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And Sox is well positioned to become the next hot toy that drives revenue to Disney, said Comscore senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian. There’s no shortage of orange cats in media, whether it’s Garfield or Morris the spokes-cat for 9Lives. They also make appearances in science fiction, such as Ripley’s cat, Jonesy, in MacLane’s favorite film Alien .
Additionally, Lightyear tips its hat to James Cameron’s 1986 sequel, Aliens, where at one point Buzz and his crew of rookies find an old, abandoned outpost for their colony which has been overrun by hibernating alien monsters, not unlike what happened to the space colony’s nuclear coolant plant on LV-426. Later on one of the space cadets attempts to fight off the enemy in a yellow loading vehicle reminiscent of Ripley’s iconic loader from the Aliens climax. Lost in Space (1998) In contrast, there’s also a nod to another more recent film that might not be so obvious without the two sharing an actor. However, with Chris Evans as Buzz Lightyear, the moment when Buzz pops out of cryogenic sleep is incredibly evocative of the moment when Evans’ Captain America emerges from his transformation in 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger . No spoilers. Just know that everyone will want a [Sox] toy as soon as this film comes out," tweeted John Rocha, a film reviewer for The Outlaw Nation, an outlet that offers diverse perspectives on the world of entertainment. "So start buying them right now or as soon as they become available." Despite being an intelligent robot and able to talk, Sox still behaves like a real cat, rubbing against people's legs, purring when he gets affection, and getting distracted by laser points. Sox resembles a ginger and white robot cat with green eyes and wears a blue collar with his name engraved on a tag.
Perhaps less “homage” than inspiration, the little loved and less remembered big screen revival of Lost in Space from the ‘90s seems to inform the plot of Lightyear in a pretty significant way. In the reimagining of the classic 1960s sci-fi TV series, the Robinson family is again lost in space when they get marooned on a strange planet. Unlike the TV show, however, things take an extremely dark turn when they discover there is a bubble on this planet that has distorted time (the mechanics are murky). Furthermore, Sox follows alongside Mo, Izzy, and Darby in a plan to rescue Buzz who is captured by Zurg. Just as they enter, Sox detects two Buzz signals (consisting of Buzz and Zurg - the latter who is revealed to be an older version of Buzz), planning to triangulate in a plan to help the Junior Patrol to find Buzz and rescue him from Zurg. Later, Zurg crushes his own Sox who attempts to escape with Buzz, confronting him while competing in a plan for Buzz to obtain the crystal for the Armadillo's fuel.
At the Terillium Mine, Sox, Buzz, and the rest of the Junior Patrol, arrive at the facility and enter a facility within the mine and just as they enter, four AI devices activate and trap Sox and his allies in capture cones, leaving them unable to escape; after Darby and Izzy are caught in the cone where Mo was trapped, Sox ends up getting trapped as well. Buzz asks Sox if there is a possible way to disarm the traps, but Sox is unable reach the controls that can help him deactivate the traps, leading the four to slam their cone into the control after Buzz keeps the door open, although they are unable to disarm the traps; Buzz and his allies (who are all in the same cone) managed to slam the control very hard while the door is still open, albeit pressure they put causes a part of the platform carrying part of the building to collapse. Just as the part of the building collapses, Buzz tosses Sox onto Izzy's hand to help protect him just as Buzz manages to retrieve the coil and escape the collapsing part of the building. In an early version of Lightyear, Sox was originally going to look and act way more cat-like (according to concept art) in which he would look more true-to-the-word to real life ginger cats; in addition, he also had no collar, had yellow eyes, and his body and tail had stripes. According to storyboard artist Dean Heezen, some additional cat-like things Sox could’ve done was stretch, stand on hind legs, ambush, and itch. He would’ve also coughed up hairballs, and he also would’ve had retractable claws and actual fangs. He even had tapidum lucidum, aka Night Vision (an animal's way of seeing in the dark) whenever Buzz or if any of the Junior Zap Patrol shone a bright light on him. [1] Still, there are a few other elements, such as when Buzz arrives on the film’s main planet and attempts to reach Star Command by saying, “Buzz Lightyear to Star Command, respond. Why don’t they answer?” which is taken straight out of the 1995 movie. E.T. With Buzz captured, Darby asks Sox to know if he could help fly the Armadillo, which Sox tells her that there is no fuel inside just before she gets into an argument with Mo, blaming each other for getting in this situation. However, when Izzy notices the door open inside Zurg's ship, Izzy tells Darby, Mo, and Sox to enter inside the ship to go into space and help rescue Buzz just as Sox follows alongside the Junior Patrol.In addition to Mattel's product, Sox can be found in the toy aisle as a Funko Pop and a Lego figurine as well as in the candy aisle as a Pez dispenser. The ginger and white mechanical feline is a personal companion presented as a gift to Buzz Lightyear after a mission goes awry. A therapy device, of sorts, Sox is designed to do anything Buzz requires, including monitoring his mental health and providing nightly sleep sounds. I reviewed a list of the 50 top movie characters and 17 of them were animals, 24 were human or human-like, and nine were an assortment of monsters and robots," said Richard Gottlieb, CEO of Global Toy Experts. "It interested me that being cute and fuzzy alone is not a guarantor of success. The character, whether an animal or a monster, has to be relatable as human." And, of course, Captain America is effectively cryogenically frozen between World War II and modern day, which gives us another heart-wrenching similarity to Buzz. During his missions, Buzz doesn’t age while all his friends do. It seems both of Evans’ characters are destined to live in a future they didn’t ask for. Nintendo and the Real World Audiences leaving Caesar's Palace's Colosseum after the Disney presentation could be heard gushing about the new character. In meetings later in the week, exhibitors and box office analysts told CNBC that Sox was a clear standout in the much-anticipated animated feature, with many imitating the cat or reciting his lines seen in the footage.
General audiences got a tease of Sox in early trailers for "Lightyear," which hits theaters June 17. But the prolonged exposure CinemaCon participants got to the little robotic cat solidified the consensus that it is destined to be the next hot toy. Like many of Disney's and Pixar's animal and robotic companions, Sox has a distinct personality and adds moments of levity during times of peril. During the preview at CinemaCon, his reactions were the ones that elicited the most raucous laughter from the crowd.
Sox is a Personal Companion Robot for Buzz Lightyear
When Sox greets Buzz, he says his lines that are similar to Baymax from Big Hero 6 which are, "Hello, I am Baymax. Your personal healthcare companion".
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