RELEASE
PERIOD : FALL 2008

The All-New Series
1 Kakkones, the first disgusting GPK ‘card game’, was released in the late summer
or early fall of 2008 by Topps Europe Ltd. (Merlin Collections), and made in Italy.
A total of 1 print run was released during a resurrection of the 80’s nostalgic
GPK period in the U.S. with all-new releases. The Italian Kakkones set is comprised
of 96 images from the older, original GPK sets and from the all-new releases,
without any A-name or B-name twin cards. Including 10 Animate cards, which are
two-image Motion cards. Each paper pack contains 4 game cards, an opportunity
for a Animate card, and folded card game instructions. The set contains cards
the same size (2.5 x 3.5 in) as the Sgorbions releases from the early 1990’s.
A second “All New” Series 2 Kakkones has also been released.

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The 96 Game Card base set is set up into ‘gross’
categories with the 10 Animate, or motion cards, that are ‘specialty’ game cards.
The character image on the card front matches the theme of the game card on back,
although some stray drastically from this rule-of-thumb. Categories: Injury (red
circle with crossed bandaids, cards 1 – 22); Vomit (mustard yellow circle with
vomit splatter, cards 23 – 40), Mucus (yellow circle with green snot patch, cards
41 – 58), Acne/Zits (purple cirle with a pimple postule, cards 59 – 74), and Fecal
(brown circle with toilet bowl image, cards 75 – 95).

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The first Italy set to contain non-base set cards,
ten Motion Cards, numbering from A-I and L. Three
of the ten motion cards are the same number and character found in the 10-card
foil set for the U.K. ANS1 card set; numbers 1 (A), 7 (G) and 10 (L). Only U.S.
ANS1 foil card characters were chosen for the Kakkones set. Even though the Italy
animate cards have 2 panels only, they are more clear and opperational than the
ANS7 motion cards.

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The set has a great Gross-Green
Border that goes well with the ANS1 U.S. and international themes. This
is very reminiscent of Italy’s earlier GPK releases called the Sgorbions where
the sets after the 1st release contained coloured borders.

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U.S. ANS1 and ANS2 Foil Sticker
Images are used within the Italy ANS1 set, and like many of the international
sets, which portrays the cards on regular card stock rather than foil card stock.

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The set contains five of the six Scratch ‘n Stink Chase
Cards From the ANS2 set placed within the Kakkones series as regular cards
without the scratch ‘n’ stink affect. The only SnS character not pictured within
the set is S2a Cheese LUIS and S2b Eruptin’ ERIC.

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The set contains both of the U.S. ANS2 Bonus
Cards found within the game card base set. The images for both B1 On Camera
CAMERON and B2 Paintball PAUL.

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The 96 Game Card set
is basically twice the size of the U.K. ANS1 card set of 48 images, the base set
has been doubled with same number of 10 chase cards added.

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Since the set contains No
Stickers and is completely card-based, the set has no ‘PEEL
HERE‘ arrows. And much like album-based sticker sets, the card number
shows up on the back of the game card, rather than the front, which usually occurs
for most internatiaonl GPK stickers sets that are ‘pasted’ into albums … this
leaves the front of the card looking very ‘clean’.

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The set contains No Checklist, the back of the card
album acts as the checklist for the game card set. As a first, the album contains
only images and numbers/letters for the characters, the names on the images are
too small to read. This is very similar to the U.S. and Canadian sticker album
backs made by the Imperial Toy Corporation that more or less showcased uncut sheets.

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The packs contain Foil Wrappers,
much like the U.S. releases, rather than the paper-based wrappers of the recent
International releases. See wrapper images above within the ‘Production’ section.

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The set mainly
consists of Artwork from the ANS1 and ANS2 U.S. sets with images also from the
original GPK sets including OS10 through OS15 sets.

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The set contains No Puzzles.