UK
ANS1 2018 PRODUCT
106 TOTAL CARDS = 96
STICKERS + 10 MOTION CARDS
NO CARD VARIATIONS : NO CHANGES : 1 PRINT RUN

COUNTER
DISPLAY BOX — 1 VARIATION — BOX CODE: 5-053307-037014
“THE
MOST DISGUSTING TRADING CARD GAME!”
RENDERED ARTWORK: PAT & SEAN
GLOVER

FOIL MOCK-UP PACKS — WRAPPER CODE: 5-053307-037007
“5 CARDS PER
PACKET” — “THE DISGUSTING CARD GAME!”
RENDERED ARTWORK:
PAT & SEAN GLOVER
PROMOTIONAL PACKS — ‘SEE FUN FACTS’ SECTION

FOIL PACKS — PRINTED WRAPPER VERSIONS — 3 VARIATIONS
“THE MOST
DISGUSTING CARD GAME!” — “TOPPS”
RENDERED ARTWORK: PAT
& SEAN GLOVER

TRADING
CARD BINDER STARTER PACK — BINDER CODE: 5-053307-037021
“CONTENTS:
5 GARBAGE GANG CARDS PLUS 1 COLLECTOR BINDER : INCLUDES SPECIAL LENTICULAR CARD!”

RENDERED ARTWORK: PAT & SEAN GLOVER

ELECTRONIC
SELL SHEET — STARTER PACK, PACK, BOX, CASE INFORMATION
“THE MOST
DISGUSTING TRADING CARD GAME!”
TOPPS EUROPE LTD. (MERLIN COLLECTIONS)

ONLINE
AD — AUGUST 2018
“THE MOST DISGUSTING TRADING CARD GAME!” —
“COMING SOON!”

ONLINE
BANNER — AUGUST 2018 — CLICK DISTRIBUTION
“THE GARBAGE GANG
TRADING CARD GAME” — “COMING SOON”

ONLINE
AD — SEPTEMBER 2018 — SOCIAL MEDIA
MY TOPPS: “LESS THAN A WEEK
TO GO UNTIL OUR NEW GPK WILL BE RELEASED!” —
“WHO’S GOING TO
BE COLLECTING THE GARBAGE GANG STARTER PACK NEXT WEEK?”

ONLINE
BANNER — OCTOBER 2018 — WEBSITE
“THE GARBAGE GANG ARE BACK!”
— “GET READY FOR THE MOST DISGUSTING TRADING CARD GAME EVER!”

ONLINE
AD — OCTOBER 2018 — YOUTUBE
“THE MOST DISGUSTING TRADING CARD
GAME!” — “OUT NOW! COLLECTX FART SWAPX
BURP PLAY”

ONLINE
POST — OCTOBER 2018 — SOCIAL MEDIA
MY TOPPS: “ONE OF THE BEST
FEATURES OF THE GARBAGE GANG COLLECTION IS THE NAMES OF THE CHARACTERS!”

— “IF YOU COULD COME UP WITH YOUR OWN NAME FOR THIS CARD, WHAT WOULD
IT BE?”

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AFTER THEIR
PLAYGROUND BANISHMENT… THE GARBAGE GANG IS BACK!

Tuesday 2 October 2018 : Press Release

The gross-out characters of the
Garbage Gang are back – a playground pariah in the eighties, those of a certain
age might recall the trading cards getting the heave-ho from the playground after
characters like Walter Melon, Cora Corset and Varicose Wayne became so popular
they caused mass distraction!

Now the highly collectable cards are back
– the all-new Garbage Gang from Topps has been updated and given a disgusting
overhaul for new kids on the 21st century block, and, of course, for kidults who
remember them from back in the day. The iconic illustrations and all-round retro
feel lend these cards appeal across the ages.

There are 96 cards to collect,
swap and play in what is probably the most disgusting trading card game of all
time. New this year are lenticular cards which bring the characters to life even
more with moving images – there are ten of these special cards to collect.

Packs
of five cards cost just £1 and the starter pack, which includes a collector’s’
binder, is £3, available at all good newsagents, grocery stores and online
from www.toppsdirect.com. Available from the beginning of October, Lightning Linda
and Mouldy Molly are looking forward to making a big return with their foul friends!
#GPK

About Topps: The Topps Company manufactures and markets a wide range
of sports and entertainment collectable products, based on a simple philosophy
of entertaining children. This press release was distributed by ResponseSource
Press Release Wire on behalf of Playtime PR.

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The Italy versions don’t advertise the release as a ‘game’ like the UK Garbage
Gang version does. The 96 Game Card base set is set
up into ‘gross’ categories with the 10 animate, 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 – 96).

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The ten Motion Cards,
aka lenticular cards, were also used in the 2018 Sgorbions release which
is a replication of the 2008 Italy Kakkones release; all three releases use the
same images.

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U.S. ANS1 and ANS2 Foil Sticker
Images are used within the rebranded ANS1 set, and like many of the international
sets, 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 set
(reproduced from the 2018 Sgorbions set and older 2008 Kakkones set) as regular
cards without the scratch ‘n’ stink affect. The only SnS character not pictured
within the set is S2a Cheese LUIS & 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 & B2 Paintball PAUL. Kakkones version:

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Since the set contains No
Stickers and is completely game 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 2018 set does differentiate from the original
UK 2004 Set and album series; besides the name change,
the set has more characters than the card release, but less than the album series
release, and the set comes with a smaller binder.

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The packs contain Foil Wrappers,
much like the U.S. releases, rather than the paper-based wrappers of the older
International releases. See wrapper images above within the ‘Production’ section.
There does exist a promo pack, for ALL three characters, that has the pack barcode,
“1:5 Packets” (lenticular cards odds), and “£1.00” price
removed; “Promotional Packet Only, Not For Wholesale Return.”

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The set contains No Checklist,
the back of the card album acts as the checklist for the game card set. 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 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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The set contains No Puzzles.