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5 unusual facts about Toy Story 2


Andi Peters

Peters' film credits include Toy Story 2 in which he supplied the voice of 'Male Baggage Handler 1', a role he was offered whilst interviewing director John Lasseter for Andi Meets Toy Story 2, a making of programme.

Buzz Lightyear attractions

The Buzz Lightyear attractions (a.k.a. Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, Buzz Lightyear's AstroBlasters, or Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast, depending on the park) are a series of Tomorrowland video-game-inspired attractions based on the Disney/Pixar film Toy Story 2 at Disney Parks around the world.

Circle 7 Animation

With the success of Toy Story 2 in 1999, then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner and then-Pixar owner Steve Jobs began to disagree on how Pixar should be run and the terms of a continued relationship.

Digital Light Processing

Later that year, Toy Story 2 was the first film to be entirely created, edited, and distributed digitally, with more theaters installing digital projectors for its release.

Frontierland

Critter Coral was an old area of the land converted into Woody Roundup, a meet and greet area with Woody from Toy Story and Jesse from Toy Story 2.


Glenn McQueen

In 1994 he moved to Pixar Animation Studios (partly due to his interest in Toy Story and his respect for John Lasseter), where he supervised the animation on Pixar's early successes, including Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc..

Proof of concept

Their short film Geri's Game used techniques for animation of cloth and of human facial expressions later used in Toy Story 2.


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