To infinity and beyond!

Toy Story 4 is out. It’s a beautiful movie in more ways than one. It also made me cry like a lost child. Toy Story 2 was my favourite movie growing up and Toy Story 2 on the Dreamcast was my favourite video game growing up.

I got Buzz Lightyear here nice and cheap because his paint is kinda scratched up. He’s usually a pretty expensive figure but I got a great deal on him. Let me show you what he’s got to offer!

Vehicle mode

Buzz is a spaceship! He’s based off the box/spacecraft Buzz comes in Toy Story and Toy Story 2. It looks cute and kinda retro. Buzz has plenty of paint in this mode that makes him look really detailed. It’s a shame mine is so scratched up though.

Buzz has an opening cockpit that can fit a miniature Buzz inside. It’s a neat feature. He also has wheels under him to let him roll. Speaking of his underside…

Yeah, don’t look underneath him. It’s pretty bad.

Transformation

It’s a super simple transformation with a neat trick that has something to do with the Headmaster. I’ll talk about the trick later in the gimmicks section.

Robot mode

Wow, Buzz looks good. He’s very movie accurate. He’s not stylised at all which is odd but it works. As long as you look at him from the front, he looks like he walked right out the screen. From behind though…

Transformers have kibble. That is a sad fact.

Moving on, Buzz has pretty limited posability. His head swivels. His arms go in and out at the shoulder and rotate. His elbows bend inwards and his wrists rotate. His legs go back and forth but are fused to move together. They also bend at the knees and feet.

Gimmicks

Would you believe they’d make a Buzz Lightyear Headmaster when the first Toy Story came out? Well here we are with a Headmaster Buzz Lightyear. The Headmaster is a tiny pilot and the head of the robot mode. Unlike normal Headmasters, there’s no transformation. You just use the Headmaster in different ways depending on which mode you have Buzz in.

About the trick in his transformation earlier. Inserting the Headmaster completes the transformation on Buzz. The wings and legs Automorph when it is inserted into they’re configuration for robot mode. Super cool when it works but on my copy at least, it’s a bit haphazard. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Oh well.

Toy or collectible?

Buzz works as both rather well if you ask me.

Buzz is designed perfectly for kids. Simple transformation, durable build and two cool modes. He’s a decent size too. He ain’t too big and ain’t too small.

Adult collectors will probably get a kick out of him too. Japanese exclusive? Check. Cool figure with two good modes? Check. Appeals to nostalgia for two franchises? Check and mate.

Closing

Honestly, it’s a shame that this line only had 3 molds. Buzz is a simple, great and fun toy. Mickey and Donald also look like a lot of silly fun too.

I recommend tracking this guy down as an interesting oddity as well as a good toy.