Did Al build his toy store because it was next to his apartment, or did he move to an apartment next to his toy store?
>>153424786Must be a pain in the ass to bring new products into this place. No loading bays means everything comes through the front doors by hand.
>>153424786>plot hinges around big plan to sell off Woody for huge payout>owns a solid acre of space in the middle of a busy city surrounded by high risesThat plot of dirt's gotta be worth a good $10 million, easy. Just sell that and move the toy store literally anywhere else, ya dingus
>>153424786Al was a registered sex offender, that's why he lived in an apartment that doesn't allow children.
>>153424894>>153424938You can't ask hollywood writers to understand practical details
>>153424894The loading bay is offscreen. "But there's no place for it to be!" you say, only to turn around and see it comically appear in an impossible manner.
>>153424894Does it make that much of a difference if stuff just comes in before customers arrive? My only experience with that kind of thing are working at 7-Eleven with the routine deliveries.
>>153425116Should be loaded into the store via conveyer belt into the silo. Otherwise the lack of logistical realism just completely ruins the immersion for me wth
>>153424786I like how it portrays the American stroad. Almost looks no different than the ones today. Only unrealistic detail is the small parking lot.
>>153425264An extremely elaborate ass Looney Tunes setup makes the roof of the silo come off and a conveyor belt descend from it, where an even more elaborate mechanism of pulleys and elevators moves the containers to the warehouse in the back.
>>153425235I guess it depends on how big/heavy/volumous the deliveries are. And then there is the matter of not having an inventory room for the deliveries. So even when everythings offloaded the store would still be full of unsealed boxes to deal with.
>>153424786Al has got to be the most unfortunate name right now
>>153425409I always find the joke about>made with Alfunny whenever it comes up.
>>153424938And the fact that he lives in a high rise apartment in the middle of the city. Those weren't cheap then and they aren't cheap now, not even in the 1990s which I assume the film is supposedly set in. The movie doesn't explicitly say he's a wealthy man, the audience figures that out judging how he owns a big Toys-R-Us-like retail center, lives in a rather neat apartment in a busy part of the city, and drives a somewhat vintage car which were (and still are) worth a pretty penny mostly due to their rarity. He is a wealthy businessman who's incredibly greedy and wants even more wealth by selling Woody in Japan. Al's just written as the typical rich greedy man.
>>153424786My first guess would be that he owned the store for a while, but walked by the apartment complex everyday, and when he noticed there was a vacancy, he moved there for convenience.
>>153425484>a wealthy businessman who's incredibly greedy and wants even more wealthSame as it ever was
>>153424951Its a metaphor on how grown adults will deprive children of toys because of greed>I love childrens toys, but I would NEVER EVER let a child actually play with one.
>>153424786>massive 4 lane one way road in the middle of a cityAl is in the right to drive across the street.
Why did the Al's Toy Barn logo look exactly like the Toy Story logo? What did the filmmakers mean by this?
>>153424894>No loading baysWhat
>>153425847what is the problem
Thar building is Al's Toy Barn. The Barn is just a facade
>>153424938What if he just leases the land
>>153424786Toy Story 2 is the last good Toy Story. Fight me.
>>153424951Kek this made me lol
>>153426180Name 3 things wrong with 3 and I will let you live.
>>153424786I'm PISSED off that they didn't use Al's barn for the toy store in Kingdom Hearts 3
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>>153426340Too sappyNot as fun as the first twoLed to the trend of overly maudlin Toy Story sequels
>>153424894Could it be conencted to the building behind them?
>>153426080an area of high density shouldn't have a road that dangerous
>>153424786>implying Al lives near his workHave you seen how far that poor man has to drive?
>>153425888whaddahell...
>>153425484>drives a somewhat vintage car which were (and still are) worth a pretty penny mostly due to their rarity.i feel like it's meant to be a shitbox like how the car that picks you up in the sims 1 for basic jobs is a '57 bel air covered in rust
>>153426466>sappyAs expected from the last movie of a saga (when it was the last one, of course).>Not as funNot necessarily a bad thing, and it has to do with the above.>Led to the trend of sequelsThe third movie was planned as the last one. What came after was a belated decision by the producers. So it's not it fault for what happened next.
>>153424786Yeesh, TS2 really shows its age with some of the set designs. Impressive for the time in which the film was made, but still..
>He's desplay onlyWas he an old geezer that hates kids playing with toys? Is there really a market for restoring old toys back then, where this pos can make a business out of it? >>153427785>i feel like it's meant to be a shitbox like how the car that picks you up in the sims 1 for basic jobs is a '57 bel air covered in rustWasn't the pizza planet truck like that? Al's car seems a lot fancier than that.
>>153426404You have every right to be pissed, but that was the best level in that garbage fire of a game (Monsters Inc. wasn't bad either).
>>153428769>Is there really a market for restoring old toys back then, where this pos can make a business out of it?Skilled artisans can charge megabux for their services to collectors.
>>153428769All he knows within the context of the story is that this Woody doll is for a Japanese museum, if he was fixing it for a kid he would tell him something like, "remember to take care of him".
>>153428769>there really a market for restoring old toys back then, where this pos can make a business out of it?yes, this is the peak of the Antiques Roadshow era of turn of the century goods being reappraised and valued for historic reasons(not so much for the IP itself as an ongoing thing)The big difference between collecting toys like that then and modern toy collecting is that modern collecting is more about the franchise as an active IP. There's some crossover, the Woody's roundup toys are popular because of attachment to the show as nostalgia, and modern collectors will be into historic toys in their given franchise very often. But this guy would likely be more interested in Woody as a historic toy and how a doll of that sort was made and how it can be restored, not so much in the Woody's Roundup show or Woody as a character.
>>153428769Nah, Geri’s a wacky old coot that likes to play chess with himself. He’s just reenforcing the moral quandary of the movie that if woody doesn’t go to the museum he won’t last forever.
>>153426462What now???
>>153426549But I think it was on purpose, remember the several accidents that happened simultaneously?
>>153424938i guess it shows that he doesn't really need the money and is just a shyster who tries to make money by any means necessary even if he doesn't really need it
>>153428572>but still..Still what
>>153429399Hater here
>>153424938I always figured he was in a shitload of dept and selling the woody collection was his big ticket out of it.
>>153424951oh damn
>>153424894>AND ON A SATURDAY!
>>153424786Liminal.
>>153426340Buzz as an unwilling antagonist yet again yaaawn
>>153428769>POSt. salty he got beat at chess by an old man(when he thought hebhad him on the ropes)
>>153430364lel
>what if TOYS had emotions? BRAVO
So how do you think the agreement works that lets him paint the cheesy farmland facade on the side of those highrises? I doubt Al owns those buildings, and I can't imagine the owners would be thrilled to have it there.
>>153432563There's dialogue and partnership for everything.
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>>153432563The real question is how isn't tagged.
Fun sequel, but it doesn't have the Katzenberg edge of the first movie
>>153432529It's crazy how the toys got more soulless with each film
>>153424894That explains why there’s a cabover semi parked in a manner where the rear of the trailer is facing the front entrance. All it needs now is a lift gate or loading ramps.
>>153425409I clicked on a Weird Al video totally expecting it to be weird A.I.
>>153424951>>153424786I'm sitting home giggling like an idiot. This is the most inconvenient, impractical store. It has an awful location, you can only access it through the side. After doing a bunch of returns and turns to get in, they don't even allow kids. So you just stood there like a clown with your toddler, under the sun in disbelief.
>>153424786personally my guess is that Al is a Jr and it was his dad who started the business and passed it on to him, Al doesn't seem like the kind of guy who could found a successful business but he could probably manage to maintain an existing one reasonably okay(though I'd be amazed if he was still in business by the time of Toy Story 3)
>>153433342Ole!
>>153424786Is it just me or is that parking lot atrociously designed?
>>153434323The apartment doesn't allow kids, not the store. The store itself is in a peak location, you're not gonna miss it and it's on a busy street. It's more convenient than most Toys R Us locations I remember. Only issue is the small parking lot relative to the size.
I prefer the Joss Whedon writing of TS1
>>153435647Like 12 people wrote for Toy Story 1
So how did Stinky Pete turn on the TV without Jessie noticing and how did he go back to his box so quickly?https://youtu.be/bmWen7-3oM0?feature=shared
>>153428769Speaking of Geri, I don’t find how Al think's he could possibly get the full mint condition price for Woody he thinks he could get when the patch job to fix his arm could still be seen by the discerning eye. Which somehow wouldn't have been the only time in a Pixar movie that attempting to stitch torn fabric back together fails to escape notice.
>>153436235He had the remote close to him, turned on the TV, slides the remote to Jesse's case, and returned on the time Al was freaking out, Woody didn't see it because he was shocked that the TV turned on, and Al threw him out.
>>153433342HE TRIED TO KILL ME WITH A FORKLIFT!
She saves TS2. It would be a boring sequel without her
>>153424894Could be a joint one connected to the larger buildings it's on the corner of, that Toy barn has access too.
>>153424786It's a pretty kino setup, just inconveniently placed compared to something like a strip mall where there's plenty of space and access points for large deliveries. The mural takes me back though; something about its style evokes the way people used to romanticize the countryside, midwest in particular.
>>153436235what if the tv is a toy too if a tablet can why not a tv or a onahole
>>153437277shit like this is why they had to put a "No children allowed" sign
man i loved Sim City 3000
>>153424894I mean it's a toy store, he's probably getting what, 3 or 4 pallets on a delivery? I think you have it confused with something the size of a walmart, or something like a furniture store because it wouldn't be necessary in this case.
>>153424938>have successful buisness centered on something you love>find an ultra rare toy to complete the collection of your autistic dreams>get to take it to a museum across the world, invited as a special guest>random anon "but why didn't he just sell the land if he was only after money????"I'm sure when he retires that's his plan.
>>153439190The shipments might not always be as huge as the super stores, but the frequency of deliveries would still be intense for a store with such limited parking capacity. Especially considering each toy manufacturer probably uses different delivery services.
Kinda sad that Woody was going to leave her behind when he decided to go to the museum
>>153424786How much does he pay the landlord of those apartments to allow him to paint that backdrop on their building?
>>153440579Probably about two-thirds as much as you'd think given one of those buildings is a Parking Garage.
THERE'S A SNAKE IN MY BOOT
>>153442085this but in bizarro world
TO INFINITY AND URMOM
>>153443149NOT TODAY, SPERG!
>>153433418>the Katzenberg edge Explain.
fuck and suck
>>153445065No no, it's You've Got A Friend In Me
This scene is way too kino.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47kpcSylLzY
>>153437092If.The.BOOT.Fits.
>>153439239He cried when he lost Woody, like he was mourning the money.
>>153446379fr tho, TS2 is ELITE
>Woody's Round Up ended on a literal cliffhanger because the very next week Sputnik launched and immediately caused kids to want space toys so they cancelled the show out of hand Far from being an expert here, but I'm like 99% certain that's how any television production has worked, ever
>>153448111Stinky Pete was lying, he just claimed it ended on a cliffhanger. The episode playing when Woody decides not to go to the muesuem is the actual final episode.
>>153437092Why didn't she say that Stinky Pete turned on the TV and left the remote next to her case in a blatant attempt to frame her? Yeah she went into toy mode or whatever so as not to arouse suspicion, but the toys are still cognizant of things going on around them when they're not moving. You're telling me she didn't hear or see him do any of that? And before anyone says that she didn't want to rat him out because she was loyal to him, she didn't even know that Pete can leave his box. She was just as surprised as Woody when he found out. Is this a plot hole or was it actually explained?
