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01-18-2010, 07:38 PM
Hey everyone, I'm sure by now you all know that they are taking submissions for fan-produced events at Celebration V - check it out here. (http://www.starwarscelebration.com/en/Events/Fan-Events-Fan-Tables/)
I want to present a 1 hour panel discussing Galoob Micro Machines and Action Fleet, and as the author of starwarsmicromachines.wordpress.com (http://starwarsmicromachines.wordpress.com/), I think I'm qualified to pull this off. But, I could certainly use some help! I'd like you to tell me what YOU would want to see at this panel. Here is a rough outline and some concepts I'm playing around with.
- Brief introduction and timeline of toy releases, discuss Hasbro buying Galoob and how the toy lines changed.
- Discussion of rare, hard-to-find, and prototype items, and how to find them.
- Discussion of what to do with your toys - building dioramas, customizing, making movies, etc.
- I'm working with a terrifically talented artist out of San Francisco who is sculpting a Micro Machines scale Lobot figure! We're planning on casting resin copies, hopefully up to 80 figures (in honor of ESB's year of release). This would be a free giveaway at the panel. I may also make a pepakura-style diorama made from printed cardstock, which would recreate some envrionment from ESB for making a Micro Machines-scale or Action Fleet-scale diorama. Since this would just be printed cardstock, I could make many, many copies so that everyone could take something home.
- Here's my craziest idea, I'm not sure this would even work, but here goes. The last 10 minutes or so of the presentation would be dedicated to a rapid-fire, live recreation of the entire classic trilogy using my complete Micro Machines collection! I would have someone running a video camera while I perform all the action features with my figures and playsets. Meanwhile, another person would have a microphone and would prompt the audience for the dialogue, sound effects, and music. The movie would be projected on the screen in the presentation hall, and could also be recorded and posted to starwars.com. To my knowledge, nothing like this has ever been done at a Celebration panel, and I think it'd be a wonderfully fun way to end the presentation and celebrate Star Wars Micro Machines.
All of these ideas are still in the very early conceptual stages, that's why I'm looking for YOU to give me feedback and suggestions. If you have a large Action Fleet collection and are definitely going to CV, perhaps we could even team up!
I want to present a 1 hour panel discussing Galoob Micro Machines and Action Fleet, and as the author of starwarsmicromachines.wordpress.com (http://starwarsmicromachines.wordpress.com/), I think I'm qualified to pull this off. But, I could certainly use some help! I'd like you to tell me what YOU would want to see at this panel. Here is a rough outline and some concepts I'm playing around with.
- Brief introduction and timeline of toy releases, discuss Hasbro buying Galoob and how the toy lines changed.
- Discussion of rare, hard-to-find, and prototype items, and how to find them.
- Discussion of what to do with your toys - building dioramas, customizing, making movies, etc.
- I'm working with a terrifically talented artist out of San Francisco who is sculpting a Micro Machines scale Lobot figure! We're planning on casting resin copies, hopefully up to 80 figures (in honor of ESB's year of release). This would be a free giveaway at the panel. I may also make a pepakura-style diorama made from printed cardstock, which would recreate some envrionment from ESB for making a Micro Machines-scale or Action Fleet-scale diorama. Since this would just be printed cardstock, I could make many, many copies so that everyone could take something home.
- Here's my craziest idea, I'm not sure this would even work, but here goes. The last 10 minutes or so of the presentation would be dedicated to a rapid-fire, live recreation of the entire classic trilogy using my complete Micro Machines collection! I would have someone running a video camera while I perform all the action features with my figures and playsets. Meanwhile, another person would have a microphone and would prompt the audience for the dialogue, sound effects, and music. The movie would be projected on the screen in the presentation hall, and could also be recorded and posted to starwars.com. To my knowledge, nothing like this has ever been done at a Celebration panel, and I think it'd be a wonderfully fun way to end the presentation and celebrate Star Wars Micro Machines.
All of these ideas are still in the very early conceptual stages, that's why I'm looking for YOU to give me feedback and suggestions. If you have a large Action Fleet collection and are definitely going to CV, perhaps we could even team up!