Toy Story
was the first completely computer-animated feature
film in history. The film was so successful that
an inevitable sequel followed 4 years later, and
surprisingly surpassed the outstanding quality
and popularity of the first film.

Buzz
meets Woody. |
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In the first Toy
Story we get introduced to Sheriff Woody,
Buzz Lightyear, Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Rex,
Hamm and many other toys in the room of six-year-old
boy Andy.
The now classic story kicks off when Woody, favorite
and practically the leader among the toys, gets
introduced to the competition, Andy's latest birthday
present Buzz Lightyear. Buzz is a space cadet
toy who thinks he is a space ranger and not just
a toy in a kid's bedroom. And it gets worse for
Woody as Buzz also seems to become Andy's new
favorite and very popular among the other toys
as well. But when Woody is accused of knocking
Buzz out of the window, he must go into the real
world outside of Andy's safe bedroom and find
Buzz.

Buzz rescuing
Woody. |
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In Toy
Story 2, the adventure continues when Andy
goes off to summer camp and the toys are left
alone. All safe and sound until an obsessive toy
collector kidnaps Woody, who turns out to be a
rare and highly valuable collectable. It is now
up to Buzz Lightyear to redo Woody a favor, as
Woody saved Buzz in their first adventure, and
together with Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Rex
and Hamm he accepts the almost impossible mission
to find and rescue Woody from winding up as a
museum piece somewhere in Japan.
That these films contain plenty
of references to Star
Wars and Indiana Jones is interesting as
Pixar's origins
lie within George Lucas' special-effects computer
group that was launched in 1979. But it would
take until 1986, when the computer graphics division
of Lucasfilm is
purchased by Steve Jobs and gets established as
an independent company, that the now legendary
name Pixar was
used.
For 10 years, Pixar
produced numerous award winning 3D animated short
films and commercials. It was only in 1995 that
the public audience got introduced to Pixar
with its first feature animated film, Toy
Story.
If you are one of the few people
left out there who has never heard of Toy
Story and you are looking for a fun and
original cliffhanger adventure, look no further!
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