To celebrate the anniversary of Toy Story, Pixar opened the doors to its Living Archives.
Here’s what Ryan discovered… Shes just revealed an original, hand-carved head of Buzz Lightyear.
Inside, however, its a veritable geeks paradise.
The archives are accessed by entering a lift large enough to swallow an American-sized family car.
Everyone thinks its all digital, Christine says, But we have boxes and boxes of art.
These sketches and sculpture items collectively build up a rich, irreplaceable account of Pixars history.
Christine shows us several of these, some wildly different from the last.
One early sculpt of Buzz uses a perfectly round, glass lampshade for his space helmet.
Now no longer made, the glass domes have to be hand-blown in Italy at a far greater cost.
One box in particular catches my eye.
Lifting the box with, Freeman reveals a model of Woodys head, sculpted from clay.
Dont look him in the eyes, Christine advises.
This formed the basis of the Rockmobile character in the finished film.
Its but one example of the range of curious items tucked away in the archives.
The Pixar Living Archive has come a long way since it was established in 1998.
Up until then, Pixars artwork was sent off to be stored to Disneys archives in Los Angeles.
