I always found it weird how quick he was to sell the set. He WAS a fan of the show as a kid, which drives his collecting habits; there was a Toy Story encyclopedia out a while ago that went into detail with it. He gave up playing with toys as a kid, and switched to collecting to ensure an investment.
His greed shows through, because despite how dedicated he was to finishing his life-long collection, he was quick to sell it for the right price.
Al looked more despicable than evil to me. He is a villain from toys’ point of view, but in fact he is a greedy man who isn’t above playing dirty when it comes to Roundup Gang collection. Although stealing something sure doesn’t make you good.
Maybe to the characters he was a villain. But to me he was merely a guy who wanted something and was willing to go lengths to get it, no malice or anything. Stinky Pete was easily the main villain.
Al a villian? No way, Jose. He’s just a dirty, greedy man who falls asleep in front of the TV with a bowl of cheese puffs. He is also lazy, complaining about having to drive all the way to work on a Saturday, when his job is right across the street from his apartment. He also cheats to get his way. But in no sense or form can he called a villian. Dislikable, yes, but not worthy of that aspect.
And guys, you are forgetting that greed does not necessarily make someone a villian. Al does not qualify. His greed does not make him do evil things, at least not more evil than lying and stealing, the former of which most people do often and the latter which we only witness him doing once, and have no proof of him ever having done before except that Jessie was in a donation box, but if the box is on the side of the road…ANYONE would take it.
And if you’ve ever watched Jackie Chan Adventures, the character Valmont disappears for several seasons. Then in the fourth season he returns, but all he is is greedy. However, he’s so pathetic that there is no way anyone can call him a villian anymore. Same with Al. His greed is not a villian’s greed. I do not this Mr. Krabs, but I’m sure his greed is a villian’s greed.
That’s a good point. To Mr. Krabs, Plankton is the villian. To Plankton, Mr. Krabs is the villian. This relationship is common in many animated movies. Many Pixar movies have this sort of relationship as well.
He wasn’t really a villain, as much as he was a crazy chicken man. I mean, if I saw something really valuable like Woody, I’d probably offer through the roof for it, but I wouldn’t steal it. Especially from a little kid. I mean, who does that?
I’m loving all these other cartoon connections (Spongebob, Jackie Chan).
And with the whole donation box thing, it was probably just put in a thrift store, like the Salvation Army or Goodwill. That’s where Al probably found her, seeing as there’s a good potential for collectibles to be found there.
Hmm, we perhaps that was the only drop off box. But if she lived in town it’d be easier to rush and do the drop off at the store, instead of driving out to the country.