"Toy Story 5"
Digital frog tablet Lilypad threatens to make toys obsolete in “Toy Story 5, from Walt Disney Studios

"Toy Story 5"

Woody and Buzz join cowgirl Jessie in an old-school plea for toys you can take home and love. No argument here.

By Peter Travers

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★★★½ (3½ out of 4)

Holy butterscotch! The “Toy Story” animated franchise from Disney/Pixar now has its own Darth Vader in the form of a digital device with a green frog frame that goes by the name of Lilypad (Greta Lee’s voice sounds a little mechanical or is that just me?). There’s an army of pads out there luring kids to the dark side where they don’t play with real toys anymore. Plush and plastic and fabric and felt can’t compete with screens! It’s the invasion of the A.I. devices.