In my mind this is the least remarkable of the early Pixar shorts. It lacks the polish of Luxo Jr.-the baby is nightmare fuel-and it lacks the ambition of Red's Dream, Andre. The big animation challenge was the baby which the short completely fails at. Everything else was stripped down to the basics that Pixar already did in prior shorts. The short most notable as precursor to Toy Story with several ideas from the short recycled in the feature film-i.e. toy's finding purpose in play, an abusive human, the film is framed from a toy's perspective etc. It is funny enough to be charming but it has been overshadowed by the works it inspired.
Review of Tin Toy
