The All-New Series 1 GPK Finland set,
translated to ‘Kaatiksen Kakarat’, was published in the early part of
2005 by Topps Europe Ltd. (Merlin Stickers), and distributed throughout
Finland by Rautakirja Oy Lehtipiste. The generic box used to ship throughout
most of Scandinavia shows the SEK (17,—), DKR (15,—) and and
Euro (€2,00) prices on the side for the Swedish krona, the Danish
krone, and the Finnish Euro, respectively, where Finland converted from
the Finnish markka (FIM) in 2002. Stickers were often placed over the
price-tag circles in countries not needed. A total of one print run
was released during a resurrection of 80’s GPK nostalgia in the U.S.
and in the UK with all-new releases. The Finland ANS1 set is a direct
replication of the UK ANS set, comprised of thirty-seven images from
the ANS1 U.S. set and eleven images from the ANS2 U.S. set, without
any A-name and B-name twin cards. The set also contains ten foil cards
from the ANS1 U.S. set, but the Swedish, Finnish and (assuming) Danish
sets come with an additional bonus foil card that came packaged in the
binder. Each paper pack contains 4 stickers, 1 foil card, and a slip
of paper for a binder offer which included a free bonus foil card. The
set contains the standard size of 2.5 x 3.5 as in the U.S. release.
The Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and UK foil cards are much brighter and
printed on heavier stock than the U.S. foil cards. Considering the box
does not contain pricing for the Norwegian krone (NOK), it is unlikely,
or unknown, whether Norway had a release; although it has been reported
that one collector purchased the Danish cards in Oslo, Norway.

Many thanks to collector Henry Mora for box codes, pricetags, images,
and additional box and album information.

COUNTER DISPLAY BOX — 1 VARIATION —
36 PSS/LTK LISTED
‘SEK’, ‘DKR’ AND ‘€’ ON BOX — UBD CODE 03226
STORE
CODE: R-KOODI 921411-0401
FINNISH: 36 PAKKAUKSISSA (PSS) = PACKS AND LAATIKKO
(LTK) = BOX
RENDERED ARTWORK: PAT & SEAN GLOVER

TRADING
CARD PACK — 1 VARIATION — NO WRAPPER CODE
RENDERED
ARTWORK: PAT & SEAN GLOVER

GREEN BINDER AD — 2 PACKS & BONUS
FOIL CARD OFFER SLIP — LOCATED IN PACK
NOTE: ‘F’ FOR ‘FINLAND’
IN LOWER LEFT-HAND CORNER
NOTE: ‘S’ FOR ‘SWEDEN’ IN LOWER LEFT-HAND CORNER

NOTE: ‘D’ FOR ‘DENMARK’ IN LOWER LEFT-HAND CORNER
NOTE: ‘N’ FOR ‘NORWAY’, HAD IT BEEN RELEASED

TRADING
CARD BINDER — PRICE 9,90 € — STORE CODE: R-KOODI 921353-0401
MAIL
IN OFFER — DISTRIBUTED BY RAUTAKIRJA OY LEHTIPISTE, FINLAND

BINDER
CHECKLIST — INSIDE BINDER FLAP

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As with the UK release, the set has the PEEL
HERE arrow pointing to the edge of the card where the entire face of the
card is the sticker whereas in the U.S. the cards contain die-cut stickers.

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The set contains Three Scratch
‘n Stink chase cards from the ANS2 U.S. set placed within the
set as regular cards without the scratch and sniff affect. All three
have slightly different variations from the original cards. The same
occurs in the ANS1 UK, Sweden, and Denmark releases as well.

S2a Cheese LUIS
and S2b Eruptin’ ERIC — 32 JALO Aromi
NOTE: red GPK banner changed to
a blue, gas cloud placed in back of the changed
GPK banner and yellow nameplate
changed to a light-green color.

S5a Topping
TOM and S5b DOM E. Nose — 37 TUMPPI Tuplajuusto
NOTE: chef’s hat placed
in back of the GPK banner and image shifted slightly to the right and upwards.

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The set contains a three-part Checklist:
section 1/3 containing the nomenclature for the foil cards, section 2/3 containing
the nomenclature for the first twenty-four cards (numbering 1-24) and section
3/3 containing the nomenclature for the last twenty-four cards (numbering 25-48).

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The Puzzle Borders
have no white outline like the U.S. puzzles from the ANS1 release; the fivepuzzles
have a solid colour border. The foil card backs contain the ‘Completed Puzzle’
images. Numerically, the first nine cards of the set consist of the first puzzle,
the next nine cards are the second puzzle (and so on through card #45 for the
five puzzles) and the last three cards in the set contain the three different
checklists.

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Along with the UK release, The Scandinavia
sets were released in at least four different countries; Sweden, Denmark,
and Finland. It does not appear that Norway (NO) participated. Similar
sticker album sets were also released in France, Germany, and later,
Russia. NOTE: DE, FI, SE + UK images:

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The Finland Card
#29 has the same name as the Swedish card #29 HARRY Potta. Denmark?

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The release consists of Artwork from the ANS1 U.S.
and ANS2 U.S. sets. Forty-seven images from the ANS1 U.S. set and eleven images
from the ANS2 U.S. set. Please see the ‘Comprehensive Checklist’ below for more
information on which image came from which set. Besides the name changes, this
release is a direct replication of the UK and set.