RALEIGH, NC - September, 2003 - Fox Licensing & Merchandising and Inkworks have teamed up to bring collectors the final season of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER in an all-new, premium trading card release: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: SEASON SEVEN PREMIUM TRADING CARDS. The 90-card base set offers Buffy collectors complete episodic coverage of the seventh and final season as well as new subsets such as "Faces of the First," "Slayers In Training," and "Andrew's World."

"When we first started creating BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER trading cards we knew that the series had a great future ahead of it," said Allan Caplan, president of Inkworks. "Since that first season, the show has been a ground-breaking television series that has attracted a large and, most importantly, loyal fan base. The series has also been a ground-breaking subject for trading cards and has become one of the most successful on-going trading card franchises in history." Caplan also noted, "the card series would never have been as successful as it has without the very dedicated help from Fox Licensing and Merchandising and our friends at Mutant Enemy, Inc."

In addition to the 90-card base set, there are several levels of randomly inserted bonus cards including:

- AUTOGRAPH CARDS - ONE PER BOX! - Fourteen different autograph cards. (14 cards - Appx. odds 1:36 packs - one per box). Nathan Fillion - Caleb, Clare Kramer - Glory, DB Woodside - Principal Wood, Harris Yulin - Quentin Travers, Camden Toy - Turok-Han, K.D. Aubert - Nikki Wood, Iyari Limon - Kennedy, Clara Bryant - Molly, Amanda Fuller - Eve, Felicia Day - Vi, Sarah Hagan - Amanda, Lalaine - Chloe, Indigo - Rona, Kristy Wu - Chao-Ahn. (14 cards - Appx. odds 1:36 packs - one per box).

- PIECEWORKS(tm) CARDS - ONE PER BOX! - Eight different Pieceworks(tm) cards featuring pieces of actual costumes worn by the actors on-screen including: Andrew's Toga ("Storyteller"), Kennedy's Sweater ("Lies My Parents Told Me"), Kennedy's T-shirt ("Lies My Parents Told Me"), Kennedy's Pants ("Lies My Parents Told Me"), Cassie's T-shirt ("Help"), Olaf's Tunic ("Selfless"), Rachel's Blouse ("Selfless"), Rachel's Pants ("Selfless"). (8 cards - Appx. odds 1:36 packs - one per box).

- THE FINAL BATTLE - Nine-card foil puzzle featuring Buffy's final battle. (9 cards - Appx. odds 1:11 packs).

- PARALLEL PUZZLE - THE FINAL BATTLE - Nine-card parallel gold foil puzzle featuring Buffy's final battle. These cards have different numbering from the basic "Final Battle" puzzle cards (9 cards - Appx. odds 1:35 packs).

- SLAYER'S LEGACY - Six foil embossed cards that feature the Slayer lineage, starting with the First, to Buffy and Faith, and finally the Potentials. (Six cards - Appx. odds 1:17 packs).

- BOX LOADER CARDS - Three different box loader cards featuring Faith/Buffy, Angel/Buffy, and Buffy/Potentials (3 cards - one card per sealed display box).

- FINAL FAREWELL CASE LOADER CARD - One very special Final Farewell foil card. Each card autographed by Buffy creator Joss Whedon (1 card - one card per security sealed case).

Each pack of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: SEASON SEVEN trading cards contains seven premium trading cards and has a suggested retail price of $2.29. Display boxes contain 36 packs. Cases contain 12 display boxes. There will also be a new BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: SEASON SEVEN collector album. 299 sequentially numbered uncut mini-press sheets of "The Final Battle" will be available. In addition, 199 sequentially numbered uncut mini-press sheets of "The Final Battle" parallel puzzle will be available.

ABOUT BUFFY

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, which concluded its seventh and final season in May, 2003, is an Emmy Award(r)-winning action-packed thriller/comedy created by Joss Whedon. Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as Buffy, a quick-witted heroine whose birthright as the Slayer, the Chosen One of her generation with the ability to hunt and destroy vampires, conflicts with her desire to lead a normal life. Armed with a wooden stake, martial arts skills and the help of her friends, Buffy battles against evil and protects the world from total destruction.

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, was produced by Mutant Enemy, Inc., Kuzui Enterprises, and Sandollar Productions, in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television. A recognized industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising licenses and markets properties worldwide on behalf of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Twentieth Television and Fox Broadcasting Company, as well as third party lines.

Inkworks is an award-winning entertainment trading card manufacturer based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Current Inkworks licenses include ANGEL, SCOOBY-DOO, LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION, THE X-FILES, SMALLVILLE, ALIAS, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, CHARMED, and others. For a complete product release schedule, more information on Inkworks products or to find out how to get free collector cards, please visit the Inkworks web site at www.inkworkscards.com.