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{{Character Template|title1 = Buzz Lightyear|image1 = BuzzLightyearRender2.jpg|caption1 = Buzz as he appears in Toy Story 4|first_appearance = Toy Story (1995)|latest_appearance = Toy Story 4 (2019)|type = Action Figure}}''"The world's greatest superhero, now the world's greatest toy!"''
[[File:64011 BuzzLightyear 2.jpg|thumb|234px|right|TSC version of Buzz.]]
 
''<u>'''"The world's greatest hero, now the world's greatest toy!"'''</u>''
 
   
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'''Buzz Lightyear''' is one of the main protagonists in the Disney/Pixar film franchise, ''Toy Story. ''Introduced as the "coolest toy ever", his multitude of high tech features intimidated Sheriff Woody. Since 1995, countless hordes of Buzz Lightyear action figures have been manufactured, more than any other character from the franchise. The original license holder, [[Thinkway Toys]], released the ''Ultimate Talking Action Figure ''incarnation, alongside his counterpart the ''Poseable Pull String Talking ''Woody'' ''doll. Thinkway continues to manufacture full size figures, including the highly popular Toy Story Signature Collection. Over the years, other manufacturers, including [[Mattel]] and Hasbro, have also released 12" Buzz figures. [[Mattel]] is also notable for their line of ''relative scale'' figures, with Buzz generally falling in the 6" range.
   
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== Packaging ==
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Buzz comes packaged in an ornately detailed box designed after a spaceship. It features the Buzz Lightyear logo proudly displayed on the front, and two cardboard wings located on either side. Buzz can be seen through a transparent plastic sheet on the "Cockpit", and, as seen in ''Toy Story 2'', the box opens from the bottom, through which a secondary cardboard tray is removed. Buzz is attached with four total twist ties at the wrists and ankles.
   
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Buzz is completely inaccessible without opening the package, which brings to mind the question of why the figure has a demo mode at all.
Buzz Lightyear is the "coolest" toy ever! There have been many different versions of Buzz (and when I mean different, I mean really unusual ones too). His first toy was made in 1995 for Toy Story (Made by [[Thinkway Toys]]) . He had stubby wings, A Lazer light, retractible helmet, voice simulater, and it also had glow in the dark green paint (I believe this is most, if not all of them from 1995 - 2006 ). [[Mattel]] was also popular for making Toy Story movie scale figures. Today, the current version (and the version with the most in-movie features) is his [http://toystorymerchandise.wikia.com/wiki/Buzz_Lightyear_(Disney_Store) Disney Store] counterpart which is originally released in 2010.
 
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== Appearance ==
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Buzz is an approximately 12" tall action figure manufactured in the mid-1990's. His high quality construction includes a variety of action features and multiple materials. The majority of his body is made from durable plastic, likely ABS, while the black sections of his shoulders and waist are separate, soft plastic parts (often mistaken for rubber, this is actually PVC treated with plasticizers for a soft consistency, sometimes called vinyl.) These allow for a much greater range of motion than hard plastic would. To date, no real-life figure features the shoulder sections in this material, though the Signature Collection version does feature a rubberized waist. The helmet is made either from transparent ABS or, more likely, polycarbonate.
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Buzz features ball jointed shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, and feet. These are attached by metal pins through the grey jointed sections, and the hips, shoulders, and knees appear to be supplemented by a form of ratchet joint, judging by his ability to stand without toppling easily in toy mode. His head appears to swivel, although it too may be on a ball joint. His fingers move individually at the first knuckle, and his thumb is on a small ball joint, allowing for versatility in posing.
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[[File:BuzzBatteryCompartment.jpg|centre|thumb|520x520px|Buzz's battery compartment, seen in ''Toy Story 3. ''The central pinhole is the reset button to return him to factory settings.]]
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He features a battery compartment located in the back half of his torso, hidden by his wing pack. To access it, one must remove the two screws located on his wing pack, and swing it downwards, as it's attached to the main body by a hinge. Buzz requires two AA batteries to power his electronics, and also features a mode selection switch with settings for demo and play, and a reset button which will change the voice sampler to Spanish audio. Sliding the switch from play to demo will return him to his original factory settings. What these settings may ''be'', and how they would change over time, seeing as there seems to be no difference in his toy features in the 10 years between ''Toy Story ''and ''Toy Story 3,'' is unknown, though this does return him to his original, delusional Space Ranger personality.
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== Features ==
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Being the "Coolest toy ever", Buzz has a wide variety of action features and gimmicks.
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=== Pulsating Laser Light ===
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The large red button on Buzz's right arm activates his laser. The LED in his forearm blinks and a looping sound effect plays as long as the button is depressed. There appears to be at least four different sound effects heard in the movies, possibly indicating different targeting modes.
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=== Karate Chop Action ===
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[[File:BuzzKarate.gif|centre|thumb|320x320px|Karate chop action!]]
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The purple turbine button located on Buzz's wingpack activates his karate chop action. A geared mechanism moves the right arm downwards and then back to it's original position when the button is depressed. This does not appear to impede his articulation or laser in any capacity.
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Exactly how this feature works and does not interfere with the operation of the wings is unexplained. The exposed portion of Buzz's torso seen in ''Toy Story 3'' does not show any signs of the mechanism involved.
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=== High-Pressure Space Wings ===
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The large red button on Buzz's left side deploys his wings from their pack. The wings swing upward and out whilst extending, and, at their maximum length, feature red and green navigation lights, similar to aircraft and marine vessels. These lights blink in time with each other so that only one of each is visible at a time. Though Buzz uses the same button to retract them while "alive", this is never seen when he is in toy mode, so it is entirely possible that they must be manually retracted and Buzz simply operates them as an extension of his body, and so, exercises complete control over their position.
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Like the karate chop, the mechanism for this is never explained and seemingly is physically impossible given what is seen of the back of his torso.
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=== Retractable Helmet ===
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Buzz's helmet is fully retractable using the purple button located on the right side of his helmet. This causes both halves to swing downward into the torso, leaving only about an inch of each exposed on the back side of his suit.
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Again, this seemingly contradicts the other features we see demonstrated. There is simply no way for the helmet to fit in the same space as the batteries, wing mechanism, and karate chop mechanism. Additionally, this would likely take up so much space in his chest cavity that it would not even allow for the chip or speaker for the voice simulator. I hope somebody got fired for ''that ''blunder.
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=== Wrist Communicator ===
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Buzz's left forearm features a locking wrist communicator, which flips up to reveal a sticker. This doesn't offer any other features beyond providing imaginative potential.
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Ironically, despite being the simplest feature of the on-screen toy, this is one that is almost always excluded. Thinkway's Intergalactic Buzz Lightyear and it's repaint, the Infinity Edition Buzz, both featured a communicator with lights and sounds, and Mattel's Flight Control and Night Control Buzz featured the same, but almost every other toy from that time period lacked it. It wasn't until the Toy Story Collection figure was released that a Buzz featured the communicator with the sticker seen in the movie, and even then, Thinkway's cheaper Buzz figure's excluded it. As of ''Toy Story 4'', the only current figures that feature this are the Signature Collection Buzz, and the Disney Store exclusive Interactive figure.
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=== Multi-phrase Voice Simulator ===
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Pressing any of the three thin buttons on Buzz's right side activates his voice simulator. There is seemingly no difference in the clips played depending on the button pressed. It's also possible that the sound system includes communicator noises, as various noises which ''could ''pass for technological bleeps are heard during the gas station fight between Woody and Buzz in ''Toy Story''. These are seemingly not used for comic effect as the sound design in the movies tends to stay fairly realistic.
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In the first three movies, Buzz's voicebox is used scarcely, with only three total voice clips being heard in the trilogy. These are as follows.
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* Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!
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* There's a secret mission in uncharted space. Let's go!
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* To infinity and beyond.
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Additionally, there is a discrepancy in the uncharted space line. During the Buzz Lightyear commercial, the voicebox plays only "There's a secret mission in uncharted space." Leaving the "Let's go!" portion excluded. This applies to both the figure in the commercial and Andy's Buzz.
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Later, when Woody encounters Buzz in the persona of Mrs. Nesbit, the additional "Let's go!" can be heard. This can be chalked up to a discrepancy in editing, though it's possible that the figure is meant to have two variations of the line.
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Additionally, ''Toy Story 3'' and ''4'' feature a significant audio filter over the clips, emulating the sound technology of 1990's action figures, so that Buzz now sounds very similar to the audio quality of the original action figure.
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In any case, ''Toy Story 4'', perhaps making up for 20 years of unused potential, features a massive amount of phrases, roughly 25, as part of Buzz's "Inner voice" gag, wherein he consults his internal voicebox for direction after misunderstanding Woody's discussion of his conscience. This also includes re-recorded versions of the lines heard in the original movies. It is likely that this can be considered a retcon, effectively re-writing the existence of the lines heard previously, instead of assuming that Buzz features several different versions of the same voice line. The editing and inconsistency of the order of these clips makes it appear that Buzz's voicebox functions on a "shuffle" feature, much like the original Thinkway action figure, wherein the clips play in a semi-random order instead of in a set, consistent order each time the voice simulator is activated.
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Additional voice clips heard in this film include: (Listed in no particular order.)
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This list is incomplete as of yet due to clips being played in rapid succession in the third act, cutting each other off. Some are completely indecipherable due to background noise and orchestrations.
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* It's a secret mission in uncharted space. Let's go!
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* No time to explain, attack!
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* The slingshot maneuver's all we got. Full speed ahead!
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* This planet is toxic. Closing helmet to conserve oxygen
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* Meteor shower, look out!
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* We're going home, Space Ranger.
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* Time to fly.
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* Go!
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* Exit the cockpit.
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* Get out!
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* Retreat! There's too many of them.
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* Fall back, this planet is... (Indecipherable)
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* Mission accomplished, return to base.
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* Returning to Star Command.
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* Scanning Perimeter
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* Laser at full power
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* Full speed ahead!
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* Open the pod bay doors.
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* It's just you and me now, cadet.
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* A distress signal's coming in.
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* Shields to maximum!
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* Prepare for hypersleep.
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* Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!
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* To infinity, and beyond!
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Additionally, the Animated Storybook for ''Toy Story'' features a "Virtual Buzz Lightyear" toy which contains phrases not spoken by Buzz in any of the movies. These are, essentially, non-canon, considering the Storybook itself is full of fourth-wall breaking humor and other elements that directly contradict the movie. They're listed here for completeness' sake.
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* Activate glider wings.
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* Do you glow in the dark?
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* All in a day's work for Buzz Lightyear
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* Danger, young friend.
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* Buzz Lightyear is here to protect you.
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* Look out, Space Ranger, the One-Eyed Hordes of Goth!
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* Look out, Space Ranger, Evil Zurg at four o'clock!
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* Let justice triumph and evil beware.
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* Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!
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* It's a secret mission, in uncharted space. Let's go.
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* To infinity and beyond!
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* Time for excitement, time for adventure, time for Buzz Lightyear.
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Adittionally, clicking on his Space Ranger logo will cause him to recite his "I protect the galaxy from the threat of invasion..." spiel.
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=== Glow-in-the-Dark Trim ===
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Lastly, Buzz features glow in the dark paint on all of the green trim of his suit. This paint is incredibly light sensitive and glows extremely brightly, such that it is able to project light strong enough to illuminate his surroundings.
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== Toys ==
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This section is for real-world toys that emulate the character in the films.
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==== Buzz Lightyear Ultimate Talking Action Figure ====
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{{Toy Sublisting|title1 = Ultimate Talking Action Figure|image1 = 5cab1fbba75ea714c8bf042a.jpg|caption1 = Thinkway's original Buzz Lightyear figure|release_year = 1995|released_by = Thinkway|features_gimmicks = Voice simulator
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Laser light
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Pop-out wings
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Glow-in-the-dark}}The original talking Buzz Lightyear by Thinkway. Initially released in a rush to meet the deadline of the movie's release, Buzz features only a handful of the gimmicks from the movie. Additionally, though the figure was constructed using the digital data as a reference, it was not built directly from said digital data and features many inaccuracies. Additionally, in the pursuit of both cost-effectiveness and time constraints, he uses much more standard buttons for his features instead of the more specialized and movie accurate button sculpts found on later figures.
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He has ball jointed shoulders, wrists that can swivel in and out, swivel wrists, swivel-hinged hips, and soft-ratcheted knees and ankles. The original figure can easily be differentiated from other versions by the complete lack of any movement in the head.
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His voice sampler buttons are all linked to the same interior button, and thus pressing one is no different from either other. His phrases are as follows, directly ripped from the movie.
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* I am Buzz Lightyear.
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* I come in peace.
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* Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!
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* To infinity, and beyond!
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His laser makes one solitary sound effect and the light stays lit for the duration of the sound instead of blinking.
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Buzz also features the standard movable helmet found on most figures. This is a commonly broken piece, as both the front and back sections tend to crack and come loose over time.
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Pressing the red button on his left pectoral will release his wings, as in the movie. These are spring-loaded and pop out from the sides instead of swiveling outwards, they are also about one-third the size of the movie wings, and feature no LED navigation lights. He also features glow-in-the-dark paint on most of his green trim
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The figure has been re-released several times, in ''Toy Story 2'', and ''Toy Story and Beyond! ''packaging, generally as the "Original Buzz Lightyear action figure"
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This figure was retooled into Intergalactic Buzz Lightyear, it's repaint Infinity Edition Buzz Lightyear, the early 2000's Disney Store Exclusive series of Buzz figures, and countless Disney Store and miscellaneous Thinkway releases during the ''Toy Story and Beyond! ''period.
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He has Disney/Thinkway sculpted on his butt.
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==== Intergalactic Buzz Lightyear ====
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{{Toy_Sublisting|title1 = Intergalactic Buzz Lightyear|image1 = Intergalactic Buzz Lightyear.jpg|caption1 = Thinkway's Intergalactic Buzz|release_year = 1996|released_by = Thinkway|features_gimmicks = Voice simulator
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Laser light
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Pop-out wings
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Space disk firing unit
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Wrist Communicator}}A retool of the original '95 figure, Intergalactic Buzz features a dark and silver chrome finish over most of his body, in addition to a newly tooled "Space disk firing unit", a pressure firing disk launcher which can attach to Buzz's hand or slot into his newly retooled backpack.
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He also features a wrist communicator on a hinge that is also attached by a short string. It features a button that, when pressed, cycles through a variety of soundbites from the movie. These are:
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* Mayday, mayday, come in Star Command!
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* Come in, Star Command.
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* Star Command, do you copy?
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* Buzz Lightyear to Star Command. Come in, Star Command.
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These are all accompanied by various generic communicator noises. The communicator also lights up somewhat synchronously with the sounds.
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Additionally, his voice box has been updated. He no longer says "Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!", but instead features the following phrases.
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* I am Buzz Lightyear
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* I protect the galaxy from the threat of invasion. I come in peace.
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* To infinity, and beyond!
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* I come in peace.
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* I'm stationed up in the Gamma Quadrant of Sector Four.
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Like the communicator, his helmet dome lights up in rhythm with his speech.
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This version of the figure was redecoed into the Infinity Edition Buzz Lightyear.
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==== Infinity Edition Buzz Lightyear ====
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{{Toy_Sublisting|title1 = Infinity Edition Buzz Lightyear|image1 = WInfinityBuzz.jpg|caption1 = Buzz Lightyear, the Infinity Edition|release_year = 1997|released_by = Thinkway|features_gimmicks = Voice simulator
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Laser light
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Pop-out wings
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Space disk firing unit
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Wrist Communicator
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Glow-in-the-dark paint}}This figure is functionally identical to the Intergalactic Buzz figure, but returns him to his original color scheme, including the glow-in-the-dark paint. It also includes a collectors certificate. This figure was only available for a limited time, possibly late 1996 or early 1997.
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==== Flight Control Buzz Lightyear ====
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{{Toy_Sublisting|title1 = Flight Control Buzz Lightyear|image1 = Flightcontrolbuzz.jpg|caption1 = The smartest Buzz there ever was!|release_year = 1999|released_by = Mattel|features_gimmicks = Light-up helmet
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Retractable helmet
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Laser light with sound
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Three play modes: Launch, Quiet, Ultrafast
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Level sensor}}Advertised as "The smartest Buzz there ever was!", Flight Control Buzz was released by Mattel in 1999 for ''Toy Story 2'', and was the most technologically advanced Buzz available at the time. He's still impressive even by today's technology.
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This figure appears to have been constructed using licensed versions of Thinkway's molds for the Intergalactic/Infinity Edition Buzz Lightyear, along with a new headsculpt.
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He features the voice of Pat Fraley, the actor who substituted for Tim Allen in most supplemental media during the time of the first two films.
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He has a level sensor that tells the figure if he's flying straight, turning, or flying upside down, and allows him to react appropriately. He'll also direct you to fly in certain directions and become frustrated if you don't listen to him. He also has sound effects for pushing his helmet up and down
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His phrases include:
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* I am Buzz Lightyear!
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* To infinity and beyond!
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* Approaching lightspeed!
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* Punch it!
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* I think we hit a helium planet!
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* Prepare for night vision.
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"The world's greatest superhero, now the world's greatest toy!"

Buzz Lightyear is one of the main protagonists in the Disney/Pixar film franchise, Toy Story. Introduced as the "coolest toy ever", his multitude of high tech features intimidated Sheriff Woody. Since 1995, countless hordes of Buzz Lightyear action figures have been manufactured, more than any other character from the franchise. The original license holder, Thinkway Toys, released the Ultimate Talking Action Figure incarnation, alongside his counterpart the Poseable Pull String Talking Woody doll. Thinkway continues to manufacture full size figures, including the highly popular Toy Story Signature Collection. Over the years, other manufacturers, including Mattel and Hasbro, have also released 12" Buzz figures. Mattel is also notable for their line of relative scale figures, with Buzz generally falling in the 6" range.

Packaging

Buzz comes packaged in an ornately detailed box designed after a spaceship. It features the Buzz Lightyear logo proudly displayed on the front, and two cardboard wings located on either side. Buzz can be seen through a transparent plastic sheet on the "Cockpit", and, as seen in Toy Story 2, the box opens from the bottom, through which a secondary cardboard tray is removed. Buzz is attached with four total twist ties at the wrists and ankles.

Buzz is completely inaccessible without opening the package, which brings to mind the question of why the figure has a demo mode at all.

Appearance

Buzz is an approximately 12" tall action figure manufactured in the mid-1990's. His high quality construction includes a variety of action features and multiple materials. The majority of his body is made from durable plastic, likely ABS, while the black sections of his shoulders and waist are separate, soft plastic parts (often mistaken for rubber, this is actually PVC treated with plasticizers for a soft consistency, sometimes called vinyl.) These allow for a much greater range of motion than hard plastic would. To date, no real-life figure features the shoulder sections in this material, though the Signature Collection version does feature a rubberized waist. The helmet is made either from transparent ABS or, more likely, polycarbonate.

Buzz features ball jointed shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, and feet. These are attached by metal pins through the grey jointed sections, and the hips, shoulders, and knees appear to be supplemented by a form of ratchet joint, judging by his ability to stand without toppling easily in toy mode. His head appears to swivel, although it too may be on a ball joint. His fingers move individually at the first knuckle, and his thumb is on a small ball joint, allowing for versatility in posing.

BuzzBatteryCompartment

Buzz's battery compartment, seen in Toy Story 3. The central pinhole is the reset button to return him to factory settings.

He features a battery compartment located in the back half of his torso, hidden by his wing pack. To access it, one must remove the two screws located on his wing pack, and swing it downwards, as it's attached to the main body by a hinge. Buzz requires two AA batteries to power his electronics, and also features a mode selection switch with settings for demo and play, and a reset button which will change the voice sampler to Spanish audio. Sliding the switch from play to demo will return him to his original factory settings. What these settings may be, and how they would change over time, seeing as there seems to be no difference in his toy features in the 10 years between Toy Story and Toy Story 3, is unknown, though this does return him to his original, delusional Space Ranger personality.

Features

Being the "Coolest toy ever", Buzz has a wide variety of action features and gimmicks.

Pulsating Laser Light

The large red button on Buzz's right arm activates his laser. The LED in his forearm blinks and a looping sound effect plays as long as the button is depressed. There appears to be at least four different sound effects heard in the movies, possibly indicating different targeting modes.

Karate Chop Action

BuzzKarate

Karate chop action!

The purple turbine button located on Buzz's wingpack activates his karate chop action. A geared mechanism moves the right arm downwards and then back to it's original position when the button is depressed. This does not appear to impede his articulation or laser in any capacity.

Exactly how this feature works and does not interfere with the operation of the wings is unexplained. The exposed portion of Buzz's torso seen in Toy Story 3 does not show any signs of the mechanism involved.

High-Pressure Space Wings

The large red button on Buzz's left side deploys his wings from their pack. The wings swing upward and out whilst extending, and, at their maximum length, feature red and green navigation lights, similar to aircraft and marine vessels. These lights blink in time with each other so that only one of each is visible at a time. Though Buzz uses the same button to retract them while "alive", this is never seen when he is in toy mode, so it is entirely possible that they must be manually retracted and Buzz simply operates them as an extension of his body, and so, exercises complete control over their position.

Like the karate chop, the mechanism for this is never explained and seemingly is physically impossible given what is seen of the back of his torso.

Retractable Helmet

Buzz's helmet is fully retractable using the purple button located on the right side of his helmet. This causes both halves to swing downward into the torso, leaving only about an inch of each exposed on the back side of his suit.

Again, this seemingly contradicts the other features we see demonstrated. There is simply no way for the helmet to fit in the same space as the batteries, wing mechanism, and karate chop mechanism. Additionally, this would likely take up so much space in his chest cavity that it would not even allow for the chip or speaker for the voice simulator. I hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

Wrist Communicator

Buzz's left forearm features a locking wrist communicator, which flips up to reveal a sticker. This doesn't offer any other features beyond providing imaginative potential.

Ironically, despite being the simplest feature of the on-screen toy, this is one that is almost always excluded. Thinkway's Intergalactic Buzz Lightyear and it's repaint, the Infinity Edition Buzz, both featured a communicator with lights and sounds, and Mattel's Flight Control and Night Control Buzz featured the same, but almost every other toy from that time period lacked it. It wasn't until the Toy Story Collection figure was released that a Buzz featured the communicator with the sticker seen in the movie, and even then, Thinkway's cheaper Buzz figure's excluded it. As of Toy Story 4, the only current figures that feature this are the Signature Collection Buzz, and the Disney Store exclusive Interactive figure.

Multi-phrase Voice Simulator

Pressing any of the three thin buttons on Buzz's right side activates his voice simulator. There is seemingly no difference in the clips played depending on the button pressed. It's also possible that the sound system includes communicator noises, as various noises which could pass for technological bleeps are heard during the gas station fight between Woody and Buzz in Toy Story. These are seemingly not used for comic effect as the sound design in the movies tends to stay fairly realistic.

In the first three movies, Buzz's voicebox is used scarcely, with only three total voice clips being heard in the trilogy. These are as follows.

  • Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!
  • There's a secret mission in uncharted space. Let's go!
  • To infinity and beyond.

Additionally, there is a discrepancy in the uncharted space line. During the Buzz Lightyear commercial, the voicebox plays only "There's a secret mission in uncharted space." Leaving the "Let's go!" portion excluded. This applies to both the figure in the commercial and Andy's Buzz.

Later, when Woody encounters Buzz in the persona of Mrs. Nesbit, the additional "Let's go!" can be heard. This can be chalked up to a discrepancy in editing, though it's possible that the figure is meant to have two variations of the line.

Additionally, Toy Story 3 and 4 feature a significant audio filter over the clips, emulating the sound technology of 1990's action figures, so that Buzz now sounds very similar to the audio quality of the original action figure.

In any case, Toy Story 4, perhaps making up for 20 years of unused potential, features a massive amount of phrases, roughly 25, as part of Buzz's "Inner voice" gag, wherein he consults his internal voicebox for direction after misunderstanding Woody's discussion of his conscience. This also includes re-recorded versions of the lines heard in the original movies. It is likely that this can be considered a retcon, effectively re-writing the existence of the lines heard previously, instead of assuming that Buzz features several different versions of the same voice line. The editing and inconsistency of the order of these clips makes it appear that Buzz's voicebox functions on a "shuffle" feature, much like the original Thinkway action figure, wherein the clips play in a semi-random order instead of in a set, consistent order each time the voice simulator is activated.

Additional voice clips heard in this film include: (Listed in no particular order.)

This list is incomplete as of yet due to clips being played in rapid succession in the third act, cutting each other off. Some are completely indecipherable due to background noise and orchestrations.

  • It's a secret mission in uncharted space. Let's go!
  • No time to explain, attack!
  • The slingshot maneuver's all we got. Full speed ahead!
  • This planet is toxic. Closing helmet to conserve oxygen
  • Meteor shower, look out!
  • We're going home, Space Ranger.
  • Time to fly.
  • Go!
  • Exit the cockpit.
  • Get out!
  • Retreat! There's too many of them.
  • Fall back, this planet is... (Indecipherable)
  • Mission accomplished, return to base.
  • Returning to Star Command.
  • Scanning Perimeter
  • Laser at full power
  • Full speed ahead!
  • Open the pod bay doors.
  • It's just you and me now, cadet.
  • A distress signal's coming in.
  • Shields to maximum!
  • Prepare for hypersleep.
  • Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!
  • To infinity, and beyond!

Additionally, the Animated Storybook for Toy Story features a "Virtual Buzz Lightyear" toy which contains phrases not spoken by Buzz in any of the movies. These are, essentially, non-canon, considering the Storybook itself is full of fourth-wall breaking humor and other elements that directly contradict the movie. They're listed here for completeness' sake.

  • Activate glider wings.
  • Do you glow in the dark?
  • All in a day's work for Buzz Lightyear
  • Danger, young friend.
  • Buzz Lightyear is here to protect you.
  • Look out, Space Ranger, the One-Eyed Hordes of Goth!
  • Look out, Space Ranger, Evil Zurg at four o'clock!
  • Let justice triumph and evil beware.
  • Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!
  • It's a secret mission, in uncharted space. Let's go.
  • To infinity and beyond!
  • Time for excitement, time for adventure, time for Buzz Lightyear.

Adittionally, clicking on his Space Ranger logo will cause him to recite his "I protect the galaxy from the threat of invasion..." spiel.

Glow-in-the-Dark Trim

Lastly, Buzz features glow in the dark paint on all of the green trim of his suit. This paint is incredibly light sensitive and glows extremely brightly, such that it is able to project light strong enough to illuminate his surroundings.

Toys

This section is for real-world toys that emulate the character in the films.

12" Figures

Buzz Lightyear Ultimate Talking Action Figure

The original talking Buzz Lightyear by Thinkway. Initially released in a rush to meet the deadline of the movie's release, Buzz features only a handful of the gimmicks from the movie. Additionally, though the figure was constructed using the digital data as a reference, it was not built directly from said digital data and features many inaccuracies. Additionally, in the pursuit of both cost-effectiveness and time constraints, he uses much more standard buttons for his features instead of the more specialized and movie accurate button sculpts found on later figures.

He has ball jointed shoulders, wrists that can swivel in and out, swivel wrists, swivel-hinged hips, and soft-ratcheted knees and ankles. The original figure can easily be differentiated from other versions by the complete lack of any movement in the head.

His voice sampler buttons are all linked to the same interior button, and thus pressing one is no different from either other. His phrases are as follows, directly ripped from the movie.

  • I am Buzz Lightyear.
  • I come in peace.
  • Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!
  • To infinity, and beyond!

His laser makes one solitary sound effect and the light stays lit for the duration of the sound instead of blinking.

Buzz also features the standard movable helmet found on most figures. This is a commonly broken piece, as both the front and back sections tend to crack and come loose over time.

Pressing the red button on his left pectoral will release his wings, as in the movie. These are spring-loaded and pop out from the sides instead of swiveling outwards, they are also about one-third the size of the movie wings, and feature no LED navigation lights. He also features glow-in-the-dark paint on most of his green trim

The figure has been re-released several times, in Toy Story 2, and Toy Story and Beyond! packaging, generally as the "Original Buzz Lightyear action figure"

This figure was retooled into Intergalactic Buzz Lightyear, it's repaint Infinity Edition Buzz Lightyear, the early 2000's Disney Store Exclusive series of Buzz figures, and countless Disney Store and miscellaneous Thinkway releases during the Toy Story and Beyond! period.

He has Disney/Thinkway sculpted on his butt.

Intergalactic Buzz Lightyear

A retool of the original '95 figure, Intergalactic Buzz features a dark and silver chrome finish over most of his body, in addition to a newly tooled "Space disk firing unit", a pressure firing disk launcher which can attach to Buzz's hand or slot into his newly retooled backpack.

He also features a wrist communicator on a hinge that is also attached by a short string. It features a button that, when pressed, cycles through a variety of soundbites from the movie. These are:

  • Mayday, mayday, come in Star Command!
  • Come in, Star Command.
  • Star Command, do you copy?
  • Buzz Lightyear to Star Command. Come in, Star Command.

These are all accompanied by various generic communicator noises. The communicator also lights up somewhat synchronously with the sounds.

Additionally, his voice box has been updated. He no longer says "Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!", but instead features the following phrases.

  • I am Buzz Lightyear
  • I protect the galaxy from the threat of invasion. I come in peace.
  • To infinity, and beyond!
  • I come in peace.
  • I'm stationed up in the Gamma Quadrant of Sector Four.

Like the communicator, his helmet dome lights up in rhythm with his speech.

This version of the figure was redecoed into the Infinity Edition Buzz Lightyear.

Infinity Edition Buzz Lightyear

This figure is functionally identical to the Intergalactic Buzz figure, but returns him to his original color scheme, including the glow-in-the-dark paint. It also includes a collectors certificate. This figure was only available for a limited time, possibly late 1996 or early 1997.

Flight Control Buzz Lightyear

Advertised as "The smartest Buzz there ever was!", Flight Control Buzz was released by Mattel in 1999 for Toy Story 2, and was the most technologically advanced Buzz available at the time. He's still impressive even by today's technology.

This figure appears to have been constructed using licensed versions of Thinkway's molds for the Intergalactic/Infinity Edition Buzz Lightyear, along with a new headsculpt.

He features the voice of Pat Fraley, the actor who substituted for Tim Allen in most supplemental media during the time of the first two films.

He has a level sensor that tells the figure if he's flying straight, turning, or flying upside down, and allows him to react appropriately. He'll also direct you to fly in certain directions and become frustrated if you don't listen to him. He also has sound effects for pushing his helmet up and down

His phrases include:

  • I am Buzz Lightyear!
  • To infinity and beyond!
  • Approaching lightspeed!
  • Punch it!
  • I think we hit a helium planet!
  • Prepare for night vision.