I’ve got three different officially licensed Toy Story video games here. From left to right: Toy Story Animated Story Book, Toy Story Power Play and Toy Story 2 Action Game.
I got the left two, the ones still shrink wrapped, from a toy store in Kansas City that I happened upon that was selling tons of different toys for 40-50% off. My Buzz collection benefited greatly on that night as you’ll see with other items that will be featured later on.
I took one of the sprites from Super Mario and turned him into a Buzz!
This Buzz says, “I’d look better with a Tanooki suit.”
In the classic style of Steamboat Willie, I present Retro Buzz!
This Buzz says, “Drink Blinko!”
There isn’t a lot to work with pixel-wise when you’re looking to pay tribute to an 8-bit classic like Mario. I started with a 16×20 pixel canvas and recreated Mario himself. Then I overlaid the new pixels attempting to keep to the original shape as much as possible. A majority of the changes are (naturally) in the face since Buzz doesn’t have quite the nose that Mario does.
This Buzz says, “It’s-a me! Buzz-a Lightyear! Let’s-a go!”
Inspired by our first reader submitted Buzz tribute comes to us from Henry Reyes. Thanks Henry!
