As an animator I can confirm this is indeed how it's done. But with the latest update to Adobe After Effects the process of removing the mannequin's head and the trophee on a bucket has become a lot easier and, my god, a lot faster as well.
Jon Searles Zoom Zoom Zoom by JG Thirlwell. But you're gonna have a pretty hard time finding the song on RU-vid. Youre gonna have to dig around a little bit.
These characters are part of my daily life ! It's like checking in on what my pals have been up to ! GO TEAM VENTURE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!