Underplayed Gems

Tiny Toy Stories (1996)

Tiny Toy Stories poster
Directed by
Alvy Ray Smith, John Lasseter
Genre
animation, family
Country
United States
Runtime
20 min
Rated
NR
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is a home video release that collects Pixar's first five computer-animated short films. International versions include segments where Toy Story characters introduce the shorts.

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What happens

Tiny Toy Stories is a home video compilation of the first five computer-animated short films made by Pixar. It was released on October 29, 1996, by Walt Disney Home Video and Disney Videos internationally. The international releases, including the UK and Japan, would feature segments featuring the Toy Story characters originally produced by the newly Disney-owned ABC that same year, known as Toy Story Treats, although they were redubbed so that the characters talk about the upcoming shorts instead. Additionally, the international releases have Knick Knack and Tin Toy switched, to exemplify how "without Tin Toy, there would've been no Toy Story". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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