Creative Engineering, Inc.

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Creative Engineering is in the process of archiving and moving our entire collection of inventions, animatronics, Showbiz Pizza Place history and more! Be an active part of the future of animatronics and invention! Join our video insiders club today for the latest on all things happening and get ready for what's next!
April 18, 2023
The 2nd generation Dook drumming project is real, the high efficiency car project is back on, animatronics control panel of the future and more! Join the Insider Video Club for lots of archival footage of animatronics and inventions, as well as all the new projects going on at Creative Engineering. Great new vinyl Billy Bob and our full line of RAE Plush dolls available too!
November 21, 2022
Check out the store for new RAE plush dolls, Never before available anywhere, Mitzi, Fatz, Looney Bird(!), Rolfe & Earl, Dook and Billy now all available!
February 10, 2022
The Great Animatronic Give-Aways have begun. Join the insider Video Club today and get in on several exclusive behind-the-scenes videos each week, and get in on the upcoming giveaways as we clear out some gems from Creative Engineering!
December 3, 2021
Come over and support my very active Premium Video channel, where nothing stands in the way of my reporting the truth and the juicy details, keeping you up to date on all thing inventing, animatronics, Showbiz Pizza and more! Rare and unreleased content publishing weekly. And all new content multiple times per month.
September 10, 2020
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Inventing & engineering creatively with a purpose

Creative Engineering, Inc. or CEI in Orlando, Florida, is a company most famous for creating animatronic (or Electronimation) characters featured around the world and at Showbiz Pizza Place restaurant in the 1980’s. Creative Engineering’s most popular creation is The Rock-afire Explosion, a 3-stage life-sized 8 character musical group. They are also known for creating the Whac-A-Mole game in 1976, and introduce a new arcade game, Bashy Bug! in 2016 followed by the Animatronics Experimenters Kit and a new lineup of Rock-afire Explosion dolls and advanced control system for all animatronics enthusiasts in 2020. And that’s just the start! The company was founded by Aaron Fechter who still runs Creative Engineering today.

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40+ years of engineering excellence

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A museum, maker space and vital business all in one

Creative engineering continues to be an inspiration for the future through our lens to the past. Creating and inventing for over 4 decades. From renewable energy sources to patented inventions, classic arcade games (Whack-A-Mole®), and complete entertainment experiences with the legendary Showbiz Pizza Place and the Rock-Afire Explosion. Sign up for our exclusive Subscriber Insider video club for daily and weekly updated videos showing you everything happening behind the scenes and our exciting projects. Video Insider Club signup >>

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