{"id":2667,"date":"2012-05-16T14:19:23","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T14:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/?p=2667"},"modified":"2012-06-22T23:29:30","modified_gmt":"2012-06-23T03:29:30","slug":"toy-story-2-vanished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/toy-story-2-vanished\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixar&#8217;s Toy Story 2 Almost Vanished Before Their Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love hearing about this kind of horror story from successful past projects- especially from a company as legendary as Pixar. Just goes to show that even the best of us make terrible, terrible mistakes once in a while (not counting Cars 2).<\/p>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att\">\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blastr.com\/2012\/05\/little-known-sci-fi-fact-5.php\" target=\"_blank\">Blastr: Little-known sci-fi fact: A computer glitch almost killed Toy Story 2<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-img\" style=\"float: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blastr.com\/2012\/05\/little-known-sci-fi-fact-5.php\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&amp;gadget=a&amp;resize_h=100&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fblastr.com%2Fassets_c%2F2012%2F02%2Fbuzz-lightyear-toy-story-2-thumb-500x278-83501.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-txt\">These days, we remember Toy Story 2 as one of the great animated film sequels of all time, and as proof that Pixar Animation Studios was more than just a CGI flash in the pan. Certain Pixar staffers w&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-backlink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/110201780316922068503\/posts\/dxbbHRnp8eq\" target=\"_blank\">This was posted on Google+\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H4>Related Awesome<\/H4><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Paper Airplane Business Cards Are (Appropriately) Made of Awesome\" href=\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/paper-airplane-business-cards\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Paper Airplane Business Cards Are (Appropriately) Made of Awesome<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"&#8216;Gridlee&#8217; App is Really MAME in Disguise\" href=\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/gridlee-app-really-mame-disguise\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8216;Gridlee&#8217; App is Really MAME in Disguise<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Spike Lee is Directing Mike Tyson&#8217;s Broadway Play\" href=\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/mike-tyson-broadway\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Spike Lee is Directing Mike Tyson&#8217;s Broadway Play<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love hearing about this kind of horror story from successful past projects- especially from a company as legendary as Pixar. Just goes to show that even the best of us make terrible, terrible mistakes once in a while (not counting Cars 2). Blastr: Little-known sci-fi fact: A computer glitch almost killed Toy Story 2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[82,4,3,66],"tags":[9,19,158,373,374],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pixar&#039;s Toy Story 2 Almost Vanished Before Their Eyes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Especially from a company as legendary as Pixar, I love hearing about this kind of horror story from successful past work like Toy Story 2.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/toy-story-2-vanished\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pixar&#039;s Toy Story 2 Almost Vanished Before Their Eyes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Especially from a company as legendary as Pixar, I love hearing about this kind of horror story from successful past work like Toy Story 2.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/toy-story-2-vanished\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Paper Awesome\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PaperAwesome\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-05-16T14:19:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-06-23T03:29:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&amp;gadget=a&amp;resize_h=100&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fblastr.com%2Fassets_c%2F2012%2F02%2Fbuzz-lightyear-toy-story-2-thumb-500x278-83501.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mike DeVine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@pixelSHREDDER\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PaperAwesome\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mike DeVine\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/toy-story-2-vanished\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/toy-story-2-vanished\/\",\"name\":\"Pixar's Toy Story 2 Almost Vanished Before Their Eyes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-05-16T14:19:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-06-23T03:29:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7edd96381b085348824c519645d9b52e\"},\"description\":\"Especially from a company as legendary as Pixar, I love hearing about this kind of horror story from successful past work like Toy Story 2.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/toy-story-2-vanished\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Paper Awesome\",\"description\":\"Ideas, musings, rantings and brainfarts from an up-and-coming Creative\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7edd96381b085348824c519645d9b52e\",\"name\":\"Mike DeVine\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3a0456208b9e5e03f4eef16c87817399?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3a0456208b9e5e03f4eef16c87817399?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mike DeVine\"},\"description\":\"Hey! 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