The Rock-afire Explosion (Carwardine Colony installation)

History
It was installed in 1990 as part of a larger deal between Carwardine Parks and Creative Engineering, replacing a Hard Luck Bears installation (the Billy Wilbur animatronic was refurbished into a "backup" Billy Bob; the "backup" is distinguishable from the main one as it has slightly darker shades of red and yellow on its overalls).

In 1994, a Show Selector modified for use with the ElectroMotion system was added, reducing the need for showtime and queues.

In 1998, the original ElectroMotion unit that controlled the installation was going to be converted to run on floppy disks, but the plan was cancelled due to the slowing sales of floppy disks, along with memory limitations with programming multiple characters at once, so, the first ever ElectroMagik unit was produced.

In 2003, new LED lighting effects were added, including Rolfe and Earl's rainbow backdrop, Dook's drumset, the signage, Fatz's organ, and the character spotlights, this would be the only park to get these enhancements until the 2010s due to the high manufacturing cost at the time. The strobe lights in the Tune Machine and the sign were also replaced to make the flashing less intense, due to concerns about seizures.

In 2008, the CRT video TVs were replaced with LCD flatscreen TVs. This includes the rear-projection TV on Rolfe's stage being replaced with a standard 1080p HDTV.

In 2016, Dook received new AHEAD 7A drumsticks. This was the idea of Ian Monteil's The Shoreliners bandmate Jake Mattingly, who uses AHEAD drumsticks.

In 2018, all the animatronics received new masks, including the "backup" Billy Bob.

In 2021, Dook's drumset was changed over to a clear Ludwig Vistalite acrylic drumset with two toms and Remo Colortune drumheads, as the drumkit used for Dook for the prior 30 years was starting to show signs of wear. The masks were replaced again.

Trivia

 * Due to the relocation of CEI's headquarters and manufacturing shop in the Summer of 2022, making an annual replacement of parts near-impossible (and of which also led to Steven Di Bello and Dustin Barrera taking over Aaron Fechter's voice roles temporarily while he made the move, and Di Bello programming nearly all the RAE shows made for Carwardine under supervision from Fechter), parts from the Chuck E. Cheese in Buena Vista, VA's former 3-stage were initially used instead, before Entertainment in Motion and AHF Animation Productions began making new parts (EiM also began making new masks and fur).