MORRISVILLE, NC - June, 2005 - Inkworks and Fox Licensing & Merchandising announce the release of its next fan-favorite "Connections" product - this time featuring the intriguing, tangled storylines of The X-Files! THE X-FILES: CONNECTIONS Ultra-Premium Trading Cards is an amazing 72-card series printed on premium foil board, with each card in the base set etched in the Connections tradition for an ultra-premium look and feel. This will be the first trading card collection spanning all nine seasons of THE X-FILES in one trading card release.

This product is loaded with bonus cards to satisfy every fan of The X-Files:

- Parallel Set - 72 cards that parallel the base cards. The cards are a different color from the base set and card numbers are different from the base set. (72 cards - Inserted approximately 1:1 pack).

- "Mulder's Secret Files" - Nine card foil puzzle featuring Mulder's personal investigation findings. (9 cards - Inserted approximately 1:11 packs).

- "Haunting Cases" - Six cards featuring memorable characters and cases from The X-Files. (6 cards - Inserted approximately 1:14 packs).

- Pieceworks® Cards - Two cards that feature pieces of the actual costumes worn on-screen during The X-Files: PW-1 is a card featuring Scully's shirt (worn by Gillian Anderson). PW-2 is a card featuring Mulder's shirt (worn by David Duchovny).

- Autographed Pieceworks® Card - A Gillian Anderson autographed version of the Pieceworks card featuring Scully's shirt (worn by Gillian Anderson) - numbered PW-1A.

- Autographed Cards - ONE PER BOX! Eleven different autographed cards: Gillian Anderson (Special Agent Dana Scully), Annabeth Gish (Agent Monica Reyes), Mimi Rogers (Agent Diana Fowley), Veronica Cartwright (Cassandra Spender), William B. Davis (Cigarette-Smoking Man), Tom Braidwood (Melvin Frohike), Dean Haglund (Richard 'Ringo' Langly), Bruce Harwood (John Fitzgerald Byers), Nicholas Lea (Alex Krycek), Chris Owens (Jeffrey Spender), Nick Chinlund (Donnie Pfaster). (11 cards - Inserted approximately 1:24 packs).

- PLUS - Three Box Loaders "The Informants" (Three different cards - 1 per display box) and one Case Loader (One card - 1 per case) to add to the collection!

Packs of THE X-FILES: CONNECTIONS Ultra-Premium Trading Cards have a suggested retail price of $3.49. Each pack contains six cards plus one parallel card with 24 packs in each sealed display box. A limited-edition collector album (SRP $19.95) has been created especially for this set. Also, 199 sequentially numbered uncut mini-press sheets of the "Mulder's Secret Files" puzzle are available for a suggested retail price of $69.95 per sheet.

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ABOUT INKWORKS

Inkworks is an award-winning entertainment trading card manufacturer based in Morrisville, North Carolina. Current Inkworks licenses include ANGEL, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, THE X-FILES, FAMILY GUY, ROBOTS, CHARMED, SERENITY, SMALLVILLE, ALIAS, THE SOPRANOS and others. For more information on Inkworks products or to find out how to get free collector cards, please visit the Inkworks web site at www.inkworks.com.

Upcoming products from Inkworks include The Sopranos: Season One (June, 2005) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Men of Sunnydale (July, 2005).