Flip that around rather, and say that my views on sewing machines color my other hobbies. Because when I first saw the gaming miniature called the 'large arachnid' (it's built out of metal), my thought was "that will look fantastic when it's painted up with the colors and decals of the Singer 101--shame nobody will get it".
And you know, I don't have the will to collect the dashboard machines although I love the look, there are other mechanical spider minis in the same line except smaller. Maybe they'll look good in dashboard machine colors.
And I have got to try out crackle medium (a hobby paint additive that makes the surface crack and craze) as a substitute for godzilla finish on the very smallest spider mini of all.