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Toy Box Trouble! (Disney Infinity) (A Stepping Stone Book
Disney Infinity is an action-packed video game in which players can create their own worlds in the Toy Box, choosing from a mix of characters as wide-ranging as Jack Sparrow from Disney Pirates of the Caribbean to Mike from Disney•Pixar Monsters, Inc. to Anna from Disney Frozen. The world of Disney Infinity is filled with infinite possibilities—and endless fun! Boys and girls will love this Disney Infinity chapter book series, which combines action and humor in adventures that feature characters from the hit game.
80 pages, Paperback
First published January 6, 2015
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Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.
Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.
Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.
The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.
--from Wikipedia
Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.
Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.
Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.
The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.
--from Wikipedia
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July 16, 2022
This has to be one of the bleakest, most corporate crossover stories I've ever read. This is Ready Player One for infants. This is a commercial molded into a book shape. Disney Infinity already had the stink of a Disney executive seeing the billions of dollars that Skylanders was raking in and going "Hey, I can do that too!", but seeing what the lore of Disney Infinity is as presented here only solidified that stench.
What is the lore of Disney Infinity? Glad you asked! According to this book, the reason these characters all met in that video game is because they saw the Disney Infinity logo fly through the air and they were mesmerized by the logo's magic until they ended up in a world with the Disney logo castle standing in full view.
Just want to make that clear. The plot of this book is "a bunch of really recognizable Disney characters saw a magical flying video game logo and chased it until they ended up in the Disney Infinity game area".
Then they just kind of meander around for a bit and say some marketable terms until one of the bad guys kidnaps one of the good guys. There's a climactic battle with some robots where the book makes sure to use the proper name of each Disney property stated and I could feel my eyeballs slide off the page. This is marketing slurry in its most pureed form.
It's not the fault of the writer - heaven only knows what I'd do if my assignment was to write this and you can see scenes where there is an attempt to have fun, like when Vanellope decides to become a pirate - but this chapter book feels like a really bad advertisement for the game in a way that no other video game tie-in book ever did.
It's not even that exciting of a crossover. The second biggest crime that this book commits is that, in addition to being a marketing ploy, is that it's also very very boring. Most of the book's whimsy comes from the fact that you're supposed to be enchanted by all of these cool Disney characters that are very popular talk to each other, but since they're in a chapter book for young children, they feel very stripped down and they don't really have any good character moments. Syndrome is just a big bad dude that wants to "crush" Supers. Anna is really excited about shovels since that's her weapon from the game. Jack and Barbossa are both from PG-13 movies so their personalities become "pirate" and "bad pirate". Everyone just feels kinda bored to be there.
At the end of the day, there are just far better books to give to a child learning how to read chapter books than a really bad advertisement to a game that infamously got the plug pulled on it midway through production because it wasn't making Disney enough money. This is an interesting relic of a now dead franchise, but that's the only good thing you can call it.
PROS:
*Both Wreck-it Ralph and Vanellope are better written here than they are in the official film Wreck-it Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet.
*At one point, Vanellope decides to become a pirate because she thought the pirates looked cool.
CONS:
*Everything else.
What is the lore of Disney Infinity? Glad you asked! According to this book, the reason these characters all met in that video game is because they saw the Disney Infinity logo fly through the air and they were mesmerized by the logo's magic until they ended up in a world with the Disney logo castle standing in full view.
Just want to make that clear. The plot of this book is "a bunch of really recognizable Disney characters saw a magical flying video game logo and chased it until they ended up in the Disney Infinity game area".
Then they just kind of meander around for a bit and say some marketable terms until one of the bad guys kidnaps one of the good guys. There's a climactic battle with some robots where the book makes sure to use the proper name of each Disney property stated and I could feel my eyeballs slide off the page. This is marketing slurry in its most pureed form.
It's not the fault of the writer - heaven only knows what I'd do if my assignment was to write this and you can see scenes where there is an attempt to have fun, like when Vanellope decides to become a pirate - but this chapter book feels like a really bad advertisement for the game in a way that no other video game tie-in book ever did.
It's not even that exciting of a crossover. The second biggest crime that this book commits is that, in addition to being a marketing ploy, is that it's also very very boring. Most of the book's whimsy comes from the fact that you're supposed to be enchanted by all of these cool Disney characters that are very popular talk to each other, but since they're in a chapter book for young children, they feel very stripped down and they don't really have any good character moments. Syndrome is just a big bad dude that wants to "crush" Supers. Anna is really excited about shovels since that's her weapon from the game. Jack and Barbossa are both from PG-13 movies so their personalities become "pirate" and "bad pirate". Everyone just feels kinda bored to be there.
At the end of the day, there are just far better books to give to a child learning how to read chapter books than a really bad advertisement to a game that infamously got the plug pulled on it midway through production because it wasn't making Disney enough money. This is an interesting relic of a now dead franchise, but that's the only good thing you can call it.
PROS:
*Both Wreck-it Ralph and Vanellope are better written here than they are in the official film Wreck-it Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet.
*At one point, Vanellope decides to become a pirate because she thought the pirates looked cool.
CONS:
*Everything else.
February 11, 2017
Very short. The story was different and included many different Disney characters. The plot was simple. The pictures were great. Fans of the game would probably enjoy this book.
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