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New Toy Story Short Uses Real Toys, Features RC

March 12, 2012 by Samad Rizvi Leave a Comment

New Toy Story Short Uses Real Toys, Features RC

Mattel and Disney are at it again, with the release of a new Toymation video. Essentially, the series of videos are shorts made with real-life Toy Story toys. Similar to the first short, Buzz and Woody are teaming up to take down Emperor Zurg, but this time we have the addition of another toy – the trusted RC! Take a look at the video after the jump and find out more details on the featured toys. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Toy Story, Toys, Videos Tagged With: Mattel, RC toys, Toy Story, Toy Story toys

Awesome: Toy Story Short Made Using Real-Life Toys

August 30, 2011 by Samad Rizvi 5 Comments

Awesome: Toy Story Short Made Using Real-Life Toys

Mattel and Disney have teamed up to create a new Toy Story short, but not the kind we are used to seeing from Disney/Pixar. This short was created using the “Toy Story: Space Mission” toys that were recently released. One of the greatest things the “toymation video short” has going for it is that a child does all the voices for the characters, including that of Buzz, Woody, and Zurg. Similar to Andy in the Toy Story feature films, this takes us inside the mind of a child and exposes us to his imagination. Take a look at the video here and learn some cool facts on how the video was made! [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Awesome, Toy Story, Toys, Videos Tagged With: buzz lightyear, Disney, Mattel, Rex, Toy Story Short, Toy Story Space Mission, Woody, Zurg

Toy Story 3 Barbie & Ken Inspired By 1980’s Dolls

June 26, 2010 by Samad Rizvi

Toy Story 3 Barbie & Ken Inspired By 1980’s Dolls

The Barbie and Ken dolls that you see in Toy Story 3 are based on real-life figures released by Mattel in the 1980’s. Below are pictures of the toys and the commercials that were made to market the figures.

Barbie:

'Great Shape Barbie' from 1983

This is what Barbie looks like in Toy Story 3:

Barbie in Toy Story 3

Ken:

'Animal Lovin' Ken' from 1989

This is what Ken looks like in Toy Story 3:

Ken in Toy Story 3

This is just more evidence of the amount of research Pixar does during development of their films.

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