Yeah. Gotta understand that everything that goes into the live letter has to be approved by marketing first, this means that there's some lag between something being noticed and any action being taken.

Also, if they were to really decide to use the mini minstrel, considering it's user created content, there would be some rather complex legalities involved (contacting Vergil directly for his explicit written permission to use it, with or without compensation, and I'm quite sure such permission given on the forums would not be enough) that would take further time.

Whether they'll do anything with the mini minstrel, it'll definitely take a little while to get squared out, and it won't come as a surprise. At least not for you Vergil. You can be pretty much sure sure that if they even think it can be a possibility, you're gonna get something in your mail first and foremost. No company in its right mind would use the concept you created without contacting you directly first, no matter if your permission seems implicit in the thread. Implicit doesn't really work in this industry