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Posted by Nate Kay | 35 Comments

Awesome short by Tom Jenkins.

“Story: A lonely desk toy longs for escape from the dark confines of the office, so he takes a cross country road trip to the Pacific Coast in the only way he can – using a toy car and Google Maps Street View.”

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  1. TZel says:
    4:52 pm November 24th, 2011

    Thank you, I really enjoyed this video.

  2. Anon says:
    8:20 pm November 26th, 2011

    That was awesome.

  3. Shay says:
    8:58 pm November 26th, 2011

    I love this!!

  4. R says:
    9:37 pm November 26th, 2011

    This was very cool. But not filmed in the US, right? Wrong light switch.

  5. Jubal says:
    9:44 pm November 26th, 2011

    Nice work. I bet that took a long time. The end result is fantastic!

  6. Johnny Grey says:
    10:15 pm November 26th, 2011

    Spectacular!!!!!!!

  7. Dylan says:
    10:58 pm November 26th, 2011

    badass, i especially liked the spinning lights, as they were a nice touch.

  8. Sourav Chakraborty says:
    11:09 pm November 26th, 2011

    Wow that was nice!

  9. easygfx says:
    11:26 pm November 26th, 2011

    Wow what a cool video, very creative. Must have taken forever to make!

  10. Pats says:
    11:27 pm November 26th, 2011

    Really lovely. What was the name of the song you used?

  11. justin d says:
    11:55 pm November 26th, 2011

    gosh, amazing amount of talent. A car company should turn this into a commercial

  12. Laura says:
    12:06 am November 27th, 2011

    So beautiful… what was the music?

  13. Kieron L says:
    12:11 am November 27th, 2011

    I also really enjoyed that :D

  14. Tony says:
    1:07 am November 27th, 2011

    Amazing video. never enjoyed an artistic video as much as I did with this one. Very nice job!!

  15. kipmartin says:
    1:14 am November 27th, 2011

    wow. it made me smile, and it made me ache. what a poignant film.

  16. Цукорский says:
    1:36 am November 27th, 2011

    Heh, when he passes thru that tunnel – that’s somewhere in Russia :)

  17. Laonie says:
    2:04 am November 27th, 2011

    Moving,inspiring and incredibley clever. an animated film which actually makes you smile and think. ….

  18. Patty says:
    2:07 am November 27th, 2011

    Whoever made this i wanna marry you. You should call me 83445645. I am an educated uptown girl earning her masters in business.

  19. Marcin Wrocław says:
    3:12 am November 27th, 2011

    Wow, that video is great!

  20. BD says:
    4:45 am November 27th, 2011

    Wow, that was amazing. i’m really impressed and really enjoyed watching it. keep it up; i just want to see more of your work now…

  21. vasya says:
    6:39 am November 27th, 2011

    there are no google street view in russia or SNG.

  22. JAFFA says:
    7:01 am November 27th, 2011

    Anybody else notice that the white toy reaped all the rewards and the black toy did all the work?

  23. Richard A says:
    7:02 am November 27th, 2011

    Music is “The Arrival Of The Birds” by The Cinematic Orchestra. Really cool animation ;)

  24. Lars Nordén says:
    7:05 am November 27th, 2011

    For everyone wondering, the music is: cinematic orchestra “arrival of the birds”. Really awesome video dude. Like the loneliness feel and the escapism vibe. Very good work.

  25. Lara says:
    8:24 am November 27th, 2011

    awww thats adorable!

  26. Murtaza K says:
    8:25 am November 27th, 2011

    That was so touching and beautiful! Awesome job indeed.

  27. mao says:
    9:09 am November 27th, 2011

    nice

  28. Amy says:
    9:14 am November 27th, 2011

    Thank you! That was so beautiful.

  29. Michael says:
    12:17 pm November 27th, 2011

    As someone unable to get out and do anything myself, I really identified with this.

  30. Theresa says:
    9:29 pm December 19th, 2011

    hah I actaully felt sorry for the toy!

  31. Ankit says:
    6:43 am December 28th, 2011

    superb …..

  32. nurika says:
    5:59 am January 30th, 2012

    lovely n’ cool <3

  33. Biru Langit says:
    5:19 pm January 30th, 2012

    That’s cool! Literally!

  34. Vipin says:
    1:01 am March 19th, 2012

    That was so beautiful <3
    Thankyou

  35. KAY says:
    11:16 am May 19th, 2012

    I love this. it was really cool and very inspiring. It does get my creative juicies going.

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