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FineLine Properties.com Announces 35 Apparel Additions to the Company's E-Commerce Internet Signature Store FAIRLAWN, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 1999--FineLine  Properties.com Inc. (OTC BB:FNLND) Monday announced that it has added a line of 35 T-shirts to its FineLine Signature E-Commerce Store.  ''We have expanded our apparel line to include a line of T-shirts to add items which have been highly requested by customers visiting our Store Site,'' indicated company President Robert Petry, ''fully one fourth of all visitors to our Signature Store have indicated they would like a line of T-shirts, so, we have added 35, with more introductions on the way. These new additions, when added to our designer shirts and causal wear, provide us with over 85 apparel items.''  The line of FineLine branded T-shirts utilizes the cartoons of The Kooties. Majors, Icers and Hoopsters character lines have been priced to be extremely affordable. The company is working on designs to add its newest creations The Internauts, cyber heroes and villains and eKids, aimed at children 3 through 8, which it introduced last week.  The FineLine Signature Store, as well as its entire cartoon family can be seen by going to the company's web site at www.finelineproperties.com, where one can follow the links to the e-commerce Store as well as new characters.  FineLine is focused on merchandising its apparel via e-Commerce and third party licensing arrangements. The company is modeling the branding strategies of successful on-line retailers Disney (NYSE:DIS - news), Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN - news), Dell (Nasdaq:DELL - news), and Ebay (Nasdaq:EBAY - news) by being the innovator and originator in its industry. FineLine is one of the first companies ever to introduce cartoon characters to the world using its Internet Web site as a platform. Some of FineLine's cartoon characters have already been on the international stage, with licenses in more than 20 countries and on over 450 licensed products.  The cartoon licensing and merchandising industry is a $150 billion market with major industry names such as Disney, Warner Bros., The Rug Rats, Marvel Comics (NYSE:MRV - news) and others. FineLine plans to be a major player in e-Commerce sales. With more than 180 million Internet surfers on a global basis and more than 80 million in the United States, cyberspace reaches almost every corner of the globe. Last year (1998), e-Commerce moved $23 billion worth of consumer merchandise, with projections for 1999 indicating that this figure should exceed $75 billion.  Statements in this release are made pursuant to the ''Safe Harbor'' provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties, including without limitation, continued acceptance of the company's services, increased levels of competition for the company, and dependence on the performance of the management of the company.  Contact: ibchannel.com  Online Investor Package Visit ibchannel.com  FineLine Web Site Visit finelineproperties.com  Investor Relations Tom Madden 800/941-1558  More Quotes and News: Fineline Properties Inc (OTC BB:FNLND) Related News Categories: banking, computers, Internet  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact:       FineLine Properties.com Inc., Fairlawn      Tom Madden, 800/941-1558      www.finelineproperties.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------