Alternate Opening to ‘Toy Story 3’ Explored in This Never-Before-Seen Feature

In a fun throwback style to Disney Home Videos, Pixar released a never-before-seen special look at the opening of Toy Story 3. Although a similar feature titled Roundin’ Up A Western Opening was included on the Toy Story 3 Blu-ray, this version narrated by Story Supervisor, Jason Katz looks at the scene from a slightly different angle and provides a few more unknown facts. 

If you don’t have the Toy Story 3 Blu-ray, or just haven’t dusted it off in a while, watching this video sparked our interest to brush up on a few other extras we haven’t watched in a while. Check out the full list of special features below — writing this all out really made us realize how great the Toy Story 3 release was. There was so much to dive into.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:

DISC 1 SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs: The Science of Adventure (4:30)
• Day & Night Theatrical Short (6:05)
• Toys! (6:37)

DISC 2 SPECIAL FEATURES:

FAMILY PLAY:

• The Gang’s All Here (10:46)
• Goodbye Andy (8:02) – An exploration of character design, acting and animation in the scene “Andy’s Goodbye”
• Accidental Toymakers (3:56) – Meet the makers of the original Buzz Lightyear and watch how the newest version of Buzz – the Ultimate Buzz is constructed
• A Toy’s Eye View: Creating a Whole New Land (5:19)
• Epilogue (4:23) – Stand-alone 1:33 version of the Epilogue

FILM FANS:

• Cine-Explore (1:42:30) with Dir. Lee Unkrich and Prod. Darla Anderson
• Beyond The Toybox: Commentary track featuring leads from Story, Tech, Art and Animation
• Roundin’ Up A Western Opening (5:42) – Development process and scene analysis of “Western Opening” in its various iterations through the story process
• Bonnie’s Playtime: A Story Roundtable (6:26) – A roundtable discussion with the Lee Unkrich and the story artists who brought the “Bonnie’s Playtime” scene to life
• Beginnings: Setting A Story In Motion (8:13) – Screenwriter Michael Arndt analyzes successful opening scenes from ToyStory, Nemo, and the Incredibles
• Life Of A Shot (6:57) – Overview of artist contribution to each step of the production pipeline on a select group of shots from the Western Opening of Toy Story 3
• Making of Day & Night (2:00)
• Paths To Pixar – Editorial (4:38)
• Studio Stories – Where’s Gordon? (2:16)
• Studio Stories – Cereal Bar (1:36)
• Studio Stories – Clean Start (3:05)

GAMES & ACTIVITIES:

• Toy Story Trivia Dash – Trivia Game

PUBLICITY: 

• Grab Bag (4:00)
• Ken’s Dating Tips (1:30)
• Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear Commercial (0:30)
• Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear Commercial 2 (Japan) (0:30)
• Making Of The Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear Commercials (1:28)
• Internet Chat (1:00)
• Security Cam (1:12)
• Gadgets (0:58)
• Dancing With The Stars at Pixar (2:21)
• TS3 Silence Trailer (0:40)
• TS3 Antipiracy Trailer (1:04)
• TS3 Teaser Trailer (1:44)
• TS3 Trailer 2 (2:21)
• TS3 Trailer 3 (2:30)
• TS3 Japan Teaser Trailer 1 (1:02)
• TS3 Japan Trailer 2 (2:44)
• Character Intros (2:00)
• Poster Gallery