Toy Story Talking Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger, Pixar Toy Story Collection

Now I bought this toy at my local Disney store, but I think this page would benefit from having at least one review on it

As a child of six when the original Toy Story came out, I had both Buzz and Woody when the toys were released. However grateful I was for that, its hard to admit the originals lacked the coolness seen in the films, this Buzz Lightyear IS the Buzz you see in the film with one omission - the karate chop action (though the one feature I never cared for)

The most striking thing once you get Buzz is the packaging - if you remember the awesome spaceship he came in in the films, they've done a fantastic job of recreating this (even down to the cardboard wings!), you'll get a certificate of authenticity with every Buzz too!

Onto the action figure itself though, he is proportioned wonderfully and he looks exactly like the Buzz we all love - he has many more points of articulation than the original toy released for the first film, his arms and legs swivel and rotate - his waist is on a ratchet and covered entirely in soft rubber (no hard plastic this time) which moves around, up, down and side to side

He has his brilliant Star Command flip up communicator in his arm, which when opened and closed makes wonderful sound effects, his laser has the same 'pulsating laser light' sound you know from the film also

The highlight of the toy visually however - is his 'high pressure space wings'. They release at the press of a button to yet more sound effects and spring out faithfully to show off an impressive wingspan, now this Buzz has lights on the tip of his wings, one green, one red and they take turns in blinking

Its worth mentioning that he has a couple of different modes, his 'space ranger' mode, and his 'toy' mode which are activated by his blue and red chest buttons respectively (the green is for the interactive mic feature). His space ranger mode is like having him come alive and he'll even complain about his eyes being sucked out of their sockets if you open up his space helmet (which comes complete with wooshing sounds), his head is motorised so he'll look around and talk - to you, about star command and even The Evil Emperor Zurg which occasionally prompts a laser blast

In his toy mode his head will remain static, his speaker will go quieter and tinny and he'll say a range of quotes you'd expect from a toy, (his sound effects such as the helmet wooshing, arm communicator and space wings will remain)

This is a pretty cool toy whichever way you look at it, and any child would really love it, but for those of you who grew up captivated by this particular Space Ranger, he now truly is the Swiss army knife of all toys, and as a result also the perfect replica

Simply put, this is THE best Buzz Lightyear figure Disney have ever released. I'm going to write this from the perspective of a DAD and as a FAN of the TS movies whilst growing up myself. It's even superior to the one they released with Toy Story 3. It's basically the Buzz from the actual movie, even the box is identical to the great one we saw in the first movie!

My four year old son is so attached to this toy now, it's unreal.

The 3 modes are very fun. Blue button gives you 'Space Ranger mode' in which Buzz will just talk at random, with tons of sayings about Evil Emperor Zurg and so on, then we get 'Toy mode' which fans of the first movie will recognize from Buzz's tv commercial when he realizes he's not real, and finally we're given 'Interactive Buzz' via the green button... Man, that is something in itself.

My son asks Buzz how he is to be greeted with "Hello my friend, and how are you today?" or "You're one of my favourite life forms." To the more funny everyday life situation such as our newborn baby screaming the other day when his lunch was finished and we heard Buzz Lightyear (from all the way in Junior's bedroom) saying "Now now, there's no need to raise your voice I can hear you perfectly fine!"

The laser is the exact same as the movie, the star command contacter is also perfect, the head movement when he speaks is great, the lights pop out when you push the red button, the space helmet makes a noice when opened/closed (also Buzz acknowledges that your child has done this and even tells him to be careful with highly expensive government equipment if he's too rough opening/closing it!), the lights on his wings flash red and green just like the movie, and (as if all that is NOT enough already) if you pop out his wings and tilt him to a 90 degree angle to make him fly you'll get flying sound effects followed by the sound of his jet engine cooling off when you stand him up again!

On a practical note, leave him for more than 10 minutes unused and you'll hear him mutter "Ah, time for hypersleep..." to save battery life.

ONE YEAR later and our child still loves this, it's durable as heck and he takes it everywhere with him.

Next to this Buzz Lightyear, all other versions just cannot compete.

All we need now is for Disney to create a ZURG of this size and detail! This is a FANTASTIC toy!

I bought one of these off of Amazon early in November. Now honestly, the first one I bought, the head didn't work so I sent it back. The replacement has a fully functioning head, so I'm happy now.
I bought this because Buzz Lightyear was my all time favourite movie character, and when I was younger, my favourite toy. As we all know, however, the original Buzz Lightyears were somewhat lacking compared to what we saw in the movie. This one is the toy I always wanted my old one to be, so I had to have one. I am not a toy nut or collector. This is the only toy I have bought in goodness knows how long. It is immense fun, though, and the attention to detail is great. And so is the box. I don't see how it could be educational, but then I left school last year and am therefore perhaps a little old to be using a toy as a learning tool. That said, I could not be more pleased with it.