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[[File:Al's Toy Barn.jpg|thumb|300px|Al's Toy Barn, seen across the street by the toys.]]

 

[[File:Al's Toy Barn.jpg|thumb|300px|Al's Toy Barn, seen across the street by the toys.]]

 

{{D|'''Hamm''': "Hey, guys, why did the toys cross the road?"<br>'''Buzz''': "Not now, Hamm."<br>'''Rex''': "Oohh, I love riddles! Why?"<br>'''Hamm''': "To get to the chicken on the other side!"|Buzz and the toys spotting Al's Toy Barn across the street}}

 

{{D|'''Hamm''': "Hey, guys, why did the toys cross the road?"<br>'''Buzz''': "Not now, Hamm."<br>'''Rex''': "Oohh, I love riddles! Why?"<br>'''Hamm''': "To get to the chicken on the other side!"|Buzz and the toys spotting Al's Toy Barn across the street}}



'''Al's Toy Barn''' is a toy store first mentioned in ''[[Toy Story]]'' in a [[Buzz Lightyear commercial|TV commercial advertising Buzz Lightyear toys]] while [[Woody]] and [[Buzz Lightyear]] are trapped in [[Sid's House|Sid's house]], but first appears in ''[[Toy Story 2]]''. It is owned by [[Al McWhiggin]], an obsessive toy collector who has stolen Woody at the beginning of ''Toy Story 2''. When Buzz and his rescue squad of toys leave [[Andy's House|Andy's house]] on their mission to rescue Woody, Hamm is the first to spot the toy store just across the street the next morning. However, between the toys and the toy store lies a busy road traffic filled with roaring vehicles.

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'''Al's Toy Barn''' is a toy store first mentioned in ''[[Toy Story]]'' in a [[Buzz Lightyear commercial|TV commercial advertising Buzz Lightyear toys]] while [[Woody]] and [[Buzz Lightyear]] are trapped in [[Sid's House|Sid's house]], but first appears in ''[[Toy Story 2]]''. It is owned by [[Al McWhiggin]], an obsessive toy collector who has stolen Woody at the beginning of ''Toy Story 2''. When Buzz and his rescue squad of toys leave [[Andy's House|Andy's house]] on their mission to rescue Woody, [[Hamm]] is the first to spot the toy store just across the street the next morning. However, between the toys and the toy store lies a busy road traffic filled with roaring vehicles.

 

 

 

To safely cross the street without being run over by any vehicles, Buzz formulates a strategy, which requires the toys to pull orange construction cones over their heads. Under Buzz's commands, the toys drop the cones and proceed. They cause a massive pile-up on the road, but they make it safely on the other side.

 

To safely cross the street without being run over by any vehicles, Buzz formulates a strategy, which requires the toys to pull orange construction cones over their heads. Under Buzz's commands, the toys drop the cones and proceed. They cause a massive pile-up on the road, but they make it safely on the other side.

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*The shot of Andy's Buzz Lightyear climbing up the display only to encounter the [[Utility Belt Buzz|new Buzz Lightyear]] standing tall resembles the one of Woody climbing up [[Andy Davis|Andy]]'s bed only to encounter the original Buzz standing tall in ''[[Toy Story]]''.

 

*The shot of Andy's Buzz Lightyear climbing up the display only to encounter the [[Utility Belt Buzz|new Buzz Lightyear]] standing tall resembles the one of Woody climbing up [[Andy Davis|Andy]]'s bed only to encounter the original Buzz standing tall in ''[[Toy Story]]''.

 

*Characters from ''[[A Bug's Life]]'' are visible as toys inside the store.[[File:Bugs Life Toys.jpg|thumb|Bug's Life Toys on sale at Al's Toy Barn.]]

 

*Characters from ''[[A Bug's Life]]'' are visible as toys inside the store.[[File:Bugs Life Toys.jpg|thumb|Bug's Life Toys on sale at Al's Toy Barn.]]



*One [[ball]] from ''[[Luxo, Jr.]]'' is visible immediately after entering the store. When leaving the store, a container of those balls can be seen to the left of the door (A sign on the container reads "Fresh Farm Balls"). A ball is also shown in the commercial for the store earlier in the film.

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*One [[ball]] from ''[[Luxo, Jr.]]'' is visible immediately after entering the store. When leaving the store, a container of those balls can be seen to the left of the door (a sign on the container reads "Fresh Farm Balls"). A ball is also shown in the commercial for the store earlier in the film.

 

*Barbie's dance steps are based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann-Margret Ann-Margret]'s moves in ''[[wikipedia:Viva Las Vegas|Viva Las Vegas]]''

 

*Barbie's dance steps are based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann-Margret Ann-Margret]'s moves in ''[[wikipedia:Viva Las Vegas|Viva Las Vegas]]''



*One of the levels in ''[[Toy Story 2: The Video Game]]'' is a space themed section of Al's Toy Barn called '''Al's Space Land''', where the majority of toys there are of Buzz Lightyear and [[Emperor Zurg]]. There's also an arcade with a claw machine and ball pit (similar to [[Pizza Planet]]). Oddly enough, the [[Aliens]] from [[Pizza Planet]] are being sold there as well.

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*One of the levels in ''[[Toy Story 2: The Video Game]]'' is a space themed section of Al's Toy Barn called '''Al's Space Land''', where the majority of toys there are of Buzz Lightyear and [[Emperor Zurg]]. There's also an arcade with a claw machine and ball pit (similar to [[Pizza Planet]]). Oddly enough, the [[Aliens]] from Pizza Planet are being sold there as well.

 

*In ''[[Toy Story 3: The Video Game]]'', tokens are used at Al's Toy Barn on the game board to buy new toys that can be used in [[Woody's Roundup]].

 

*In ''[[Toy Story 3: The Video Game]]'', tokens are used at Al's Toy Barn on the game board to buy new toys that can be used in [[Woody's Roundup]].

 

*At one point, while the toys are in Al's Toy Barn, Mr. Potato Head views Rex, chasing after the car, in a rearview side mirror, which parodies a scene in ''[http://jurassicpark.wikia.com/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(film) Jurassic Park]'', when the [http://jurassicpark.wikia.com/wiki/T-rex T-Rex] chases after the crew in a jeep.

 

*At one point, while the toys are in Al's Toy Barn, Mr. Potato Head views Rex, chasing after the car, in a rearview side mirror, which parodies a scene in ''[http://jurassicpark.wikia.com/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(film) Jurassic Park]'', when the [http://jurassicpark.wikia.com/wiki/T-rex T-Rex] chases after the crew in a jeep.

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