{"id":3363,"date":"2026-08-04T18:30:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T23:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ioctavio.com\/wp\/2026\/08\/04\/toys\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T18:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T23:30:33","slug":"toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioctavio.com\/wp\/2026\/08\/04\/toys\/","title":{"rendered":"Toys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toys is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robin Williams as a toy designer who returns to his childhood home and becomes involved in a battle between the forces of imagination and conformity. The movie blends whimsical visual effects with a satirical look at corporate control and the power of play. It was released theatrically in December 1992 and later came out on DVD in the United States on March 23 1999 as part of the standard home video catalog. The DVD includes widescreen presentation and bonus features such as behind the scenes footage and a director commentary. The film was marketed as a family friendly comedy and fits within the comedy genre to aid web search retrieval. Critics gave mixed reviews noting the film&#8217;s imaginative set pieces but criticizing its uneven tone. Despite the mixed reception the movie has retained a cult following among fans of 1990s fantasy comedy. The game referenced in the iOctavio.com entry was added to that site on January 26 2007 and is associated with the same title Toys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toys is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Barry Levinson and starring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[191],"tags":[75],"class_list":["post-3363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvd-movies","tag-comedy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioctavio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioctavio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioctavio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioctavio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioctavio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ioctavio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioctavio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioctavio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioctavio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}