ADVISORY/HWB Inc. Unveils the Mobile Suit Gundam Invasion Tour Truck in Los Angeles.

News/Assignment Editors

ADVISORY ... for Tuesday (July 10)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

HWB Inc.

WHO:  -- Yvette Brown, HWB Inc. Managing Partner
      -- Shari Nomady, HWB Inc. Managing Partner

WHAT:  HWB invites the media to join Yvette Brown and Shari Nomady,
       HWB Managing Partners, as they unveil the Mobile Suit Gundam
       Invasion Tour Truck in Los Angeles created for Bandai America.
       Brown and Nomady will introduce the truck for their first and
       only presentation with a behind-the-scenes look at the truck
       and how their company designed, built, and managed this truck
       tour.

WHEN:  Tuesday July 10, 2001, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. PDT

WHERE: El Dorado Park
       2800 Studebaker Rd. (crosses near Spring St.)
       Long Beach, CA

WHY:   This 25-market mobile marketing launch of Gundam is Bandai
       America's first major awareness and marketing campaign in the
       United States and Canada to promote an underground cult
       classic and Japanese phenomenon to mainstream America.

PRESS
AGENDA:
       11 a.m.      Introduction by Brown and Nomady
       11:15 a.m.   Corporate and media truck tours begin
       12 p.m.      Lunch
       1 p.m.       El Dorado summer day camp kids (ages 5-12) tour
                    truck
       2 p.m.       Behind-the-scenes look at the making of the truck
                    by Brown and Nomady: Mobile Marketing in the 21st
                    Century
       2:30 p.m.    Press Q&A

RSVP:  Jeff West, Event Manager, 949/975-8100 Ext. 511
       [e-mail]

NOTE:  All members of the media must RSVP by Monday July 9 at 3 p.m.
       PDT to tour the truck, be seated in the VIP section, and
       attend the Q&A session. Brown and Nomady will be available
       for interviews after Press Q&A, starting around 3 p.m. until
       4 p.m.

For Further Information

If you are unable to attend the event, you may request further information from Jeff West by calling 949/975-8100 Ext. 511 or e-mailing [e-mail]. Photos of the event will be made available.

HWB is a full-service marketing firm consistently ranked among the top 100 promotional agencies in the United States since 1991, two years after its inception. The agency designs dynamic, highly targeted programs for each client by integrating strategic concept development, striking promotional design and copy, and superior promotional production, online with cutting edge Web design and offline with unconventional marketing programs. Visionary promotions have garnered the agency two Reggie awards and coverage in numerous trade magazines including PROMO and Brand Week. Clients range from entrepreneurial enterprises to Fortune 500 conglomerates such as Mattel, Makita Tools, Sage Software, WorldLink Insurance Services, ePartners, and Mitsubishi Motors.

Visit HWB on the World Wide Web at www.hwbpromo.com.