The Prime Slime
Trashy TV set announcement was released by the Topps Company, Inc. on Tuesday,
April 26, 2016. The new ‘Golden Age of Television’ parody set was scheduled to
be released on October 5th in time for Fall ‘prime time’ TV of that year. The
2016 Series 2 (aka ‘2016S2’) release marks the third Yearly set that contains
thematic subsets.

The GPK release includes all-new artwork
or contributions by artists Brent Engstrom, Joe Simko, David Gross, Mark Pingitore,
Neil Camera, Miran Kim, John Pound (previous material), Tom Bunk (previous material),
JungHwa Im, Colin Walton (editor, art director, writer) and Mark Von Ohlen (brand
manager); most submitting various concepts and nomenclature. For the first print
run, each foil or plastic pack, with a suggested retail price of $2.49, contains
ten sticker cards, except for the Hobby Collector Edition box which packs contain
six stickers per pack with exclusive premium content.

PACK
MOCK-UP IMAGE — MAIN ARTWORK : JOHN POUND — LOGO DESIGN : COLIN WALTON

220
A+B CARD SET : SUBSETS BASE CARDS
SUBSETS : 16 Comic Book + 16 Horror + 12
Crime + 16 Reboot + 14 Cartoon + 10 Streaming + 24 Reality + 16 Food + 16 Syndicated
+ 12 News Show + 10 Comedy + 10 Game Show + 10 Drama + 8 Late Night + 20 Sci-Fi
+ 10 Day Time

BASE + CHASE INSERT
CARDS
1,662 Total Cards = 220 Base Card Stickers + 220 Puke Splatter Parallel
(R) + 220 Pee Splatter Parallel (Target gravity feed) + 220 Spit Splatter Parallel
(H) + 220 Bruised Splatter Parallel (HC) + 220 Bloody Nose Splatter Parallel (HC)
+ 220 Gold Dust Parallel + 20 Classic GPK Rerun (R jumbo pack) + 6 Gross Bears
bonus (Wal*Mart value box) + 6 Bathroom Buddies bonus (Target value box) + 8 GPK
/ WP (H) + 10 Classic GPK Rerun Patches (HC) + 4 ADAM Bomb TV cards (R blister
pack) + 1 Artist Relic (HC) + 1 Standard Sketch (R) + 1 Panoramic Sketch (R jumbo
pack) + 1 Dual Artist Panoramic Sketch (HC) + 1 Die-Cut Sketch (H) + 1 Loaded
Puzzle Sketch (R value box) + 1 Artist Autograph + 1 Printing Plate + 10 Summer
TV Preview cards + 10 Summer TV Preview Jumbo cards + 10 Fall TV Preview cards
+ 20 Primeslime Awards cards + 10 Prime Slime NYCC pack

RETAIL
— Base Parallel: green Puke – 1:1 (R exclusive), yellow Pee – 1:4
(R exclusive; Target gravity pack), fool’s Gold [50 per subject] – 1:29
(jumbo pack), 1:58 (gravity feed and blaster pack) • Printing Plate (4 per
subject): gravity feed and blaster pack – 1:1,849, jumbo pack – 1:996 • Sketch
cards: Standard (R exclusive) – gravity feed and blaster pack 1:379; jumbo
pack – 1:186, Panoramic – 1:991 (jumbo pack), Loaded – 1:75 (value box) •
Artist Autograph card [25 per subject]: jumbo pack – 1:122, gravity feed and blaster
pack- 1:245 • ADAM Bomb/Boom Your TV cards: blister pack 2:1 • Gross
Bears – 3:1 (Wal*Mart value box exclusive) • Bathroom Buddies – 3:1
(Target value box exclusive)

HOBBY
— Parallel borders: blue Spit [99 per subject] – 1:4 (H exclusive),
fool’s Gold [50 per subject] – 1:58 • Printing Plate card – 1:1,792 •
Sketch cards: Shaped (H & HC exclusive) – 1:165 • Artist Autograph
card [25 per subject] – 1:245 • GPK Wacky Packages card [1 per box](H
& HC exclusive) – 1:24

HOBBY
COLLECTOR PREMIUM EDITION — Parallel
borders: blue Spit [99 per subject] – 1:4 (H exclusive), fool’s
Gold [50 per subject] – 1:58, black Bruised – 1:1 (HC exclusive),
red Bloody Nose [75 per subject] – 1:2 (HC exclusive) • Printing Plate
card 1:288 • Sketch cards: Shaped (H & HC exclusive) – 1:144,
Dual Artist Panoramic (HC exclusive) – 1:352 • Artist Autograph card
[25 per subject] – 1:96 • Artist Relic card [50 per subject](HC exclusive)
– 1:175 • GPK Wacky Packages card [1 per box](H & HC exclusive)
– 1:24 • Parody Patch card [99 per subject][HC exclusive) –
1:35

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HOBBY
PRODUCTION RUN

DISPLAY
BOX — PKG005351 — UPC 8-87521-05427-5 — 24 PACK : ‘H’ ON BOX
NOTE:
8 WACKY PACKAGE INSERTS
CARDBOARD CASE BOX — PKG005352 — FGC002235
— UPC 8-87521-05428-2 — 8 BOX / 24 PACK CT
FOIL PACK — PKG005350
— UPC 8-87521-05426-8 — ‘H’ ON WRAPPER; $2.49

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COLLECTOR
PREMIUM EDITION PRODUCTION RUN

COLLECTOR DISPLAY BOX — PKG005354 — UPC
8-87521-05430-5 — ’24 PACK’ + ‘H’ ON BOX;
NOTE: 8 GPK-WACKY PACKAGES
INSERTS
BOX ART INLAY : PKG005355 — ARTIST MARK PINGITORE
CARDBOARD
CASE BOX — PKG005356 — FGC002236 — UPC 8-87521-05431-2 — 8
BOX / 24 PACK COUNT
FOIL PACK — PKG005353 — UPC 8-87521-05429-9
— $2.49 SRP; ‘H’ ON WRAPPER

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RETAIL
PRODUCTION RUN

NOT
PRODUCED
DISPLAY BOX : PKG00NA : : UPC
8-87521-NA — ’24 PACK’ ON BOX; TOPPS ONLINE; $59.99 SRP
CARDBOARD CASE
BOX : PKG00NA : FGC00NA : UPC 8-87521-NA — 24 PACK / 8 BOX
FOIL PACK
: PKG00NA : 8-87521-NA — $2.49 SRP

DISPLAY
BOX — PKG005358 — UPC 8-87521-05433-6 — ’16 PACK’ ON BOX; TOPPS
ONLINE; $39.99 SRP
CARDBOARD CASE BOX — PKG00? — FGC00? — UPC
8-87521-? — 16 PACK / 8 BOX
FOIL PACK — PKG005357 — 8-87521-05432-9
— $2.49 SRP

GRAVITY
FEED BOX — PKG005361 — UPC 8-87521-05436-7 — 10 CARDS PER PACK;
TARGET
CARDBOARD CASE BOX — PKG00? — FGC00? — UPC 8-87521-?
— ?
PLASTIC PACK — PKG005360 — UPC 8-87521-05435-0 — $2.49
SRP

BLISTER PACK — PKG005364 — UPC 8-87521-05438-1 — $4.99 SRP
NOTE:
18 CLASSIC PATRIOT CHASE CARDS
CARDBOARD CASE
BOX — PKG00? — FGC00? — UPC 8-87521-? — ?

BLASTER
VALUE BOX — PKG005367 — UPC 8-87521-05441-1 — ‘4 PACK’, $9.99 SRP;
TARGET
NOTE: 3 BATHROOM BUDDIES STICKERS
CARDBOARD CASE BOX — PKG005368
— FGC002240 — UPC 8-87521-05442-8 —
16/4+1 COUNT
FOIL PACK — PKG005366 — UPC 8-87521-05440-4
NOTE:
WRAPPER STATES “PACKS WITH A SPECIAL INSERT MAY CONTAIN ONLY 7 CARDS”

BLASTER VALUE BOX — PKG005369 — UPC 8-87521-05443-5
— ‘4 PACK’, NO PRICE; WAL*MART, TOPPS ONLINE
NOTE: 3 GROSS BEARS CARDS

CARDBOARD CASE BOX — PKG005368 — FGC002241 — UPC 8-87521-05444-2
— 16/4+1 COUNT
FOIL PACK —
PKG005366 — UPC 8-87521-05440-4
NOTE:
WRAPPER STATES “PACKS WITH A SPECIAL INSERT MAY CONTAIN ONLY 7 CARDS”

GRAVITY
FEED BOX — PKG005371 — UPC 8-87521-05447-3 — 4 CARDS PER PACK;
SPECIALTY STORE
CARDBOARD CASE BOX — PKG00? — FGC00? — UPC
8-87521-? — ?
PLASTIC PACK — PKG00? — UPC 8-87521-05446-6 —
$.99 SRP

BLISTER PACK : PKG00NA : UPC 8-87521-05522-7—
$4.97 SRP, 22 STICKERS; WAL*MART, ETC.
NOTE: 4 ADAM BOMB/BOOM INSERTS
CARDBOARD
CASE BOX : PKG00? : FGC00? : UPC 8-87521-? — ?
FOIL PACK — PKG00?
— UPC 8-87521-05445-9

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A Prime Slime Trashy TV Summer
Preview subset of the ten parody cards were exclusively released on the
Topps online webiste for a 48hr period on Wednesday, May 25th 2016 through Friday
the 27th until noon of that day. The complete set could be purchased for $29.99
for all ten cards or $9.99 for each 2-card set; and, for the first time with FREE
shipping. The online set is strangely labeled with the 2016S1 set title and slogan
‘As American As Apple Pie’; the 10-card subset also contains two cards with the
first same name due to the characters on both programs; Piper. The TV show parodies
include: Orange is the New Black, Scream, Beauty & the Beast,
American Ninja Warrior and Undercover Boss. Numbers printed: 1a
Orange Gina/1b Imprisoned Piper: 182, 2a Screamin’ Stu/2b Pierced Piper:
182, 3a Beatrice the Beast/3b Catty Catherine: 183, 4a American Ninja Warren/4B
KAL R Competition: 183 and 5a Undercover Bo/5b Bossy Bobby: 182.

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An exclusive, Giant 10-card set of the Prime Slime Trashy
TV ‘Summer Preview’ was released at the San Diego Comic
Con in July of 2016 at the Atomic Toybox Entertainment, Inc. booth for
$20. The set is an enlarged replica of the exclusive ‘Summer Preview’ set sold
by Topps online in May of 2016 that acts as promotional material for the upcoming
Prime Slime Trashy TV set to be released in October of 2016.

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A Prime Slime Fall TV
preview subset of the ten parody cards were exclusively released on the
Topps online webiste for a one week period on Tuesday, September 13th through
Tuesday the 20th, 2016. The complete set could be purchased for $29.99 for all
ten cards or $9.99 for each 2-card set. Once again, the online set is strangely
brandished with the 2016S1 set title and slogan ‘As American As Apple Pie’. The
subset contains artwork painted by artists Brent Engstrom and JungHwa Im. The
TV show parodies include: The Big Bang Theory, MacGyver (with a
young Angus “Mac” MacGyver), The Excorcist, Lethal Weapon
and Ash vs Evil Dead. Numbers printed: 1a/b ‘Big Bang Theo’: 215, 2a/b
‘Adhering Angus’: 213, 3a/b ‘Transformed Thomas’: 213, 4a/b ‘Revolting Roger’:
213 and 5a/b ‘Slashed Ash’: 229.

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A Prime Slime Awards subset
of the twenty parody cards were exclusively released on the Topps online webiste
for a one week period on Monday, September 19th through Monday the 26th, 2016
that poked fun at the PrimeTime Emmy Awards. The complete set could be purchased
for $49.99 for all twenty cards or $9.99 for each 2-card set. Once again, the
online set is strangely brandished with the 2016S1 set title and slogan ‘As American
As Apple Pie’, but will be showcased within the 2016S2 page. The subset contains
artwork painted by artists Joe Simko, David Gross and Brent Engstrom. The TV show
character parodies include: All the Way with Bryan Cranston wearing his
infamous Breaking Bad undewear, Cuba Gooding in The People v. O.J. Simpson:
American Crime Story, Taraji P. Henson’s Cookie Dion character from Empire,
Producer and actor John Travolta for The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime
Story, Kevin Spacey from House of Cards, Kit Harington’s character
Jon Snow for Game of Thrones, The shared Saturday Night Live host
award for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, Ellie Kemper from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,
the Saturday Night Live host Larry David who played the Bernie Sanders
character and Inside Amy Schumer. Numbers printed: Absorbed Amy 106, Lookalike
Larry 106, Ecstatic Ellie 106, Torn Tina 106, Kit’s Kingdom 106, King Kevin 106,
John Revolta 107, Cookie Monster 106, Convicted Cuba 106 and Bombastic Bryan 106.

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An exclusive, 10-card set of the Prime Slime Trashy
TV ‘Pack’ was released at the New York Comic Con
in October of 2016 at the Topps booth for $30. The images are exclusive to this
set and were sold the weekend following the ‘street date’ release of the regualar
Prime Slime Trashy TV set on October 5th, 2016. Three images were painted by artists
David Gross and two images were completed by artist JungHwa Im.

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Artist Brent Engtrom’s concept for cards 5a GENE
Wolf and 5b Hairy HARRY within the Horror TV subset, based off of MTV’s Teen Wolf,
is a Tribute to OS4 cards 161a Shorned SEAN and 161b
HY Gene painted by artist John Pound; although, where as Pound’s piece has the
figure shaving not only the facial hair but several layers of epidermis, Engstrom
has the shaver ‘clogged’ with canine hair and the blood droplets on the table
replaced by tufts of fur. Both images contain the same ‘shaving cream’ can.

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The Sci-Fi TV subset cards for the ‘Game of Thrones’
parody image 1a JOHN Snowy and 1b Cold KIT (color rough) by artist Mark Pingitore
has a chilling resemblance to an OS1 character; it’s a Tribute
to piece to John Pound’s 32a Frigid BRIDGET and 32b Chilly MILLIE. Both characters
are found in a solid block of ice, frozen to the bone with frost icicles and the
cold shivers. The Reality TV subset for cards 2a Pained PHARRELL and 2b Bloody
BLAKE by artist David Gross has the OS6 221a Cracked CRYSTAL and 221b Shrill JILL
stuck in the background as the Voice contestant.

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Another Tribute piece can be
found within the Daytime Talk Show TV subset for cards 4a Unhealthy HODA and 4b
Crocked KATHIE LEE (the Today show parody) by artist Joe Simko that pays
homage to John Pound’s OS1 cards 9a Boozin’ BRUCE and 9b Drunk KEN. Both images
can be found with the ‘pink elephant’, but instead of the ‘blue bunny’ of Pound’s
piece Simko went with a ‘blue peacock’ to coincide with NBC’s TV mascot and station
symbol. If you look closely, the GPK wine bottle sports the OS16 character for
John Pound’s 637a Raisin’ ELLA and 637b Grape VI unpublished cards (later published
as Flashback cards 69a and 69b with the same names). Artist Mark Pingitore previously
released a more direct tribute translation for his Slop Culture Kids line earlier
in 2016 titled Tipsy TYRION and Half MANNY; it showcases the true non-reversed
OS1 imagery that Topps corrected for the Abrams GPK book, but changed up the characters
to coincide with the ‘Game of Thrones’ animal sigils: a ‘yellow llion with green
barf for the house of Lannister instead of the ‘green snake’, the ‘blue direwolf’
of house Stark instead of the ‘blue bunny’ and a ‘pink dragon’ of house Targaryen
instead of the ‘pink elephant’.

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Possibly due to current Partnerships
and product licenses, Topps was unable to, or unwilling to, parody any TV program
for ABC Studios—Star Wars trading cards, etc. owned by Disney, or the AMC
network—the Walking Dead and Preacher non-sport trading cards.

Dual Panoramic
tag-team possibilities: Simone Arena & Vincenzo ‘Chendu’ D’Ippolito, Michael
Barnard & Daniel Contois, Neil Camera & Jeff Zapata, Sobot Cortez &
Matthew Kirscht, Jason Crosby & Cathy Razim, ‘GPK Dave’ Dabila & Dennis
Gortakowski, Patrick Giles & Cecilia Granata, Jon Gregory & Jason Heil,
Kelly Greider & Chad Scheres, Marisol Henriquez & Sean Norvet, Lowell
Isaac & Ryan Moffett, Robert Jimenez & Rich Molinelli, Chris Meeks &
Magnus Von Robotsson, Lily Mercado & Matt Steffens, JM Monserrat & Yeldarb
(Bradley Tabar), Barry Nygma & Steve Potter and Denis St. John & Dan Burn
Webster.

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The popular trend of using an Original
Series (OS) GPK character for packaging and promotional material continues
with the 2016S2 ‘Prime Slime Trashy TV’ set where the OS1 image for cards 10a
Tee-Vee STEVIE and 10b Geeky GARY (named after Mark Newgarden acquaintances).
The nostalgic character for OS1 ADAM Bomb has been used ad nauseum for several
releases over the years and the character for OS3 Snooty
SAM was recently used for the 2016S1 ‘As American As Apple Pie’ wrapper
and box mascot. For the 2015S2 ’30th GPK Anniversary’ set artist Brent Engstrom
paid tribute to OS1 character Tee-Vee STEVIE with a NES (Ninentdo Entertainment
System) parody for the 80’s Spoof subset cards 25a N.E.S. NESS – 25b Plugged PETE.
These images definitely tap into or nostalgic psyche.

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The Prime Slime Trashy TV Summer preview subset
contains a parody painted by artist Joe Simko for cards 1a Orange GINA and 1b
Imprisoned PIPER that pays Tribute to an OS9 character
painted by Tom Bunk for cards 343a Con VIC and 343b AL Catraz; concept by Lay
Lynch. The Prime Slime Awards subset card 10a Absorbed AMY and 10b Stuffed SCHUMER
contains an x-ray machine that per artist Brent Engstrom was inspired by Tom Bunk’s
ANS3 21a X RAY and 21b TANNER Scanner character. Two of Joe Simko’s characters
pay tribute to Original Series paintings by John Pound; the color and split character
scheme of cards 7a Torn TINA and 7b Partitioned POEHLER that mimicks OS3 cards
118a Half-NELSON and 118b Glandular ANGELA and cards 4a JOHN Revolta and 4b Tosses
TRAVOLTA that resemble OS13 cards 515a Wretched RICHARD and 515b BILLY Ache.

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The original concept for cards 3a MO Tel and 3b Ab NORMA
within the Horror TV subset that was approved by Topps contained no distinct Stitches
within the conceptual stage; the stitches were added to the color rough phase
by artist Brent Engstrom and the image was again approved by Topps, thus, the
stitches show up in the original artwork image seen below. However, Topps requested
the removal of the stitches for the final printed card image, as seen on the ‘Artwork
Gallery’ page, so the final artwork image does not contain stitches. The concept,
based off of A&E’s Bates Motel shows how ‘close’ Norman and Norma Bates
has become in Norman’s mind; almost inseparable; the image is roughly based off
of John Pound’s conjoined characters from the OS2 and OS3 Garbage Pail Kids sets.

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The Original Concepts
for Engstrom’s 3a Burger BOB and 3b Pat Patty, named after one of Brent’s friends
with a similar face; sans grill marks, and 4a Regular JOE and 4b Barfin’ BENSON
were a bit different. The parody of Bob’s Burgers (Fox) had the father’s
head, who runs the fast food joint, as part of his body in between to bun halves.
The parody of Regular Show (Fox) had the two best friend protaganists giving
each other a high-five in the background because their boss, Benson, is puking
up ‘free’ gumballs.

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Artist Neil Camera, a revered
Wacky Packages painter, is known in the GPK realm as the artist who has created
card back artwork, motion cards and the submission of an umpteen amount of concepts
over the years has taken the plunge and created GPK card front artwork
for the first time starting with this release. Two pieces to be exact; both can
be found in the new Prime Slime Trashy TV GPK set within the ‘Syndicated’ subset
as cards 6a Mashed ASH and 6b RON Over b (M*A*S*H parody) and 7a Quirky KIRK and
7b TRENT Trek (Star Trek parody). Camera took the unprecedented step in posting
original final artwork on eBay with no reserve price and a very low starting bid;
not only did the high bidder receive the impressive final artwork used for the
card images, but also the color rough and several tight pencils.

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As outlined in the product release materials, several
GPK Wacky Packages images have been pulled from previous
Topps releases and used within the Hobby exclusive subset.