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Then comes the hair, which is one of the most time-consuming parts. Every single strand is inserted by hand using a fine needle, following the natural direction of growth. A full head of hair can mean over 10,000 individual strands, and the process takes up to six weeks. 

After that, the hair is washed, conditioned, cut, and styled to match the celebrity’s look. Even the eyelashes are inserted one by one and trimmed to match. 

Once the hair is done, coloring artists step in to paint the skin using tones they matched during the sitting. This part alone takes about five days for the head and two more for the hands. Then the eyes and teeth are added, which is what really brings the whole thing to life. 

Finally, the costume team steps in, sometimes recreating iconic outfits, sometimes working with designers who create pieces specifically for the figure. Some celebrities even donate clothes from their own wardrobes.

All in all, a single figure takes over 800 hours of work from a whole team of specialists. So when you look at the figures on this list and wonder what went wrong, the answer is probably that they didn’t get anywhere near that level of attention. 

And in a way, maybe that makes them impressive in their own right, considering what they had to work with. But it doesn’t make them any less funny to look at. Oh well, at least they gave us all a good laugh.