In the beginning when Woody is telling the toys to pick a moving buddy, the book behind him "Tin Toy" has the name Lassetter on it. John Lasseter is one of the main story board writers of 'Toy Story'.

The presence of the shepherdess in Toy Story is a reference to the fairy tale "The Shepherdess and The Sweep" (1849) by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. His story was also about toys in a children's room coming to life when no one is looking.

When the film was re released on DVD, it was found that almost 20% of the original animation files were corrupted, proving to the studio that digital storage was not as feasible as they thought it would be at the time the film was made.

Tom Hanks recorded his dialog during the breaks of Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and A League of Their Own (1992). He didn't want to record his dialog during the breaks of Philadelphia (1993) or Forrest Gump (1994) because he felt he shouldn't do comedic roles in between minutes of playing serious roles.

This movie was originally planned to represent how new Hollywood was taking over old Hollywood. The original casting choices were Paul Newman for Woody (representing old Hollywood) and Jim Carrey for Buzz Lightyear (representing new Hollywood)

# # In April 2008 ‘Toy Story’ made it's debut as a live action musical on Disney Cruise Line's The Disney Wonder. The musical contains 7 songs, 6 of which are original, and Randy Newman's 'You've Got a Friend in Me.'

All of the cars in Toy Story have license plate stickers that are dated November 95 -- the same date the movie was released.

Early scripts for the film featured a Barbie Doll in a prominent role as Woody's love interest. The original ending sequence, in which Buzz and Woody chase the moving truck, was scripted to have Barbie drive her Corvette off the truck and rescue Woody and Buzz from Sid's dog, a-la Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). Mattel, the company that owns the Barbie character, declined on the basis that they thought the film would be a failure and that they didn't want Barbie to have a defined personality, preferring to let children imagine Barbie's personality traits on their own. Thus, Barbie was dropped from the script, and her character was reworked into that of Bo-Peep. When the film proved a huge success, Mattel did allow Barbie to appear in Toy Story 2 (1999).

(June 2008) Ranked #6 on the American Film Institute's list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Animation".

An early possible title for the film was "You Are A Toy".

When the soldiers are watching the pile of presents disappear during the birthday party, two silhouette pictures can be seen on the wall. These pictures are available at Walt Disney parks worldwide, and are cut freehand, with no prior sketchwork, using nothing but paper and scissors by the park's employees.

The manner in which Andy writes his name on Woody is identical to how the character Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia (1993) has his name written in cement from when he was a child. Tom Hanks is featured in both Philadelphia and Toy Story.

What attracted Tom Hanks to the role of Woody, was during his childhood he would always wonder if his toys were alive and moved around when nobody was in his room. What attracted Tim Allen to the role of Buzz Lightyear, was before him they offered the role to his biggest influence in his career, Chevy Chase, who turned it down.

Bill Murray was considered for the role of Buzz Lightyear.

Voted number 5 in Channel 4's (UK) "Greatest Family Films"