RC is one of my favorite characters from the films. I was always a little disappointed that he had such a small role in TS2. I have looked at the trailers for TS3 and can find no sign of him. Is RC even in TS3? I will be gutted if we never find out what happened to him.
He’s in one shot of the new japanese trailer.
He’s definately in Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich made the confirmation a while ago), but whether we find out what happened to him is a different story. He appears in the latest Japanese trailer, digitally added to an earlier scene.
EDIT: Beat me to it.
It’s funny that all the secondary characters from Andy’s room aren’t touched upon at all, except in flashbacks. I have faith Pixar will give them a good ending, as putting them in the movie, and not even bothering giving them a story would be pointless.
Well I suppose the Trailers just need to focus on the main characters. I have good faith in Pixar.
Nicely spotted. I guess his role will be minimal once again, which is a shame because he is a great character.
I love RC too, so it is a shame that his role in Toy Story 3 will probably be quite limited.
Funny how we all like him so much, though- I mean, he doesn’t talk or anything and yet he seems to have such a believable personality that makes us all love him enough to want to see more of him.
They so could have used him in Buzz’s rescue party in Toy Story 2. Just store spare batteries in Mr. Potato Head’s back compartment.
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I found this a while ago. When Molly is carring her box you can see RCs atena. It looks alot like it but why does Molly have RC?
Two words: No hands.
Imagine how difficult it would have been bringing a guy who can’t talk or use hands? The bit in the elevator would’ve been really lame.
However I do love RC dearly. I wished in TS3 that Mr Potato Head brought Sarge with him in his Tater Tush for some reason…
That’s not RC, the tip is pink. its probably a radio or something.
I have a feeling they didn’t even have the model at the time that clip was put out. that’s why they hadn’t added the cameo appearance until more recently. They don’t carry over the models from movie to movie, they rebuild from scratch. and since these characters don’t have priority over TS3’s main cast, characters like RC, Peep, and Wheezy could have only been modeled in the past few months.
that’s what I like about him the most. He really is a very clever creation. To convey the emotion he does via his eyes and shifts in body language is fantastic. It shows just how good pixar are at giving soul to their characters.
RC’s pretty much like Lassie in car form.
You know, I was also wondering where RC is, as he’s probably my equal favourite minor Toy Story character (tied with Wheezy). He also seems to be one of Andy’s favourites, since he’s Buzz’s personal steed in the “Evil Dr Porkchop” scene. Good to see that he’ll at least have a cameo, but I hope to see a bit more of him as well.
I actually find that mute characters tend to be amongst my favourites in animated films. Some other examples:
Spike in The Land Before Time
Toothless in How To Train Your Dragon
WALL-E (okay, so he does say a few things, but you get the idea).
I think it’s just something about animation that they can add those little details that I’d probably never be able to describe, but that I subconsciously notice, to give a character personality. It really works with the visual nature of film.
Well, getting him down from Andy’s room would have been a problem. I don’t think Slinky could really support all that weight.