad to have found the website after doing a simple google search. I am hoping to learn more about animatronics than I already know about them. I know a few things thanks to fnaf but I want to know how they work realistically and what makes them operate. There are a few questions I want to know to help me get started:

1.) How long does it take to make a basic animatronic?

2.) What tells or makes the animatronic's part's move?

3.) Was there any inspiration in Chuck E Cheese's Design?
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RetroGirl
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Welcome to the forum!

To your questions:

1. All depends on the skills of the builder

2. See our Animatronics 101 topic in the Tech Center

3. Check out http://www.showbizpizza.com/home.html for Chuck E Cheese and RAE history.

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Welcome to the board.

RetroGirl's thread is a great place to start for animatronics advice.

As far as your third question, do you mean his original design or one of the later designs? His original appearance was probably a collaboration between several different people. The FNAF characters are most likely based on the full body 1-2 stage CEC animatronics, which came much later.

There's a lot of fascinating history behind CEC on the site but to make a long story short, Nolan Bushnell had an idea for a restaurant with animatronics and an arcade. He went to an amusement industry trade show looking for character ideas and ordered what he thought was a coyote costume. He had it shipped home, but it turned out to be a rat. He wanted to call the place Rick Rat's Pizza until the marketing team got wind of the name. So he told them to come up with a new name that sounded happy. Thus Chuck E. Cheese was born.
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