These are the items that come to mind first, although I'm sure there are more. As far as I can tell, the current system is that Clothing and Minions don't mix, even though Food/Clothing and Minion/Food, etc seem to be normal. o.o

Some of the clothing items would make adorable minions for my pets, like I ABSOLUTELY ADORE that tiny chibi rift giraffe, but with the current system, I can only make them treasure items, not little best friends for the pets. 😭

I don't think we can make them look like a minion with profile coding either, since it'd likely be considered a violation of Subeta's rules.

EDIT: Some more

Ohman you are not alone. The two in your post are still relatively new items too, and there are several really old ones so it's not a new trend. It's so annoying and frustrating to have these minion-like critters that would work so well with certain pet stories, but nope. They're wearables. ._.

The most frustrating part is that even if they rename them into like... Mechanical Rift Giraffe Doll, or Stag Fungus Figurine, we still won't get minion versions of these items because minions will never be wearable. And the renamed items will look ugly in TCs with those names, and won't fit well in stories any more because they'll be dolls and not critters. So it's as good as it gets right now.

Don't get me wrong, it's cool that the site is releasing a dual-use item for TCs and for wearable enthusiasts but yet again it feels like pet people kinda get shafted in favor of wearables. 😕

Yes, this hurts my heart too :(

This one's a toy I'd love as a minion:

Haha! I TOTALLY feel this! It has happened to me multiple times as well, I get what I think is a really cute pet and it ends up being a wardrobe item.