Re: Fun little WIP, please critique
 

Like a magic trick, a movie and tv shows animations don't need to have something everywhere, only model what the audience can see and leave out what they can't. You pretty much build sets. Unless you feel like making an entire environment, you don't need to.

Re: Fun little WIP, please critique
 

I understand the jumping boxes thingy, but there's a couple things that need manual adjustment, such as:

anything that interacts with whatever's being produced

the camera, whether is the cause or effect, follows a single toy the entire time.

the fact that at least one toy is visible throughout the entire thing (having the toy jump out of the bin is kinda weird)

the annoying animatable links, which apparently are not polished down to the level of stability that most (ahem) of max is.

I think I'll work on the lighting and the machinery more for now.

Re: Fun little WIP, please critique
 

Dont use the Link constraint (it always gives me trouble) Use the Position constraint AND orientation constraint both with initial offset. It works alot cleaner than the Link Constraint.

Re: Fun little WIP, please critique
 

Oops, too late.