Minty was a quite a different during his early days before he became a comedic cuddly clown in mid 2004 I think. But his personality transplant is similar to Barry, Nigel, Robbie, Terry and Billy how they were first introduced to what they became later in their years.
Yeah they couldn't do their original storyline that had so much potential, I can't help but feel it's going to go to the panesar family instead, it seems too familiar