Toy Story Stop-Motion Short Debuts!

• It took a crew of 8 people over more than 1300 hours and a span of 4 weeks to complete the toymation
• Every second needed 12 frames of pictures
• Every shot needed at least 3 takes, many of which had to be done separately with each toy and then composited together later
• Each toy had to be taken apart and reassembled with wire and museum putty in order to be rigged properly to animate
• The dust bunnies were created from an old carpet the team almost threw out right before production on the toymation project began
• The crew made 5 trips to the supermarket to clear out their asparagus, big broccoli heads, and artichokes to build the vegetable forest set

Toy Story was released November 22nd, 1995 and stars Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, John Morris. The film is directed by John Lasseter.