Brighton Toy and Model Museum arches and contains a large 1930s 0 gauge model railway layout, 00 gauge model railway town and countryside layouts, and collections of model locomotives, soft toys, puppets and marionettes, construction toys, building construction sets, model ships, radio controlled model aircraft, and farm, circus, zoo and ship toy sets. It also includes displays of diecast models including Matchbox, Dinky Toys, Corgi Toys and Spot-On. Exhibition displays draw on outside guest collections and on varying selections taken from the Museum's core collection. The museum is a venue for the Brighton Science Festival and the Brighton Fringe. Public train running days are typically
Tin Toy he kept alive with annual investment. The film was officially a test of the PhotoRealistic RenderMan software, and proved new challenges to the animation team, namely the difficult task of realistically animating Billy. "Tin Toy" later gained attention from Disney, who sealed an agreement to create "Toy Story" starring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, which was primarily inspired by elements from "Tin Toy". The short premiered in a partially completed edit at the SIGGRAPH convention in August 1988 to a standing ovation from scientists and engineers. "Tin Toy" went on to claim Pixar's first Oscar with the 1988 Academy Award