What is the name of the toy store owner in Toy Story 2?

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The toy store owner in Toy Story 2 is Al McWhiggin.

Al is the owner of Al’s Toy Barn, the large toy retailer featured in the film. He recognizes Woody as a valuable collectible and steals him from a yard sale after Andy accidentally leaves the cowboy doll outside. Buzz Lightyear and the other toys trace Woody to Al and begin a rescue mission.

Al is more than an ordinary shopkeeper: he is an obsessive collector who wants to acquire the complete Woody’s Roundup collection. His plan is to sell Woody, Jessie, Bullseye, and Stinky Pete to a toy museum in Tokyo. That scheme drives the film’s central conflict between treating toys as valuable artifacts and treating them as companions.

A common mix-up is confusing Al with Stinky Pete, the prospector doll who becomes an antagonist inside the collection. Al is the human collector and store owner; Stinky Pete is one of the toys he intends to sell.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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