History Trivia / Toys

* CreatorKiller: The screenwriter for this film, Valerie Curtin, never wrote another script, although her divorce from Creator/BarryLevinson may have had something to do with that. This film, by way of being overshadowed by ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' and some of the circumstances surrounding it, was also one of the factors that crushed studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg's tenure at Disney.

* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/RobinWilliams is blond in this movie. To this day no explanation has been given, although it could be to [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold underscore Leslie's childlike personality]].
** Williams, according to sources, wanted to be the next Willy Wonka with ''Toys''. The blond hair may well have been his tribute to Creator/GeneWilder.

* TheDanza: Nurse Debbie is played by Debi Mazar.

* TheForeignSubtitle:
** Portugal: ''Toys: Dream Maker''
** Spain: ''Toys (Making Illusions)''

* CreatorKiller: The screenwriter for this film, Valerie Curtin, never wrote another script, although her divorce from Barry Levinson may have had something to do with that. This film, by way of being overshadowed by ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' and some of the circumstances surrounding it, was also one of the factors that crushed studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg's tenure at Disney.

* ExtremelyLengthyCreation: It took writer, producer, and director Barry Levinson over ten years to develop this movie. It took ten months to shoot. In fact, this was supposed to have been his directorial debut.

* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: The scene with Leslie Zevo addressing his troops was ad-libbed. Barry Levinson kept a camera rolling everytime Creator/RobinWilliams was on-set.

* {{Tagline}}: In the US and Canada: "Laughter is a state of mind," as shown on the main page image. Many remaining parts of the Anglosphere got a better one: "Make Believe, Not War."
* TroubledProduction: ''Toys'' was Barry Levinson's pet project for over a decade.

* CreatorKiller: The screenwriter for this film, Valerie Curtin, never wrote another script, although her divorce from Barry Levinson may have had something to do with that. This film, by way of being overshadowed by ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' and some of the circumstances surrounding it, was also one of the factors that crushed studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg's tenure at Disney.

* CreatorKiller: The screenwriter for this film, Valerie Curtin, never wrote another script. This film, by way of being overshadowed by ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' and some of the circumstances surrounding it, was also one of the factors that crushed Disney studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg's tenure at the firm.

** Williams, according to sources, wanted to be the next Willy Wonka with ''Toys''. The blond hair msy well have been his tribute to Creator/GeneWilder.
* {{Tagline}}: In the US and Canada: "Laughter is a state of mind," as shown on the main page image. Many remaining parts of the Anglosphere got a better one: "Make Believe, Not War".

** Williams, according to sources, wanted to be the next Willy Wonka with ''Toys''.

** Williams, according to sources, wanted to be the next Willy Wonka with ''Toys''.

** Williams, according to sources, wanted to be the next Willy Wonka with ''Toys''.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Being an embarrassing box-office bomb, a DVD version has yet to be released.

** Williams, according to sources, wanted to be the next Willy Wonka with ''Toys''.

* CreatorKiller: The screenwriter for this film, Valerie Curtin, never wrote another script. This film, by way of being overshadowed by ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' and some of the circumstances surrounding it, was one of the factors that crushed Disney studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg's tenure at the firm.

* CreatorKiller: The screenwriter for this film, Valerie Curtin, never wrote another script.

** Williams, according to sources, wanted to be the next Willy Wonka with ''Toys''.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Most new viewers of the film recognize the antagonist as [[TheOtherDarrin the second]] [[Film/HarryPotter Dumbledore]].
** [[Series/TheJamieFoxxShow Jamie Foxx]] and [[Film/PoliceAcademy Mauser]] are security mooks.
** [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]] and [[Film/{{Fargo}} Mike Yanagita]] are part of Leslie's novelties research team.
** [[Series/NCISLosAngeles Sam Hanna]] is Patrick Zevo... and he's undercover!

** [[Series/NCISLosAngeles Sam Hanna]] is Patrick Zevo... and he's undercover!

** [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]] and [[{{Fargo}} Mike Yanagita]] are part of Leslie's novelties research team.

* DyeingForYourArt: RobinWilliams is blond in this movie. To this day no explanation has been given, although it could be to [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold underscore Leslie's childlike personality]].

** [[TheJamieFoxxShow Jamie Foxx]] and [[Film/PoliceAcademy Mauser]] are security mooks.

** [[Series/NCISLosAngeles Sam Hanna]] is Patrick Zevo.. and he's undercover!

** [[Series/NCISLA Sam Hanna]] is Patrick Zevo.. and he's undercover!

** [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]] and [[{{Fargo}} Mike Yanagita]] are part of Leslie's novelties research team.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Besides the antagonist being [[Literature/HarryPotter Dumbledore Mk. II]], [[TheJamieFoxxShow Jamie Foxx]] plays one of his underlings and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Yeardly Smith]] plays a novelties researcher.

* DyeingForYourArt: RobinWilliams is blond in this movie. To this day no explanation has been given, although it could be to [[HairOfGold underscore Leslie's childlike personality]].

* HeyItsThatGuy: Besides the antagonist being [[HarryPotter Dumbledore Mk. II]], [[TheJamieFoxxShow Jamie Foxx]] plays one of his underlings and [[TheSimpsons Yeardly Smith]] plays a novelties researcher.