''Tiny Toy Stories'' is a home video compilation of five computer-animated short films made by

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. It was released on October 29, 1996, by

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and Disney Videos internationally. The International releases, including the UK and Japan, have the ''

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'' characters hosting it and talking about the shorts. Additionally, the international releases have ''Knick Knack'' and ''Tin Toy'' switched, to exemplify how "without ''Tin Toy'', there would've been no ''Toy Story''".

Shorts

All directed by John Lasseter except as noted: *'' The Adventures of André & Wally B.'' (1984), directed by Alvy Ray Smith *'' Luxo Jr.'' (1986) (original version) *''

Red's Dream ''Red's Dream'' is a 1987 American computer-animated short film written and directed by John Lasseter and produced by Pixar. The short film, which runs four minutes, stars Red, a unicycle. Propped up in the corner of a bicycle store on a rainy ni ...

'' (1987) *''

Tin Toy ''Tin Toy'' is a 1988 American computer-animated short film produced by Pixar and directed by John Lasseter. The short film, which runs five minutes, stars Tinny, a tin one-man band toy, attempting to escape from Billy, an infant. The third ...

'' (1988) *''

Knick Knack ''Knick Knack'' is a 1989 American computer-animated short film produced by Pixar that was written and directed by John Lasseter. The short is about a snow globe snowman who wants to join the other travel souvenirs in a summer-themed party. Howev ...

'' (1989) (original version)

Cast

* Jeff Bennett as Rex *

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as the Aliens * Pat Fraley as

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as Woody *

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as Hamm * Tyler Mullen

Follow-ups

In November 2007, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released ''

Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1 ''Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1'' is a home video compilation released by Walt Disney Home Entertainment on November 9, 2007, containing 13 of Pixar's short films. It was followed by '' Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 2'', which was ...

'', which featured all of Pixar's animated short films up through 2006's '' Lifted''. It also included '' The Adventures of André & Wally B.'' The second volume of shorts, '' Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 2'' was released in 2012. The third volume of shorts, '' Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 3'' was released in 2018.

External links

Tiny Toy Stories on Archive
* 1996 direct-to-video films 1996 films Pixar short films Short film compilations Disney home video releases Animated anthology films Films directed by Alvy Ray Smith Films directed by John Lasseter 1990s American films {{Disney-animation-film-stub