Minimum playthroughs : 1( may need to replay levels)
Glitches : None
If you are not into collectibles, then I would advise against getting this game. The sheer amount (500+) of collecting them takes the bulk of playing as they are everywhere. I found the game a little frustrating also during some story missions tasks, although it may be because I was a little impatient and just wanted this game to end.
The game is divided into two sections : Story Missions and Toy Box (super easy open world missions). It is best to do all of the Story Missions first as you will need all the collectibles from them anyway before heading into Toy Box.
One more thing. There's no auto save after a quest, so save often after completing any task.
ACHIEVEMENT GUIDE
Train Catcher - 10 points
Finished Loco Motives
First Story Mission (Train Rescue) and cannot be missed. For collectibles each mission has stat page to let you know if you missed anything. Check HERE for the collectible list.
No Toy Left Behind - 25 points
Rescue all the orphans on the Train
This is in the first mission. There are six orphans you have to rescue and they are not hard to miss as they are out in the open. Pick them up by pressing X and Buzz will pick them up.
Off the Hook - 10 points
Finished Hold the Phone
Second Story Mission (Andy's House) and cannot be missed. Actually when you finish Train Rescue above, you will be thrown automatically into Toy Box. Just do Hamm's little Shoulder Charge Destroy Shack Mission then exit back out to the Game Board. Then move to the second mission called Andy's House. Check HERE for the collectible list.
Defeat Zurg - 10 points
Finished To Infinity and Beyond
Third Story Mission (Buzz Video Game) and cannot be missed. Check HERE for the collectible list.
Space Ranger Elite - 25 points
Reach Zurg's base without losing all your health
This achievement is unlocked on the third mission. I would only attempt this after you have collected all the collectibles. Basically you just have to reach the base without dying.
The first part just shoot every debris you can and dodge the rock walls by pressing A and moving your left stick. There are a couple of health packs along the way, but you shouldn't need them.
During the meteor shower, just run in a straight line and you will be fine.
The next parts are dangerous with floating rocks. You have to be very careful where you jump and just make sure you can reach the next rock ok. Just take your time. You can avoid the first robot fight by jumping straight into the geyser after destroying the crystal.
At the second geyser robot fight, I found it easier to destroy all the robots and spiders and then attend to the pounding the pressure rocks. Just be very quick and they will eventually stop re-spawning.
The next floating rocks are the most deceiving and dangerous. They are constantly moving. Again just take your time.
The last robot fight can easily become your grave as there are five pressure rocks and you have to float to three of them. I found it easier to deal with all the robots and spiders quickly then attend to the rocks. Killing the spiders first also wipes out a lot of robots with their shock waves. After you pound the last rock in, more robots appear. Don't bother with them and just jump into the geyser. Then all you have to do is laser blast the Zurg's turret at the entrance and the achievement will unlock as you jump in.
Carnival Conqueror - 10 points
Finished Fair Play
Fourth Story Mission (Sunnyside Daycare) and cannot be missed. Check HERE for the collectible list.
We can rebuild him - 25 points
Collect all of Zurg's Parts
This is unlocked in the Fourth Story Mission (Sunnyside Daycare). Use the collectible guide and you will get this. There are only four pieces and they are not hard to find. Check HERE for the collectible list.
True Carny - 25 points
Achieve gold on all carnival games
This is unlocked in the Fourth Story Mission. You need to complete the three mini-games to complete the level, however this achievement requires you get gold on these three mini games. You also need to get gold on these mini-games for the collectibles to appear.
The three games are
1. Horseback Balloon Pop - given by Twitch (bug)
2. Teeny Racer Challenge - given by Sparks (robot)
3. Alley Toss - given by Chunk (rock guy)
The first two are easy enough after a few tries. Get to know the course really well and you should have plenty of time. The teeny racer is easier if you use Y a lot to do 180 degree turns.
The last mini-game is the hardest mini-game ever I swear to you. You need to exactly knock out 100 aliens with no misses and they come quick and fast. Even to reach the qualifying 50 I found it frustrating. However I found a super easy cheat!
Save your game and then sign in a second controller. With two controllers you now have 155 Aliens to deal with. A lot more but you still ONLY need 100 to get gold. Tape down the right trigger of the second controller and have the reticule just above one of the blue plastic boxes. See image below.
Start the mini game and the second controller is now shooting constant balls and hitting any alien that attempts to climb over the plastic box. A lot more aliens are spawning now so you should reach 100 very quickly. With this method I managed to get 155 first try!
Rocket Launcher - 10 points
Finished Witch Way Out
Fifth Story Mission (Bonnie's House) and cannot be missed. Check HERE for the collectible list.
Making a break for it - 10 points
Finished Hide-N-Sneak
Sixth Story Mission (Prison Break) and cannot be missed. Check HERE for the collectible list.
Sneaky Sneaky - 25 points
Finished the Prison Break without ever tripping an alarm
Tricky achievement as there is very little room for error. I struggled with this until I watched this video below. The hardest part is jumping to reach Rex. Watch the video below so you can get the timing right.
Credit goes to steve0384 for the video.
Mashing the Masher - 10 points
Finished Trash Thrash
Seventh Story Mission (Junkyard) and cannot be missed. There's a lot of character swapping on this level and you are timed. Check HERE for the collectible list.
Muffin Massacre - 20 points
Finished Muffin to Fear
Eighth Story Mission (Haunted Bakery) and cannot be missed.
The strategy to beat the witch boss is to use the big cannon to clear the muffins, green gas blobs and small witches - which will drain the health of the larger witch - then use the jump pad to jump to the cow launcher to attack the main witch. Note: The big cannon cannot damage the main witch and the cow launcher cannot damage the small witches. Check HERE for the collectible list
Mapnipulator - 10 points
Explored all the objects on the map
Easy achievement. All you have to do is move the crayon around the Game Board above certain items and press A and they will animate. Starting from the top left corner:
1. The two checker pieces
2. The dice piece
3. The ship
4. The cannon
5. The fish
6. The treasure chest
7. The knight chess piece
Memories - 25 points
Collect all of Andy's Memorabilia
Follow the collectible guide and you will get this. See The Collecter Achievement.
Townspeople Hunter - 25 points
Find all the hidden townspeople
Follow the collectible guide and you will get this. See The Collecter Achievement.
No Claw Required - 25 points
Find all the hidden aliens
Follow the collectible guide and you will get this. See The Collecter Achievement.
Really holding all the cards - 30 points
Find all the Special Cards
Follow the collectible guide and you will get this. See The Collecter Achievement.
Holding all the Cards - 50 points
Find all the Regular Cards
Follow the collectible guide and you will get this. See The Collecter Achievement.
The Collector - 120 points
Gather every collectible in the game
Follow the collectible guides below and you will get this. Note : This achievement only relates to the collectibles in the Story Missions and not in Toy Box. Check the links below.
Enter Toy Box and straight away you will be given very short quests by Hamm.
1. Destroying shacks (which you may have already done)
2. Putting a hat on an Alien
3. Paint a building
4. Go and talk to Stinky Pete
5. Pick for gold (given by Stinky Pete)
First Sale - 5 points
Buy a toy from the Toy Store
Just go to the Toy Store (chicken) in Toy Box mode and buy something.
Toy Collector - 50 points
Purchase every item in the Toy Store
You will need about 50,000 to buy everything and some items will not be available until you complete certain missions. Don't worry it sounds a lot, but it is really easy to get gold in this game. You also get around 23,000 when you complete the mission where you defeat Hamm.
Pict-O-Amateur - 25 points
Complete 1 disc of Pict-O-Matic missions
See Pict-O-Master achievement.
Pict-O-Collector - 25 points
Find all 6 discs of Pict-O-Matic missions
This mission is given by a towns person with a cowboy hat. He will mention Pict-O-Matic. Once he gives you the mission, use the compass to find the first disc for the device, which will be across from the Mission List pink pig in town.
Here are the other five locations
In the mining area near Slinky's farm
Near the well in Zurgs Spaceport
In the graveyard in Sid's Haunted Mansion
At the end of the bridge in the Enchanted Glen
Top floor of the Hotel you built - you will unlock this hotel to build after you have completed the mission "Blow Up The Dam"
Pict-O-Master - 50 points
Complete all Pict-O-Matic missions
You will need the Pict-O-Matic viewing device (not to be confused with Toy Camera below achievement ) which you will unlock after you have completed the "Lost and Found" mission. See Pict-O-Collector achievement above.
Once you unlock the device, select it using the D-pad and press X. What you need to do is re-create the scene or scenario. For costume pictures, throw the townspeople or alien into a barber, tailor or hat shop. Once you have created the scene, you will get a mission completed message. If the item is unavailable, you still need to collect it.
If you see an arrow in the picture, you will need to throw or kick the animal or townspeople into the direction of the arrow into a building or field.
Photojournalist - 15 points
Complete all Toy Camera missions
You need to build the Newspaper building first, then the camera will become available in the Toy Store for 1000. Once you have unlocked the camera go find Wheezy (the penguin) to get the missions. There is another guy that gives out missions (has a baseball hat) but they are irrelevant to this achievement. Just stick with Wheezy. To select the camera press left or right on D-pad and then X to use
I got high scores whenever there was a bank job or use the Goo machine and make something big with the Green goo.
Spooky Town - 10 points
Purchase Sid's Haunted House
You will need 5,000 to purchase this from the Al's Toy Store (chicken). Once you have purchased it, a new area are opens up. Climb to the top and a new mission starts.
Cuddly Town - 10 points
Purchase Lotso's Enchanted Glen
You will need 5,000 to purchase this from the Al's Toy Store (chicken). Once you have purchased it, a new area are opens up. Climb to the top and a new mission starts.
To Infinity... - 10 points
Purchase Zurg's Spaceport
You will need 5,000 to purchase this from the Al's Toy Store (chicken). Once you have purchased it, a new area are opens up. Climb to the top and a new mission starts.
Airborn Ranger - 10 points
Hit 15 Paratrooper targets
You will need to buy the Paratroopers from Al's Toy Store (chicken). Once you have purchased them, they will appear on top of a building or cliff top with green military star. You need throw the Paratroopers and then glide them to various targets. The easiest ones I found are in the new town area (near the dam) and the one above Slinky's ranch. You only need to do 15 out of 30 targets.
First Bronze - 5 points
Earn a bronze medal in a vehicle challenge
See First Gold achievement below.
First Silver - 10 points
Earn a silver medal in a vehicle challenge
See First Gold achievement below.
First Gold - 25 points
Earn a gold medal in a vehicle challenge
This can be done on any race, except the easiest is using Bullseye (horse). You can buy him at Al's Toy Store. Do the race that starts (facing the town hall) right of the Town Hall. You CANNOT get Gold first on this race or you will be unable to unlock Bronze and Silver. So do the Bronze time first, then Silver and then Gold. On your first attempt go bad and take your time so you know the course and wait until the timer goes red to warn 30 second left. With the Gold attempt, just hold down the RT all the way.
Bronze time : 1:30
Silver time : 1:00
Gold time : 0:40
Gold Super Star -100 points
Collect all the Gold Stars
This will most likely be the last achievement and the most time consuming. There are 103 missions and all are very simple with some being slightly ambiguously descriptive. With the races, you only have to reach bronze.
You can access and view your progress by clicking the start button and selecting Gold Stars.
You will get this mission to blow up the dam once you finish Hamm's "Build The Bank" mission. A gate will open to a new part of town. Just follow around and hit the targets with a ball to lower the platforms or blow up the dynamite.
To blow up the dam, all you have to do is throw a ball at the dynamite.
Rescue Space Ranger - 40 points
Save Mayor Hamm from the bandits
You will get this mission from a townsperson after you blow up the dam and build four buildings for Hamm You just need to go to the Bandit's Hideout and blow up their shacks with barrels of TNT. You will unlock the TNT Shack once you do a mission for Stinky Pete in finding a trapped miner.
The hideout can be a little tricky to find as the compass seems to go all over the place. Head for Slinky's Ranch and then turn right towards the canyon. There will be a wooden walkway left of the stunt park entrance. Follow the walkway until you get to a wall jump. Just follow around and you will ride a mine cart rail, head forward, climb up and then eventually you will see a chess piece. The entrance is on your right.
Give Me My Gold Back - 75 points
Defeat Mayor Hamm in the Woody's Roundup boss battle
You will get this mission after you build the statue for Hamm. To defeat the mothership you need to toss barrels of TNT up the sucking retractor beam. Try to be quick and aim for the center of the beam or the barrels will not get sucked up. Three barrels will destroy the ship. You should get about 23,000 in gold for this mission.
10-15 Hours