BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 11.0 MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:1.0 BEGIN: VEVENT DTSTART:20060722T180000TZ:-06 DTEND:20060722T190000TZ:-06 LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Room 1A UID:20060722-180000-00000000000-0331 DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:What are the steps to making an action figure? This panel of toy professionals discusses the process of how your favorite characters go from an idea on paper to a toy in your hot little hands. Preproduction, design, and manufacturing are part of the process, but what does that entail? How does a character get chosen? Why do they pick a particular version of a character? What materials do they use? Ask any burning question you’ve ever had about the action figure business and be a fly on the wall as some of the top names in the industry sit down together, as they do only once a year at this event, and talk toys. Panelists include Jesse Falcon, VP of product development, Toy Biz; Kevin Eslinger, creative director, Master Replicas; Brant Bridges, product manager, Sideshow Collectables; Digger, president and founder, Art Asylum; Jerry Macaluso, president, SOTA Toys; Geoff Beckett, president, Shocker Toys; and Jessie DeStasio, product manager, Jazwares. Moderated by Daniel “Julius Marx” Pickett from ActionFigureInsider.com. SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Behind the Plastic: From Concept to Collectible PRIORITY:3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR