[0] Collectible Concepts Group Launches www.Collectbaseball.com; The E-Commerce Site has Memorabilia From Baseball's Golden Age to the present.

Sports Editors/Baseball Writers & Columnists

DOYLESTOWN, Pa.--(BW SportsWire)--May 5, 2000

Collectible Concepts Group, Inc. (OTCBB: CCGRE.OB), a leading marketer of collectibles merchandise primarily in the sports and entertainment categories, opened its full-service e-commerce Web site today at www.collectbaseball.com following completion of beta testing.

According to Daryle Seidman, Collectible Concept Group's President of Internet Operations, "www.collectbaseball.com demonstrates our commitment to expanding our product line as well as our distribution channels. This Web site makes our products more accessible to fans in the U.S. and in other countries where baseball is popular."

Baseball fans can purchase a wide range of authentic memorabilia direct from this secure site, including photos, autographs and art works of such players as Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle, Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, Warren Spahn, Brooks Robinson, Carl Yastrzemski, Jim Bunning, Nolan Ryan, Tommy John, Don Mattingly, Ken Griffey Jr., Cal Ripken and RobertoAlomar. The collection includes signed baseballs, special lithographs of long-gone baseball stadiums such as Ebbets Field, player statuettes, and more. The memorabilia collection is designed to appeal to baseball fans of all ages and all pocketbooks, with prices starting at $25.

More than 60 items are available on the Web site, and one new product will be added every day.

Among the items already available: A Collectible Concepts' exclusive: Our own Permagraph(TM), designed to preserve forever fragile autographs, which otherwise are highly likely to deteriorate significantly over time. Each Permagraph(TM) includes real autographs on brass-plated steel, mounted on an ebony-toned plaque. Each one is individually signed and numbered to show they are issued in limited editions of just 1,000. Permagraph's(TM) are guaranteed never to fade, chip or smear. Each Permagraph(TM) also includes our CCGenuinetm Certificate of Authenticity and a picture of the player and witness at the time of signing.

Also included on the Web site is a weekly column by Bill Gilbert, author of The New York Times' Best Seller, "The Duke of Flatbush" and 16 other books. Gilbert, a former sportswriter for the Washington Post and Marketing Director for the old Washington Senators, is a winner of nine national awards for media relations. He is also co-host of the syndicated radio show "Talkin' Baseball."

Collectible Concepts will promote the Web site with display ads in major sports newspapers and magazines beginning in June, following test marketing this month.

More About Collectible Concepts Group, Inc.

Headquartered in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Collectible Concepts Group, Inc., develops and markets licensed collectible merchandise in the entertainment and sports industries. CCGR is also an official licensee of NEW LINE PRODUCTIONS, Inc., and produces replicas of props from AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY and the sequel, AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME as well as the creation and management of The Official Austin Powers Collector's Club www.powersclub.com. CCGR is also creating collectible merchandise for the Terminator and Terminator 2 motion pictures and is currently building the Official Terminator Collector's Club, which is scheduled to go on-line soon. CCGR recently acquired www.Mini-V.com, featuring Austin Powers' star Verne J. Troyer. Along with the Mini-V.com project, CCGR is developing the X-MEN Collector's Club, and a variety of X-Men products under license from Marvel Comics.

Statements about the company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other statements in the 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.