Cool Stuff: The Characters Of ‘Toy Story’ Combine To Form A Pixar ‘Voltron’
There’s plenty of merchandise out there bringing the characters ofToy Storyinto the bedrooms of plenty of children who will play with them until they grow up and get rid of them, making millions of sad littleToy Story 3narratives come to life. But you’ve never seen a piece ofToy Storymerchandise like this.
Tamashii Nationshas created a Chogokin combiner that has five different characters fromToy Storycombine to form their ownVoltron. That’s right, you can take Woody, Rex, Bullseye, Hamm and Slinky Dog and form them into one big robot. See theToy Story Voltronbelow!
Here’s some pictures of theToy Story Voltronfigure fromTamashii Nations' Facebook page:
You might thinking to yourself that this figure is a total missed opportunity because it doesn’t include Buzz Lightyear, a toy that was seemingly made to be able to form aToy Story Voltronfigure. The good news is that theofficial Tamashii Nations pagefor the Toy Story figure pretty much tells us that there’s a Buzz Lightyear addition to the figure coming in July, right in the middle of Comic-Con:
Even if you’re a die-hardToy Storyfan, this figure is a little expensive at $169.99, but you’ll have plenty of time to save up since it won’t be available until December this year. This could be just what some kids need to stop them from playing with all of Andy’s toys so soon. Or it’ll just look good sitting on a shelf. If you need more convincing, here’s an animated short to go along with it:
