Winchester Flag Wavers (Animatronic)

The Winchester Flag Wavers was an animatronic produced by Fantasy Forest for the Pizza Time Theatre on San Jose, CA (370 S Winchester Blvd) in May 1977. The Bot was a collection of waving flags that were around the room that were controlled through one animatronic system. The Bot was used from May 1977 up until either Winchester got Cyberamics in 1981, or when the location closed in 1985.

History

The Winchester Flag Wavers were installed in May 1977 in the dining areahttps://www.showbizpizza.com/info/promo/ptt/ptt_79franchise.pdf (Contains the Thumbnail image & Broad Dining Area Shot.). They would wave along to the showtapes⁽¹⁾. The Bot appeared in the 'The Great All-American Pizza Show' Brochure in 1979, where there referred to as just 'flags'⁽⁰⁾. The Bot would remain at Winchester until it got Cyberamics in 1981. The Bot's were either sent to Pizza Time Theatre Sunnyvale, CA Corporate Office , or thrown out.

Design

The Winchester Flag Wavers had multiple Flag designs listed below:

• American Flag⁽⁰⁾
• California Flag⁽⁰⁾https://archive.org/details/Atari_Coin_Connection_Volume_1_Number_7_June_1977/page/n1/mode/2uphttps://archive.org/details/atariincbusiness0000gold/page/348/mode/2up?q=theatre
• Confederate Flag⁽⁰⁾
• Italian Flag⁽⁰⁾

Movements

• American Flags Wave
• Italian Flags Wave
• Confederate Flags Wave
• Californian Flags Wave