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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 38. Chapters: Beach Chair (film test), Boundin', BURN-E, Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales, Day & Night (2010 film), Dug's Special Mission, Exploring the Reef, For the Birds (film), George & A.J., Geri's Game, Hawaiian Vacation, Jack-Jack Attack, Knick Knack, La Luna (2011 film), Lifted (2006 film), Light & Heavy, List of Pixar shorts, Luxo Jr., Mater and the Ghostlight, Mike's New Car, Mr. Incredible and Pals, One Man Band (film), Partly Cloudy, Partysaurus Rex, Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 1, Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 2, Presto (film), Red's Dream, Small Fry (film), Surprise (animated film), The Adventures of Andre and Wally B., Tiny Toy Stories, Tin Toy, Your Friend the Rat. Excerpt: Tin Toy is a 1988 American computer-animated short film produced by Pixar and directed by John Lasseter. The short film, which runs five minutes, stars Tinny, a tin one-man-band toy, attempting to escape from Billy, a destructive baby. The third short film produced by the company's small animation division, it was a risky investment: due to low revenue produced by Pixar's main product, the eponymous computer to manage animations, the company was under financial constraints. Lasseter pitched the concept for Tin Toy by storyboard to Pixar owner Steve Jobs, who agreed to finance the short despite the company's struggles, which he kept alive with annual investment. The film was officially a test of the PhotoRealistic RenderMan software, and proved new challenges to the animation team, namely the difficult task of realistically animating Billy. Tin Toy would later gain attention from Disney, who sealed an agreement to create Toy Story, which was primarily inspired by elements from Tin Toy. The short premiered in a partially completed edit at the SIGGRAPH convention in August 1988 to a standing ovation...