Tin Toy - Sequel

Sequel

In the early 1990s, Pixar began to make arrangements with Disney to produce the first computer-animated film. The project went through, but considering the abrupt transition from shorts to feature a few minutes to an hour and a half, Pixar set out to create a special half-hour to see if he can manage a production that is similar to that of an actual film. Driven by the victory at the Oscars that year, a sequel to Tin Toy called "A Tin Toy Christmas," was originally planned as a half-hour long television special to be used to convince film studios that Pixar was capable of producing a feature film. This idea was brought to the table at the initial talks with Disney for Toy Story. The basic idea was that Tinny was part of a set of toy players who is not successful and remains unsold for years. Separated from other components, Tinny end up by mistake in a toy shop of our age, where he meets several characters, including a soft pink bear named Lotso.

The project was abandoned because the television network that would produce it could not afford the fees required (according to director Pete Docter, the special would have required a sum of eighteen times higher than allowed budget). Disney was uninterested in the concept and urged Pixar to produce a feature immediately which became a critical and commercial success. The character of Lotso, however, was adapted for the third installment of the Toy Story series.