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Disney-Pixar has revealed that all their films are connected in the same universe.
The official Toy Story Facebook page posted a video with easter eggs from each movie, which shows references for future films that the studio were making, check it out below:
https://www.facebook.com/PixarToyStory/videos/10154597909999130/
Next up for Pixar is Cars 3 which crashes into theaters on June 16th.
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Connected? How about it was just quicker to use an existing rendered image than go create a new one.