The REAL Toy Story Mania (and how Disney milked it for every penny)

Explore the History behind one of Disney’s most fascinating marketing campaigns of all time, for the 1995 Pixar film Toy Story. Special thanks: Rare Toy Story and Jackson Scoggins for the use of the Toy Story on Ice recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i82TRglbbrA BriCLOGGER / Powerhouse Percussive Dance for the use of El Capitan’s Toy Story Funhouse footage - www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJHmRVAEQoM&t Longplayer: KAGE-008 - longplays.org / World of LongPlays (YT) for footage of Bootleg Toy Story game - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt89UtSv4NA&t Armindo Souza for use of Disneyland Toy Story Funhouse footage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkD4Szdrefs Bartattack for use of his Pizza Planet 1996 exterior footage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB3GjChKCF0&t=204s Yves-Richard for Pizza Planet footage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QOFI_qUjXs&t Longplay Center for use of their Toy Story Animated Storybook & Activity Center gameplay footage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94ekvJNT2Vw&t - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fokyO2YN8yE&t つぐつぐ_Disney / @imfykminmyak9105 for use of Tokyo Disneyland Toy Story Fun Party Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpWv-pFL6mw&t Link to all sources / credits / links (also in the video End Credits): https://yesterworldtoystorycredits.carrd.co YOUTUBE / MISC LINKS: Austin on the News 1996 - Buzz Lightyear Toy Story - © NBC - Owen Family Movies - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hf0NFwBwEE 1996: Buzz Lightyear Toy Demand - © BBC Archive - https://www.bbc.com/videos/c907j98jl82o BBC News Toy Story On This Day - © BBC Archive - https://www.instagram.com/reels/DRWeziujThd/ 'Toy Story': A revolutionary movie but also a 'wonderful' film - © 2026 FOX Television Stations - https://www.fox9.com/news/toy-story-1995-release USA: NEW YORK: 1995 TOY FAIR - © Associated Press - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESjQmSmAS0I 1996 Toy Story Talking 16" Woody and 12" Talking Buzz Lightyear Action Figures - © Disney Enterprises, Inc. - Uploaded by Woody Buzz - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTVvcMh0OBI Toy Story Hamm’s All-Doll Revue - Credit: Eric Shipley - © The Walt Disney Company - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcgxIyr05lI&t Disneyland Inside Out - "Matterhorn" Show (Est 2/27/96) - © The Walt Disney Company - Uploaded by Artanis Knarf - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm3yr0-ouig Entertainment NOW Toy Story Toys segment - Uploaded by Anthony Van Bruggen / vanbruggen8411 - https://www.instagram.com/p/DSOGrMADqa1/ Toy Story at the El Capitan Theatre with Totally Toy Story Funhouse - Credit: Matarazzo Family - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzL3iRepk68&t The Space Place Dining Area At Disneyland - 1995 - Credit: TokyoMagicToo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKZkREg-TKA&t Disneyland 1983orig (Space Place) - Credit: ElmaFlores1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnR25jLNxl0&t Disneyland's Space Place Restaurant - Credit: TokyoMagicToo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_p7IV9DQGg Disney MGM Studios 1996 - Courtesy of Bartattack - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB3GjChKCF0&t Toy Story Hamm’s All-Doll Revue - Credit: Eric Shipley - © The Walt Disney Company - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcgxIyr05lI&t Toy Story Parade * Disney-MGM Studios * Walt Disney World * January 1996 - Vintage Disney Parks Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GUO_3G18UY&t Disneyland: Toy Story Funhouse Woody's Roundup show/Green Army Men Obstacle Course 1996 - Credit: The Road Spud - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWXZBQWMA_A&t=14s A 'Production' Day at Disney-MGM Studios * Walt Disney World * May 1993 - Credit: Vintage Disney Parks Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XP3K2HDkBk The Great Movie Ride, Woody & Buzz-October 10th 1996-Disney's M.G.M. Studios - Credit: Yves-Richard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QOFI_qUjXs&t Disney World MGM Studio's Part 1 - 3 Feb 1996 - Credit: Graceville - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUIAS8eqD0s&t Disney-MGM Studios-Backstage Studio Tour 1990 - Credit: PlutoParkingTV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ciiphc8VnGw The Rocketeer display at the Disney/MGM Studios summer 1991 - Credit: Dennis Smith - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH9rdZQsVU8 ARCHIVE꞉ Is The Lion King too much for kids (1994) - © ABC News / The Walt Disney Company - Uploaded by 13WHAM ABC News - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1JkI0tPfTE