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Toy-riffic Trivia: What You Didn’t Know About Toy Story

3. Sid-distic Scenes Anyone who has seen the film can easily identify Sid Philips, the toy torturing delinquent next-door. Infamous for blowing up Combat Carl and strapping a rocket onto the wings of a certain space-ranger, Sid is known for being the terror of the toy-box. But compared to the earlier drafts of the film, Sid is quite tame.

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Toy-riffic Trivia: What You Didn’t Know About Toy Story

4. Not Their First Choice Tom Hanks and Tim Allen are both famous for lending their voices to Woody and Buzz, respectively. However, they were not the filmmaker’s first choices to bring their characters to life. Originally, famous western actor, Paul Newman was supposed to provide the voice for Woody. The role eventually went to Tom Hanks

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Toy-riffic Trivia: What You Didn’t Know About Toy Story

5. Two Fabulous Characters Since their debut, Woody and Buzz have been Disney icons and Pixar royalty, making appearances in the parks, on merchandise, and even attending The Oscars. But the duo did have a  complicated origin to get to where they are today. During the film’s conception, the character of Woody was pieced together from the

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Toy-riffic Trivia: What You Didn’t Know About Toy Story

6. Honorable Mentions Until the debut of Toy Story, Pixar had won several awards for their short films. Shorts like Luxo Jr., and The Adventures of Andre and Wally B. were the prototypes for future Pixar features, so they are obviously worthy of a Disney Easter-Egg. In the scene where Woody calls a staff-meeting in Andy’s bedroom, a shelf

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Toy-riffic Trivia: What You Didn’t Know About Toy Story

7. The Old Army Game Sarge and his green army corps are a familiar feature of the Toy Story franchise. They can be seen in all the films, merchandise, and even appear in the parks as meetable characters. They are often remembered for the distinct way they hop/march to get about. This movement effect was created by Pixar artists attaching

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Toy-riffic Trivia: What You Didn’t Know About Toy Story

8. Bye-Bye Barbie In one of the original drafts of the film, Woody’s love interest was supposed to be a Barbie Doll instead of Bo Peep. However, Mattel, the doll’s distributor, did not see the potential in Toy Story, so they chose not to have their brand represented in the film. Other toy brands such Play-School, saw the film as a marketi

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Toy-riffic Trivia: What You Didn’t Know About Toy Story

9. Starting Out Small  The idea for Toy Story originally began as an idea for a Christmas special involving Tinny, the main character from Pixar’s short film, Tin Toy. The special would have been about Tinny and his ventriloquist dummy friend escaping a toy store to be home in time for Christmas. This idea was eventually scrapped in favor

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Toy-riffic Trivia: What You Didn’t Know About Toy Story

10. First of Its Kind Getting the obvious statement out of the way, Toy Story was the first full-length animated feature to be done entirely with computer animation. In previous years, CGI was used to create special effects in many successful films such as Jurassic Park, Mission Impossible, and The Great Mouse Detective. This would be the

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Toy-riffic Trivia: What You Didn’t Know About Toy Story

When it premiered in 1995, Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story was a game changing innovation in the world of animation. Spawning two sequels with a third on the way, a Buzz Lightyear TV spinoff, several Disney attractions, and, of course, a successful toy line, Toy Story has left a legacy worthy of any Disney animated masterpiece. Now, Toy Story La

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Top 12 Tips for Doing Walt Disney World on a Tight Budget

1. Take Fewer Disney Vacations During the Year and Make Your One Disney Vacation Longer For those die hard Disney families that love seeing Mickey Mouse, saving vacation days and dollars for one or two longer vacations a year may be a better deal. If you are buying individual tickets and do not have an annual pass, you will save money by

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