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Every Buzz Lightyear version in Toy Story movies & TV, ranked

There's been quite a few different variants of Buzz Lightyear since 1995 across movies and TV, so here are our favorites ...
New York Post

‘Lightyear’ review: Decent Pixar snatches Buzz from the toy chest

Don’t wait for Woody. He’s not coming. The new Pixar movie “Lightyear,” a spin-off of “Toy Story,” is all about Buzz. And it completely ignores that the “to infinity and beyond!” space ranger is best ...
Polygon

Lightyear follows a familiar Pixar theme — and that’s its biggest problem

For the last seven years, one of the most popular critical analyses of Pixar Animation Studios movies has come from a Tumblr meme. Granted, it’s an insightful meme. The idea that Pixar movies all boil ...
PopSugar

The Villain in "Lightyear" Is Another Familiar Character From Toy Story

Emperor Zurg, known as Zurg, has long been Buzz's archenemy. The notorious foe was first seen in 1999's "Toy Story 2" and made appearances in subsequent Toy Story projects, including "Toy Story 3," ...
Variety

‘Lightyear’ Review: Buzz Lightyear Gets His Own Adventure. It’s Diverting Enough, But Doesn’t Give You a Buzz

“Lightyear,” the 26th Pixar film, has a premise that’s explained by the film’s opening title. It seems that in 1995, Andy, the young hero of “Toy Story,” was given a Buzz Lightyear action figure as a ...
NPR

Life-lessons abound in 'Lightyear,' an origin story about Buzz from 'Toy Story'

When Pixar's groundbreaking family comedy "Toy Story" premiered 27 years ago, it introduced us not just to computer animation but to a delightfully full-of-himself toy. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "TOY STORY" ...
collider

Lightyear's Sox: How the Filmmakers Created One of the Best Pixar Characters

Perri Nemiroff is the 2025 Press Award winner at the ICG Publicists Awards. She's the senior producer at Collider where she hosts and produces the interview series, Collider Ladies Night, a show ...