Real Toys That Inspired Toy Story

[@TomasGomezGoitia]

Correction: The earliest dinosaur toy was released in 1922 by a company named TWISTUM. It was made in the likeness of a sauropod, like Brontosaurus. And Rex is actually based on the Dino Riders T-Rex figure, first released in 1988.

[@psychobilly42069]

Yeah I was gonna say, rex is based on a specific dinosaur toy not just dino toys in general

[@dailydoseofsunshine2319]

Interesting how the real version looks like a legit terrifying dinosaur as opposed to the goofy (although i'm sure it was intentional) looking rex

[@CosplayingwithChad]

The smaller corporation purchased by Mattel is a reference to TYCO being bought out by Mattel, TYCO made Dino Riders. BTW Dino Riders were made of a really weird plastic that as it ages becomes really brittle.

[@CosplayingwithChad]

5:39 my grandma has a china doll of Curly Sue and another doll from the fifties that has a wig made from her own hair from when she was a little girl. My great grandmother knew a woman that had a business where you could take your daughters for a haircut and the barber would take the clippings and braid them into a wig for china dolls.

[@AdamGoodgood0]

bro became genius

[@MarcusZepeda]

As someone who is an Antique doll collector, I mostly collect dolls that are from the 1800s/1900s there's even some that are older ones from the 17th and 18th century, but there is a lot of crazy collectors out there who will sell their dolls for over $3million

[@mariih_S2]

Actually Bo Peep is not THAT kind of porcelain doll. She is a porcelain victorian FIGURE, if you search it on Google you will notice that it really looks like Bo Peep and makes sense since she's part of a lamp (a decoration)

[@gnarwhal7562]

According to a Toy Story 3 magazine, Lotso-Huggin-Bear was originally created for A Tin Toy Christmas (which later became Toy Story). That early version of the character was based on the Care Bears line, but was scrapped along the way. Then Pixar brought Lotso back as the antagonist for Toy Story 3, and even went so far as to create fake 1980s commercials for him as a backstory. He's very similar to Woody and Buzz, in that he's more of an amalgamation of different toys, rather than just being based solely on one specific product

[@CraigClarkClonecorp]

i had a buzz lightyear toy and a woody toy growing up, they were exactly like the ones in the movie (they weren't alive btw)

[@ArturoTepetla-Cuamatzi]

I'm screwed up! 🤮

[@CraigClarkClonecorp]

@@ArturoTepetla-Cuamatzi ?

[@ArturoTepetla-Cuamatzi]

@@CraigClarkClonecorp I'm sorry I throw up 😔

[@CraigClarkClonecorp]

@@ArturoTepetla-Cuamatzi y?

[@ArturoTepetla-Cuamatzi]

@@CraigClarkClonecorp I throw up

[@michaeldarkwolf9726]

I still have my Mr. Potato head from the 70s. It's probably my earliest toy, I remember. I even have a pick up me as a little kid.Wearing Mr. Potato heads glasses and I have his lips in my mouth with the pipe in its mouth and for some reason.Tinker toys in my ears and nose. But I was a weird kid.

[@Gunnumn]

The concept behind using bo-peep was the idea that kids would take their parent commodities and play with them.

[@techtalktoys]

Really cool video… one part about Mattel’s refusal to include Barbie in the original Toy Story. IIRC it had more to do with Mattel thinking Toy Story would be a flop than it did with protecting the brand. Many at the time were skeptical about a full featured CGI animated film and Mattel didn’t want their biggest property associated with a potential failure. Once Toy Story proved to be a massive box office hit Mattel allowed the brand to appear in Toy Story 2.

[@anonluxor470]

I've been wondering if the characters were based on real life toys thanks for making this video dude

[@Nintendoguy13]

potato head

[@MoldyBros5656]

Fr tho

[@dailydoseofsunshine2319]

I guess the film doesn't work as well anymore now that kids don't really play with toys anymore. I mean, the toys in this film are supposed to be relatable to everyone via cultural osmosis and now thats gone, and i think that takes away a lot of the power of the film.

[@MagoritheKlown]

@@dailydoseofsunshine2319MAFIA PFP!!!

[@thunderkatz4219]

@@dailydoseofsunshine2319ive seen kids still play with action figures and nerf guns boy did i feel nostalgia

[@ianlewis5385]

Rex and Sid's Pteranodon were both based on merchandise for two dinosaur-themed franchises; the former on Dino Riders (Tyco) and the latter on Jurassic Park (Kenner).

[@jonathansiller758]

“The dawg” is so unnecessarily funny i have no idea why

[@shadowman_44]

I was positive that "Lucky Luke" was one of the main inspirations for Woody's overall design.

[@Kenzibot26]

Hey man, this was a really good video, but you got some things wrong 1. The reason why Barbie wasn't in the first film was that nobody knew if the film would be good 2. Bo peep was based on porcelain lamps with fable characters in them instead of a random porcelain doll 3. Woody was based off an old marionette toys from the 40s and 50s ( mainly howdy doody ) and as the movie developed he lost those features untill the second movie came out solidifying that he was based off a marionette character 4. Buzz was just a mash up of all the cool toys from the 80s and 90s. They got most of their inspiration from star wars toys of that time

[@joyoustye2326]

Lasseter also specifically said Gi Joe was a big influence on Buzz, specifically the height

[@Knight0fbl00d]

Was going to say that about Bo Peep.

[@robbiewalker2831]

Woody's design is believed to be based on Lucky Luke; which is understandable on a surface level, as Disney once had distribution rights to sell Lucky Luke VHS tapes for the English Dub to "Daisy Town" and "The Ballad of the Daltons".

[@mockturtlesuppe]

The toy of woody is based on talking pull-string toys, even though, in universe, the character is portrayed via a marionette doll on TV.

[@TrustaMann]

The first official Toy Story Mr. Potato Heads were released in 1995 (just a few months before the film)

[@Pearmonster15]

This video is so underrated!

[@klowell19]

real toys based on the mutant toys (cause the mutant toys were forgotten note I got the bases off of Disney Wiki) Babyface: fusion of a baby doll and a erector set Ducky: is a fusion of a duck head, PEZ dispenser with a baby doll torso atop and a plunger base. The Frog: main body: fusion of a tin wind-up frog and mismatched push along toy car wheels. Hand-in-the-Box: fusion of a Frankenstein-like hand, a spring toy and a musical Jack-in-the-Box that plays "Pop Goes the Weasel". Jingle Joe: is a fusion of toy based off a Melody Push Chime, a Combat Carl head on top, and a severed Mickey Mouse arm. Pump Boy: fusion of a yellow 1954 convertible car and baby doll limbs instead of wheels. Rockmobile: is a fusion of a Rocky Gibraltar, Combat Carl, and an unknown housefly/mantis hybrid. RollerBob (sometimes spelled Rollerbob): is a fusion of a pilot action figure and a mini school skateboard.

[@MADDOXATMONKESITE]

I have had a giant Toy Story collection growing up and I still have them on display o this day

[@josefcreatescontent3573]

5:00 I really like the video. thank you For Using one of my Clips. ❤😊

[@dreadpiraterobin8379]

To answer your question at the end, I grew up in the late 90s, early 00s, the only toy of these that I had that wasn't a movie tie-in was Mr. potato head. Ones that were a movie tie-in? I pretty much had all of them, though I was a little salty my Jessie wasn't in scale with the others, she was much larger than she should be.

[@ACtheLegend]

Woody, Bullseye and Woody's Roundup are based on Tex Tucker, Rocky and Four Feather Falls respectively.

[@djb1ge]

Am I so old that I’m watching people on KZbin that don’t understand the concept of a piggy bank?

[@caseysmith544]

Nah he is trying to explain the origin of the Piggy bank and that is rather old. One I had as a kid was a turtle for some reason before it broke in my early 20's now I use a smaller version of the Tootsie Roll banks I got as a Christmas gift about the time the bank broke in 2010. My brother still has one of the older 1990's big banks he got in 1995 at age 2. When I lived in Madison Wisconsin 1991 to very end of 2000 our local bank that was later Assocaite bank starting in 1995 or 1996 used to have these cheap plastic banks that did not have a hole in them designed to be smashed open being the brittle type then the plastic a number 3 was recycled but a friend he made a hole in one of these cheap banks using a hand drill and a wood circular saw but first covered the whole thing in a thin layer of super glue to protect the item during the job of making a hole and using a cork. After this cheap bank broke becuse the plastic is thin, he had one of the glass jar ones with the counter you saw in Hammer and Schlemmer/similar magazines only the jar was replaced with a Ball mason jar of the right mouth size becuse the original that came with the bank broke in shipping with the bonus of the Ball Mason Jar holding more coins and more durable.

[@bandsivefilmedlive]

Very well put together video

[@splashingblast1016]

I'd remember having a Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head, Etch-A-Sketch, Lincoln Logs (even though it's in the sequel,) and those green plastic soldiers. Good times!

[@okamijubei]

Actually the reason we have piggy banks because there's a story of a boy that bought a piglet from a farm for only 0.50¢. then the boy raise the pig all by himself by raising and feeding the pig. After the pig grew up, he sold the pig for over $10 (worth a lot in the time) and give it to the funding for the organization he's in. After the story is spread, the organization creates novelty ceramic pigs that can take in coins which is when a piggy bank is born in America.

[@MrTragedious986]

I think most of the other toys other then Woody and Buzz are pretty interesting especially Mr Potato Head.

[@poodabran]

I actually had etch, the Potato Heads, the toy soilders and the Little Tikes fire truck as a child. Though, I played with the school bus made by the same company more.

[@itsjustme4131]

I was watching an episode of American Pickers about 6 or 7 years ago and I remember they found this toy that was basically woody either in a car or on a horse. Same shirt, same vest, same hat. It was dated from the 60s I believe so I guarantee one of the designers had one of those toys as a kid and used it as inspiration. Whether intentional or not, it was Woody 30 years before Woody

[@gabriela9044]

Bo Peep isnt just a porcelain doll, She’s part of Molly’s bedside table lamp. I don’t think Andy was supposed to play with her but he did anyway so that Woody had a girlfriend/“damsel in distress”

[@demosneokleous4877]

I'm glad you used the OST of the Toy Story 3 games Edit: Toy Story 2 PS1 as well

[@Vanman_fr]

Wow this channel still exists. your old red ring of death series (particularly the wii u video) randomly popped into my head. good to see you still around after all these years.

[@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639]

5:41 I love how she's annoyed, but realizes that she can't do anything. lol

[@Liamshadow05]

I remember owning a slinky dog toy when i was a kid during my birthday when i was turning 6 years old back then, i really miss my toy collection

[@TOYNaroundstudios]

I always thought Rex was inspired by Dino Rider from the late 80’s. That was a over looked toy line. The scale and articulation for Rex and Trixie are similar to the toys. Anyways great video!!!😊

[@fireflowerfilms2010]

Rex actually was.

[@UpDownAllAround0004]

This video is terrible and so are you. You fell off after the rise and fall videos.

[@lionocyborg6030]

3:55 The hasbro mascot there sounds like Bart Simpson.

[@gabrielchee8470]

It's also the first time I've admittedly seen the Hasbro boy speak or be animated.

[@supersillyleo4178]

FR

[@Debesteyoutuber]

Yea

[@Avasworld-e4r]

It’s probably same voice actor 😂

[@DarthJarJar6]

Andy was gonna be the richest person in his family with all those toys. But he decided to give them to some kid

[@derikpenman4398]

Course, Rex Mason, is Justice League's Metamorpho. Who Mattel also had an action figure of. But, that was in the 2000's.

[@russellhoyt588]

i still have the Dino Riders Tyrannosaurus that this franchise's Rex is actually based on. All the accessories, unfortunately, are long gone, but I have the Rex itself.

[@erikgilson1687]

I think buzz was just a riff off of the flashy action figures from the 80s/90s with movable and retractable pieces, lights and sounds as opposed to Woody's old fashioned doll type figure from the 50s/60s

[@michaelsheal7025]

The Army men are based off the TimMee modern soldiers introduced in 1968 and produced by times itself until the company closed in 2005 as well as hundreds of knockoffs made by other companies with the knockoff being the reason for TimMee closure. TimMee would be resurrected in 2011 by BMC toys which was buying up classic toy soldiers molds to sell. Basically if you played with toy soldiers in the last 50 years these are the toy soldier you played with

[@TheStormBolt-gf8qi]

This is amazing

[@ELlFAF]

I never knew Kenny was a real toy now I want one

[@ELlFAF]

Lenny*

[@Memergamer13]

Oh my god they killed Lenny!

[@ELlFAF]

@@Memergamer13 YOU BASTARDS

[@devinpaul9026]

Found one of those little people fire trucks at a goodwill back when I was eleven or twelve. Scraped up pretty good and missing the dudes, but I found a real one in the wild.

[@AshTheDuke]

When I could not afford a G.I. Joe, I bought the green army men

[@EthanDoezYT]

I would have unironically loved a mr potatoe head with a car and trailer. that sounds like my kinda toy. I used to grab our random assortment of legos we had as a kid and made working gumball machines, models of dodge ram trucks, and an RV with bathroom, bed, kitchen, and etc.

[@regstudio6186]

Wow great video, it would be interesting to include these early versions of the characters in the next film

[@xtswolfygg]

Howdy doody was a classic

[@AmaliyasDolls]

Agree

[@The-creator-of-good-videos-15]

I think I also had a Rex toy as a little kid, maybe in 2012 or something. And like in the middle of 2013 and 2014 or whatever, I think I had Woody and Buzz toys… so… the three almost looked movie-accurate or something… I think.

[@ZacFoster]

Great video

[@GhoulishTeatime]

I dont remember playing with a slinky as much as having my mom constantly detangle it

[@jessicaregina1956]

Buzz lightyear would be considered a "vintage" toy by now.

[@thesam19841]

So I have to say something about Bo Peep she's not as old as you would might think 50s or 60s... she's actually a lamp and myguess can be detached from the base and that's why Andy would play with him it was actually Molly's lamp

[@Thetruth-fr5ir]

Toy Story 2 itself goes into the history of the toys... Well kinda at least. It points out how western stuff was everything and then Sputnik happened and space took over.

[@Pantheraonca-666]

By looking at Howdy Doody, looks like more of an inspiration for the creation of Aldred E. Neuman of Mad magazine.

[@prestonproductions7730]

One thing for the pitch for Toy Story 5, I hope Thomas is in it

[@Carboi0528]

That would be cool if they were riding a trackmaster thomas lol

[@classicfanforever5139]

Who do you think should voice him?

[@NicklasZandeVGCP2001]

Buzz Lightyear was actually based on a real person. Buzz Aldrin, and "lightyear" is based on a measurement of the speed of light, and the colors were added because John Lasseter and his wife Nancy loved the colors green and purple.

[@rawfish_8.3u]

Lightyear isn't a measurement of the speed of light, but rather the distance that light travels in a year

[@sonicfreak04]

I like how woody is designed to looks like a rankin bass character

[@angelagokool9514]

Fisher Price's Chatter Phone was featured in at least one of the movies (I forget which one). In any case, I used to have one of those, as a kid. Woody reminded me of pull-string toys that I used to have, especially talking ones. Buzz was more reminiscent of talking push-button toys, that my sister would've played with. Of course, we had Barbies. And no, porcelain dolls aren't meant to be played with, so I don't know why Andy's mom allowed him to have one, in the first place. Those were the types of dolls that you would've seen at your grandma's house, when she said, "You can look, but don't touch." There's been news of a Toy Story 5, but I don't think it's necessary. I mean, what more could they possibly do with this story? Part 4 was...meh. Honestly, they should've stopped after 3.

[@Passageofsky]

8:47 I always wanted to taste that

[@gabrielchee8470]

Yeah ive never played with any of these except maybe some static animal and dino figs, and maybe something similar to an etch a sketch.

[@Sonic-1991-y5p]

I played with Woody and buzz growing up and I am a 10 year old and I still play with Woody and buzz

[@SKathleen615]

My favorite Toy in the Toy Story film is the Troll dolls and of course Barbie

[@Splodge-productions_2010.]

2:30 a.k.a. the company that ruined Thomas and friends

[@migasmiguel10]

Yes mattel fucked thomas

[@brickaleggy]

why do you have to bring it up everytime mattel is mentioned

[@migasmiguel10]

@@Splodge-productions_2010. aeg sucks

[@randomthingsstuff6591]

Wdym?

[@ryhammond5774]

I’ve played with these toys growing up

[@jeffreycoogan09]

@Rod Studios There were no "Cowboy toys" during the late 1800s (1807, 1808 and 1809). In fact the term "Cowboy" didn't even exist then. I think that you may have meant to say late 1890s.

[@Dragonfire1911]

You should've talked about the yellow ball with the red star on it. It appears in a Winnie the Pooh episode called (cleanliness is next to impossible)

[@aboudadoheim4643]

I only have the sheriff woody doll toy that I purchased it from Disneylands that was literally in Hong Kong back in 2023

[@55twintv39]

Buzz Lightyear was based on the original 1964 G.I. Joe action figure.

[@emmanuelmcdaddie5165]

I had a Mr potato head and a buzz lightyear that looked exactly like the one in the movie

[@SquirrelASMR]

Wow that kid was a genius to want wheels on his slinky. 8i never thought of thata

[@WongShuchi-mp7lo]

,,johh pork,, got me😂😂😂

[@YakkoWarnerTower]

Mr Potato Head was inspired by his classical toy version in the classical Toy Story.

[@Gojiro7]

way to show your Gen Z'ness. The Piggy bank is still made and used to this day, so treating it like its this weird thing that only old people use when they were kids is a needlessly weird take to make

[@BullMooseFox]

Dude I'm 30 and piggy banks are for old people.

[@rawfish_8.3u]

​@@BullMooseFox I'm 30 too and have used a piggy bank until a couple of years ago

[@jonathanthornton1996]

Bet🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@QuertyQw33n]

A slinky, a slinky, can't remember all the words. I used to do routines of slinky tricks to music when I was in my 20s. my grandmother had got me the old-fashioned metal kind instead of the plastic one.

[@Oscareastwood]

3:16 *P O T A T O*

[@fermentedadams]

Dang, we should have voted for Mr Potato Head again

[@ToyStoryFanA113]

They should’ve made like Cameo appearances

[@JohnLopez-t5o]

U forgot to mention that Texas instruments spell toy was popularized in the 1982 hit " E.T. the extraterrestrial" remember et used the toy

[@YEAR-1-RELICS]

You didnt need to explain a piggy bank. If you aint never heard of a piggy bank you were born yesterday chief.

[@masudashizue777]

I used to have the styrofoam head Mr. Potato. I think you were supposed to replace the styrofoam with a real potato.

[@djponfun657]

Toy I play is a Disney princess doll and My little pony toy. I do like Disney Princess a lot more because it have my favorite Disney movie like The little mermaid and Aladdin doll like Ariel and Jasmine.

[@pdeXlol]

4:44 Pronounced "Boy-zee" not "Boys". Great video, but I couldn't let that one go lol

[@dreadpiraterobin8379]

Bo Peep isn't a doll Andy plays with, she's part of a lamp next to Molly's crib.

[@jarrettbellboy]

Idaho native here - our capital city Boise is pronounced “BOY-see.”

[@itsjaby3403]

Bro we should do it again 4:46

[@KingNothing22]

BOY-ZEE idaho

[@DD-ix3bm]

Thank you! No idea why he says Bose! Lol

[@irontaylor9992]

Piggy banks

[@ArnieCunningham-wm4sw]

7:49 every time I see one of this I think of “Spell Woman…B-I-T-C-H--“

[@ZacharyRalphFan2013]

7:51 I have one of these at school lol

[@GameplayWithEffects]

Imagine a video that's been uploaded a month ago with only 7 views and no comments or likes

[@Doctorwhoenjoyer]

Howdy doody freaked me out when i was younger.. My parents showed me it when i was 3-4 and i screamed. Then i saw BTTF 3 (of which howdy doody makes a cameo) and i saw him and thought “oh… that thing…”

[@calebbusing6171]

I had a Mr Potato Head when I was younger

[@susanvanduyn2847]

I played with a woody doll when I was a kid. to bad I lost it I could of made $40 to $ 90 on Ebay for it 😢

[@insertnamehere-38]

Isn’t the pig just a piggy bank

[@rawfish_8.3u]

It seems there are people who have not heard of piggy banks

[@NumberElmzZz]

Cool vid btw do you think the robot from the 1st and second film was based off the Omni jr robot From the 80s ?

[@shadyavich4595]

I thought the film Tom Thumb was going to be brought up

[@TristanLaplante-bl4db]

I already played with the red tablet

[@kaldydyn7046]

Can you do for Toy Story 2,3 and 4 please 🙏

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Rex was based on a Dino-Riders T-rex toy.

[@basedjenny7362]

Boys Idaho