Yesterday I got the amazing opportunity to tour Avalanche Software's studio in downtown Salt Lake City. A few months ago a man named Thomas Estrada offered to show me around the building that Disney Infinity is made. Hard to believe it's made here in Utah, of all places. When arriving the magic began immediately, seeing different concept drawings, and 3D printed figures. We met with Thomas and he showed us around the different departments and lead us to his space. Thomas is the Cinematic's Animation Supervisor/Senior Animator. He brought up a character to show us how he can make them move around how he likes, and explained to us the whole process of a characters development, he examples Luke Skywalker, one of the characters he worked on. He also has worked on Mike from Monsters University, Rocket Raccoon from Guardians of the Galaxy, Sorcerer Apprentice Mickey, and Olaf from Frozen. It was really amazing to see where the magic happens to bring all the toys to life for real, and can't thank Thomas enough for spending time to deliver the opportunity. We got to know Thomas along the way and his personal journey to making it where he is today. We went to lunch after he showed us around and we got to get to know one another. It was really cool to see it all and he even let me keep an original drawing of Yzma from The Emperors New Groove, a film he worked on among others. I will never forget this day, the day that Thomas really put the title "Toys to life" to a whole new degree.