I found that there was an earlier version of Toribash where you can manually customize you toribot at the start without ANY TC! Is this true? I'm curious. ..

That customization is only visible to yourself and not other players. Therefore that makes the only true way to customize is via the forum (items/textures).

Yes, and that amazing feature is still present in toribash by the name of "torishop".

"If you were annoyed good sir, I apologize." I heard rumors about it, including a video on YouTube. It could be a hack. I was just asking.