niiice, congrats! ^^

i think so! the aspect that might change or modify the aspect of "having" marginally, is that it's also potentially about "making something yours", as in creating additional emotional value through specific practices like dressing toys up, modifying them, etc.?

the gifting/trading that is there seems to be more limited to accessoires tho (clothes and such), but the meeting culture is still there, just..different? (still not sure how to actually define that "different" 😅)

the meetup and community-internal sharing maybe is still present to some extent (eventho more in virtual space), but with no trading and more about showing what you got maybe? but then there is a lot of this "knowledge trading" for e.g. DIY customization...still not sure how it fits into it all