Pixar Fanboy

No, Pixar Pook-a-Looz isn’t a crazy festival I’m having in my backyard or a dance I invented. Pook-a-Looz are the new, cute, urban-inspired plush toys from Disney featuring 30+ characters, including my favorites above, Woody and Buzz.

The Pook-a-Looz are around $12, so I’m going to at least pick up Woody and Buzz. They also have all the classic Disney characters, as well as some from Nightmare Before Christmas and The Muppets. As far as I know, Woody and Buzz are the only two Pixar Pook-a-Looz, but please correct me if I’m wrong.

What other Pixar Characters would you love to see in Pook-a-Looz form? My first two choices would be Mike Wazowski and Sully from Monsters, Inc.

In the last video of the series, John Lasseter gives “The Real Buzz” on Buzz Lightyear. We’ll miss hearing from you, John!

Now if I could just get my hands on some of those toys…

Thanks to the fine folks at Sideshow Collectibles, I got my hands on a great vinyl figure of everyone’s favorite blue and purple spotted monster, Sulley. As you may know, Sideshow is a purveyor of fine statues, collectible figures, busts, and dioramas. They have many products featuring Disney characters, but they also feature many fine Pixar collectibles, especially the upcoming vinyls from Up and Toy Story.

The Monsters Inc. Sulley VCD figure stands an impressive 8.67″ tall and is render in amazing detail. It is manufactured by Medicom, and the quality is top notch. Sully is striking a contemplative pose, and looks great on a desk or a shelf.

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Disney sent me a heads up about this new series of videos in which John Lasseter discusses the Toy Story Definitive toy line. It is a seven part series that kicks off today, and will feature two new videos a week. Don’t miss the chance to be the first to hear Lasseter talk about his inspiration and why the Definitive toy line is a collectors dream.

You can keep an eye on the YouTube Disney Living channel for more, or just check back here.

I thought the amazing-looking Toy Story Collection toys were not going to be released until October, but this weekend I stumbled across them in my local Target! It was very cool seeing a whole Toy Story section in the toy aisle again, and I desperately wanted to snatch them all up. Hopefully I’ll be able to get my hands on them soon and do some written reviews as well as some video reviews, but until now, here is a preview.

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Well, while I was vacationing in another city in California, the San Diego Comic-Con was going on, and a lot of great Pixar news was building up in my RSS reader. After getting home and sorting through it all, I thought it would be valuable to share all the links I found interesting.

• SlashFilm has great interviews with John Lasseter (featuring a surprise appearance by Hayao Miyazaki) and Lee Unkrich.
• The Toy Story/Toy Story 2 3D double-feature teaser trailer is now online.

• Finally, some Up toys!

  
• Disney Etc. has a great roundup of the amazing looking Toy Story LEGO sets that are coming out soon. I will be honest, I never thought that Toy Story LEGO could look that awesome. I will be extremely broke when these come out.