Well it does look kinda like Sid older, so they got that nailed down. Even if it’s hard to tell with the sunglasses and headphones on I think the intention was for the Zero shirt to give it away. Can’t wait to see this in the film!
It doesn’t actually say it, but he has his shirt, and the shirt can also be seen in the storybook. Plus Lee said Sid would be in it, and the shirt is pretty much a giveaway.
This was requested by Dinoco. It’s a scan of Lotso getting his comeupance from Sid in the Official Movie Magazine for Toy Story 3. I didn’t use spoilers for this because it’s actually different in the film [spoil](Sid helps Andy’s toys get home but it’s a different guy that straps Lotso).[/spoil]
Yeah, I didn’t get that either when reading it. We do know in the original film that there was a stuffed bear at Hannah’s tea party that was beheaded (obviously by Sid) so if he did ever have a Lotso then it must have been one of the toys that he would torture and take apart on a regular basis. Perhaps that line is why they changed it to someone else.
Since Lotso was in the planning process since the original Toy Story, I figured they’d slip him in somehow (Molly’s pink Teddy Bear had me convinced), but Lee Unkrich denies it. And the way he describes Lotso, he sounds like it’s from fond memories and he really liked it. Another indictor that it’s not Sid!
My apologies. I wonder that too actually. I actually wonder if it was originally Sid, but they changed it late in the game to be it his co-worker who ties up lotso since Sid was supposed to be “reformed” and maybe they lost sight of that.
If its Sid, there may be something to it- remember his “I want to ride the pony” line while he’s asleep in TS; perhaps he had a Lotso, and loved it (and riding ponies) but something changed - perhaps the birth of Hannah. Who knows? Its all speculation. -Omar