Abandoned and Rescued Animatronics 

Hey DuckSquad! if you consider yourself an animatronic fan, go and follow these 3 channels right now! 🦁👑 The king ru-vid.com 🐻🤖 Connor Leschinsky ru-vid.com/show-UCgxzb-fN2B43_3FirF1XDnQ ⭐🤖 CavitySam and Donation link ru-vid.com www.gofundme.com/f/circus-playhouse-showtapes

"These animatronics were built by an imagineer" Well that explains the movement. Disney imagineers are awesome

Having a full sized animatronic in my house would scare the crap out of me at night 😂 no way

I swear I nearly cry whenever these poor, abandoned animatronics get a happy new life with hard-working, dedicated people willing to put in the effort to fix them.

Thr last story made me tear up, the fact that she is trying to buy the rights to the characters is phenomenal! I'm so glad people like that, with burning passion and love for something, exist

Seeing these robots being restored and given new life makes me wanna cry with joy. I am so proud of these kind folks. They keep part of my childhood alive!

I knew that jared was dedicated by the fact that he owns 4 of the same animatronic each with it's own personality that he's given them with his own custom showtapes made for the once obsolete, defunct animatronics, but i didnt know he was THAT dedicated, to the point of learning how to sew, program and sing purely just so he could see his beloved childhood animatronic perform again. That's incredible

Being a casual fnaf lore enjoyer, and learning about the actual history of the Chuck.E Cheese, makes me realize how much it resembles the core of fnaf main characters Henry Emily and William Afton, and it’s makes it so much more fascinating. Maybe in a world we’re this business didn’t get bad, and instead the world loved the animatronics, who can say fnaf’s weird universe can’t exist tbh? Loved the video, these people are amazing!!

I don’t find The King scary but everyone else’s designs creep me out haha. Really cool that these people save these relics from the past tho!

Incredibly impressed with Jared and his Kings. I absolutely love the idea of humans and animatronics in a band together.

There is a King animatronic at Jungle Jim’s in Ohio that needs to be rescued and restored. Somebody pass along the message! It barely moves now. Edit: it appears the King is in working order according to another poster, what great news!

Imagine just driving to work one day and seeing a king animatronic just chilling next to the driver lmfao

What I love how about these 3 people/channels is they treat the animatronics like fellow living beings. They take care of them, keep them in safe conditions, and fix their injuries (repair/replace what's necessary), despite how costly it can be

I happen to know Andrea (CavitySam) very well. In addition to be an animatronics collector, she's also a costume/fursuit maker as well as an artist. Her work is absolutely amazing! I do wish her the best of luck on obtaining the rights to Circus Playhouse.

This is really inspiring. Jared did not know how to sew, program, or sing. But he taught himself and has an awesome animatronic show. And the animatronics look better than new. I couldn’t even sew a mask when covid started 🤣. The other restorations look great, but...the characters look creepy. I’m sorry 😖.

I feel really lucky to still be able to enjoy an original Rock-A-Fire Explosion show (although it’s getting pretty run down now) within 20 minutes of me! Feels like such an awesome piece of history to have a Billy Bob’s to be able to still enjoy.

Now I know what inspired fnaf, I mean all of this pretty much is how fnaf was made. These old animatronics is basically an inspiration to the withered animatronics, the new made animatronics are like a reference to all the more advance animatronics in fnaf like the toys or funtimes. And the fact that these locations get abandoned or left to rot is really sad, it’s like a inspiration to all the fnaf games that have animatronics being abandoned, burned, or just scrapped. I feel bad for these animatronics and the fnaf game kinds

Imagine walking outside to see your neighbor taking apart 6 feet animatronics or just waking up to hear loud noises of them💀

Don't have any Halloween decorations? No problem, just get an old animatronic and leave it in your yard

Jared and his love for the King are so sweet, but god Four gave me immediate FNAF2 flashbacks

Ever since I got into FNAF, I’ve been recommended these kind of videos. They’re really cool! These people are magical, I can’t even imagine how much skill this must take, let alone making parts from scratch!

Genuine, vintage, 1970s human, here! I was absolutely besotted with "The King" animatronic, as a little girl! I already loved Elvis's music, and I loved lions and cats, so I enjoyed that character's performances, the most. A couple of odd facts: My local CEC never changed into a Showbiz Pizza - and they never transitioned the King into the MJ inspired character. The establishment remained a CEC, well into the 1990s. I can recall being invited to a neighbor's child's birthday party (I had made the cake), no later than 1994. The King was still there, in the same place, in his original garb, doing the same songs. It was nostalgic, to see him again. In case anyone is wondering about that location, it was about 30 miles NW of Detroit City, near Waterford, MI.

Absolutely 👑KINGTASTIC👑! Andrea is AMAZING in not just restoring, but recreating!! And what an amazing passion Connor has! The bots shall live on 👑👑👑🤖🕺🏻👍🏻

i love cavitysam! all these people featured are so fun to watch ^_^ there aren’t many places in australia that have had animatronics, especially not ones still existing (the only one still around that comes to mind is the bunyip animatronic at murray bridge), so this sort of content gives a good opportunity to see what we’ve been missing out on down under :-)

I love the, "Please, deposit five coins." line.

Could you imagine waking up in the middle of the night and one of these creepy things are standing in front of your bed.

That fundraiser still needs $1,480. Let's get moving!

3:58 The endo is so cool!! I really wanted to see a live endo..!!

all fun in games till the animatronics start wondering his home at night

You guys should do an unintentionally creepy animatronics video! Also love the channel! Y’all the best! ❤️

I've chatted with Jared, he said he even bought the copyrights and rights to The Kings as well

10:04 WAIT WHAT ROXY??

I used to be terrified of anamatronics,i had nightmares about them.but its just amazing how they were saved and restored to their formal glory.

So happy to see Cavitysam being spoken about at last! I’ve been following her work for many years now, so it’s wonderful to see her spoken about here. Honestly, her love for animatronics and repairing them in general is honestly amazing. Thank you for giving these creators a platform for their content and work :D

I just about leaped out of my skin with that first shot of the animatronic.

I love animatronics of all kinds to me they are works of art brought to life. I wish I know how to build and see how they function, but admiring them and seeing them saved to be used to brighten minds young and old to enjoy these life-live masterpieces brought back to life.

I love people like these fine folks who take something and rebuild it. So much patience... I admire their work!

“Please deposit 5 coins” *rockstar Freddy Vietnam flashbacks*

who else thought of FnaF when it said “animatronics” and “rotting”

Jared is an absolute mad lad! Edit: All these creators are mad lads! Love it

I know this is not related but I love to see how many people also have a fascination with animatronics everyone in my old school used to think of me as “weird” bc I liked animatronics and broken ones and when I found out there was a whole Community about the topic I got happy ❤

that Michael Scott edit had me wheezing hkfhjffjfhhfj

I was born in '74. The Chuck E. Cheese characters were a huge part of my childhood. (I was so obsessed with "Dragon's Lair" and "Space Ace", that my dad bought me an actual Space Ace arcade machine in 1986, yes I still have it). Seeing these things be saved almost makes me misty-eyed.

Everybody grab your flashlight, the control shocker, animatronic mask, vent snare, audio lure, & use your doors to defend yourself from the Animatronics at night or else...

I've always had an interesting relationship with animatronics. I'm simultaneously fascinated and terrified by them 😂 I've always loved learning about Jim Henson's creature shop and was totally captivated by The Dark Crystal as a small child, but I always had the uncanny valley feeling toward the Chuck E. Cheese characters and their kin. It's really interesting to see what people have done with these guys!

I love em' but I wouldn't go near one if I had to...

YAY!! Another great video about animatronics. Animatronics kinda freak me out, yet I love learning about them lol

It's 1 am and I'm scared of animatronics, this is a perfect thing to watch before I go to sleep isn't it

6:18 holy crap that scared half of my soul out

CavitySam is one of my favourite RU-vidrs/ social media ppl ever tbh. She’s super nice and is interested in stuff that I am aswell!! I can’t wait to see her animatronics all restored

6:46 the third one on the right would be a cool design for a FNAF based game, like the red textured stuff around the face makes it look like flesh its pretty creepy

This is so wholesome, specifically the first story of a man truly indulging his inner child to share that same joy with a whole new generation❤️ definitely going to check his page out!

Tbh i didn’t even know the king still existed and i thought all of them were entirely destroyed. Also, holy shit the king is huge.

9:02 I find it neat that Connor kept Mitzi's custom outfit.

I love learning about old animatronics, it’s so cool that people are willing to take the time to restore them. and knowing how to do it too!

You have inspired me to start fixing animatronics I have started taking notes of what I should use or what I would need

All three of these people have such passion for their work, and it’s so nice to see these pieces of many people’s childhoods being perserved.

Honestly it's nice to see the old animatronics be fixed and improved and to see them move like how they used to

10:57 the robot to the far right can be seen at huckleberry junction in Michigan

The guy who found "the king" is on tiktok and does lives with him, it's awesome!!!

The King is one of my all-time favorites here ON THE TUBE!

It's nice to see that people are still so passionate about these old attractions, I hope they can make at least a small comeback in one way or another.

Man I love cavity sam, I'm really invested in their restoration of the circus playhouse band ^ ^

I remember at jungle Jim’s near where I live there was a King animatronic that you would put coins in to listen to him sing, me and my brother would go straight there every time we went, I don’t know if he’s still there now, but he was always my favorite part of those trips

I saw an animatronic at Jungle Jims that looked exactly like the King named Elvis. I wonder if he was taken from an old Chucky Cheese.

Hooray for the saviors who saved these animatronics!

animatronics scare me at every stage, new, the bare-bones, the skeleton, old, dirty, corrupted, they all freak me out but it is an art I can appreciate

i really enjoy learning about animatronics and their restorations. a cool idea for a horror game would be where you investigate an old place and encounter run down animatronics that help you, and since they were made to entertain people the're very friendly.

Can we bring back animatronic bands? I'm sure if they were done right they'd gain popularity again. These people are so cool

I have been doing a lot of research into this genre as I was always kind of scared of these things but now that I know much more about the great people that want to bring these things back to life, I can't help but be amazed.

My brother used to be obsessed with Rockafire Explosion. He did a tour once to see the creator's collection.

Ok for real people, I cannot be rh only one who thinks these animatronics deserve their own museum

1:47 Michael: I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY

Yes yes yes!! That’s my friend Andrea! She puts her heart and soul into those characters!!

Funfact- the only Billy bobs wonderland left that I know of is actually in my little state of West Virginia. Now they may have closed due to covid but i visited there as a kid and it was very cool and interesting. That place originally got me into animatronics

YESSS I LITERALLY GOT GOOSEBUMPS WHEN HE MENTIONED CAVITY SAM I AM SO HAPPY SHE GOT FEATURED AND NOTICED HER WORK IS AMAZING

So good to see Jared and the ETT gang mentioned here!! Jared is such an amazing and kind guy, and he really does perfect every detail.

Thank you so much for helping to bring these talented people into more public awareness! I didn’t realized Andrea was raising money to get showtape rights, I’ll have to contribute something!

I remember the king at my local roller rink in Michigan. He was cool but also scared me. It's really cool to know how close everyone's lives actually are

Damn that’s crazy rockafire explosion I remember that from pistol Pete’s in Phoenix Az back in the day crazy I use to love coming to watch the animatronic show it’s awesome someone still preserved them

He forgot to mention “and get some random unknown pathogen” in the CEC intro

I’m going to be honest, if I saw that billy Bob animatronic, I would have burned it. Sorry guys but he literally terrifies me

This is so heartwarming. When I saw all of the animatronics abandoned or broken, I almost cried.

I can both see how those things could have brought joy to children in their hayday and find that completely unfathomable.

Thanks to Connor, I've gotten really invested in the Rock-afire explosion and I'm really happy I am ngl Specifically Beach Bear, idk what it is man but my neurodivergent brain just clasped onto him

I feel like Jared did about the Janis Joplin esque Hippo, Dolly. I was star struck as a kid. I would do anything to find one and restore her!!! If you have any leads please message me...🤗🤗🤗

For historical purposes, I think it's super cool that folks are keeping these units operable.

connor asking around to find the animatronics: 8:40

Cavitysam is slowly getting the restoration in multiple animatronics up to speed, with fursuit commissions and premades plus making headbases it takes time.

HOW HAVE I BOTNHEARD OF JARED BEFORE NOW, thats a dream of a history omggggt I cant wait to follow him and the others!

I never knew The King has his own RU-vid Channel.

I like to think that after a long life and painful death into abandonment, these restorers bring them a 1UP and help them relive without becoming dellapitated.

So excited to see CavitySam pop up here! I’ve been following her work for years, she’s a huge inspiration to me!!

Is it just me or is the king animatronic the cutest one 🤔♥️

That's why things should be recycled or destroyed and NOT ABANDONED! Try to imagine the environment damage and entire park can cause! Plus, the loss of machines so well builded where centanly, somebody, had worked a lot on.

In my opinion I think King is my favorite and best most coolest animatronic just how he looks original design it's just so cool

10:38 Man, in this image they look like Fnaf rejects.

Me who lives in Michigan and loves this mans channel: YESH

This is amazing, so what's next people building animatronics straight out of FNAF?

I’m jumping for joy as I love animatronics I always loved going to Chuck E. Cheese when I was little and being impressed by the animatronics, sadly in my location they removed it when I Went there back in January of 2022 but thankfully I get to watch these heroes save animatronics from all over