I believe the original concept and work on Brave Little Toaster came from Lasseter while he was at Disney. Right after Lasseter's pitch, they fired him. Which eventually resulted in the creation of Pixar.

Jeff, I hadn't heard that story. I do know that Toaster was based on a book. Would be interesting, indeed, however if Lasseter had worked on the project, only to get fired. Toy Story 3 could represent a nice rounding off of history for him.

Brave Little Toaster definitely came to mind when I was reading this. I got a copy and decided to watch it again a few months ago to relive some of my childhood. A classic, but i kept thinking how the animation wouldn't really hold up with today's animated movies. The concept is great and can successfully be revamped by pixar and the Toy Story cast.

It's actually kind of emotional throughout, so I wonder if they'll harness those emotions of sadness like they successfully did in Up.