Behind The Scenes of Pixar Short: Day and Night
“Day & Night” is the short that will show in front of “Toy Story 3” when it opens on June 18th. Here’s a video that looks behind the scenes at the making of “Day & Night” at Pixar.
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Pixar releases “Groovin’ with Ken” viral video
This very funny clip was originally produced for the Toy Story 3 panel at Comic-Con 2009. If you weren’t in attendance at SDCC ’09 and didn’t catch it at the D23 expo, then don’t miss you chance to watch this hilarious 70s style interview with… Read More »Pixar releases “Groovin’ with Ken” viral video
New Game coming to Toy Story Midway Mania
New characters from the soon-to-be-released Disney•Pixar film “Toy Story 3” are being added to the joyful, toy-full adventure of Toy Story Midway Mania! at Disney’s California Adventure and Disney’s Hollywood Studios. In addition to playing with new characters in Toy Story Midway Mania!, there will be opportunities in both parks for up-close fun with another all-new character from “Toy Story 3” – Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear. He’s the bossman at Sunnyside Daycare in the highly anticipated animated feature film.
Toy Story Midway Mania! – the 4-D interactive ride-game attraction inspired by the Disney•Pixar “Toy Story” films – is extremely popular with Disney Parks guests on both coasts. This high-energy, immersive adventure puts players squarely in the action as their game play triggers surprises that deliver a fourth dimension of fun. Toy Story Midway Mania! engages guests in a whole new way with delightful characters of “Toy Story” and “Toy Story 2.”
Starting in late May, Woody, Buzz, Mr. Potato Head and the gang are joined by a whole new set of characters from “Toy Story 3.” The new game greeting guests, “Rex and Trixie’s Dino Darts,” invites riders to shoot their virtual darts at all-new balloon targets in a primeval world filled with volcanoes and lava balloons, explained Sue Bryan, senior show producer, director, Walt Disney Imagineering.
Game players are welcomed by Rex (the nervous Tyrannosaurus rex) and his new friend Trixie (a blue Triceratops and one of the toy characters from the new film) cheering them on. The new game (it replaces “Bo Peep’s Baaa-loon Pop”) turns up the fun with more hidden surprises and the potential for volcanic levels of excitement.
Other changes:
- The “Hamm & Eggs” game will now be hosted by Hamm and Buttercup (a toy unicorn with heart-shaped nostrils).
- In the prize scene, Trixie, Buttercup, Dolly (a doll), Mr. Pricklepants (a lederhosen-clad hedgehog) and one other surprise – all from “Toy Story 3” – will appear with Woody and Jessie.
“Our number-one goal in creating Toy Story Midway Mania! was to come up with game-play challenges appropriate for all guests, from little kids to serious gamers,” Bryan said. “I love that we are keeping things fresh and new by adding these great new friends and fun to join some of the most popular characters of all time.”
About Toy Story Midway Mania!
In the timeless tradition of Disney storytelling, Toy Story Midway Mania! takes its inspiration from the fact that Andy’s toys spring to life whenever he is away. Soon after Andy got a “Midway Games Play Set” for his latest birthday, the toys jumped at their first chance to open the box and set up the game booths and carnival trams so everyone could ride and play. That means “no assembly required” for their game-playing guests – just nonstop fun. (That is, until Andy gets home!)
More details below the jump:
Toy Story 3 Viral Video Hits the Net
Apparently this was filmed in 1983, even though Lots-‘o-Huggin’ Bear was only recently created by Pixar for the third Toy Story film. Did you have one of these when you were a kid?
Luxo Audio Animatronic going dark at DHS
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John Lasseter inducted into Toy Hall of Fame
Now, we knew that John Lasseter keeps a child-like sense of joy about him. Pixar would be a very different company if he wasn’t. But did you actually know he is a giant toy. Otherwise, why would he be inducted into the Toy Hall of… Read More »John Lasseter inducted into Toy Hall of Fame
Toy Story 3: Drawn to Animation
Meet Director Lee Unkrich from Pixar. Here he is in a clip that gives us a first look at one of the new toys in Toy Story 3, Mr. Pricklepants! a thespian hedgehog dressed in lederhosen and voiced by Timothy Dalton. Oh yeah, it’s in… Read More »Toy Story 3: Drawn to Animation
Toy Story Mania for Wii
Disney Interactive Studios have released Toy Story Mania! for the Nintendo Wii. Based off the bicoastal attraction at Disneyland and Walt Disney World resorts, Toy Story Mania! brings together the classic characters from the Disney Pixar franchise as they stage their own carnival. If you… Read More »Toy Story Mania for Wii