How many years did it take to make the first Toy Story?

Movies & TV medium Data from 1995

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The answer

4 years

Toy Story took about four years to make and was the first fully computer-animated feature film. A single frame took between 4 and 13 hours to render, and Pixar’s render farm was 117 computers — less combined power than a modern phone.

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Source Pixar Animation Studios production history
Figure refers to 1995
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