Per Wiki: Funko was founded in 1998 by Mike Becker at his home in Snohomish,
Washington. … In 2005, Becker sold Funko to its current CEO, Brian Mariotti,
who moved its offices to Lynnwood, Washington, and significantly expanded the
company’s licensed product lines. In 2011, Funko began selling their Pop! Vinyl
line of figurines.

Def’n:
License — A business arrangement in which one company gives another
company permission
to manufacture its product for a specified payment amount
and amount of time.

The
irreverent gross-out brand Garbage Pail Kids is celebrating its 30th anniversary
this year with the launch of a comprehensive licensing program. The Topps Company,
which introduced the Garbage Pail Kids sticker cards back in the 1980s, is leading
the way for the anniversary with a commemorative sticker card series set to hit
shelves in July. Other licensees on deck include Mighty Fine, Funko and IDW Publishing,
alongside Steve Jackson Games and Trick or Treat Studios.

“We’re
so happy to be joined by Mighty Fine, Funko, IDW and others to commemorate GPK’s
30th birthday,” says Adam Levine, head of outbound licensing, Topps. “These
best-in-class licensees have expressed a fan-level of excitement at producing
new, groundbreaking GPK products. This speaks to the brand’s enduring legacy and
the continued obsession among fans of a beloved ’80s brand that they grew up with.”

Steve Jackson Games’
limited edition Super Snot Shots game is the first product to hit retail, and
is followed this spring by the Garbage Pail Kids Disgusting Dice game; while IDW
recently launched its first-ever Garbage Pail Kids comic (more are planned for
2015), Funko will launch toys and figurines and Mighty Fine is collaborating for
anniversary apparel.

Topps
will further support the anniversary and product range with a comprehensive PR
campaign that includes social media outreach, media coverage, publicity and promotional
activities that will be on-going throughout the year.

GPK
VINYL (REALLY BIG) MYSTERY MINIS FIGURES CASE

All twelve characters could be purchased together in a case box which guaranteed
one of each character of the set, which is a nice alternative if collecging all
of the characters and dealing with mystery and blind boxes. The characters, once
again, include Acne AMY (OS2), Bony TONY (OS4), Nasty NICK (OS1), NAT Nerd (OS5),
ADAM Bomb (OS1; a smaller version compared to the 10″ figure available),
Tee-Vee STEVIE (OS1), New Wave DAVE (OS1), ALI Gator (OS3), Hot SCOTT (OS2), Savage
STUART (OS1), JAY Decay (OS1) and Leaky LINDSAY (OS2). The figures come sealed
within OS1 pink-colored boxes with a new, blue GPK acronym trademark and the box
itself creates a wonderful store counter display case with the iconic exploding
ADAM Bomb GPK character and a suggested retail price of $99.99 for the whole collection.

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The main 30th Anniversary Mascot painted by GPK artist
Joe Simko was used for various packaging designs and advertising for Topps licensing
program for products by Funko (POP! toys), IDW (comics), Mighty Fine (apparel),
Trick or Treat Studios (Halloween masks) and Steve Jackson Games (games). The
artwork also finds itself as the first two title/checklists cards within the 2015S2
30th Anniversary base set as cards 1a ADAM Bomb and 1b Blasted BILLY III.

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The initial Concept Artwork for the FUNKO Garbage
Pail Kids vinyl figures. The original product had a regular sized FUNKO POP! ADAM
Bomb figure and the 12 smaller figures as regular sized FUNKO Mystery Minis …
both items became larger for the actual release. The concept artwork could first
be located within the Toy Fair catalog and later images were released online.

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The 1st Series set can be found with two, significantly Different-sized
heads and production locations. The figures molded and ‘Made in China’ (FM#) have
a larger cranium, whereas the figures molded and ‘Made in Vietnam’ (DRM#) have
a much smaller noggin.

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In
July and August, right after the July 2015 release date for the FUNKO GPK product,
Kool Toys and Games sold a Limited Edition run of
100 super-sized ADAM Bomb figures for $49.99 that contained GPK artist Joe Simko’s
autograph on the box side near the artwork he created for the 30th anniv. release;
signed on 07/25/2016. The autograph also came accompanied by a character sketch;
one or more of the 12 Mystery Mini characters. The product description details.

Adam
Bomb (Garbage Pail Kids) 10″ Pop! Vinyl Figure Hand Signed by Joe Simko –
LE/100
Kool Toys and Games is proud to announce the 1st autographed
figure in what will be a continuing series of exclusive hand signed memorabilia.
Adam Bomb 10″ Pop! Vinyl figure by Funko, hand signed by Garbage Pail Kids
artist Joe Simko. Limited edition of only 100 pieces. Each
figure includes: – Photograph collage of Joe during the signing, – Individually
Numbered Kool Toys and Games Authenticated Hologram, and – Letter of Authenticity
with Matching Hologram.

Joe
will sign his full signature on the side of the Adam Bomb box near his artwork,
along with a unique hand drawn doodle on the front! Joe Simko is a MASSIVELY talented
illustrator who has contributed to Topps’ Garbage Pail Kids and Wacky
Packages trading cards. His latest work can be seen on the Adam Bomb box! Even
though the Garbage Pail Kids turned 30 this year, they still remain a pop culture
phenomenon. The figures will be signed during a private session in late July,
and shipped out first week of August. We can not take requests for special inscriptions
or artwork.

GPK
VINYL (REALLY BIG) MYSTERY MINIS FIGURE
From
the 2016 presidential campaign trail, Donald Dumpty, as a stylized Garbage Pail
Kid vinyl from Funko! Figure stands 3 inches and comes in a window display box.
Check out the other GPK Vinyl figures from Funko! Collect them all!. NOTE: Althought
part of the ‘REALLY BIG MYSTERY ? MINIS’ line, due to size, the packaging has
a display window.

GPK
VINYL (REALLY BIG) MYSTERY MINIS FIGURE
From
the 2016 presidential campaign trail, Billary Hillary, as a stylized Garbage Pail
Kid vinyl from Funko! Figure stands 3 inches and comes in a window display box.
Check out the other GPK Vinyl figures from Funko! Collect them all!. NOTE: Althought
part of the ‘REALLY BIG MYSTERY ? MINIS’ line, due to size, the packaging has
a display window.

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The Funko toys all start out as a Prototype figure.
The character and image is created digitally and then sculpted. The smaller characters
are often one color, in this case blue, with the attachments in a different color,
in this case yellow.

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In August and September, a few months after the June 2015 release date for the
‘Presidential’ FUNKO GPK product, Kool Toys and Games sold a Limited
Edition run of 60 ‘Really Big Mystery Minis’ DONALD Dumpty figures
for $49.99 that contained GPK artist Joe Simko’s autograph on the box front accompanied
by a character doodle sketch. Kool Toys and Games also sold a Limited
Edition run of 75 ‘Really Big Mystery Minis’ DONALD Dumpty figures
for $34.99 that contained GPK artist Joe Simko’s autograph only (no character
doodle sketch). The edited product description details:

Signed
by artist Joe Simko w/ Hand Drawn Doodle – L.E. of 60

Artist Joe Simko has signed 60 of these figures on the window panel of the box
and hand drew a doodle of Donald Trump as a Garbage Pail Kid. Each doodle also
includes a unique or humorous quote. There are 10 different quotes (6 figures
each), and it is completely random as to which one you will receive. The different
quotes are: 1 – Make America Great Again!, 2 – I’m building a wall around Taco
Bell, 3 – Don’t Be A Loser, 4 – Eat Trump Steaks, 5 – I’m Huuge!, 6 – I’m not
made in China, Vietnam – Yes, 7 – My hair is real, 8 – No Rosie O’Donnell Allowed,
9 – Toupee, or not Toupee, That is the question, 10 – You’re Fired

Signed
by artist Joe Simko – Limited Edition of 75
The Donald Dumpty vinyl
figure is based off the Garbage Pail Kids trading card of the same name. The card,
which parodies presidential candidate Donald Trump, was only available for a limited
time as an online exclusive through Topps. The figure is approximately 3″
tall and is part of the “really big” Mystery Minis line by Funko. Each
figure includes; -Individually Numbered Kool Toys & Games Authenticated Hologram,
-Certificate of Authenticity with Matching Hologram Number, -Collage of photographs
from our private signing with Joe

Two visual hints and information
were posted to social media the two days leading up to the September 2nd release
and a blind, pre-order sale was available the day before, on September 1st with
a 15% discount, (L) Wednesday Image w/ DONALD Dumpty Peaking onto the Page and
(R) Thursday Image w/ DONALD Dumpty Shadow Image: 1 – Garbage Pail Kids (Hmmm….Funko
AND Garbage Pail Kids…that kinda narrow its down), 2 – There’s only 1 figure,
but there will be 2 different versions available… The first version, will be
a limited edition of 75, which will be hand signed by a Garbage Pail Kids artist.

The second version, will be a limited edition of 60, which will be signed
by the very talented GPK artist AND include a one of a kind hand drawn GPK doodle
AND quote. Of the 60, there are TEN different variants that you could get, each
with a different quote. The figure will go on sale this Friday, September 2nd
at 9pm est, but hardcore collectors can blind pre-order tomorrow at 9pm est and
get 15% off! The LE/75 will retail for $35, and the LE/60 will retail for $50.
As always, each figure will includes a KTG individually numbered hologram, a COA
with a matching hologram, and a collage of photographs from our private signing.

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On July 15th, 2018 Kool Toys and Games sold a Limited Edition
run of 50 ‘Really Big Mystery Minis’ BILLARY HILLARY vinyl figures for $34.99
that contained GPK artist Brent Engstrom’s autograph on the box front accompanied
by a character doodle sketch. The signature and doodle were created using a blue
permanent ink to corresponde with the political packaging.

Product
Description: Kool Toys & Games is proud to announce the 12th autographed figure
in our continuing series of exclusive hand signed memorabilia. Billary Hillary
Garbage Pail Kids Vinyl Figure Signed by Brent Engstrom w/ Doodle. Amazing and
talented artist Brent Engstrom has signed less than 50 of these figures for us
on the window panel of the box, and hand drew a doodle of the Billary Hillary
GPK. Each figure includes:
Individually Numbered Kool Toys & Games Authenticated Hologram, a Certificate
of Authenticity with Matching Hologram Number, and a Photograph of Brent signing
the figures.

GPK
VINYL (REALLY BIG) MYSTERY MINIS FIGURES
FUNKO
produced an assortment of 12 different GPK characters (item # 10845), ranging
in size between 3 to 5 inches in height, covering several different OS sets including
(L-R, T-B): Buggy BETTY (OS1), Beasty BOYD (OS9; should have yellow hair), Brainy
BRIAN (OS2), Crater CHRIS (OS1), Eerie ERIC (OS3), Mean GENE (OS1), Brainy JANIE
(OS1), Split KIT (OS2), Richie RETCH (OS5), Fryin’ RYAN (OS2), SY Clops (OS2)
and KIM Kong (OS1) … all with amazing detail and the quality of product you
would expect from FUNKO.

GPK
VINYL (REALLY BIG) MYSTERY MINIS FIGURES CASE
All
12 characters could be purchased together in a case box which guaranteed one of
each character of the set, which is a nice alternative if collecging all of the
characters and dealing with mystery and blind boxes. The characters, once again,
include Buggy BETTY (OS1), Beasty BOYD (OS9; should have yellow hair), Brainy
BRIAN (OS2), Crater CHRIS (OS1), Eerie ERIC (OS3), Mean GENE (OS1), Brainy JANIE
(OS1), Split KIT (OS2), Richie RETCH (OS5), Fryin’ RYAN (OS2), SY Clops (OS2)
and KIM Kong (OS1). The figures come sealed within OS2 blue-colored boxes with
the new, red GPK acronym trademark and the box itself creates a wonderful store
counter display case with the iconic exploding ADAM Bomb GPK character and a suggested
retail price of $99.99 for the whole collection.

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The Funko POP Mystery Minis GPK figures as seen within the Funko
Catalog, item numbers 10845-1 through 10845-12. NOTE: CONCEPT [ARTWORK]
IS SUBJECT TO LICENSOR APPROVAL. LICENSES MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE IN ALL TERRITORIES.
This may be the the reason for the removal of the weapons located within the mock-up
images above.

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No Super-Sized POP GPK Character has been announced/released
to this date.

With the license agreement with the Topps Company,
Funko has been releasing Garbage Pail Kids product for several years. Starting
in 2015, during the 30th anniversary, with further installment releases in 2016
and 2018. The last set of four GPK POP!s were released in 2018, also rendered
from their Mystery Minis counterparts, but collectors are still hoping for a third
Mystery Minis release. Much like the first installment, the four new POP!s take
character inspiration from the first two Mystery Minis releases and has a scheduled
March 18, 2021 release date. A surprise fifth character, also released previously
as a Mystery Mini, was announced for the ECCC 2021 convention with a March 2,
2021 street date.

GARBAGE
PAIL KIDS VINYL POP FIGURES — WAVE 1
The
May and October 2018 releases contain four characters from the first Mystery Minis
2015 release; ADAM Bomb (OS1), Acne AMY (OS2) and NAT Nerd (OS5), as well as Beasty
BOYD (OS9) from the 2016 Mystery Minis release. In popular POP fashion, ADAM Bomb
has a glow-in-the-dark Chase variation that can be found with a 1 out of 6 ratio,
per case load. The London Toy Fair reveal stated: “GPK makes its Pop! debut
with fan favorites like Clark Can’t, Beastly Boyd, Ghastly Ashley, and Adam
Bomb! Please Note: Final Images Coming Soon. Coming in May! ”
— SRP $9.99ea.

GARBAGE
PAIL KIDS VINYL POP FIGURES — WAVE 2
The
March 2021 release contains five characters from the first two Mystery Minis releases;
ADAM Bomb (OS1), Acne AMY (OS2) and NAT Nerd (OS5), as well as Beasty BOYD (OS9)
from the 2016 Mystery Minis release. Instead of a metallic convention variant,
as with the first GPK wave, an entirely new character was announced for the virtual
Emeral City Comic Con 2021 by Funko, although the physical ECCC event had been
rescheduled for December 2021. The POP!s suggested retial price for the GPK figures
ran between $11—12.50 each, depending on the source, and cheaper if on sale,
but the convention POP was $15.

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An early look at the Concept Artwork for the FUNKO
Garbage Pail Kids POP vinyl figures; this image was taken from the Funko catalog
of upcoming sets displayed at the annual Toy Fair much like the previous Mystery
Minis releases. Although mentioned, the Chase variant is not pictured; he’s pretty
red-in-the-face about it.

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The Funko.com Announcement took placed on 01/22/2018
online after the London Toy Fair reveal. The announcement is the first to picture
the ADAM Bomb Chase variant figure that’s a limited edition Glow chase. Although
the figures are reoccuring characters, they are given the Funko POP treatment
with black charcoal eyes.

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In Janauary 2018,
Kool Toys & Games held various pre-order options for the Funko POP figures;
a 15% Discount could be added to any order over $35
with code ‘GPKWORLD15’ with the Garbage Pail Kids characters being packaged in
soft POP protectors.

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Funko posted an Instagram photo of three of the characters
on 05/02/2018 to help advertise for the upcoming GPK POP release. The characters
included ADAM Bomb, CLARK Can’t and Beasty BOYD emerging from a slime-filled waste
cannister.

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The OS9 Beasty BOYD character was mislabeled ‘Beastly
BOYD’ for the mock-up catalog image and the London Toy Fair reveal and on online
announcements, but the misspelling can be seen corrected within the ‘glam shot’
packaging photo.

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The Metallic ADAM Bomb figurine was advertised on
September 17, 2018 as a ‘2018 NYCC REVEALS: GPK!’ on the Funko website and social
media outlets. The write-up by Ashley Schwellenbach stated: “Bring a touch
of nuclear nostalgia to your collection with this Pop! Garbage Pail Kids New York
Comic Con exclusive. Adam Bomb might just be the most recognizable of the Garbage
Pail Kids and he makes an undeniably memorable impression with this exclusive
metallic variant!” and labeled as: ‘Pop! GPK: Garbage Pail Kids – Adam Bomb
(Metallic) (Toy Tokyo) (LE 3000)’.

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A Variant Sticker occurs for every exclusive convention
Funko figure; it’s almost always shared with a retailer outlet or through Funko’s
online Pop-up Shop and goes on sale usually on the Friday of the show’s extended
weekend or soon thereafter. The New York Comic Con usually has a ‘NYCC‘
and the year ‘2018’, but for the GPK metallic ADAM Bomb, it also includes the
shared retailer’s name ‘TOY TOKYO‘ and states it is a limited
edtion and ‘3000 PCS‘ on the mock-up image above. The generic,
shared sticker always states ‘FALL CONVENTION‘ for the NYCC
and the year, stating it’s an exclusive and a limited edition piece. Both versions
are available internationally through different channels as well. However, for
the metallic ADAM Bomb, there are four different sticker variations, at least
in mock-up form, but I have only seen the bottom two ‘TOY TOKYO‘
sticker variations sold, including the Japan-only ‘SECRET BASE‘
version.

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The Funko toys all start out as a Prototype figure.
The character and image is created digitally and then sculpted. The POP characters
tend to have a white body, an orange head, and attachments in the color blue.
The special POP was part of a give-away at last weekend’s SDCC Funko Fundays that
took place on Friday, July 19th, 2019 and cost $150 per ticket: “No attendee
leaves empty handed, as Funko gives a mystery Box O’ Fun to each attendee,
which in the past has featured three Funko Pop!s exclusive to the event.”

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Although a leaked image hit the dark webs several days earlier, on December 11,
2020, the Funko company took to social media to share the POP! GPK Announcement
ad, and simply stating: “Coming Soon: Pop! Garbage Pail Kids. Pre-order your
favorites now!” with a link to the FYE website and pre-order links set for
March 18, 2021. The leaked image had the characters in a different order, had
no background, no nameplates, and a red Garbage Pail Kids banner rather than the
‘GPK’ acronym. TM & © TOPPS 2020.

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Starting on February 09, 2021, NTWRK took to social
media, with
a JAY Decay Funko POP character ad,
to advertise for a GPK ‘UNBOXING’ event that would take place on February 13 &
14, 2021, on the NTWRK app-lication. Two additional GPK ads popped up
on February 12 and Februarty 13, 2022, for th ALI Gator and Split KIT Funko POP
characters, respectively. The POPs could be purchased through the NTWRK app. The
only female Funko POP character for this release, Leaky LINDSAY, received the
shaft and was totally dissed.

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On February 18, 2021, Funko took to social media to simply state, “Funko
Virtual Con Spring 2021: Pop! Garbage Pail Kids – Bony Tony”, during their
third day of virtual convention announcements for the Emerald City Comic Con.
The Funko fan club lottery winners were able to shop for the ECCC
product on March 3, 2021, including some exclusive Funko Shop items, and the shared
figures with retailers went live online and in-store on March 4, 2021, to the
general public/peons.

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Two box Sticker versions
exist for the special POP figure, the official ECCC convention sticker as seen
in the image below, with the Seattle, WA Space Needle image, and the shared ‘2021
Spring Convention’ sticker as seen in the image above. The character was shared
with Hot Topic which had the product header ‘Funko Garbage Pail Kids Pop! GPK
Bony Tony Vinyl Figure 2021 Spring Convention Exclusive’, $15.00 price, and the
following product details: ID 14221004, You used to collect cards of the Garbage
Pail Kids and now you can collect them as vinyl figures! Bony Tony is here with
a Funko POP! makeover. A 2021 Spring Convention Exclusive! Limit of 2 per customer.
POP! GPK 05, 4″ tall, Vinyl, Imported, By Funko. The back of the box shows
01—04 figure images.

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Around March 04, 2021, two
digital ‘tight pencil & ink’ Artwork Pieces of
Funko POP character JAY Decay surfaced on the internet; a B&W version and
a color rough rendition. The artwork notes ‘TM & © TOPPS 2021’, but the
sneak peek pics posted in December 2020 show the completed toy prototypes, so
the trademark line and signature date seem off.

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Around July, 2021, the Funko POP figures for #6, #7, #8, and #9 could be found
with the blue and yellow “Only at Walmart” sticker on the frontside
of the packaging. Funko may have sold Walmart this exclusive option for the second
production with the TTC210420 code stamp. The first production code stamp is TTC210106,
and the stamp code for both variations of #5 is TTC201203.