The TOYZ is a van in featured in Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.
Design
3D Universe
The TOYZ is a depicted as a hobbyist van that contains remote-controlled cars and explosives. The van is identical to the Pony, but has flat side panels with Toyz'n The Hood logos, similar to the Panlantic. The van is light blue in Grand Theft Auto III and white in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.
Performance
3D Universe
The TOYZ van has mediocre acceleration and lousy steering, just like its civilian counterpart, the Pony. The two vans seem to have no differences in handling, probably due to the fact that the TOYZ van was merely used as a trigger point for the RC challenges rather than to be driven directly. This is further proven by the handling name of the van.
3D Universe Overview
| Acceleration (0-60 mph in Seconds) |
Top Speed (mph / kmh) |
Gears | Engine | Drivetrain (FWD / RWD / AWD) |
Mass (kg / lbs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | 99 / 160 | 5 | Diesel | RWD | 2600 / 5732 |
| N/A | N/A | 5 | N/A | RWD | Cannot be observed |
Gallery
Design
Locations
When found and entered, it starts a mission where the player uses remote-controlled cars in order to destroy people and property, rampage style, and sometimes an RC checkpoint race is activated instead. During these side-missions, the vehicle can neither be moved nor exited, so care must be taken not to set it on fire by setting off explosions too close to it.
One can avoid starting the RC missions by either pushing the van forward about two car lengths or by taking it while on a mission. If done correctly, the player will not trigger the side missions and can drive the van as normal.
Grand Theft Auto III
- Near Rothwell Station in Hepburn Heights, Portland. Starts Diablo Destruction.
- In an alleyway one block south of demolished building in Saint Mark's, Portland. Starts Mafia Massacre.
- West of the northernmost tip of Kenji's Casino in Torrington, Staunton Island. Starts Casino Calamity.
- North of hideout in Wichita Gardens, Shoreside Vale. Starts Rumpo Rampage.
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
- At the construction site in Hepburn Heights, Portland. Starts Thrashin' RC.
- Two blocks south of Punk Noodles in Chinatown, Portland. Starts RC Triad Take-Down.
- Near the boat house in Belleville Park, Staunton Island. Starts Ragin' RC.
- South of the terminal inside Francis International Airport, Shoreside Vale. Starts Chasin' RC.
Prominent Appearances in Gameplay
- Toyminator – Claude accesses the van to control explosive-rigged RC Bandits and destroys three armored vans used by the Purple Nines.
Gallery
The Toyz'n The Hood logo on Grand Theft Auto III's TOYZ.
Specifications
Model
| Model name | Texture name | Handling name | Text label name | In-game name | Swankness | Flags | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTA III | toyz
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toyz
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PONY
|
TOYZ
|
TOYZ | N/A |
|
| GTA Liberty City Stories | toyz
|
toyz
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PONY
|
TOYZ
|
TOYZ | N/A |
|
Traffic Default Colors
| GTA III | PrimaryPrimaryPrimary color (1) | SecondarySecondarySecondary color (2) |
|---|---|---|
| 88 Light 9 | 75 Grey 6 | |
| 8 Light Blue Grey | 75 Grey 6 |
| GTA Liberty City Stories | PrimaryPrimaryPrimary color (1) | SecondarySecondarySecondary color (2) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 75 |
Trivia
General
- The TOYZ was originally going to be included in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, but was dropped during development and was replaced by the similar Top Fun van.
- In Grand Theft Auto Advance, if the player looks closely while flipping over the Triad Fish Van, one can make out the words "TOYZ IN DA HOOD" on the side of the van, which appeared on the TOYZ van.
Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
- The "Toyz'n The Hood" slogan that appears on the side of the van is a reference to either the song "Boyz-N-The-Hood" by N.W.A rapper Eazy-E, the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood, or both.
- In Grand Theft Auto III, the van is listed twice in the carcols.dat file, each time featuring one color scheme. Curiously enough, only the second color scheme is ever used in the game.
- In Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, the horn of the Toyz is shared with large trucks such as the Yankee and the Mule.
- In both Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, if the player drives a TOYZ van by any means to another TOYZ spawning point, the RC side mission will sometimes instantly be activated in the TOYZ van that is being driven instead (confirmed on the PC and mobile versions).
See Also
- Pony – Base variant.
- Top Fun – A similar van in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.