Toy OTD: Burger King "Toy Story" Premium: The Robot
Don't worry if you don't remember this character from Toy Story - he's a pretty obscure background toy, and only has one spoken line: "Mr. Lightyear needs more tape!" He helps Buzz fix his spaceship, pals around with the toy snake in Andy's room, and that's about it. The only reason I remember him is because I did his voice.Needless to say, I was really happy when Burger King made a toy of him as part of the Toy Story kid's meal line (or was it for Toy Story 2? I'm not positive). He's never been merchandised in any other way, and while I guess that makes sense, I've always liked Bob Pauley's design a lot, and hey, you can never have too many good robot toys. It's really nicely made for a item this inexpensive, and pretty on-model, too!
I can't imagine this toy being all that valuable, even though though this line sold out twelve years ago. You can get two of them, plus a lot of the other fast food toys, on eBay starting at $2.00 + $7.65 shipping.
Labels: 90s toy, burger king, disney, fast food premium, happy meal, happy meal toy, merchandising, pixar, robot, robot toy, toy, toy of the day, toy OTD, toy story
posted by Jeff Pidgeon at
5:49 PM
6 Comments:
If I remember correctly, he plays a prominent role in the Sega Genesis Toy Story game, which is in regular rotation in my home.
Great photo, as usual.
Cool! I never saw him in anything except the CD-ROMs (I worked on 'em, and made sure he was included), so that's neat to hear. Thanks for the nice note!
hello!! WONDERFULL!!
my girlfrien and i, love to that toy.. he is like our little son.. wich we named "cabecita de radio" ( spanish for little radiohead)
it came to me by fortune y didnt remember him from the movi, which i loved too.. in fact i wachted in cinemas...
and yestareday we saw the movie adain AND THERE IT WAS!!
it is something importnt to us... and we found you right now..
it a placer to meet yuo
( i do not use my blog anymore, but yes my mail)
and sorry for my english, i havent practice in a wild
you know, he also had other lines riped right from the toy mypal2. it always kind of bugged me as a kid watching Toy Story because he looks nothing like him. I wondered if they couldnt get the rights to use the actual mypal2 or if they just liked the sound effects from it.
he said things like "hi" and "yo Peep, whats up?" (I might have that "peep" part wrong, I could never figure out what he was saying exactly).
it was odd hearing him go from the voice you used to the mypal2 voice.
mirar este video que es del robot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TftTTR1mOY
On wikipedia, someone said this robot was "from playskool called rock'n robot". I came here and saw that it was indeed a character created specifically for the film. I was looking to add one to my collection...
BUT, unless Thinkway releases one in the Toy Story Collection line, the BK toy will do.
Not for me though, hahha. Luckily, I do physical 3d work for a living, so if I can get some pals to help me CnC the parts, I would love to get a 1:1 replica your way! (wont be for sale, its a passion project) Would be cool to install a voice chip in it with your voice Jeff. Interested? nofarmy@hotmail.com
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