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- | This short series of 25mm figures featured characters from the ''Finieous Fingers'' [[#References|[3]]] comic strip by J. D. Webster. This strip ran in various magazines over the years - including TSR's ''Dragon Magazine'' - and it was also published as an anthology - ''"The Finieous Treasury"'' (1981). In 1982 [[Tom Meier]] was hired to sculpt the 8 main characters from the comic strip and they were offered for sale as a strictly limited edition available only until December 1982. In addition, 10 complete sets of figures were gold-plated. Single figures from the gold-plated sets were inserted randomly into the normal sets. All of these figures have ''"Finieous"'' and ''"Manzakk"'' on the bases. At some point, a few bootleg sets were made [[#References|[7]]] [[#References|[8]]] Tom Meier revisited these characters 22 years later for his own {{clink|Thunderbolt Mountain}} line of [[Finieous Fingers (Thunderbolt Mountain)|Finieous Fingers]].<br> | + | |
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+ | [[Manzakk Publishing]] produced this [[Finieous Fingers - Manzakk Publishing|Finieous Fingers]] range of 25mm characters from the ''Finieous Fingers'' [[#References|[3]]] comic strip by J. D. Webster. This strip ran in various magazines over the years - including TSR's ''Dragon Magazine'' - and it was also published as an anthology - ''"The Finieous Treasury"'' (1981). In 1982 [[Tom Meier]] was hired to sculpt the 8 main characters from the comic strip and they were offered for sale as a strictly limited edition available only until December 1982. In addition, 10 complete sets of figures were gold-plated. Single figures from the gold-plated sets were inserted randomly into the normal sets. All of these figures have ''"Finieous"'' and ''"Manzakk"'' on the bases. At some point, a few bootleg sets were made [[#References|[7]]] [[#References|[8]]] Tom Meier revisited these characters 22 years later for his own [[Thunderbolt Mountain]] line of [[Finieous Fingers (Thunderbolt Mountain)|Finieous Fingers]]. | ||
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===Finieous Phigures=== | ===Finieous Phigures=== | ||
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image:Manzakk-FF-g.jpg|<center>Grond<br>{{smg|(anti-Paladin)}}<br>{{smgl|Tom Meier}} | image:Manzakk-FF-g.jpg|<center>Grond<br>{{smg|(anti-Paladin)}}<br>{{smgl|Tom Meier}} | ||
image:Manzakk-FF-h.jpg|<center>Wizard Kask<br>{{smg|(evil Wizard)}}<br>{{smgl|Tom Meier}} | image:Manzakk-FF-h.jpg|<center>Wizard Kask<br>{{smg|(evil Wizard)}}<br>{{smgl|Tom Meier}} | ||
+ | image:Manzakk-FF-box.jpg|<center>Box | ||
+ | image:Manzakk-FF-DM67-advert.jpg|<center>Dragon Magazine Advert [[#References|[2]]] | ||
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* [2], Dragon Magazine 67, page 46, ''"Rephuge Required phor Phamous Phighting Phellowship (advert)"'' | * [2], Dragon Magazine 67, page 46, ''"Rephuge Required phor Phamous Phighting Phellowship (advert)"'' | ||
* [[wikipedia:Finieous_Fingers|[3]]], Wikipedia, ''"Finieous Fingers"'' | * [[wikipedia:Finieous_Fingers|[3]]], Wikipedia, ''"Finieous Fingers"'' | ||
- | * {{elink|1=http://www.tomeoftreasures.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15862|2=[4]}}, Tome of Treasures, ''"Fineous Fingers Miniatures"'', 2008-07-27 | + | * {{elink|1=http://www.tomeoftreasures.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15862|2=[4]}}, Tome of Treasures, ''"Finieous Fingers Miniatures"'', 2008-07-27 |
* {{elink|1=https://www.acaeum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?cache=1&f=1&t=1403&c=1|2=[5]}}, The Acaeum, ''"Finieous Fingers items - what exists?"'', 2004-12-05 | * {{elink|1=https://www.acaeum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?cache=1&f=1&t=1403&c=1|2=[5]}}, The Acaeum, ''"Finieous Fingers items - what exists?"'', 2004-12-05 | ||
* {{elink|1=http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=20863|2=[6]}}, TMP, ''"Finieous Fingers"'', 2004-04-08 | * {{elink|1=http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=20863|2=[6]}}, TMP, ''"Finieous Fingers"'', 2004-04-08 | ||
* {{elink|http://theleaddragon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/finieous-phigures.html|[7]}}, The Lead Dragon, ''"Finieous Phigures"'', 2012-01-09 | * {{elink|http://theleaddragon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/finieous-phigures.html|[7]}}, The Lead Dragon, ''"Finieous Phigures"'', 2012-01-09 | ||
- | * {{elink|1=http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=30588&hilit=Finieous&start=0#p596029|2=[8]}}, Dragonsfoot Forums, ''"PrimEvil Studios - Fineous Fingers set for Kaskoid"'', 2008-07-16 | + | * {{elink|1=http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=30588&hilit=Finieous&start=0#p596029|2=[8]}}, Dragonsfoot Forums, ''"PrimEvil Studios - Finieous Fingers set for Kaskoid"'', 2008-07-16 |
+ | * [9], The Space Gamer 58, page 20, ''"Finieous Fingers (full page advert)"'' | ||
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[[Category:Manzakk Publishing]] | [[Category:Manzakk Publishing]] |