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-This short series of 25mm figures featured characters from the ''Finieous Fingers''&nbsp;[[#References|&#91;3&#93;]] 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&nbsp;[[#References|&#91;7&#93;]]&nbsp;[[#References|&#91;8&#93;]] 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''&nbsp;[[#References|&#91;3&#93;]] 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&nbsp;[[#References|&#91;7&#93;]]&nbsp;[[#References|&#91;8&#93;]] 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&nbsp;[[#References|&#91;2&#93;]]
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* &#91;2&#93;, Dragon Magazine 67, page 46, ''"Rephuge Required phor Phamous Phighting Phellowship (advert)"'' * &#91;2&#93;, Dragon Magazine 67, page 46, ''"Rephuge Required phor Phamous Phighting Phellowship (advert)"''
* [[wikipedia:Finieous_Fingers|&#91;3&#93;]], Wikipedia, ''"Finieous Fingers"'' * [[wikipedia:Finieous_Fingers|&#91;3&#93;]], Wikipedia, ''"Finieous Fingers"''
-* {{elink|1=http://www.tomeoftreasures.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15862|2=&#91;4&#93;}}, Tome of Treasures, ''"Fineous Fingers Miniatures"'', 2008-07-27+* {{elink|1=http://www.tomeoftreasures.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15862|2=&#91;4&#93;}}, 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=&#91;5&#93;}}, 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=&#91;5&#93;}}, The Acaeum, ''"Finieous Fingers items - what exists?"'', 2004-12-05
* {{elink|1=http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=20863|2=&#91;6&#93;}}, TMP, ''"Finieous Fingers"'', 2004-04-08 * {{elink|1=http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=20863|2=&#91;6&#93;}}, TMP, ''"Finieous Fingers"'', 2004-04-08
* {{elink|http://theleaddragon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/finieous-phigures.html|&#91;7&#93;}}, The Lead Dragon, ''"Finieous Phigures"'', 2012-01-09 * {{elink|http://theleaddragon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/finieous-phigures.html|&#91;7&#93;}}, 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=&#91;8&#93;}}, 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=&#91;8&#93;}}, Dragonsfoot Forums, ''"PrimEvil Studios - Finieous Fingers set for Kaskoid"'', 2008-07-16
 +* &#91;9&#93;, The Space Gamer 58, page 20, ''"Finieous Fingers (full page advert)"''
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