Disney Infinity Toy Box Summit Live Blog

Watch live video from Disney on www.twitch.tv 751 AM: We are getting ready for the Disney Infinity Toy Box Summit. It is scheduled to start at 8am. Follow along for updates

803 AM: John Blackburn, Vice President and General Manager of Avalanche Software and John Vignocchi, Executive Producer, Disney Interactive take the stage and start the show by showing a sizzle real of the Toy Boxes created by the folks at the summit.

809 AM: Over 13 million Toy Boxes have been download with over 500,000 created and shared.

811 AM: Some of the Marvel characters will crossover into different playsets. For example. Nova in the Spider-Man set can also be a part of the Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers playsets.

816 AM: The characters being added to Disney Infinity were selected based on fan polls. Stitch and Merida were some of the most desired characters.

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822 AM: In addition to the Marvel Super Hero Starter Pack. Disney will be releasing a starter pack with Disney characters. More details will be released next week.

825 AM: Disney shared a video discussing the new features of Toy Box 2.0

833 AM: Disney Interactive showed the intro to the game. Included where Hiro and Baymax from Big Hero 6, which has yet to be announced as part of the game.

836 AM: The Toy Box Summit continues with a Toy Box Team Panel answering questions from the audience as well as Twitter.

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843 AM: Even characters from the first edition of Disney Infinity have been given new skills and attributes when played in Infinity 2.0

846 AM: For the Jack Sparrow figure, they had to get approval from Johnny Depp. He made sure that the figure was perfectly accurate.

853 AM: Gus the Field Goal Kicking Mule is one of the “mountable” characters in Infinity 2.0.

913 AM: Uncle Scrooge’s Money Bin is among some of the old-favorites that have been upgraded. You will be able to jump into the money bin and see the coins flying around.

923 AM: Jack Skellington will be able to wear his Sandy Claws suit through a costume power disc.

925 AM: John said that playing in “water” will come when it makes sense. Like when something that is released that takes place in water. Finding Dory perhaps?

937 AM: The panel is now transitioning to the Toy Box Community team.

939 AM: Next is the Toy Box 2.0 Workshop Hosted By Toy Box Mentors Stewart Malcolm Patrick Efird, Tyler Cole, Jose Abalos and Quinn Johnson. These five individuals were Toy Box creators that were hired by Disney based on the skills they have shown creating in the Toy Box.

956 AM: There are a lot of improvements to the Toy Box. New creativi-toys, scalable items, texture changing, and an undo button are among many of the changes made based on fan feedback.

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1035 AM: The assembled creators will now be able to play in the new Toy Box. Tomorrow, they will present their Toy Boxes. We will back tomorrow to live blog the festivities.

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908 AM: The Disney Infinity Toy Box creators are now presenting their Toy Boxes. The best one wins a fabulous prize. The first Toy Box presented recreated Xandar from Guardians of the Galaxy by Pirate Steve.

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937 AM: One of the submitted Toy Boxes features a Baby Groot, which is apparently part of the game. I guess the Infinity creators realized how popular he would end up being.

948 AM: Disney Infinity players in chat have noticed that Toys R Us has started selling a Disney Infinity Toy Box Bundle. Per the chat, The Toy Box bundle has not been announced, but it seems to be a bundle of Merida and Stitch with their toybox games, as well as a DI2 disc and an Infinity Base

1013 AM: Quote of the day? “Disney Infinity 2.0 lets you unleash your inner Michael Bay”

1029 AM: Toy Box Artists Map-M

The 22 attendees came from 9 states and 6 countries. It is a little bit of Epcot in Utah.