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To: Joe Copia who wrote (20332)	10/27/1999 1:24:00 PM
From: Investor Clouseau	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25711

CCGR news; (BSNS WIRE) Collectible Concepts Group Teams Up With Tower Records for I Collectible Concepts Group Teams Up With Tower Records for In-Store Austin Powers Promotion Business & Entertainment Editors DOYLESTOWN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 1999--Collectible Concepts Group Inc. (OTCBB:CCGR) today announced it has shipped the first order of the company's new Austin Powers Promotion "PrePack" to Tower Records -- the world's largest independent music and entertainment retailer -- just in time for the 1999 holiday season. Specifically designed for high traffic areas, the Austin Powers Promotion PrePack is a free-standing display unit featuring original items and collectibles from the Austin Powers blockbuster films, including the Male Symbol Necklace, Female Symbol Necklace, Bag of Shhh!tm, Dr. Evil's Ring and the SWINGER License Plate. "We are delighted to have teamed up with Tower Records for the inception of this unique retailing concept, and the timing couldn't be better," said Harry L. Alexander, senior vice president, Sales & Marketing at CCGR. CCGR's in-store Austin Powers promotion will be displayed initially at 66 Tower locations throughout the country, and the multiple display unit will serve as a prototype for future sales in additional stores, as well as food and drug chains. Based in Doylestown, Collectible Concepts Group Inc. develops and markets licensed collectible merchandise in the entertainment and sports markets. The principals of CCGR have been trend-setters in the collectibles industry since 1982, and are nationally recognized in direct response marketing, replica design and mass market distribution. CCGR is a publicly owned company that trades under the stock symbol, CCGR (OTCBB). Statements about the company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other statements in this press release other than historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Since these statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the company's actual results could differ materially from expected results. For more information, contact Collectible Concepts Group Inc., 1600 Lower State Road, Doylestown, Pa. 18901, 215/491-1075, 215/491-1079 fax, e-mail info@collectibleconcepts.com or visit CCGR's Web site at www.collectibleconcepts.com. --30--gaa/mi* CONTACT: Collectible Concepts Group Inc., Doylestown Paul S. Lipschutz, 215/491-1075 KEYWORD: PENNSYLVANIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ENTERTAINMENT E-COMMERCE MOTION PICTURES Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com