Gadgets / Gizmos Tokens

Originally launched as "Gizmos" in Ocean Township, NJ in 1981 and renamed "Gadgets" in February 1982, this chain was Warner Communications' leisure-division entry into the animatronic restaurant boom, with about 12 locations rolled out before mid-1980s closures. Built by Advanced Animations of Southbury, CT (which Warner acquired and briefly renamed Warner Technologies), the centerpiece "Looney Tunes Revue" featured up to 12 animatronic Warner Bros. characters voiced by Mel Blanc himself — including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Tweety, Sylvester, Sylvester Jr., Pepé Le Pew, Henery Hawk, Tasmanian Devil, and Speedy Gonzales — plus a piano-playing lounge animatronic named "Sammy Sands." The chain issued a distinctive 24mm brass token series ("LOONEY TUNES PRESENTS / © WARNER BROS. INC. 1981 / NO CASH VALUE"), with at least eight different obverse character variants confirmed (Bugs, Daffy, Porky, Tweety, Sylvester, Yosemite Sam, Speedy Gonzales, Foghorn Leghorn). A bar-focused spinoff called Gadgets Cafe followed in Atlanta and Tampa.