Buzz Lightyear

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Buzz Lightyear is a spaceman from Pixar.

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Buzz Lightyear is a toy that presumably ventures out into infinity... and quite possibly even beyond.

Fiction

Animated cartoon

Buzz Lightyear was a seven time Galactic Olympic winner. Lickety-Split idolized him as a hero and hoped to someday beat his record or get bonded to him. The AllSpark Almanac II

Toys

Disney-Pixar Label

• Buzz Lightyear Spaceship (2010)
  • Accessories: Buzz Lightyear mini-figure/ head

The third unique sculpt created for Transformers Disney Label, Buzz Lightyear transforms from a movie-accurate Spaceman into a vehicle closely resembling his spaceship from [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Toy Story (franchise)|{{#if:Toy Story|Toy Story|Toy Story (franchise)}}]] fiction.

As the other two Disney Label transformers have their respective pilots disappear and reappear in different uniforms during transformation, Buzz Lightyear's figure features a Headmaster-like method; the Buzz Lightyear pilot figure is removed during transformation, and then flipped over to reveal the robot mode head on the other side of him, which is then inserted into the robot body. When the head is inserted it activates an auto-transformation gimmick which causes his waist to pop out from his torso and his wings to extend. The head doesn't securely lock into the torso too well, and somewhat relies on his helmet canopy to hold it in position.

He is the only Disney Label figure to not have a "transformerized" robot head, and instead looks just as he does in the movies.

• More information on Buzz Lightyear at TFU.info

Space Rangers don't do monochrome.‎

• Buzz Lightyear Spaceship Cosmic Black (2010)
  • Accessories: Buzz Lightyear mini-figure/ head

Buzz Lightyear was redecoed in black, white and gray, in sticking with the Disney Label theme of "monochrome" redecoes recalling the days before cartoons were in color. Despite, you know, Buzz Lightyear's whole gig being that he's the brand-spanking-new, hi-tech modern toy that any other toy would give their moving parts to be, along with the fact that Buzz Lightyear's film series was made in an era in which color was prominent. But hey, gotta get the most from every mold, right?

The particular pattern of monochrome appears to be an homage to Buzz Lightyear's own toy history, as the colors retained line up closely with the black-and-chrome Intergalactic Buzz Lightyear that was made available as a second release in 1996.

Space Rangers get festive for Christmas.‎

• Buzz Lightyear Spaceship Gentei Version (2010)
  • Accessories: Buzz Lightyear mini-figure/ head

This Christmas-themed redeco of Buzz was made available through 7-Eleven's web shop on October 19, and shipped out at some point in December.

Notes

• He is named after Buzz Aldrin.
• Unlike previous Disney Label figures, Buzz Lightyear does not feature a distinctive faction. His box and the TakaraTomy website seem to label him as being in a "Toy Story" faction, whereas the toy itself unsurprisingly features a Star Command insignia.
• Frank Todaro voiced Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story Level Kit downloadable content for [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}LittleBigPlanet 2|{{#if:||LittleBigPlanet 2}}]]. In the Japanese market, Minoru Inaba voiced the character in the Buzz Lightyear of Star Command animated series and later reprised the role in Kingdom Hearts III. On the other hand, Banjō Ginga voices the pilot of the Zurg suit who is...you guessed it, the alternate future Buzz from the 2022 Lightyear movie.
• The Rescue Bots episode title "To Infinity... And Back" is a play on reference to Buzz Lightyear's catchphrase "To Infinity and Beyond".

External links

• [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Buzz Lightyear|{{#if:||Buzz Lightyear}}]] at Wikipedia
• Buzz Lightyear at Disney Wiki