1978 Gyoza Pizza Planet Pickup truck Pixar

[dragehest]

As a Toyota 4x4 enthusiast i want to share some info.
This pizzatruck is clearly based on the third generation 4x4 hilux with round headlights.
Toyota Hilux - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

More accurately it is a N36 model with 4x4 and short wheelbase like this one.
Photo-0163 pictures from outdoors photos on webshots

However the lines of the pizzatruck reminds me much more of a chevy 1 ton truck, just like JMChladek pointed out. the hilux looks much better imo

Tamiya offer a rockcrawler rc car with a quite accurate bodyshell. this would be a good base for a Pizza planet shuttle model.

Tamiya Toyota 4×4 Bruiser Runner | Tamiya model kits

 

[JMChladek]

Well, if the CGI truck is indeed based on a Toyota and survived many years from Toy Story to Wall-E, then it seems appropriate to me. Afterall, Top Gear proved they can't seem to kill a Toyota Hilux.

YouTube - Top Gear: Toyota Hilux

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql2PHqE3cy4&feature=related (part 2)

 

[tk5378]

At one point Disney had a full-scale PP truck parked outside the MuppetVision 3-D attraction at DisneyWorld in Florida. It was an '78 Toyota pickup if I recall correctly...there ought to be some photos floating around of it, since it was there for years after Toy Story came out and they themed the restaurant next door to Pizza Planet.

 

[propologist]

" based on" is a broad term so , just look at the pictures and just do it.

 

[Gigatron]

After looking at a ton of pictures, it looks like it might be closer to a '79 SR5 sport pickup. It's hard to find a pickup without fender flares.

-Fred

 

[JMChladek]

Finding kits will indeed be a bit tough since except maybe for some compact Chevy and Ford trucks, you aren't going to find much out there. Aoshima has done some HiLuxs at least, but mainly later model ones. I also recall them doing a Nissan Pathfinder at one point as well (left hand drive version released by American Satco, tough to find though).

Yes about Tamiya. They have done the HiLux as an RC. It is kind of a crawler, but not quite. It is expensive though as it has 4WD and needs a four channel radio to run the gearbox properly. But, the body can be purchased seperately and it is molded in styrene plastic, not lexan like most RC bodies back there.

1/10 R/C Toyota Hilux High-Lift

It is a modification of an early 1980s model Hilux body, originally done for the old Tamiya Bruiser (1981 vintage RC truck kit). The camper shell will naturally have to be scratchbuilt as the current Tamiya body is an open pickup bed with a roll/light bar in it. But the Bruiser at least had the front of the shell with the angled side windows:

http://www.rcgrabbag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/dsc02963b.jpg

The only thing is original Bruiser kits and related bits are EXPENSIVE to find. But you might be able to acquire a trashed body for scrounging and modifying. The Gyoza certainly is quite the amalgamation of compact truck features though, so if you plan to get it looking exactly like the one in the films, it will take a bit of work. Otherwise, if you just paint a truck with similar looks to appear like the Gyoza (mmmm, dumplings), it will probably do fine.

I am just waiting to see if somebody will try doing a Gyoza rock crawler now (for extreme pizza delivery).

 

[TheRoadToPixar]

That is exactly what we are doing! We're building it, and taking it up North to Pixar's studios!

Check it out: theroadtopixar.wordpress.com

 

[JMChladek]

That is exactly what we are doing! We're building it, and taking it up North to Pixar's studios!

Check it out: theroadtopixar.wordpress.com

Wow, GREAT PROJECT!!!!!

You guys find anyone to make the rocket for the truck yet? The yellow color looks great, although it needs a little weathering done to it (red oxide primer spots, maybe some scuffs). I love the truck though!

 

[TheRoadToPixar]

Wow, GREAT PROJECT!!!!!

You guys find anyone to make the rocket for the truck yet? The yellow color looks great, although it needs a little weathering done to it (red oxide primer spots, maybe some scuffs). I love the truck though!

Thanks man! We have a fiberglass mold for the rocket, but right now we are currently trying to find someone that can help us form it and make plastic replicas. The fins will be made seperatley. I just started a thread here, and we are going to try and update it to and keep it up to speed with the project.

As for the weathering, we plan on doing that as well!

 

[Azurial]

Thanks man! We have a fiberglass mold for the rocket, but right now we are currently trying to find someone that can help us form it and make plastic replicas. The fins will be made seperatley. I just started a thread here, and we are going to try and update it to and keep it up to speed with the project.

As for the weathering, we plan on doing that as well!

making a vacformer isnt that hard really - theres a tutorial on Ben Heckendorn's web site (BenHeck.com) in the forums under the tutorial section that shows how can make one for the cost of a few supplies and a Shop Vac

 

[TheRoadToPixar]

making a vacformer isnt that hard really - theres a tutorial on Ben Heckendorn's web site (BenHeck.com) in the forums under the tutorial section that shows how can make one for the cost of a few supplies and a Shop Vac

Wow, thanks for that. We will look into it for sure.