Region 4 Winners and Losers

    Toy Story has been released in Region 4 on DVD in 2000 and 2005. It was also released in 2001 with Toy Story 2 in a 3-disc release with extras on one disc which were extensive, but this release did not include a commentary or DTS-ES 6.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1 EX soundtracks.

    The 2000 single-disc release had two extras; the Tin Toy short animated film and a 20-minute feature on the making of Toy Story.

    The 2005 2-disc Anniversary Edition DVD included a DTS-ES 6.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1 EX soundtrack, an audio commentary with director John Lasseter, co-writer Andrew Stanton, supervising animator Pete Docter, art director Ralph Eggleston, supervising technical director Bill Reeves and producers Ralph Guggenheim & Bonnie Arnold and extras including an introduction by John Lasseter, an 11 minute Legacy of Toy Story featurette, a 20-minute Making of Toy Story featurette, a 16-minute Filmmakers Reflect featurette, 18 minutes of deleted scenes, deleted storyboards and a behind-the-scenes sections which looked at design, colour, story, production, music and sound and publicity.

    The United States Region 1 10th Anniversary Edition is identical to the Region 4 release whereas the Region 2 United Kingdom release misses out on the DTS-ES 6.1 soundtrack.

    For Region 4 DVD collectors the 2005 2-disc 10th Anniversary Edition is the best available DVD release of Toy Story, equal to the Region 1 Anniversary Edition.