» In Toy Story 2, baby Molly was voiced by Lee Unkrich's daughter, Hannah. » The character of Andy is voiced by John Morris, the same actor who voiced Andy in the original films. » Ken wears 21 different outfits in the movie. » The version of Ken used in Toy Story 3 is modeled after "Animal Lovin' Ken" from 1988. » The version of Barbie used in Toy Story 3 is modeled after "Great Shape Barbie" from 1983. » The Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear character has 3,473,271 individual hairs organized in several layers of different length and thickness. Avars, short for animation variables, are the points of movement, which animators manipulate to create a character’s physical performance. » Buzz has 215 animation avars in his face. » Buzz is 11.43 inches tall without his helmet, and 11.80 inches tall with it. » Woody has 229 animation avars in his face. » Woody is 15.18 inches tall without his hat, and 15.93 inches tall with his hat on. Sid's cameo is voiced by 27-year-old Erik Von Detten, who at the age of 13 was the original voice of Sid in Toy Story. » Sid, the mean kid who liked to destroy his toys in Toy Story, is all grown up as well, and he makes a cameo in Toy Story 3, wearing his signature skull t-shirt. In Toy Story 3, however, Andy’s mom has a new license plate frame that reads " Tiger Pride," which is a reference to director Lee Unkrich's hometown of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and his high school mascot, the Tiger. Despite the years that have passed, Andy’s mom hasn’t changed her license plate, which still reads A113. » The number A113, which refers to John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Pete Docter and Andrew Stanton's former classroom at CalArts, makes an appearance in every Pixar film. » Hidden in Andy’s bedroom is a hint at a new character in next year's Cars 2. Cutting Blvd, the street on which Pixar’s original headquarters were based. » Above Andy's closet is a street sign for W. stands for Pixar University, a professional-development program for Pixar employees. » Andy has a banner hanging on one of the walls in his room that reads " P.U." - P.U. » The pins on the map in Andy's room correspond to the hometowns of Toy Story 3 production staff. » There are more than 300 stickers in Andy's room. » There are 302 total characters in the film. Editorial turned those storyboards into eight different "Milestone Screenings" that were shown to the Pixar Brain Trust while the film was in development. » 92,854 storyboards were drawn over the course of the film, and of those, about half (45,516) were delivered to the editorial department. Four animators worked on the animation for all three Toy Story films. » 17 animators on Toy Story 3 also worked on animation for Toy Story 2. » On January 15th, 2010, the final day for many of the 58-person animation crew, director Lee Unkrich led a mini-marching band through the studio composed of two snare drummers, two bass drummers, two giant monkeys and a Yeti. » Director Lee Unkrich performs one line in the movie, as the voice of the Jack in the Box character who says "New Toys!" when Woody, Buzz and the gang first arrive at Sunnyside. He also served as an editor on Toy Story 3. » Director Lee Unkrich edited the first two Toy Story films, and co-directed Toy Story 2. But you will find out about how many individual hairs Lotso has and how many "avars" it takes to animate Woody and Buzz's faces. These officially came from Disney and don't contain any major spoilers, so you don't have to be worried. Tomorrow we've got an interview with director Lee Unkrich, but today I wanted to get things going with this big list of a bunch of fun facts, hidden facts, and character facts, about Toy Story 3 (thanks to a post from Cinema Blend). It's Toy Story 3 week this week! Pixar's latest movie hits theaters this weekend and that means it's time to start getting in the mood for all things Toy Story again.
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