The animatronic entertainer you grew up check at your favorite pizza places are officially historic artifacts . In 2017 , Chuck E. Cheese announce it would be removing its iconic automaton striation from restaurants , and more than80 locationswill have been recast by the end of this year . But fans of the melodic critters should n’t give up promise just yet . A museum in Volo , Illinois , has acquiredseveral erstwhile figures from that odd chapter in strip mall history and plan to put them on display .
In improver to its classical railcar , the Volo Auto Museum has exhibits dedicated to euphony machines , outmoded arcade games , andanimatronic entertainment . The museum of late spent $ 100,000 buying three classic display that have played at Chuck E. Cheese : The King , King Kat , andThe Rock - afire Explosion . The latter arise at ShowBiz Pizza , a pizza position and entertainment center co - institute by Robert Brock in 1980 .
Brock had ab initio agreed to clothe in Chuck E. Cheese around the same fourth dimension but endorse out of the deal when he find out ShowBiz Pizza ’s impressive animatronics . Therivalryended when the two companies merged and all ShowBiz location were rebranded under the Chuck E. Cheese banner .
The show at the Volo Auto Museum have many of the franchise ’s classic characters , include Mitzi Mozzarella , Fatz Geronimo , Billy Bob Brockali , Rolfe DeWolfe , Dook LaRue , Looney Bird , Beach Bear , and Moon . They ’re currently in storage , but the museum plans to have them running again before debuting them to the public . The bad show , The Rock - afire Explosion , could take months and thousands in additional funds to return it to its original glory .
There ’s no Word of God on when the raw learning will go on show , but Chuck E. Cheese sports fan who visit the museum now wo n’t be disappoint . There ’s already a stage set of robotlike Beagles from the restaurant do in the attraction ’s animatronic entertainment plane section , which is conveniently located in apizza cafeteria .
