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While I was waiting for Trist to complete his 4K 35mm preservation of Toy Story, I decided to do something that I thought could be an alternative to anyone who preferred to see the digitally sourced version of the original theatrical version of the film. Of course, I already have a list of stuff I need for this proposed preservation:
- Toy Story (BD) (main source)
- Toy Story (3D BD) (for restored theatrical shots that were glitched in the 2D and post-2000 masters)
- Geri’s Game (Any BD I have that has this short for the Pixar logo)
But the one thing that is missing is the Disney logo. And since many TV broadcasts now usually tend to use the post-2010 versions, and the torrents for the 1080p or 720p HDTV broadcasts of the film seem to be dead, making it impossible. UNLESS someone still had those broadcasts on their hard drives.
According to SpaceBlackKnight on FanRestore.com. He stated:
“There were reportedly 4 pre-2009 HDTV copies (with the original WDP logos head and tale) floating around at some point. One was capped from Disney Cinemagic Japan and in 1080i 29.97 (watermark bug on bottom right, dubbed and with subtitle text translations, incomplete ending credits). The second was a 720p rip from ABC, but time compressed with fade ins/outs and warp sped preview squeezed ending credits. 3rd was from Disney Cinemagic France in 720p but French dubbed and localized titles. The 4th and the most elusive was a VOD capture from Comcast/CableVision being was the most complete with 5.1 audio and no watermark. Sadly these seem to be gone now as the places with them shut down or replaced them with BD rips.”
Alongside that, there were torrents like “Toy.Story.1995.720p.HDTV.x264-CtrlHD” and “des-Toy.Story.1995.HDTV.720p.mkv”, which after trying to download them, seem to be dead. Though from what I recall, the first torrent was first released back in 2008, according to OpenSubtitles iirc, so we could almost hit the jackpot.
So basically, this post was for anyone on this site who still had one of those 6 reported rips on their old hard drives to PM me so I can use them for the digitally sourced theatrical version I might do at some point, as well as letting other people see it.
Also, anyone who still recorded Toy Story directly before 2010 or on any HD channel that still uses the pre-2010 HD master is welcome to PM me.
