I wonder why can't we give mannequin

[ZebraQueen]

I know they give 4 but some few people would like more
Other don't really care about them

:/ as for me I'm like both depending on my town jajaja
But as far... as clothing why the shoes store (forgot his name for a moment please don't hate me) doesn't give you nothing
Because in shampoodle at least they give you color contact and change hairstyles to the other gender but the shoes store nothing

and why can we give it to other people it's so strange?

 

[UglyMonsterFace]

This has always bothered me too It's not like it gives people an unfair advantage if they have more than 4. And I agree, Kicks' shop is useless after you've gotten everything. He doesn't have a very large collection so I got everything from him in maybe 2 months (minus holiday stuff that I had to wait for). He might as well give you a mannequin as well.

 

[Athelwyn]

Apparently, the mannequins are numbered 1-4 in the game's code, and if any one character has multiples of any one of those numbered mannequins, the game crashes. (So you can have mannequins 1, 2, 3, and 4, but not two mannequin 1s, etc.) This is what I heard a long time ago, though I do not know why it works that way. It does explain why we can't give a mannequin away, though. It would likely cause someone to have multiples of one certain mannequin.

 

[UglyMonsterFace]

Apparently, the mannequins are numbered 1-4 in the game's code, and if any one character has multiples of any one of those numbered mannequins, the game crashes. (So you can have mannequins 1, 2, 3, and 4, but not two mannequin 1s, etc.) This is what I heard a long time ago, though I do not know why it works that way. It does explain why we can't give a mannequin away, though. It would likely cause someone to have multiples of one certain mannequin.

If that's true, then they just didn't have to code it that way. It seems a bit silly.

 

[Twisterheart]

The mannequins bother me too. So far I don't have a use for them so I have them stored in the museum

 

[watercolorwish]

i think it could be because they knew people would put pro designs on it and if they forget to take it off the mannequin when giving it to someone else, the pattern cant be sent with it since it's the original owners. thats just what i always thought...

 

[katysu]

I love the mannequins, extra storage and brilliant for feng shui.
Can only surmise the reasons for only having 4 and not being able to give to another player, it could well be as poyonomatopoeia says.

As Athelwyn says; & here's a post where mannequins caused problems.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCrossing/comments/4el21e/mannequin_invasion_please_help/?

 

[UglyMonsterFace]

i think it could be because they knew people would put pro designs on it and if they forget to take it off the mannequin when giving it to someone else, the pattern cant be sent with it since it's the original owners. thats just what i always thought...

That's actually the most logical reason. Does anybody know what happens when you customize a piece of furniture with a custom pattern and give it to someone? It's possible to do that right? I would assume it would just revert to how it was normally? They could have coded it so that would happen to a mannequin with custom patterns. But I'm not a programmer, this is just wishful thinking lol

 

[KaydeeKrunk]

Yeah I think it's kind of stupid, I really wish you could at least trade them to your other people in your town, because I had a mall in a town before and I wanted a cashier in each store but i couldn't and I have a costume store in Salem and it sucks cause I want to show a few of the costumes all put together. But 4 is the max

 

[Pinkbell]

I use them all the time and would love more than 4 D:

 

[Xsann]

I would love more, they could have just stripped the mannequins before transfer or something? I don't know :/ The coding or 1-4 is probably to remember what clothing is on which mannequin.