A Historical Garbage Pail Kids Reference Guide



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SLIME BUCKETS

RELEASE PERIOD
: OCTOBER 2013

Topps released the
retail-only 1st series GPK MiniKins the same month as the Brand New Series 3 set
in October of 2013. The idea stemmed from the shelved GPK Eraser set that was
in the planning stages after the WP Eraser set released several years previously.
The set contains 26 soft resin molds of characters from the GPK universe, found
painted, or in solid colors of blue, red, green, yellow (rare), non-labeled, black
(super rare) and one-of-a-kind gold (ultra rare; not found in retail stores but
handed out as contest prizes) along with a 1.5 x 1.75 sticker with a mini character
bio on the backside. The solid neon colors pay tribute to the GPK Cheap Toys released
in the 80’s.


TOPPS
PROMO IMAGE SAMPLE PIC

A second set
of GPK Minikins was released by Topps in 2014, this time with a retail and hobby
roll-out. The set contains 26 soft resin molds of characters from the Garbage
Pail Kids Universe, found painted, or in solid colors of peach (1:12; rare Hobby),
yellow (1:12; rare Retail), green (1:4), red (1:3), blue (1:3) and non-labeled,
black (super rare) along with a 1.5 x 1.75 sticker with a mini character bio on
the backside. The solid neon colors pay tribute to the GPK Cheap Toys released
in the 80’s.

A re-release of twelve
figures from the 1st series MiniKins set occured over six years later within Italy
in early 2019 and was marketed under the Sgorbions label and packaged in cups
of ‘SLIME’. Each cup of slime cost €2,99 and came with one personaggio (character)
and a ‘Sgorbio-Book’ full of activities. As with the 2018 card release, consisting
of ANS material, the product was published by Topps Europe Limited out of the
UK, associated with Merlin Collections. Another ‘SLIME’ release occurred in the
UK under the nostalgic moniker ‘The Garbage Gang’ in March of 2019 that was an
identical release to the Sgorbions tubs but without an activity booklet.


S1
ITEM
UPC
BARCODE
FGC
CODE
PRODUCT
DESCRIPTION
Pack /
Wrapper
00947
000599
Peghook
S
ingle Blind Pack —
2 Figures
Case
Box
00948
000599
Corrugated Cardboard
Shipping Carton
Pack /
Wrapper
00950
000600?
Single Blind
Pack — 2 Figures
Gravity
Box
00951
000600
Cardboard
Gravity Display Box — Target
Case Box
00952?
000600
Corrugated Cardboard
Shipping Carton
Pack /
Wrapper
00953
000601?
Single
Partial Blind Pack — 4 Figures
Case
Box
00954?
000601
Corrugated Cardboard
Shipping Carton
Gravity
Box
UNK
NA
Cardboard
Gravity Display Box — Dollar Store
Case Box
UNK
NA
Corrugated Cardboard
Shipping Carton
S2
ITEM
UPC
BARCODE
PKG
CODE
PRODUCT
DESCRIPTION
Pack /
Wrapper
01621
001943
Hobby
Single Blind Pack — 2 Figures
Container
Box
01622
001944
Corrugated Cardboard
Container Carton
Case Box
01623?
001945?
Corrugated Cardboard
Shipping Carton
Pack /
Wrapper
01624
?
Peghook
S
ingle Blind Pack —
2 Figures
Case Box
01625
?
Corrugated Cardboard
Shipping Carton
Pack /
Wrapper
01627
001949
Single Blind
Pack — 2 Figures
Gravity
Box
01628
001950
Cardboard
Gravity Display Box — Target
Case Box
01629?
001951?
Corrugated Cardboard
Shipping Carton
Pack /
Wrapper
01630
?
Single
Partial Blind Pack — 4 Figures
Case
Box
01631?
?
Corrugated Cardboard
Shipping Carton
Gravity
Box
UNK
NA
Cardboard
Gravity Display Box — Dollar Store
Case Box
UNK
NA
Corrugated Cardboard
Shipping Carton


RELEASE
#1 — SERIES 1


RETAIL
PEGGABLE SINGLE PACK — 2 FIGS
PACK/WRAPPER — UPC CODE 8-87521-00947-3

CASE CARTON — UPC CODE 8-87521-00948-0


RETAIL
GRAVITY FEED — BLIND PACK
PACK/WRAPPER — UPC CODE 8-87521-00950-3
DISPLAY
BOX — UPC CODE 8-87521-00951-0
CASE CARTON — UPC CODE 8-87521-?

RETAIL
PEGGABLE JUMBO PACK — 4 FIGS
PACK/WRAPPER — UPC CODE 8-87521-00953-4

CASE
CARTON — UPC CODE 8-87521-?

RETAIL
GRAVITY FEED — 2 FIGS & 4 FIGS PACKS
DOLLAR STORE — RELEASE
DATE: AUG 2016
PACKS — UPC CODE 8-87521-00950-3 + 8-87521-00953-4

CASE
CARTON — UPC CODE 8-87521-?

PRODUCT RELEASE SHEETS
DIGITAL SHEETS : MISC.
PAGES
‘CLICK’ PIC TO VIEW ALL PAGES

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RELEASE
#2 — SERIES 2


HOBBY
BOX — BLIND PACK — 2 FIGS
PACK/WRAPPER — PKG001943 — UPC
CODE 8-87521-01621-1
BOX CONTAINER — PKG001944— UPC CODE 8-87521-01622-8
CASE CARTON — UPC CODE 8-87521-?


RETAIL
PEGGABLE SINGLE BLIND PACK — 2 FIGS
PACK/WRAPPER — PKG# ? —
UPC CODE 8-87521-01624-2
CARTON CASE — PKG# ? — FGC000901 —
UPC CODE 8-87521-01625-9


RETAIL
GRAVITY FEED BLIND PACK — 2 FIGS
NOTE: ORIGINAL MOCK-UP
BOX DID NOT HAVE CHARACTER WINDOW DISPLAY

PACK/WRAPPER : CODE PKG001949
— UPC 8-87521-01627-3
DISPLAY BOX : CODE PKG001150 — UPC 8-87521-01628-0

CARTON
CASE — PKG# ? — FGC000? — UPC CODE 8-87521-?

RETAIL
PEGGABLE JUMBO PACK : 4-FIGS
PACK/WRAPPER — PKG# ? — UPC CODE 8-87521-01630-3

CARTON
CASE — PKG# ? — FGC000? — UPC CODE 8-87521-?

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RELEASE
#3 — ITALY / SGORBIONS

DISPLAY
BOX : 12 COUNT
12 CUPS SLIME + 12 FIGURES + 12 BOOKS
ISSN NO. 1723-8668
— UPC 9-771723-866372-80030
TOPPS EUROPE LIMITED + MERLIN COLLECTIONS

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RELEASE
#4 — U.K. / THE GARBAGE GANG

DISPLAY
BOX : 12 COUNT
RENDERED ARTWORK : ARTIST UNKNOWN
12 SLIME BUCKETS + 12
FIGURES
SKU FS0000461 — UPC 5-053307-037748
TOPPS EUROPE LIMITED :
TOPPS DIRECT

RELEASE
#1 — SERIES 1

FIGURES
+ STICKERS

The
characters are taken from the following GPK sets: OS1 (9 figures), OS2 (9 figures),
OS3 (1 figure), OS4 (1 figure),
OS5 (2 figures), Magnet (1 figure), BNS1
(2 figures) and BNS2 (1 figure), in sequential order from the checklist.

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RELEASE
#2 — SERIES 2

FIGURES
+ STICKERS

The
characters are taken from the following GPK sets: OS1 (5 figures), OS2 (3 figures),
OS3 (5 figures), OS4 (3 figures), OS5 (1 figure), OS6 (1 figure), OS7 (2 figures),
OS9 (4 figures), BNS1 (1 figure) and BNS3 (1 figure), in sequential order from
the checklist.

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The first Promotional Card
since the All-New Series sets was released by Topps for the Brand-New Series 3
set and intended to be handed out at the 2013 Philly show, for card P1 Hoodie
HARLAN). The promo card—not a sticker—along with a P1 Wacky Packages
card, and an unnumbered GPK MiniKins card, were mailed to attendees at a later
date in November of 2013.

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Eight of the ten Series 1 Cheap Toy characters can
be found, Re-molded, within the Series 1 and Series
2 MiniKins sets.

— Pictured
below is a sample of the Series 1 neon Color Variations;
red, blue, green and yellow. For Series 2 the yellow are Retail exclusive.

—
Various GPK Ads and
promotional material located online for Facebook and other social media channels,
used as a ‘cover photo’, and the Topps website for the two MiniKins Mini Figures
releases showing a group shot and packs:

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Pictured below are two Series 1 Minikins Sculptured
Models
used to create the molds for the resin mini figures; the image showcases
the character for #3 ADAM bomb and the character for #21 RICHIE Retch.

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The figure for the #24 Trap
DORA
color molds have the head facing fowards, which is incorrect; the
painted figure has the head looking over her shoulder, correctly.

—
Pictured below is a sample of a Series 2 rare Black
Color Variation
; unannounced with no ratios for both releases. For the
Series 2 release the black chase figures are Hobby exclusives.

—
Pictured below is a sample of the rarest Gold
Mold
character color; these figures were given away for various contests
and as prizes (online, conventions, et cetera).

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The Sgorbions SLIME
packaging involves a lot of information and taglines including: “Contents:
SLIME + 1 Character (Figurine)” on the cup and “12 Sgorbions to Collect!”,
“Price: €2,99”, “Fluorescent Colors” and “1 Character
(Figurine) + SLIME + 1 Sgorbio-Book (Sgorbions activity book)” located on
the box, and “12 Pages of Pure Fun”, “Sgorbions: A Bit of History
Page 2”, “The 2018 Relaunch (Revival) Page 4”, “Coloring Page
6”, “And Much More!”, “The Exaggerate Collection New Edition”
and “Not to be Sold Seperately” on the book.

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The Garbage Gang SLIME
packaging includes the following information and tagline: “Contains: SLIME
+ 1 Figurine” on the tub and “12 to Collect!”, “£2.50,
€4”, “Fluo Colours!” and “Each Tub Contains 1 Figurine
+ SLIME” located on the box. Unlike the Sgorbions release, the UK version
does not come with an activity booklet. Social media advert: “The Garbage
Gang are back, and this time they’re covered in SLIME! Collect all 12 disgusting
Garbage Gang characters in these super buckets of slime. From Bony Tony to Patty
Putty, there’s a revolting member of the Garbage Gang for everyone! Available
in-stores now!”

—
The bottom of the boxes display that Topps, MiniKins
and ADAM Bomb are Trademarks of the Topps Company,
Inc. For the Sgorbions and UK releases the product is affiliated with Topps Europe
Limited and Merlin Collections.

— The MiniKins
are based off of the popular Cheap Toys that were
released in 1986 during the Garbage Pail Kids 3rd series. The set depicts 10 various
characters from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd series GPK card sets in monochromatic colors. They
were packaged in a green plastic ‘garbage’ bag with a twisty tie and containted
one toy, a checklist and different colored candy discs—that tasted horrible.
The ten figurines in the set can be found in either green, blue, red, (flesh)
pink, orange or yellow colors. Though variations of these colors do exist;
such as neon-like colors. A set was also released in the UK with the same characters
but with a different box design. Two sets were released in Canada and manufactured
by Nova BonBon, the first set having the same characters as the U.S. and UK sets
and the second series containing ten different figurines that came in either green,
blue, red, or yellow monochromatic colors. The international candy had a better
taste that similar to the U.S. Topps Garbage Candy with shapes such as fish, bones,
etc. The second series set depicted various characters from the OS3 and OS4 GPK
card sets as listed within the checklist below. More information and images can
be located within the OS section under Cheap Toys.

—
Every pack and mini figure comes with a
1.5 x 1.75 sticker with a Mini Character Bio on the
backside; all text on the reverse sticker was written by Pat Barrett and Colin
Walton.


SERIES
1 MINIKINS — 2013 + 2016
SGORBIONS
+ TGG — 2019
#1
NASTY NICK : OS1
NASTY NICK : OS1
#2
DEAD TED : OS1
NOT RELEASED
#3
ADAM BOMB : OS1
ADAM BOMB : OS1
#4
TV STEVIE : OS1 (MCKA: TEE-VEE
STEVIE)
NOT
RELEASED
#5
CORRODED CARL: OS1
CORRODED CARL: OS1
#6
CREEPY CAROL : OS1
CREEPY CAROL : OS1
#7
BRAINY JANIE : OS1
NOT RELEASED
#8
ANNA BANANA : OS1
NOT RELEASED
#9
BUGGY BETTY : OS1
NOT RELEASED
#10
PATTY PUTTY : OS2
PATTY PUTTY : OS2
#11
DOUG PLUG : OS2
NOT RELEASED
#12
SY CLOPS : OS2
NOT RELEASED
#13
LEAKY LINDSAY : OS2
NOT RELEASED
#14
RUSSELL MUSCLE : OS2
NOT RELEASED
#15
CRACKED JACK : OS2
CRACKED JACK : OS2
#16
SPACEY STACY : OS2
SPACEY STACY : OS2
#17
MARK BARK : OS2
NOT RELEASED
#18
MICHELLE MUCK : OS2
NOT RELEASED
#19
EERIE ERIC : OS3
EERIE ERIC : OS3
#20
BONY TONY : OS4
BONY TONY : OS4
#21
RICHIE RETCH : OS5
RICHIE RETCH : OS5
#22
NAT NERD : OS5
NAT NERD : OS5
#23
STAN ALIVE : Magnet
NOT RELEASED
#24
D. JAY : BNS1
NOT RELEASED
#25
SALTY SEAN : BNS1
NOT RELEASED
#26
FIERY FRANCIS : BNS2
FIERY FRANCIS : BNS2

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SERIES
2 MINIKINS — 2014
#1
WEIRD WENDY : OS1
#2
SLOBBY ROBBIE : OS1
#3
OOZY SUZY : OS1
#4
GRAFFITI PETEY : OS1
#5
MAD MIKE : OS1
#6
DOUBLE HEATHER : OS2
#7
JOLLY ROGER : OS2
#8
HOT SCOTT : OS2
#9
KARATE KYLE : OS3 (MCKA: KARATE
KATE)
#10
GRIM JIM : OS3
#11
MUSHY MARSHA : OS3
#12
FISHY PHYLLIS : OS3
#13
TOADY TERRY : OS3
#14
OUTERSPACE CHASE : OS4
#15
DALE SNAIL : OS4
#16
HAIRY HARRIET : OS4
#17
MICHAEL MUTANT : OS5
#18
MANY LENNY : OS6
#19
ADAM BOOM : OS7
#20
PETE SEAT : OS7
#21
WAXY WENDY : OS9
#22
CLARK SHARK : OS9
#23
SEMI COLIN : OS9
#24
TRAP DORA : OS9
#25
BOUNCING BERT : BNS1
#26
YETI EDDIE : BNS3

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