Chuck E. Cheese, the place that kids want their parents to go so they can spend money on games to win things that are worth a dime while those parents drink beer and eat ‘pizza’, yes that place is breaking up their robot bands. The company will phase out the cartoony animatronic robot bands that have long been staple of the family restaurant chain which has sold itself as a place where “a kid can be a kid”. Yes, these robot animals now come off as creepy and many are breaking down as you can see in these videos.
“It’s the biggest thing we’ve done for the look and feel of Chuck E. Cheese for two decades,” the company’s CEO told the press this week. “The kids stopped looking at the animatronics years and years ago, and they would wait for the live Chuck E. to come out.” No matter how much Chuck E. Cheese and their customers have turned against these dead-eyed monsters, they still have some very faithful fans who have spent a lot of time and money to collect anything from the band as seen in this documentary ‘The Rock-afire Explosion’.
CBS is reporting that Millenials are to blame for the death of Chuck E. and his band.
.the restaurant chain is looking to reengage families and kids with a “modern experience,” said CEC Chief Executive Tom Leverton. The redesigned locations also feature a dance floor where a live Chuck E. comes out to shake a leg with children. The animatronic bands were shown the door with the new design.
“It’s the biggest thing we’ve done for the look and feel of Chuck E. Cheese for two decades,” Leverton said. “The kids stopped looking at the animatronics years and years ago, and they would wait for the live Chuck E. to come out.”
I mean this really swore off the whole robot band craze for me….
