CCGR Announces the Premiere of Its Scrolls Fantastique Product Line.Business & Entertainment Editors DOYLESTOWN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 2000 Collectible Concepts Group Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :CCGR CCGR Center for Computer Games Research CCGR Concentric Conductor with Ground Removed ), a leading marketer of collectibles in the entertainment, music and sports categories, is launching a new product in the collectibles industry called "Scrolls Fantastique(TM)." Capitalizing on a hot pop culture item, wall scrolls are artistically printed fabric wall hangings. CCGR will be producing limited edition collectible wall scrolls featuring the fine art paintings of Boris and Julie, characters from the Marvel Universe, and Stan Lee Media Stan Lee Media (SLM) was an Internet-based creation, production and marketing company that created branded super hero franchises for applications in all media. Its 165 man animation production studio was based in Los Angeles, California from 1998- 2001. . "To develop a truly collectible wall scroll we knew we needed to combine great images with a high quality material," said Lyn Lonker, Director of Product Design for Collectible Concepts Group. "The images we selected have never been produced in this medium before." Each image will be digitally mastered for maximum clarity using advanced computer analysis. Our research showed us that fans and collectors liked the idea of the wall scroll because it offers the flexibility of just rolling it up to be stored. Paper posters often get damaged when they are rolled up. The first series of scrolls will feature the fantasy art Fantasy art is a genre of art that depicts magical or other supernatural themes, ideas, creatures or settings. While there is some overlap with science fiction, horror and other speculative fiction art, there are unique elements not generally found in other forms of speculative from the "Master's Touch" collection of Boris and Julie. The scrolls will carry a suggested retail price of $29.95 and are expected to begin shipping no later than January 2001 More About Collectible Concepts Group, Inc. Headquartered in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Bucks County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2000, the population was 597,635. A 2004 U.S. Census estimate placed the population at 621,342, making it the fourth most populous county in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Allegheny, and Montgomery , Collectible Concepts Group, Inc., develops and markets licensed collectible merchandise in the entertainment and sports industries. The X-Men Collector's Club, www.x-menclub.com, features a variety of X-Men products under license from Marvel Enterprises Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MVL MVL Multiple-Valued Logic MVL Multiple Virtual Line MVL Montavista Linux MVL Moshannon Valley League (Pennsylvania high school baseball) MVL Mercury Vapor Light MVL Minimum Vector Length MVL Musikverein Lustenau ). CCGR is an official licensee of New Line Productions, Inc., and produces replicas of props for Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and the sequel, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged shag 1 n. 1. A tangle or mass, especially of rough matted hair. 2. a. A coarse long nap, as on a woolen cloth. b. Cloth having such a nap. 3. A rug with a thick rough pile. Me as well as the creation and management of The Official Austin Powers Collector's Club website at 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 at www.terminatorclub.com. For baseball fans and collectors, CCGR recently launched www.collectbaseball.com, which features authentic baseball memorabilia and www.collectmusicart.com featuring Rolling Stones Rolling Stones, English rock music group that rose to prominence in the mid-1960s and continues to exert great influence. Members have included singer Mick Jagger (Michael Phillip Jagger), 1943–; guitarists Brian Jones and Bruce Springsteen music art and memorabilia. CCGR stock quotes are available from www.bloomberg.com. About Marvel With a library of over 4,700 proprietary characters, Marvel Enterprises, Inc. is one of the world's most prominent character-based entertainment companies. Marvel's operations are focused in five divisions: entertainment (Marvel Studios Marvel Studios is an American television and motion picture studio based in Beverly Hills, California. It was formed in the late 1990s following Revlon CEO Ronald Perelman's acquisition of parent company Marvel Entertainment. ), licensing, toys (Toy Biz), comic book publishing and Internet/New Media. Marvel facilitates the creation of entertainment projects, including feature films, television, home video and the Internet, based on its characters and also licenses its characters for use in a wide range of consumer products and services including video and computer games, apparel, collectibles, snack foods and promotions. Marvel's characters and plot lines are created by its comic book division which continues to maintain a leadership position in the U.S. and worldwide while also serving as an invaluable source of intellectual property. For additional information visit the Marvel Web site at http://www.marvel.com. 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 The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and 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. |
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