The world's greatest superhero, now the world's greatest toy!
”
— Buzz Lightyear Commercial, Toy Story
Buzz Lightyear is one of the main protagonists in the Disney/Pixar film franchise Toy Story. He is the main protagonist of his own franchise of the same name and is the archenemy of the Evil Emperor Zurg. Although he first appeared on-screen as a character in 1995, it's said by the studio with his own spin-off film that he is a cartoon character produced in-verse sometime around the 1970s.[1][2][3] The in-verse toy however, is said to be based on an incarnation of him from a Buzz Lightyear cartoon unseen to the film's audience.[4]
Introduced as the "coolest toy ever", he has a unique multitude of high tech features no other toy has that thus intimidated Sheriff Woody and is also one of the most popular toys in the world, but wouldn't be selling as much as plushies or anime figures. Since 1995, countless hordes of Buzz Lightyear action figures have been manufactured, more than any other character from the franchise. Like the other characters, Buzz Lightyear Toys were released in all countries (though some of which could be hard to find) with an exception of North Korea. The original license holder, Thinkway Toys, released the first Buzz Lightyear Talking Action Figure in 1995, alongside his counterpart the Poseable Pull-String Talking Woody. Thinkway continued to manufacture full-size figures, including the highly popular Toy Story Signature Collection version until the their closure in 2021.[5] 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. Buzz is voiced by Tim Allen, Pat Fraley, and Chris Evans in his own 2022 spin-off film Lightyear.
Although he appears to be unbranded, he appears to be from a company named "Wocka Wocka Toys" according to the front of Zurg's box seen when Buzz runs over it before waking him in Toy Story 2 and the earlier script of Toy Story 3. Inconsistently, Buzz has labels on his rear end saying "Disney Pixar".
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
Largely based off G.I. Joe action figures with the joint poseability, Buzz is an approximately 11.5" tall action figure manufactured in the mid-1990's produced in Taiwan. He is pretty much a very unique figure and not like any other toy as he's got more gadgets on him than a Swiss Army knife. He is also surprisingly a pretty very advanced toy for the 20th century. 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, since he was able to survive being smashed to pieces without an (apparent) single scratch, 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 and the poseable figure released by Medicom in 2024 that additionally has a design very closer to the film's version however finally features the shoulder sections and wrist ball joints. The helmet is made either from transparent ABS or, more likely, polycarbonate.
Buzz's wrist joints also appear to be inconsistent; they are clearly not a swivel joints or a ball-and-cup joint, they appear to be an odd ball joint material that's split in half, one half molded to the wrist, and the other half at a swivel with the forearm.
Buzz's body and hips appear to be held by a screw at each side of his shell. Each bicep and thigh are also held by one screw.
Buzz not only has all of that, he has realistic human-like poseability featuring 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.
Although like some of the joints, head ball-joints were omitted all the time on the real full-inched action figures, in 2024, Disney Store finally gave said joint for his head as an update for their model.
Although when in alive-mode, Buzz is shown to be able to reach pressing the button on his other bicep alongside his wrist communicator, this is actually impossible judging the lengths of the arms and the shoulder cups would need more extension for that which they don't. You can see animation goofs of the biceps incorrectly sinking into his chest while he is doing so.
Throughout the films, Buzz's toy-mode facial expressions changed; the first film has him with a serious expression, but the second film gives him a happier look (though the former serious expression was reused for the display Ultra Buzz Lightyear, while the rest of the on-sale units had the same expression as Andy's Buzz did in the latter). In Toy story 3, it changed again and has been his latest ever since. This changed was most likely done to represent the in-verse Buzz's softening character.
Although he is made of hard, durable and presumably expensive plastic, he was shown in the first movie to have survived falling, but not having a single scratch on him. On the later movies, marks and scratches appeared as the animation technologies made it more viable to do so. As of Toy Story 4, his plastic has subtle mass marks and scratches on it.
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 (it is also likely that there is a setting for more languages). 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.
Although laser pointers are known to exist, the real-world Buzz's light bulbs that blink don't actually have laser pointers for unknown reasons.
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 its 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 as they look too thick for the mechanics to pass through. The exposed portion of Buzz's torso seen in Toy Story 3 does not show any signs of the mechanism involved, although it could be possible that is controlled by a signal which can be the only the only in-verse possibility despite the fact it would be really hard to produce, especially for a toy back in the 20th century.
Like as said, due to limitations with the wings, the real-world figures almost always exclude this feature but the Disney Store version of the real-life toy is notable for including the feature (though only the turbine part can be pushed and not the full purple button for unknown reasons despite the fact that this is not impossible to do[6]), the wings are thinner to fit the mechanism through the back. Another bad quality is that the right arm articulation is restricted due to the feature, and also currently unavoidable. However, in 2009, Thinkway released a Buzz where the full button is correctly pushed, but this consequently removes all the other features.
Some of the smaller-inched figures of Thinkway's original 1995 Buzz Lightyear Ultimate Talking Action Figure even include the karate chop action feature, like in the films.
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. And the same red button that open the Wings also retract them, which does not appear to limit your articulations or Karate Chop Action.
The bottom of the wings appear to be very thin so both sides sit on top of each other while not in use.
Although Buzz can retract his wings back in by pressing the button again, the manual in Toy Story 3 suggests that one must manually fold his wings back in, in fact, the real life figures can only have the wings manually folded back in, and whether this inaccuracy is avoidable or not, is currently unknown.
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, including the electronics for the lights. Although, like the Karate Chop action, it could be possible that it is also controlled by a signal instead.
Buzz's original 1990s figures by Thinkway are notable for having the wings popping out from the sides. They are known for being a lot shorter than what is seen in the film's version. However, starting from Hasbro's Toy Story and Beyond!Deluxe Electronic Buzz Lightyear in 2001, they finally swung out like in the films. Hasbro's design inspired Thinkway to create this mechanism for their newer action figures.
Retractable Helmet
Buzz's helmet is fully retractable using both of the purple buttons located on the right side of his helmet. It even includes a tab on top of the front dome, although a concept art[7] shows that the tab's purpose is to pull the helmet back into it's original position while it's shown in the final version that it can be retracted back by pushing the button again (it's not confirmed if this is the movie-magic Buzz's alive-mode has or if the user has to do this manually when the figure is in toy-mode). This causes both halves to swing down into the torso, leaving only about an inch of each exposed on the backside of his suit. It's unknown how the mechanism of Buzz's helmet actually works.
A concept art of how the helmet works.
No real-life figure of any kind ever had the ability for the helmet to retract all the way inside, though in 2023, Gong Studio released a poseable diecast based of Buzz Lightyear from Lightyear where the helmet can be fully retraced in and out, marking the first ever time a single action figure ever had this feature. Again, as for the main toy, 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 (though it hasn't yet been confirmed how big they are inside), especially the battery compartment, and as seen in Toy Story 3, there appears to be a recessed area where the helmet's bottom edges should stop, but they keep breaking this limitation. In addition, it would most likely not allow enough space for the joint attachments for his arms.
While the Disney Store release includes him with a push-button helmet, it is still inaccurate since it can only be retracted via pushing one button and has an extra small button on top of it, and it can't even close the helmet back.
In Toy Story Treats however, we see the helmet resting halfway, similar to the real life toys, though the difference is that it is resting down a bit more, which is of course appropriate for all the above reasons.
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 traditional-colors 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, presumably for budgetary reasons. 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 figures 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.
Although for most of the time it is silent when the lid is opened, in some occasions such as in Toy Story 3, the communicator made a beeping sound when opening it when he turned into "El Buzzo". Despite this, when his arm was detached from his body in the first film, it showed no wires or anything connected to the electronic sound, though on the other hand, it's possible it is controlled by a signal located inside his body.
When Ultra Buzz in Al's office was tapping on his communicator after Rex told him that the secret entrance is to the left hidden in the shadows, it made beeping sounds each time he tapped it, hinting it in some form, has a sensor causing it to beep when pressed (although this wasn't present when our Buzz did this in the original film).
Multi-Phrase Voice Simulator
Pressing any of the three red, green, and blue oval buttons on Buzz's right side activates his voice simulator. There is seemingly no difference in the clips played depending on the button pressed, nor does there seem to be any specific order the phrases follow. 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. While it’s plausible that these sounds were only used for comic effect, the sound design in the movies tends to stay fairly realistic.
In the first three movies, Buzz's voice box 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 voice box 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. Nesbitt, the additional "Let's go!" can be heard. The “Let’s go!” version of the phrase is also heard again in Toy Story 4. 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.
From Toy Story 2 onward, the phrases (specifically “Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!” and “To infinity, and beyond!”) feature a significant audio filter over the clips emulating the sound technology of the 1995 action figure. It is highly likely that these clips were recorded directly off the real life toy.
In Toy Story 4, perhaps making up for 20 years of unused potential, Buzz features a massive amount of phrases, roughly 25, as part of Buzz's "Inner voice" gag, wherein he consults his internal voice box for direction after misunderstanding Woody's discussion of his conscience. These phrases include 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 make it appear that Buzz's voice box 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 the following, 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 from that rocket.
Shields to maximum!
Prepare for hypersleep.
Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!
I am Buzz Lightyear.
To infinity, and beyond!
Outside of the films, many real life Buzz Lightyear toys feature two phrases unheard of from Buzz’s voice box in the movies, “I protect the galaxy from the threat of invasion from the Evil Emperor Zurg!” and “This is an intergalactic emergency!”. With these two phrases being included even in toys that tout movie accuracy, they may be marked as semi-canon.
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:
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.
Additionally, clicking on his Space Ranger logo will cause him to recite his "I protect the galaxy from the threat of invasion..." spiel.
Poseable arms, legs etc.
He features leg, knee joints etc. and can make cool poses and can even sit or kneel. His hands can even reach his buttons. He also has ball-jointed wrists on his hands and the fingers even separate. His thumb even has a joint to be moved around too to make a thumbs-up pose. Although it is mostly thought that the fingers couldn't bend in-line with the real-life releases, the in-verse Buzz has the ability to bend his fingers, even Utility Belt Buzz when he was frozen on his display box where he was making fist poses touching his belt.
Despite not being a hard feature to produce, his real-life figures also lack the ability of his arms going all the way down and the black sections are fake.
It appears his arm joints click on by force as revealed when his arm was off his body after hitting the ground in the first film.
Despite being a very simple feature, most of his merchandise releases only have the index finger poseable while the others cannot, with the inclusion of ball-jointed wrists, despite being traditional for many other-themed figures back in the 20th century. It's been speculated that the reason why they conjoined the fingers together is because that they didn't want those to make him do obscene poses.
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.
Misc.
It's highly likely that the figure is waterproof as the toy's electronics were shown to still function well after being hit by water, such as in "Partysaurus Rex".
Variants
Cyber-Sonic Buzz
Cyber-Sonic Buzz boasts over 15,000 word combinations. He only appears in the Toy Story Treats short New Improved Buzz.
Battle Scar Buzz
Battle Scar Buzz
Battle Scar Buzz has the added feature of "ultra battle damage" in addition to a new red spacesuit. Appears in the short aforementioned New Improved Buzz. His body design is identical to the classic Buzz Lightyear, except that he has a red, black and yellow color scheme. A variant resembling this one appears in in issues 0-3 of Boom! Studios' Toy Story comic book.
The commercial seen in the short is recycled from the one seen in the original film.
Sky Runner Buzz
Sky Runner Buzz has the ability to actually fly, a known limitation of the previous model. Sky Runner Buzz also has a neon green color scheme. Once again like the above, appears in the short New Improved Buzz.
None of these on-screen Buzz's made their way into the real-world.
Ultra Buzz Lightyear
Released in the late 1990s, Ultra Buzz Lightyear (also called Utility Belt Buzz or New Buzz) is essentially like every other known Buzz Lightyear manufactured, but sporting a new accessory belt he wears in front of his original green waist belt and even comes in the exact same box as regular buzz with no changes. It seems that his belt is removable from his waist and can be turned into classic Buzz Lightyear, also since our Buzz attempted to obtain it off his waist until Ultra suddenly snapped to life.
According to earlier drafts of Toy Story 2, our Buzz himself was originally intended to obtain a Utility Belt in Toy Story 2 from an earlier version of Ultra Buzz, who was a new release of him under the name of "Ultra Buzz 2000" after defeating Emperor Zurg. His utility belt was also originally going to be green, not blue, and had a different emblem at the front of being a bubbly arrow as opposed to the space ranger insignia. Despite UB2000 not making any appearances, he made his way being released as a real-life toy for Toy Story 2 released by Mattel in 1999, albeit going under the name of "Techno Gear Buzz" and in smaller figure sizes too. Another alternate design of him was released as a remote control alarm clock system by Thinkway and model kit. These designs were dropped as time moved on where the companies started to mainly focus on producing his design in the final film.
Originally after the sequel's troubled development, the toymakers didn't have enough time to actually adjust their toys to account for the script change, so they started off releasing his concept art-based designs mentioned above, and it wasn't until 2001 when Hasbro released the first figure of Ultra Buzz's final design in the film in the Toy Story and Beyond! toy line.
Utility Belt features
Anti-Gravity Servo
A sketch of the belt's details.
When the button in the center of the belt is pressed, it will light up and make noises, mirroring how it was used in Buzz Lightyear: Attack on Zurg (in the game, it lights up and creates a floating bubble around Buzz).
How the electronics of the belt actually function is unexplained because of how thin it looks to fit even a single battery inside, and since it is not sculpted into his waist (as it swivels in front of it).
Grappling Hook
A sketch of how the grappling hook works.
A folding grappling hook with a zip rope is stored in the back compartment of the belt which can also be held by another person, the grips contain retractable spikes.
Although it is not a hard feature to produce, most figures of the real-life toy don't contain a working grappling hook at all (the Toy Story and Beyond! units don't include a mold of it at the back). However, Mattel's Techno Gear Buzz Lightyear released in 1999 (which is based off his concept art designs under the name of "Ultra Buzz 2000") contains a removable belt that pegs in at the front, and fun fact, contains an acutal working grappling hook. The same belt (albeit recoloured in blue, like the final version) was reused for Mattel's Rescue Gear Buzz Lightyear.
Climbing magnets
On each side of the belt, red protruding handles can be pulled out and magnets will pop out of each. These magnets can be used to scale metal surfaces.
It’s highly questionable as to how his inflating magnets actually work and it's unclear what kind of complicated material they are actually produced of, but according to the concept art, the magnets located at the sides of the belt are held by metal strips inside, and the magnets pop into circles when they are pulled out,[8] even though this is of course physically impossible to do with magnets in our world.
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, its 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.
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. This is the first full-sized color variant of the original action figure and thus became an inspiration for countless other Buzz variants ever since.
Although this variant never appeared in the in-verse franchise, it makes an appearance as Buzz's alternate costume in the game, Disney Sorcerer's Arena.
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 redesigned into the Infinity Edition Buzz Lightyear.
Released in 1998, 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.
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 has been constructed using licensed versions of Thinkway's original molds for the Intergalactic/Infinity Edition Buzz Lightyear, along with a new head sculpt.
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
The Night Control Buzz Lightyear was made in 1999 (first Production Run) by Mattel. He is simply notably a recolor of the almost identically titled Flight Control Buzz Lightyear and upgraded. This version was manufactured in limited numbers. It glows in the dark and has many sounds and interactive switches glowing LED'S around the inside of the helmet. This is one of the rarest and hardest-to-obtain Buzz's of this original era.
Manufactured by Hasbro beginning in 2001, this version of Buzz is an entirely new sculpt from the previous releases, featuring a myriad of innovations, including chest buttons in much more accurate shape, a sculpted but otherwise nonfunctional utility belt, and, most importantly, wings that swivel upwards just like in the films from the backpack instead of popping out from the sides. This is marked the first ever real-life Buzz figure to include wings that function like in the films.
His phrases, voiced by Pat Fraley, who voices all of Hasbro's Buzz figures, are as follows:
Greetings, I am Buzz Lightyear, I come in peace.
I don't think we're in the Gamma Quadrant anymore.
I have a laser and I'll use it.
Hang on, cowboy!
Anti-gravity belt, standard issue.
Someone's got to stop that Evil Emperor Zurg!
Never tangle with a Space Ranger, my friend.
Look at my impressive wingspan!
True to his word, Buzz features a substantial 12" wingspan, measuring as wide across as the figure is tall. This was a marketing point called out on the figure's packaging. He also features a laser with a variety of sounds and a very squishy head.
Galactic Defender Buzz Lightyear
As the first of many, Galactic Defender Buzz Lightyear is a retool of the previous Deluxe Electronic Buzz. This time, his green is switched for a pearlescent blue, his purple for a pea green, and his gray and some purple trim for black. His main features are his targeting visor, which pegs onto both sides of his helmet, and his new "Attack Pack" backpack.
The attack pack features no extending wings but instead has a spring-loaded missile launcher in the top activated by pressing a large silver button with the Space Ranger logo on it.
He speaks the following phrases:
I am Buzz Lightyear, and adventure is my middle name!
Ooh, how dare you open a spaceman's helmet on an uncharted planet!?
This is an intergalactic emergency, I need to access my attack pack!
The most film-accurate Buzz figure ever produced, the Signature Collection Buzz Lightyear is incredibly impressive. He features two play modes: Toy mode, where his head stays still and he recites a handful of phrases filtered to sound lower quality, and Space Ranger mode, where he "Comes to life" with a moving head, interactive talk back features, and many more lines of dialogue depending on the situation.
Buzz comes packaged in a mostly accurate representation of his film box, though somewhat squashed and peppered with Toy Story branding and pesky safety warnings.
His many features are his electronic voice sampler, swiveling wings with LED navigation lights and flight sounds, an opening and closing helmet with sound effects and detection, locking electronic wrist communicator, and an LED laser with sound effects. Additionally, his articulation is impressive, only being impeded by the lack of soft plastic on the black arm sockets.
Unfortunately, due to physical constraints, he does feature several inaccuracies and issues. His backpack and torso are much too thick, which combined with the weight of the electronics means he has some difficulty staying upright. He features no karate-chop action, again, due to the number of electronics, he omits the toy phrase "There's a secret mission in uncharted space, let's go." and also omits many others from Toy Story 4, which was released many years after the toy was first designed.
Buzz Lightyear with NEW Utility Belt
This Buzz is representative of the Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story 2, with the Anti-Gravity Utility Belt. He features almost all of his phrases either re-recorded with a more aggressive, boisterous tone or replaced entirely with different voice lines when in Space Ranger mode, presumably to fit the somewhat more arrogant, action hero personality Ultra Buzz Lightyear exhibits.
His Utility Belt is vacuum metalized, lights up and he has new sound effects and voice lines to make full use of it. His toy mode phrases now include "There's a secret mission in uncharted space.".
The flagship Buzz figure of the Toy Story 4 line, Drop-Down action Buzz is visually similar to Thinkway's earlier, mid-range Buzz Lightyear figures from the Toy Story 3 era, with visible, inaccurate screw holes on his rear and several minor physical inaccuracies.
His main gimmick is his ability to recognize specific voice commands and either switch to "Toy mode" and drop down, or "Come alive", with a moving head. Due to the gimmick, the figure features no leg articulation, and it cannot stand up on its own.
He is voiced by an actor that is not Tim Allen, nor Pat Fraley, but rather Mike MacRae the usual substitute for Buzz's voice, and features over 65 sayings.
His four voice commands are as follows
Hello, buddy! (Activates his live mode if he has been in power save mode. He'll greet you
Someone's coming! (Causes the toy to drop-down and revert to "Toy mode")
Quiet, go to sleep (Similar to the previous, toy drops down and goes into power save mode)
Okay, no one's here (Figure reverts back to live mode with moving head. He'll request your assistance in standing up again.)
The manual recommends training Buzz to recognize your voice, much like the virtual assistants found on smartphones.
Despite his price point, he lacks many of the basic features that one would come to expect on a high-end Buzz Lightyear. He features no laser light or sounds, his wings must be manually operated by pulling them out, and he features very limited articulation, mostly in his arms, his shoulders swivel, his elbows move in and out, and his wrists swivel.
Buzz Lightyear Talking Action Figure
The basic Buzz Lightyear talking figure for Toy Story 4. This figure has been created using molds previously used for Toy Story 3 for budget action figures released in smaller countries and in America in drugstores and supermarkets. He speaks over 20 phrases newly recorded by Tim Allen.
The slingshot maneuver's all we've got! Alright, full speed ahead!
Alright cadet, are you ready for adventure?
There's a secret mission, in uncharted space. Let's go.
We make a great team, cadet.
Alright, running laser diagnostics... Yes, sir! Blinky and bright!
Greetings, I'm Buzz Lightyear, Space Ranger.
I come in peace.
And if I might say, the coolest space toy ever.
This place needs my protection! Who's in charge here?
Lookout! (Beeping followed by laser sounds)
Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!
We've got a secret mission in a strange antique store.
I know sounds strange, but don't worry, everything's fine.
Have you seen Forky? Where'd he go?
Maybe we should check the trash again, hehe.
Hey, look, I'm Captain Bubblehead! Hahaha.
Fear is not in my vocabulary.
Well, I know what the word means, it's just that it doesn't - never mind.
Let's go save some toys.
To infinity and beyond! (Flying noises)
I heard there's a carnival in town, time to check it out.
He features swivel articulation in his shoulders, wrists, waist, and head, and a rotating helmet visor that locks into either position. Of note is that he features very few paint applications - most of his body is composed of individual pieces molded in their respective color and assembled together, even his feet are composed of three pieces, with the sole, toe, and lower leg all being separate, screwed together parts.
Buzz Lightyear Deluxe Space Ranger Talking Action Figure
A mid-range, Amazon-exclusive figure, This Buzz is similar to the basic Buzz featured above but has pop-out wings and 30 phrases. Unfortunately, information on this figure is very scarce, and it's unknown at this time what exactly his phrases are though, from the commercial, it appears to be the same non-Tim-Allen actor Mike Mac Rae who voices the Drop-Down Buzz figure.
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