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1	* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $43 million. Box office, $23.3 million.
2	* CompletelyDifferentTitle:
3	** Brazil: ''The Toy Uprising''
4	** Germany: ''Deadly Toy''
5	** Greece: ''Games''
6	** Poland: ''Little Toys''
7	** Taiwan: ''Toy Corps''
8	* CreatorKiller: Valerie Curtin (who's better known as a character actress) hasn't had a screenwriting credit since, although her divorce from Creator/BarryLevinson may have 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.
9	* TheDanza: Nurse Debbie is played by Creator/DebiMazar.
10	* DoingItForTheArt: This was a real passion project for Creator/BarryLevinson, who spent a decade trying to get it made.
11	* DuelingWorks: With ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', oddly enough. Robin Williams knew that there would be a lot of buzz over him having a major role in a Disney film, and as ''Toys'' was a passion project for him, he asked Disney to downplay his presence in the film's marketing so as not to overshadow it (as well as making up for the major pay cut he took). Disney, of course, couldn't resist taking advantage of Williams' star power, and as a result the Genie is one of his signature roles while ''Toys'' languished as an obscure oddity.
12	* 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 also to be the next Willy Wonka with ''Toys'', so the blond hair may well have been his tribute to Creator/GeneWilder.
13	* ExtremelyLengthyCreation: It took writer, producer, and director Creator/BarryLevinson over ten years to develop this movie. It took ten months to shoot. In fact, this was supposed to have been his directorial debut.
14	* FollowTheLeader: Creator/RobinWilliams was reportedly very attracted to the role because he felt it would do for him what ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' did for Creator/GeneWilder.
15	* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: The scene with Leslie Zevo addressing his troops was ad-libbed. Creator/BarryLevinson kept a camera rolling everytime Creator/RobinWilliams was on-set.
16	* ThrowItIn: The end credits roll over a clip of Kenneth Zevo's tombstone sliding down the hill and apparently taking flight. This was actually footage of the crew removing the prop statue from the field after filming was complete. The crew thought the visual of the statue flying around in the air fit the surreal nature of the film and decided to use it for the credits.

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