HOBBY
& RETAIL PRODUCTION RUNS
MAIN BOX
+ WRAPPER ARTWORK : JOHN POUND
ADDITIONAL CHARACTERS : BRENT ENGSTROM, ETC.
DISPLAY BOX : 3 VARIATIONS + 2 BONUS BOXES
WRAPPER
: 5 VARIATIONS

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PRODUCT RELEASE DIGITAL SELL SHEETS : 17 PAGES — ‘CLICK’
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HOBBY
PRODUCTION RUN

DISPLAY
BOX — CODE PKG001193 — UPC 8-87521-01039-4 — HOBBY STORES; ’24
Pack’ + ‘H’
NOTE: BONUS CARDS B16a/b THROUGH B19a/b
CARDBOARD CASE BOX
— CODE ? — UPC ? — 24 PACK / 8 BOX
PACK — CODE PKG001185
— UPC 8-87521-01038-7 — $2.49 SRP; ‘H’ ON WRAPPER

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RETAIL
PRODUCTION RUN

DISPLAY BOX — CODE PKG001194 — UPC 8-87521-01042-4
— TARGET; ’24 PACK’ ON BOX
CARDBOARD CASE BOX — CODE ? — UPC
? — 24 PACK / 8 BOX
PACK — CODE PKG001184 — UPC 8-87521-01041-7
— $2.49 SRP

DISPLAY BOX — CODE PKG00? : UPC 8-87521-? —
SPECIALTY MARKET; ’16 PACK’ ON BOX
CARDBOARD CASE BOX — CODE ? : UPC
? — 24 PACK / 8 BOX
PACK — CODE PKG00? : UPC 8-87521-01044-8 —
$2.49 SRP; PEGHOOK

BONUS DISPLAY BOX — CODE PKG001196 — UPC
8-87521-01048-6 — TARGET?; $9.99 SRP
NOTE: BONUS CARD B21a OR B21b

CARDBOARD CASE BOX — CODE PKG001209 — UPC ? — ?
PACK —
CODE PKG001186 — UPC 8-87521-01047-9
BONUS FOIL WRAPPER : PKG001394

BONUS
DISPLAY BOX — CODE PKG001197 — UPC 8-87521-01050-9 — WAL*MART?;
$9.99 SRP
NOTE: BONUS CARD B20a OR B20b
CARDBOARD CASE BOX — CODE
PKG001209 — UPC ? — ?
PACK — CODE PKG001186 : UPC 8-87521-01047-9
BONUS
FOIL WRAPPER : PKG001394

GRAVITY FEED DISPLAY BOX — CODE PKG001198 —
UPC 8-87521-01053-0 — TARGET STORES; ’10 STICKERS’
CARDBOARD CASE BOX
— CODE ? — UPC ? — ?
PACK — CODE PKG001191 — UPC
8-87521-01052-3 — $2.49 SRP

GRAVITY
FEED DISPLAY BOX — CODE PKG001200 : UPC 8-87521-001056-1 — WAL*MART;
’10 STICKERS’
CARDBOARD CASE BOX — CODE ? — UPC ? — ?
PACK
— CODE PCK001192 — UPC 8-87521-01055-4 — $2.49 SRP

GRAVITY
DISPLAY FEED BOX — CODE PKG01202 : UPC 8-87521-? — SPECIALTY MARKET;
‘4 STICKERS’
CARDBOARD CASE BOX — CODE ? — UPC ? — ?
PACK
— CODE PKG00? — UPC 8-87521-? — $.99 SRP

JUMBO VALUE ‘RACK’ PACK — CODE PKG001187 — UPC 8-87521-01061-5 —
’24 STICKERS’; $4.99 SRP
NOTE: BONUS CARDS B22a/b THROUGH B24a/b
JUMBO VALUE
‘RACK’ PACK DISPLAY BOX — CODE ?— UPC ? — 396 CARDS / 18 PACKS;
MADE?
CARDBOARD CASE BOX — CODE ? — UPC ? — ?

BLISTER
PACK — NO PKG CODE — UPC 8-87521-? — 2 PACKS
CARDBOARD CASE
BOX — CODE PKG00? — UPC ? — ?
PACK — PKG00? — UPC
8-87521-? — $4.99 SRP

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The Card Numbering does not start back at #1, for
the second time, since the original series. The set picks up the base card and
bonus card numbering from BNS2. The packs are again back to 10 cards per pack
(previously known as ‘Mega’ packs), at a higher SRP; whereas BNS1 had 8 cards
per pack.

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The BNS3 series is the seventh GPK set to contain
Sketch Cards numbering 1/1 (one-of-a-kind), found
within hobby boxes (inserted 1:203 packs) or retail boxes (inserted 1:440 packs).
Several GPK artists worked on the Sketch cards for this release; next-generation
artists Brent Engstrom, Layron Dejarnette, Mark Pingitore, Joe Simko, Colin Walton,
Neil Camera, Pat Barrett and newcover Steve Potter. Besides the sketch cards located
within the boxes, the artists were given ten blank sketch card ‘returns’ from
the Topps company, and once approved, could be kept, sold or auctioned —
these sketch cards are often more highly detailed and go for a higher price.

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The ADAM Bombing, Sticker Scenes and Artist Autograph cards are all new types
of insert Chase Cards for the BNS3 set. The Parallels
stickers, Bonus cards, Printing Plates, Motion cards, C-names and Sketch cards
are returning chase cards for the series. Card 1: R.I.P.’s; ‘Clemm’ (Edgar’s wife),
‘Lenore’ (the dead girl comics based off of Edgar’s POEms) and ‘Aaron’ (friend/website
shoutout). Card 2: new autograph styled cards for BNS3—artist signature written
on a clear square sticker placed on card.

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The eighth series to have a series Checklist titled
and outlined with the blue color, after the ANS6, ANS7, Flashback sets, BNS1 and
BNS2 sets. The recent base sets are so large they need two checlists, ‘Checklist
A’ and ‘Checklist B’. The first GPK checklist to detail artist and writer participation
on the Topps set; this hasn’t been seen since the Trash Can Trolls in 1991 (and
Wacky Packages this year). The set contains NO insert checklist for the chase
cards.

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The set contains two instances of the GPK Header
being used as part of the humor for the gag; as shattered glass of cards 140a
Bellowing BELLA and 140b Loud MELODY, and as ‘Hangman’ letters of cards 168a Hangman
HANK and 168b LARRY Letters. These are infrequent occurances.

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The forever famous ADAM Bomb Topps GPK mascot character
finds himself yet again on the packaging for the new series; as a companion to:
Cards 193a MAX Stacks, 193b Heady HAL & 193c
MANNY Heads, as returning, re-imagined characters. There is also a
ten-card subset entitled ADAM Bombing that pays tribute to ADAM Bomb using famous
historical persons and settings.

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The first Promotional Card since
All-New Series was released by Topps for the BNS3 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 Package card and an unnumbered GPK MiniKins card, were mailed
to attendees at a later date in November of 2013. The popular character was used
for online promotional ads and on packaging for the set; more information on this
card can be located within the GPK History section further below.

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The third Brand-New series to have A and B-name Bonus Card
twins and Hobby box exclusives; eight bonus cards.

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Topps released the 1st series GPK MiniKins series
the same month as the BNS3 set; the idea stemmed from the shelved GPK Eraser set
that was in talks after the Wacky Packages Eraser set release several years ago.
The set contains 26 characters from the GPK Universe, found painted, or in solid
colors of blue, red, green or yellow, as well as the ultra rare, non-labeled black
color for the soft resin molds; along with a 1.5 x 1.75 sticker with a mini character
bio on the backside. 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. The solid colors pay a tribute to the GPK Cheap Toys from the 80’s.
3 packs exist; 2 Figures with stickers package (UPC 8-87521-00947-3) found in
gravity feed boxes, a 2 Figures with stickers package (UPC 8-87521-00947-3) with
a peg-hook hole, and a 4 Figures with stickers package (UPC 8-87521-00953-4) also
with a peg-hook hole. A GPK MiniKins promo card does exist for this release (unnumbered).
All text written by Pat Barrett and Colin Walton. The
Checklist and sticker backs contain several name
inconsistencies from the actual card sets that the characters are taken from;
character #4 TV Stevie, the correct OS1 spelling of the name is 10a Tee-Vee STEVIE,
character #16 Spacey STACEY is correctly spelled 63a Spacey STACY from the OS2
set, and character #26 Fiery Francis is actually spelled 98a Firey FRANCIS from
the BNS2 set.

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The super rare cards for the GPK set, the 11 infamous C-Names
that make up the OS B-name for the re-imagined GPK characters for the BNS3 set
were produced as ‘short prints’ — often found in Topps’ sports card releases
and some entertainment products; the B-names for this release are brand new. These
inserts are unannounced, no odds are given (no pack ratio), do not have a published
quantity and are meant as a surprise for collectors to find. There are no Parallels
of the C-name cards and can be located within all packaging types. The A and B-name
card were reversed from the OS releases for card 190a ROY Bot
which is the OS2 B-name.

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The scarce usage of the GPK Nameplate as part of
the gag is rare, and for it to be part of the character is even rarer; this phenomenon
can be found on cards 162a Fresh FRED and 162b Scented SIMON; this is the third
green nameplate in the GPK canon, and the first non-outlined nameplate.

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The set continues with the old original series Blue Nameplate
with white lettering instead of the black lettering found in the All-New Series
and FlashBack Series sets. There are no names in white lettering found in the
newer sets; this was brought to my attention by Keith Webb for BNS1 who contributed
several concept pieces to the ANS3 GPK set back in 2004.

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For card 146b Laurie LOGS the name is in
bold Small Print and the word ‘logs’ is in bold large
print, whereas, it’s usually the opposite.

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The color schemes for the online Promotional Images
are slightly different than their released counterparts. Base cards 137 have a
blue GPK header and a dark pink nameplate; and bonus cards B19 have a red GPK
header.

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Although the set contains a whopping TEN completed puzzles, the base set contains
NO Puzzle Preview cards. The new puzzle border color
is grey for this release. Topps decided against ‘puzzle preview’ cards (also changed
within the Wacky Packages franchise) due to the size of the set; there’s a larger
chance of receiving one of the two twin base card singles that show the completed
image, rather than just one preview card on the backside of a card.

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The packaging displays new Marketing Slogan language
stating: “More All-New Art Than Ever Before … Awesome!” The packaging
contains the very rare pink header, found on very few boxes, let alone wrappers
and cards. Facebook ad:

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With the sheer size of the series it’s shocking the set only has one set of characters
with the Same Forename for cards 179a Eaten ETHAN and 184b Equine ETHAN (although,
the cards are close together within the set). Due to the C-name cards, card 178c
JASON Basin has the same first name as 183a Disjointed JASON and card 182a Mad
MAX has the same first name as 193a MAX stacks. Card 138b Amusement PARKER
has the same name as the OS8 card 295B Amusement PARKER and card 179b
Eaten ETHAN has the same name as ANS2 card 3a Eaten ETHAN.

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GPK Holiday Greeting Cards were released by the Topps Company
in November of 2013, a Topps Online Store release only, right after the BNS3 set
release. 2 box versions are available, an “A” and “B” box
with 10 greeting cards per box; 5 different images with 2 different names for
each box — for $19.99 each. The front side is the final artwork image, the backside
includes a card image and name; ‘First Printing’ is located on the back of the
card for a total of 10 different images and 20 backside characters if both boxes
were purchased. Box ‘B’ contains an exclusive image for the GPK Greeting Cards
release; Snow BILL and Snowball’s CHANCE (from ‘a snowball’s chance in hell’ saying)
painted by Joe Simko and gag by Colin Walton.

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The card backs include OS1-like nostalgic Report Card backs and GPK
Comics, called ‘Garbage Pail Comics’ originated in BNS2, and like ‘The
Garbage Gang’ title of yesteryears, contains the ™ (trademark) symbol.

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The returning and re-imagined GPK characters found with rare C-Name
Cards have two characters per image for this release; it’s slightly confusing
namewise, since the card contains only one nameplate — it would have been
interesting if these cards had two nameplates instead. Cards 176a Bony JOANIE,
176b Blind Date DANIELLE and 176c Thin LYNN can be found with a third character
from the OS8 series, character 328A Glowing AMBER and 328B Bright DWIGHT located
on the table.

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There are two GPK Shout-Outs in the ALL-NEW Series
11 Wacky Packages set released in 2013; the bonus card B14 Gentle Plain Kids whose
wrapper color scheme is identical to the BNS3 wrapper, including the nostalgic
and rare pink header, and the usage of ‘Grade 3’ in place of Series 3. Artist
Brent Engstrom also threw in the OS6 GPK character 248a HECTOR Collector and 248b
G.P.KAY to the back of card 25 Horderlands 2, banana peel and all.

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The twenty-first series to contain cards with the GPK Acronym
found within the artwork. The GPK acronym found on the parody LEGO body of cards
149a Disjoint TED and 149b Let Go LENNY; on the cosplay shirt of cards 174a Cranky
FRANKIE, 174b Terrible TERENCE and 174c Bad BRAD; as well as on the wall in spraypaint
of cards 180a Graffiti PETEY, 180b Fine ART and 180b New Wave DAVE.

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The RC Cola (Royal Crown Cola) Parody Name G.P.Kola
from OS4 can be found on the aluminum soda can of cards 188a Large MARGE, 188b
Bulky BETH and 188c Broad MAUD, in the same fashion as it was found on the glass
bottle of OS4 cards 128a Sloshed JOSH and 128b Low CAL; both characters and branding
name can be found on the Sticker Scene for card 2 of 10.