All the toys in Andy's room were silent until Jessie spoke up.

"What's with ya, guys? Ya look like you've seen a ghost."

"Close enough." Woody said.

"Oh! Sheriff, we don't really get this either!" the Barbie triplets said.

"Meh! With you three that's perfectly understandable." Hamm said.

"Calm down people." Woody said. "As soon as the coast is clear we will welcome our new guest."

In the living room the children started eating ice cream and cake. Molly had opened the box that contained her newest toy. The lifeless one-man-band toy was lying on the table waiting for a chance to show himself.

"All right, kids!" Mrs. Davis said. "Did you enjoy the party?"

"Yeesss!" all the kids answered.

"Well, why stop now? Let's all go out for a walk to… hmmmm…. The zoo, perhaps?"

"Yaaay!" the children shouted.

"Mommy. Can I bwing my new toy to the zoo?" Molly asked.

"That's a rare and beautiful toy. Better leave it here for now."

"Okay. Wet's go!"

They all headed for the zoo down the street. The new toy started coming to life.

"I think I heard them leave the house." Buzz said. "Let's all go down there before it's to late."

"Can I bring the triplets?" Wheezy said. Ever since he started a successful singing career he started "hanging out" with the Barbies.

"Everyone must go. This is big! Really huge!" Buzz replied.

"What about Shark?" Lenny asked. "It takes a lot to get him out of the toy box."

"Leave me. I'll be okay." Shark said as the others left the room.

"Buzzie, I can't be excited until you explain what's goin' on." Jessie said.

"It's like this," Buzz said. "A long time ago toys were not alive. We were just as most humans believe us to be, inanimate objects. But mysteriously one toy changed all this. After he came into this world he thought all was well and eventually he gave other toys life as well."

"H-how?" Jessie asked.

"No one knows." Woody said. "All we know is that it started with him. But one day he met his first child and on that day he found out that it would be much safer if the toys could appear inanimate while played with. He wanted to keep it - US!! All of us!! – a secret."

"What I'd like to know is how he made it here." Slinky said as they were making their way down to the living room.

"We're about to find out." Lenny said.

"What do we call him?" Jessie asked. "The First? Boss? Toy master?"

"Tinnie!" Woody replied as they entered the living room.

(Yeah. It was Tin Toy all along. That might be goofy but this is just the start of it all.)