The New Rock-afire Explosion Stage (Billy Bob Adventure)

One of the neatest offerings for the New Rock-afire Explosion was the concept of smaller-scale Billy Bob Adventure Shows. These cosmetically changeable shows had 4 characters, Billy Bob, Fatz, Mitzi, and Looney Bird - the same four characters featured in the Classic Mini-stage Rock-afire Explosion. However, the addition of video monitors made it possible to include performances of characters who were not present on stage, very similar to the way Chuck E. Cheese's Studio C is presented.

Four different themes were offered for the Adventure stages - Billy Bob's Toyland Adventure Show, Billy Bob's Tropical Adventure Show, Billy Bob's Carnival Adventure Show, and Billy Bob's Western Adventure Show. Custom stage themes were also available for an additional fee if a customer wanted the stage to match their store's theme. The Toyland show was produced and unveiled at an IAAPA convention in the mid-1990s, photos of which can be seen below. It was sold in 1999 to a theme park in Japan called Tokyo Summerland, where the show was locally known as "Animal Players". A custom 20-minute show was produced for Tokyo Summerland, and the show ran for around a year or two before being out of commission and then removed not long after.

The remaining Billy Bob Adventure Show themes may have never made it past the concept sketch stage. A few concept sketches are known, such as one for the Toyland show, and a few different ideas for the Carnival show were designed.