From Wind-Up Rockets to Homer Simpson -- Combining Toy Designs of the 1950's with Today's Hottest TV Characters

July 18, 6:30 PM - 8:45 PM

Entrepreneurial Roundtable

When Michael Perry co-founded Rocket USA in 1997, he never imagined that major TV and movie studios would be seeking out his company. Learn how one Chicago company has combined the nostalgia craze with the most popular movies and TV programs. Read more.

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Where:
Illinois Institute of Technology -- Rice Campus
First Floor
201 East Loop Road
Wheaton, IL

Cost:
$4.00 for pizza and soda

Program:
6:30 p.m. Networking & Pizza
7:15 p.m. Program

Registration:

Mary Brown
630.527.8552, ext. 303
roundtable@businesslegalexperts.com

Please register by 4:00 p.m. on day of event

Directions:

Take I-88 to Naperville Road - Take Naperville Rd. North, 1.5 miles. At Butterfield Rd. (Rte. 56), turn right. Go 0.4 mile to first light (East Loop Road). Turn left onto East Loop Road & go 1 block - IIT on right and Linens N Things on left

Questions:
Bill Wentz, '88 (XP-57)
630.527.8552, ext. 304
billwentz@businesslegalexperts.com

Event Details
When Michael Perry co-founded Rocket USA in 1997, he never imagined that 20th Century Fox and other major TV and movie studios would ever be seeking out his company. Rather, Rocket USA was founded to make all-metal sci-fi toys modeled after those of the '50's and '60's, the golden age of rockets, robots and UFOs. But, these studios and others have licensed Rocket USA to make and market toys, games, metal signs and die-cast collectibles featuring characters and themes from several of the most popular movies and television shows.

Come to hear about a unique aspect of the toy industry and how one Chicago company has developed a successful business by combining the craze for nostalgia with the hottest movies and television programs.