On one hand, it’s interesting how Sid from Toy Story is everyone’s go to representative when it comes to the doll customization hobby, instead of the old man chess player who restores Woody in Toy Story 2. Nearly every customizer I follow makes a “I swear I’m not Sid” joke at least once, and I’ve been lovingly called Sid myself a couple times (granted, my buzzcut probably influences the comparison)
And like. I think the Sid from Toy Story joke is hilarious. And given how extremely some doll customs can get (I’ve seen people shove functional LED lights into tiny doll heads while Frankensteining together limbs from multiple dolls) it’s actually a fairly accurate comparison. But also like, some people just reroot new hair onto their dolls heads, never going more extreme than curling and cutting hair into a new style, maybe fixing chipped face paint or resewing tattered clothes. Shoot, when working on my first customs, the most extreme thing I did was hand sew the outfits. And in these cases, I feel like the old man chess player is a more accurate comparison. You’d think more people would claim him
On the other hand, this is what my bathroom looks like
and I must concede: oh. Oh yeah. I’m really not the sweet old man chess player here. I am definitely a Sid
