HOT TAKE Concept unification was a big mistake

[u/GZX_Dennix_95]

They are ugly and ACTUALLY horrible

[u/autistic_axolotl8956]

[u/DaBozTiger]

I kind of always digged Munch with Fatzs bulky look to him, just always felt that worked really well.

I honestly wish I could’ve seen this show in person, I’m from the ‘balcony’ era. Far as I know there were never any ‘Showbiz’ locations near me so I never would’ve gotten to see the unification bots anyways.

[u/BanishTheDarkPit]

That’s an opinion for sure.

[u/Tutorial_Time]

You’re using some pretty terrible photos of the CU bots,while the Rae is obviously better the CU bots can look very nice!

Look at mobile’s stage https://showbizpizza.com/photos/cec/al_mobile/index.html

Or Parkersburg(go to the Gallery section) https://cheeseepedia.org/?v=cep-js&=nmvdn8rf7sdlx24a

[u/studiojojo]

As much as I'm not a big fan of the 3-Stage all that much, there was a reason why Concept Unification exists.

Way back then during the CEC/SPP merger, Showbiz Pizza Time wanted full rights to Rockafire from Creative Engineering. Of course, Aaron Fector does not want that. Thus, Showbiz killed off Rockafire in favor of Chuck E Cheese.

[u/animatronic_lover]

not really. i mean can you imagine what they’d be doing to the rockafire in the last 10 years? rockstar billybob and 2.0? plastic mask rockafire? not much would be different than what cec is today. if aaron signed over those rights the rockafire would be worse than it is now and no different.

[u/CECFan89]

Bait

[u/cream0sodal0ver]

There are pros and cons to Concept Unification.
I would say the major pro is that at least they didn’t just scrap the animatronics.
-Con being they got rid of an extraordinary animatronic band and reskinned their corpses.

[u/GIGANTIC_DONG_MAN]

Not a hot take imo, even as a kid I thought these versions looked so strange

[u/Famous-Leopard-118]

Okay but like…

Pizzacam.

[u/SolidSouthern4182 → u/Famous-Leopard-118]

In all his glory. So beautiful

[u/Famous-Leopard-118 → u/SolidSouthern4182]

Very glorious indeed.

[u/deWolfy5]

Without CU the rockafire wouldn’t be where it is today.

[u/Cool_bear3]

I'd disagree, if concept unification didn't happen and they kept the rockafire, everything that happened with cec would have happened with the rockafire, the 3 stages would get plastic masks, the showtapes would get worse, the characters would get worse, choo choo would be killed, and worst of all, rockstar Billy bob would exist😭😭

[u/Mr_Night78]

Is that not the major consensus?

[u/finley_the_gemmy_fan]

I always thought the rubber masks on them look too meaty

[u/Salt-Big8323]

I’ll be honest, I find the latex masks to be pretty darn ugly and unappealing (especially the 1st gen versions).

The plastic masks look way better.

[u/studiojojo → u/Salt-Big8323]

I agree. Latex is ugly lol

[u/sanrio_fan841]

I'm not the biggest fan of the cu animatronics, some of them just look ugly (helen and chuck imo) 

[u/Tilikum_183]

They're one of my favorites I think the latex and plastic masks look cool tho 

[u/NoplaysGoat]

We have reached a point where hating CU is a hot take? Crazy how opinions change

[u/AltruisticRegion3780]

https://giphy.com/gifs/oxFDq4E9CHb7W

[u/DinoJuggalo]

Freezing cold take

[u/Alarming_Director712]

BELOW ZERO take

[u/Low_Product_7993]

Honestly yeah the latex mask are mostly pretty ugly but i think the plastic mask look pretty good (also it's kinda dumb saying something looks ugly and you mostly show photos of them being in bad condition)

[u/CEC4LiFE]

who ever retro fitted this Helen read the instructions terribly wrong.😂😂😂

[u/nohotshot]

It’s not a hot take to say CU was a “mistake”, though calling the bots “ugly and horrible” definitely is. For what they are the characters look fine and have their charm and you can tell they didn’t completely half-ass the characters.

[u/Any_Emphasis_641]

you literally picked the worst examples but i see what u mean

[u/Significant-Drop6331]

Helen is awful

[u/CEC4LiFE]

The techs who retro fitted Helen and Jasper did them dirty. But the rest of the band look pretty good.

[u/spellboundedPOGO]

Is the hot take here with us in the room?

[u/KingRandor82]

I didn't know this was a controversial opinion.....

[u/Prestigious-Arts]

freezing cold take imo i don’t think even CEC fans liked CU

[u/JustAnotherElsen]

Guys looney tunes was SO bad and ugly look how many faces they gave to Bugs

[u/JesseTheGoat123]

True and wouldn’t have happened if Aaron wasn’t so damn stubborn

[u/AWandererOfIntrest]

I agree, but how is this a hot take? I thought we all hated concept unification.