Since 1994 Palisades has steadily gained more and more presence in the toy community. The company has been dramatically increasing its volume and its exposure. This increasing success and Palisades commitment to exciting new products were some of the major attractions to Lilly.

"It's great to be coming on board at this perfect time and working with a team of people who are in this business because they love toys...period." says Lilly. "They have a ton of cool projects lined up for late this year and early next and I'm just stoked to get a chance to be involved with it all."

Mike Horn, president of the company, is "stoked" as well. "Ken brings a level of experience and an intense enthusiasm that is a perfect match with our company and our product." Horn said. "His design work is extremely impressive and he has a great handle on what makes something cool. We're anxious to work with him."

Lilly will immediately take over Palisades' production responsibilities and will spearhead its new products. The flavor that he brought to the video game action figure category will be directly seen in Palisades' Resident Evil and House of the Dead lines, and his comic book experience will be utilized on Rising Stars and Fathom.

[Posted 6/01/2000]