It might have been during Smith Micro time, but there were some FREE character releases, I remember Miki, going through several generations, and I believe there were others. 

Are they included in the new Poser 12 releases? 

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together.
All things connect......Chief Seattle, 1854