Toyland Premiere: A chaotic, messy bit of animation history
Is it worth your time?
If you have a soft spot for the really early, scrappy days of animation, you will probably find Toyland Premiere charming in a dusty, basement-tape kind of way. If you expect a coherent narrative or characters that act like real living things, you are going to be bored out of your mind within thr...
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit throws a big bash for Santa Claus, but things go sideways when a dragon—disguised as Laurel and Hardy—shows up to swipe the party’s massive chocolate cake.
Synopsis
Oswald the Rabbit's reception for Santa Claus is a success until Laurel and Hardy dress in a dragon costume and try to steal the chocolate cake.
Review Excerpt
"Is it worth your time?
If you have a soft spot for the really early, scrappy days of animation, you will probably find Toyland Premiere charming in a dusty, basement-tape kind of way. If you expect a coherent narrative or characters that act like real living things, you are going to be bored out of your mind within three minutes. It is a weird, frantic, and oddly specific little artifact.
The whole premise is just an excuse to cram as many cameos and visual gags into a single frame as possible...."
