TristAndShout64

I’m sorry everybody- but I’m refunding everybody who I haven’t sent the scan to yet.

This project has gotten uncomfortably big for me and I am obsessively paranoid about copyright issues, so I don’t want the final scan to become as widespread as I predict it to become.

I have found a large chunk of people in this community to be incredibly rude, disrespectful, and entirely ignorant of how dangerous it is to share these sorts of things on a widespread scale, and I don’t wish to associate with it any longer except for in as private of a context as possible.

The leaks that happened not too long ago have eliminated just about any trust I have for the majority of this community, and therefore I am no longer comfortable sending this film to so many people. This is a big reason as to why I have been stalling ever since the print got scanned- though the busy nature of my personal life certainly hasn’t helped.

Also, I hate to say it- but with where I am in life currently, I do NOT have the mental capacity to deal with this caliber of shit. It has become more stressful than fun at this point. I raised far more money than I ended up needing, so I feel that this is ultimately the right thing to do.

I have already refunded everybody on PayPal (except for a VERY small, as in single-digit, number of people who I trust), something to the tune of $500 total. The full scan will not be sent to anybody who hasn’t received it already, and I don’t recommend DMing me asking if you can donate or get the scan or have your donation back or anything along those lines, because I’m not going to respond. Clips of the scan may be uploaded to YouTube at some point, but only to an extent that doesn’t potentially incur any wrath from a certain large, soulless corporation that happens to own the film and all IPs within it.

My apologies to anybody who is disappointed by this. I started out extremely excited about the prospect of doing this project and sharing it with everybody who helped out- and in the end, I am extremely satisfied with how the scan looks, and I hope to share it in some capacity in the near or distant future. A lot of you were really cool when I messaged you and have been super patient, so I’m sorry that this is the way it has to be. Still, I need to put my real life before my life on the Internet, and this has simply become too much for me, so I’ve finally decided that this is what I must do.

If you’re depressed about all of this, just remember- this movie has DOZENS of releases and rereleases from over the years- all with different visual appearances- and has still remained entirely unchanged in terms of story and dialogue. All of the wittiness, the charm, and the incredible heart that we associate with 90s cinema and classic Pixar is still intact- this movie is KICK ASS no matter how you watch it!

Perhaps a full 35mm scan of this movie (be it mine or somebody else’s) will publicly surface one day- but even if it doesn’t, Toy Story is still one of the greatest animated films of all time. That’s what brought us together in the first place- great movies! 😃

To everybody who offered their support towards this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity- thank you for your passionate interest that you shared with so many other denizens here on the 'net. To my closest homies in this community- GOD BLESS YOU. #norbitrobbinscut 😎

~TristAndShout

Hey y’all– the final encode is FINALLY finished and I’m currently in the process of slowly but surely getting it out to people. Thank you for bearing with me!

My apologies, I have indeed been quite busy with my personal life being a bit of a mess at the moment. I will be messaging people individually and getting the necessary details to share the scan with them– just hang in there, we are so close!

~Trist

HAttackontheBun said:

TristAndShout64 said:

HAttackontheBun said:

I was wondering, what condition is this print in?

It was shockingly clean! The condition is extremely nice overall, with just one splice on the third reel. I think people will be really happy with how the final scan turns out. 😃

How so? I mean the color’s a bit faded.

It’s actually a lot less faded than the pictures made it out to be! Check the image links I replied to Peter with on the last page, you’ll see they’re pretty close to how the colors presumably should look. There’s a tiny bit of fade, but it’ll be pretty easy to color-correct.

HAttackontheBun said:

I was wondering, what condition is this print in?

It was shockingly clean! The condition is extremely nice overall, with just one splice on the third reel. I think people will be really happy with how the final scan turns out. 😃

NC-17peter said:

TristAndShout64 said:

By the way, this is a message to WRDZ/Dexx/whoever else runs the FPRR server on Discord– please unblock me and re-add me to your server so I can kee contact with people there who donated. I genuinely did not do anything wrong and I am so utterly floored by the disrespect I’ve been shown by your people. I have plenty of screenshots as well to show that I was being completely reasonable and didn’t deserve to be booted entirely from your community.

If I don’t hear from any of you soon, I am going to look into sending out mass refunds for the project. This isn’t an empty threat, I have several hundreds of dollars in excess funds due to circumstances surrounding the cleaning/shipping processes, and I will GLADLY do what I can to keep anybody in your server from accessing this labor of love we have worked so hard on, including potentially people who have nothing to do with it. I have no reason to trust anybody in your server won’t try and leak the scan anyways with what’s gone on there in the past, so I am MORE than happy to keep this project within my inner-circle of people at this point.

I’m doing being naively amicable about this and I’m done letting you people take advantage of my hospitality. Please and thank you.

Hey boss,

I don’t think you are guilty of taking advantage of anyone. I feel your heart is in the right place. But I do feel you are guilty for poor planning. The way I promise a title is I make sure 100% that I have it in hand & if I can’t delivery. Which so far knock wood hasn’t offer equal to better than title. My members then hold it down for a few months then after that it’s open season for anyone to have.

Honestly unless you are collector & have your own scanner I dont really recommend doing fundraisers… its just too risky and a headache…

I’m not sure if I made it clear with my response, but the film has been fully scanned and the final product will be ready for distribution soon. I am referring to drama here that doesn’t involve you, so I respectfully don’t need your input. Also, I started this project two years ago– it was the first one I ever started as well as my entry-point into this community, and I have more experience doing these projects now than when I started this one, so I’m not interested in being talked down to.

Anyways, please quit spamming this thread with responses. They have nothing to do with the project in question. Furthermore, with all due respect, I am not interested in sending you any material for scanning. I have a reliable scanner I’ve worked with for a couple of years now and who I deeply trust by now. Thank you.

By the way, this is a message to WRDZ/Dexx/whoever else runs the FPRR server on Discord– please unblock me and re-add me to your server so I can kee contact with people there who donated. I genuinely did not do anything wrong and I am so utterly floored by the disrespect I’ve been shown by your people. I have plenty of screenshots as well to show that I was being completely reasonable and didn’t deserve to be booted entirely from your community.

If I don’t hear from any of you soon, I am going to look into sending out mass refunds for the project. This isn’t an empty threat, I have several hundreds of dollars in excess funds due to circumstances surrounding the cleaning/shipping processes, and I will GLADLY do what I can to keep anybody in your server from accessing this labor of love we have worked so hard on, including potentially people who have nothing to do with it. I have no reason to trust anybody in your server won’t try and leak the scan anyways with what’s gone on there in the past, so I am MORE than happy to keep this project within my inner-circle of people at this point.

I’m doing being naively amicable about this and I’m done letting you people take advantage of my hospitality. Please and thank you.

NC-17peter said:

Crazy this is not out still? If I get time I will just scan it for everyone for free I may have a print of it somewhere either Part 1 or Part 2…

I’m sorry,
what the fuck
were you saying
Peter?

(Rendering is being done now by a friend of mine and distribution should hopefully start in the next week or so)

EDIT: Wow, 200th reply! Crazy to see progress finally happening after all this time! I would like to sincerely thank everyone for the support, be it through donations, first-time advice, or simple words of support/encouragement. I have been quite floored by the relative amount of attention this project has gotten, and I’m excited to finally share it with the people who helped make it a reality.

I’m unfortunately not as comfortable as some others are with the idea of sharing my scans willy-nilly with whoever wants them, but I DO intend on uploading 4k clips to YouTube/Archive and letting people see as much of it as I possibly can. If it leaks… well, frankly, I just might hang myself on-the-spot, but I’m gonna pretend that’s NOT something that could reasonable happen. Stay tuned everybody!

HAttackontheBun said:

TristAndShout64 said:

Great news everyone– the print has finally been shipped and is on its way to the US for scanning! Stay tuned for further updates! This is not a drill!!!

What about Ultrasonic cleaning?

That’s a maybe at this point– because people have been waiting so long, I am prioritizing getting the print scanned and ready to send people as soon as possible. I will have the scanner look things over to see how the condition is, and if cleaning is deemed necessary then we’ll send it to be cleaned.

I realize a portion of money was supposed to go through this, so my apologies for the last-second change of plans! If we don’t end up cleaning the print, I’ll look into possible bonus offerings to put it towards instead.

Great news everyone– the print has finally been shipped and is on its way to the US for scanning! Stay tuned for further updates! This is not a drill!!!

Alrighty peeps– I’ve shared a 1080p preview encode on Google Drive with those who have donated. A 4k encode will be coming soon!

Hey all! Posting my usual update to confirm that this project STILL isn’t dead. We’re hoping the print will be shipped out soon, and doing what we can to get it to that point.

The person holding on to the print shared a portion of what his day-to-day schedule is like, and for the record I can understand why he’s been so busy– there’s been a LOT on his plate! He has a very hectic job and there have been some incidents recently that he’s been putting a crazy amount of time and energy into (without sharing too much).

Rest assured, I have not forgotten and am still committed to doing what I can to work things out. I have a couple of other projects I’m planning going if anyone is interested, including one which I haven’t posted about yet but hopefully will be soon. Stay tuned as always. 😃

YoshiKiller2S said:

Is the print open?

Yes! Please DM for details

Wow, enthusiastic reponse, huh?

Anyways, the print is now in Quazza’s possession and will be scanned in the near future. If anybody is interested, please DM me about donating! 😃

PLACEHOLDER, may put stuff here

Here’s a little for-fun project y’all might be interested in– I recently acquired a German print of Spy Kids 2 which I’ll be getting scanned! No idea how this movie will look on film compared to the Blu-Ray release, but it’ll be neat to see.

Donations are currently open, and we could definitely use the support for this one, so please PM me if you’re interested!

CURRENT STATUS
The print has arrived to Quazza and will be scanned once he gets around to it!

Depending on donations, I’m anticipating things will move fairly quick with this one (unlike a certain other project people have been waiting for 😛). Updates should be coming pretty quick, so stay tuned for more.

SCANNING INFO_
Print will be scanned in 6.5k by Quazza using a Lasergraphics Scanstation.

DONATION INFO + EXPENSES
Current total: $104
Current fundraising goal: $700

Please PM me about donations. Minimum $10, payment via PayPal (choose “Friends and Family”). FINAL SCAN WILL BE DONOR-ONLY!!!

The cost of the print on eBay was €156 including shipping (about $165). A third of that has been covered by a friend of mine, and I may try to recoup the rest through donations depending on people’s level of interest.

Here’s a (very rough) breakdown of the other expenses:

SCANNING: About $400
SHIPPING FROM GERMANY: €161,62 (about $170)
SHIPPING TO MY Home: $100?

I’m not sure about the domestic shipping cost yet as I’ve never had a feature print shipped to me before. Additionally, this does not factor in the cost of a hard drive, which will likely be about $100 (I could potentially cover this myself if need be).

Alrighty you beautiful bastards– it’s time for yet another update. I’m very happy to say that after just ofer a year of zero movement, despite what I said the other day, we will FINALLY be seeing some progress very soon!

First of all, to the mods of that one server on that one app– that was very rude of you, and you need to take a time-out (or let me back in please).

More importantly, my print-holder over in Australia has stated that he will get the print shipped in the next week or two– it turns out he’s had a bit of trouble securing cans to put the cores of film in, but after recently messaging him he’s already ordered a set which is already being shipped to him. He’s said that he’ll send the films out as soon as possible after he gets the cans.

As I have before, I must apologize for the lack of updates– life’s been all over the place, anxiety’s been at an all-time high, and I’ve been trying my best to balance it all (which is why SOME particular individuals in power should show a bit more sympathy perhaps). The fury of being called a grifter pushed me to up my assertiveness, which I’m very happy to say has led to some honest-to-goodness progress.

Stay tuned for more updates– I SAID I’d give them when I had more to say!

Cheers,
Trist

kiyohimewah said:

just an FYI & small update for transparency’s sake, trist still hasn’t received the 35mm print from valeyard (RU.08) [there’s been little in the way of communication] & gave a time-frame of things possibly taking up to 2 years max, but he hasn’t given up on the project

https://imgur.com/a/ZhyZCGB <- from a discord server, these aren’t private messages

Thank you for this! I’m hearing people are getting a bit antsy, and I can entirely understand why. I promise I’ll give a detailed update very soon, there’s a lot to unpack.

Dek Rollins said:

It might be a good idea to remove “Donations Still Needed” from the thread title for the time being.

Oh yeah, thanks for catching that. I’ll remove it!

skytrapal said:

TristAndShout64 said:

skytrapal said:

I have just donated. Happy to help out anytime.

I just refunded this donation. People, I don’t know where you keep finding links to the PayPal, but please stop sending money without asking first. I’m trying to make it as clear as possible that I’m NOT taking money at the moment, and if you send money for Toy Story then I’m simply going to send it back. I will UPDATE THE FORUM if I’m taking donations again. Thank you.

Sorry about that there was a link to the old thread with the PayPal link.

No worries! Thanks for letting me know, I thought I’d removed all the links from the old thread I’ll scan it over again and make sure I didn’t miss any.

skytrapal said:

I have just donated. Happy to help out anytime.

I just refunded this donation. People, I don’t know where you keep finding links to the PayPal, but please stop sending money without asking first. I’m trying to make it as clear as possible that I’m NOT taking money at the moment, and if you send money for Toy Story then I’m simply going to send it back. I will UPDATE THE FORUM if I’m taking donations again. Thank you.

AwesomeJ said:

To those who don’t know, someone uploaded a clip from the CAV laserdisc in full 1440p, and I got to say its probably the closest and highest quality bit of footage we’ll get of the original 35mm version of the film before this project gets released!

https://youtu.be/ybyVdy99wjg?si=PH9mzkqU8UJTMrVL

This is super neat, thanks for sharing!

littlejoe416 said:

I think the people behind this are purposely dragging their feet because of the leaks but that’s lame. Imo

gasp WHAT SLANDEROUS REMARKS!!

In all seriousness, I promise this isn’t the case. To be a bit blunt about it at this point I’m like 95% this will end up getting leaked, I’d rather it doesn’t but it’s not really the end of the world for me if it does lmao.

As I said, I’ve just been focused on other things and there haven’t really been any updates to give as I’m waiting on someone else to ship the print. Also, regarding other projects, I do have a couple going but they’re unfortunately private so I won’t be sharing too many details. One of them will be shared publicly though so I’ll likely make a post about that once it’s finished!

Hey y’all!

Updating to assure you guys that this project is not dead. I haven’t posted much both because of my own life getting in the way and just because there haven’t been any real updates to give, but Valeyard still has the print and will hopefully be able to send it soon. As someone in his server I can attest that he’s insanely busy, hence why it’s taking him a bit of time, plus this isn’t the only print he has over there that he needs to send out so he’s got quite a bit to take care of.

We’re over a year in since I first posted, so thank you guys for being patient. Hang tight, I promise I’ll let y’all know as soon as more progress has been made.

Yee haw,
~Tristan

By the way, apolocheese for not having updated the donor list for a while. Toy Story’s admittedly been off my mind since the beginning of this month– I’m taking a well-needed mental break!

Right now I’m focused on work and college + other life events, but I’m still committed to the project and will try to see things get sorted by the end of this year as I wait for more info. I’ll see if I can get email addresses sometime soon, I just have much else that I need to put my energy towards at the moment. Feel free to reach out via DM if you have any questions!

Peace ✌🏻,
Tristan

AwesomeJ said:

TristAndShout64 said:

Answered penguin’s questions by DM. At this point we’re going to be a bit over $1500 and I believe I can safely say that the project is about as FULLY FUNDED as it will get, so I will be fully closing donations off. My apologies to anyone who didn’t get a chance to donate– believe me when I say that I’d honestly share this with everyone if I could.

On a more positive note, I owe a huge thank-you to everyone who has donated over the past several months. I need to update the list on the forum, but I believe that once the remaining parties throw their bits in we’ll have over 75 different donors who have contributed. Pardon my French, but that’s fucking crazy!! I’m so glad I ran into this community and incredibly grateful to have the support of everyone who wants to see this as much as I do. I’ll try to message whoever I still need to about email addresses, and I also plan on refunding all of you a little depending on how much money is left over. Again, thank you guys so much– you honestly are my favorite deputies.

I’m still waiting for things to get moving over in Australia, so for now all we can really do is wait. I’ll figure out what I can and post another update as soon as possible. Until then, reach for the sky!

~Tristan

Any new update regarding the project?

Nothing much for now. I’m not sure what Vale’s schedule is like (I imagine he has a lot going on) but I’ll see if I can have him ship it over to the cleaner by the end of this year. I promise I’ll give another update as soon as possible!