1. Aaron Fechter was born on December 22,1953 and is an American mechanical engineer and entrepreneur who owns and operates Creative Engineering, Inc.
13 Facts About Aaron Fechter
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Aaron Fechter is best known as the creator of, an animatronic show featuring a variety of characters created primarily for Showbiz Pizza Place restaurants throughout the 1980s.
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In CEI's early beginnings, Fechter intended to manufacture fuel-efficient vehicles, but the company's focus soon shifted to the animatronic industry.
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Aaron Fechter later developed other products and concepts, but they failed to gain commercial interest.
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Aaron Fechter's animatronics gained renewed interest decades later, when fan-made Rock-afire Explosion performances set to modern music began appearing online in the mid-2000s.
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Aaron Fechter graduated from Edgewater High School in Orlando, Florida.
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The United States was in the midst of an energy crisis, and Aaron Fechter decided to build a fuel-efficient, small car prototype in hopes of eventually manufacturing the vehicle under a new car company.
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Aaron Fechter founded Creative Engineering Incorporated in 1975 for that purpose, but in order to raise money for the project, he resorted to selling smaller inventions door-to-door, such as his "Leaf Eater" contraption that collected leaves from swimming pools.
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Aaron Fechter knocked on the door of an individual who solicited his help in designing an electronic control system for a shooting gallery, designed for sale to amusement parks.
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Aaron Fechter's father was an early investor in CEI, helping it enter the animatronic industry.
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Aaron Fechter completed work on another animatronic show called "The Hard Luck Bears", featuring a hillbilly band of bears and a mimicking bird, which debuted at the IAAPA in 1979.
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Aaron Fechter combined elements from both shows to form "The Rock-afire Explosion", which debuted at the IAAPA in 1980 with improved animation and other changes.
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Aaron Fechter's name was changed a final time to Mitzi Mozzarella as ShowBiz expanded and utilized RAE in future locations.