The company's "miniature editions" series of books is based on previously published books.
Others further compress already simplified works, including miniature editions of the "For Dummies" how-to books.
Rare old manuscripts written on palm leaves and stored in fragrant sandalwood boxes, miniature editions of the Ramayana epic from the children's section, yellowing collections of extinct Tamil-language newspapers -- all were consumed in a roaring conflagration that convinced many Tamils that the Sinhalese were out to annihilate their very identity.
There was mail call, sometimes at protracted intervals, which might mean some (censored) letters from home and perhaps a not-new newspaper or a miniature "pony edition" of Time or The New Yorker.
It was also released as a limited edition Blu-ray, packaged as a miniature version of the Governor's zombie head aquarium tank designed by Greg Nicotero and sculpted by McFarlane Toys.
After retiring from animation, Murray produced and marketed limited-edition miniature books under the imprint Silver Thimble Books.
Scaled-down editions are not new for the Hearst Corporation, Bazaar's publisher, which established a pocket Bazaar in Australia in 1998, later adding a small-size Cosmopolitan in Greece, as well as a miniature Turkish version of Redbook titled Zest.
He's also been keeping an eye on the ongoing development of the still under-wraps Nintendo NX console, but admits he's a bit more excited about the about-to-be-released NES Classic Edition, a miniature system pre-loaded with vintage games like Metroid, Mega Man, and, of course, the Mario series.
Most of these miniatures used the 25 mm scale, with the exception of Ral Partha's 15 mm scale miniatures for the 1st edition Battlesystem.
