I don't know the first application of Body Handles to a figure, but they are on the Sara character produced by 3D Universe, which came out in December 2003. Little cynical old me suspects that the uses for the actual human figure are limited to certain exaggerated sexual characteristics, male or female. Though the thought of the male equivalent to Sara's body handles is, I expect, something that could make a guy nervous. On this whole DAZ v. Anton business, I just wonder how many of us adequately document our own bright ideas.