BEGIN ON THE BIG SCREEN.
HERE AT THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, THEY SHOWING US HOW PIXAR RINGS CHARACTERS TO LIFE -- BRINGS CHARACTERS TO LIFE.
>> WE EXHIBIT ALL OF PIXAR’S MAJOR PICTURES.
PEOPLE DO HAVE A GOOD EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
NICOLE: WHO CAN’T BE HAPPY WHEN THERE IS A BIG BUZZ LIKE HERE.
-- LIGHT-YEAR.
THE EXHIBIT PREMIERED HERE IN 2015 AFTER FIVE YEARS IN DEVELOPMENT AND COLLABORATION WITH PIXAR.
>> THIS BRINGS YOU THROUGH EACH PHASE OF THE MOVIEMAKING PROCESS FROM SKETCH ALL THE WAY TO THE FINAL RENDERING.
NICOLE: NOW IT IS TIME TO GET HANDS ON.
YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH CONTROL SHE HAS EVEN WITH ONE EYEBROW.
NICOLE: THERE IS NO BOTOX IN PIXAR?
[LAUGHTER] >> PEOPLE COME UP AND APPRECIATE THE MOVIES AND HOW MUCH WORK IT WAS.
NICOLE: THE FIRST "TOY STORY" WAS RELEASED IN 1995 AND HAS RELEASED CATALYST TOYS SINCE.
BUT THE EXHIBIT DOWN THE HALL FEATURES THE KIND OF TOY THAT HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1891.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT TRAINS THAT SPARKS CURIOSITY IN KIDS AND ADULTS?
>> THERE ARE KIDS WHO ARE NOW ADULTS OR HAVE GRANDKIDS.
IT IS THIS MULTIGENERATIONAL ASPECT THAT IS WITH EXCITING.
ICOLE: HOW AUTHENTIC IS THIS TO THE CITY OF BOSTON?
>> EVEN THOUGH THE BUILDINGS ARE CORRECT IN INDIVIDUAL SCALE, THERE IS A MIX WITHIN THE LAYOUT.
IF THE HANCOCK TOWER WAS TO THE SCALE OF A TRAIN, IT WOULD BE ABOUT NINE FEET TALL.
THAT COULD BE A REALLY BIG BUILDING AND DWARF THE SPACE.
THIS IS OUR NEW CUSTOMHOUSE TOWER BUILDING.
THE LIGHTS COME COMPLETE WITH INTERNAL LIGHTS AND SHADES AND CARGOES.
NICOLE: -- AND GARGOYLES . NICOLE: YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHTS DOWN HERE.
>> PEOPLE ASK THIS IS 3D PRINTED, IT IS REALLY JUST GONE SCULPTING THINGS.
NICOLE: JOHN IS JOHN GOODSON.
HE IS FAMOUS FOR HIS WORK IN HOLLYWOOD DESIGNING THINGS LIKE THIS ICONIC SHIP FROM "THE MANDIBLE RAN -- "THE MAN DOLORIAN." NICOLE: CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE
HARDEST PART WAS OF MAKING THIS MODEL?
>> PROBABLY LOOKING AT PICTURES ON GOOGLE EARTH AND TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
THERE WAS AN OLD DRAWING WHICH WAS A USEFUL INFERENCE.
-- A USEFUL REFERENCE.
NICOLE: IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO BRING THE TRAINS TO LIFE EACH YEAR.
IF YOU’RE HOPING TO CHOO CHOO YOUR WAY INTO THIS HOBBY, HOP A TRAIN TO MALDEN, TO THE LARGEST TRAIN STORE.
>> IT IS A FUN STORE FOR PEOPLE.
WE WERE RANKED IN THE TOP 10 TOY STORES IN THE WORLD.
PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO COME HERE.
NICOLE: IT NOW BOASTS TWO STORES, THOUSANDS OF TRAINS, AND A REPAIR WORKSHOP SO ICONIC THAT THE ONLY THING MISSING IS THE ELF COSTUMES.
>> PEOPLE BRING IN TRAINS THEY HAD WHEN THEY WERE KIDS OR THEIR GRANDFATHER GAVE THEM.
WE GET THEM GOING TO KEEP THE TRADITION GOING.
WE MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY.
NICOLE: COVID-19 HAS KEPT KIDS AWAY FROM THE CROWN JEWEL, A 16 BY 32 FOOT LAYOUT THAT FEATURES SIX TRAINS RUNNING SIMULTANEOUSLY.
TO BRING BACK SOME OF THAT HOLIDAY CHEER, CHARLES LET CHRONICLE AFTER A NEVER SORE -- NEVER BEFORE SEEN VIEW FROM INSIDE HIS MINIATURE WORLD.
♪ CHAINS -- TRAINS ARE THE KING OF CHRISTMAS.
THEY HAVE SOUNDS, THEY HAVE SMOKE.
THEY ARE GOOD FEELING.
>> "CHARLES RO SUPPLY CO." STARTED OFF IN A MOST UNLIKELY PLACE, CHARLES SR. OWNED A SERIES OF BEAUTY SALONS.
WHEN HE DECIDED TO TURN HIS BASEMENT TOY HOBBY INTO A BUSINESS, THE FIRST TRAINS SHOWED UP IN A SMALL DISPLAY CASE IN ONE OF HIS BEAUTY SALONS.
EVENTUALLY TRAINS TOOK OVER THE SALON AND THOUGH THEY’VE MOVED A FEW TIMES SINCE THEN, THE ORIGINAL SIGN CAN STILL BE SEEN OUTSIDE THEIR CURRENT SHOP.
AS FOR THE PIXAR EXHIBIT, THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE IS CLOSED EFFECTIVE TODAY IN RESPONSE TO NEW COVID RESTRICTIONS IN BOSTON.
SOME SPECIAL PROGRAMMING WILL CONTINUE ONLINE.
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