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Toy Story Collection Set
So sometime in October of 2009 me and my family went to the movies to watch the re-release of the Toy Story films. It was a double feature which included 1+2 (It was presented in supposed 3D). I’m a huge Pixar fan and have been following their films since the beginning, or so I thought. I had never really watched the Toy Story series for some reason. Maybe at the time of the original release (1995) I felt I was too old for it? Maybe, But I most definitely enjoy all of their presentations and I’m first in line for their annual summer releases.
So I watch the movies and I’m shocked how good they are. I was even more shocked how much better the second film is when compared to the first (Taking nothing away from the first, its incredible and both films only deserve to be compared to each other, nothing else compares). Needless to say but I’ll say it any ways, my son loved it. Of course my wife always loved it, since she grew up watching it. It was a great joy that I was able to experience these films at the same level as my son (Both watching it for the first time). Several days later I downloaded both films and me and my son got to watching. They were even better at home now that I had the luxury to detail them. And for probably 15 days straight me and my son watched every day and couldn’t get enough.
Christmas and his birthday was on the way and I hadn’t seen an obsession like this from my son since Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. So I figured, let me see if there are any life size toys of the characters. Just my luck, Pixar and Thinkway Toys had just finished releasing 100% replicas of 6 characters from the film and again I fell in love.
Post holiday and my son now owns the entire collection (secretly I really own them, wink, wink). So apparently Pixar and Thinkway Toys are planning on another set sometime in 2010 and I cant wait! What can I say, the toys are incredible and highly interactive. They speak, move and react to your voice. They feel very real and I must say are the most accurate replications in a toy I have ever seen. They literally come straight from the film.
John Lasseter was the director of the first two Toy Story films and is currently chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios and the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering. Below you will see a video where he introduces and briefly describes the collection. Enjoy.
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Photo taken & edited by Claudio Abreu 1.27.10
