Quote - Hate to muddy the waters (or perhaps reveal my ignorance) but...

Have you considered Quidam?

http://www.n-sided.com/3D/quidam.php?rub=1

Example movie: http://www.n-sided.com/3D/video.php?video=export.flv

  "Thanks to additional plug-ins, export directly your ready-to-be-animated creation (equipped with its textures, UV, bones and skinning) into Maya, 3DS Max, LightWave, Cinema 4D, Carrara... Multi resolution, your characters can be exported at the resolution of your choice."

It allows you to import custom figures.