Garbage Pail Kids Brand New Series Mini

RELEASE
PERIOD : NOVEMBER 2013

During November 2013,
Topps released Garbage Pail Kids online exclusive merchandise, including the first
miniature U.S. cards that came 8 cards to a pack, 24 packs per box, at $49.99
SRP per box. The set covers all three Brand-New Series sets released in 2012 and
2013 with four additional, and exclusive characters for a total of eight cards
with new artwork. The novelty set was art directed by Colin Walton who took
over as art director in 2011 and oversaw the Brand-New Series sets. Each foil
pack contains eight cards, seven base card singles and a chance to come across
a parallel card (black inserted 1:1; and gold inserted 1:20), a Printing Plate
(inserted 1:48), an Artist Autograph card (inserted 1:48) or a Sketch card (inserted
1:253).

396 CARD SET = 396 BASE CARDS

110 BNS1 + 146 BNS2 + 132 BNS3 + 4 New
NOTE: Not Including CHASE CARDS : Printing
Plates, Parallels, Sketch Cards, Arist Autographs

ITEM	PKG CODE	UPC	FGC CODE	PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
H+R Pack	001451	NA – ONLINE	UNK	Hobby + Retail Store Wrapper
H+R Box	001452	NA – ONLINE	UNK	Carboard Display Box
H+R Case	‘001453’	NA – ONLINE	NA	Corrugated Cardboard Shipping Carton

HOBBY
& RETAIL PRODUCTION RUNS
DISPLAY
BOX : 1 VARIATION
WRAPPER : 1 VARIATION

BOX
— CODE PKG001452 — TOPPS PROMOTIONAL IMAGE
MAIN BOX ARTWORK —
JOHN POUND
OTHER ARTWORK — PINGITORE, SIMKO, DEJARNETTE, GROSS
NOTE:
NO UPC NUMBER

PACK — CODE PKG001451 — TOPPS PROMOTIONAL
IMAGE
WRAPPER ARTWORK — JOHN POUND
NOTE: NO UPC NUMBER

NEW
ARTWORK ONLY

195a GAMEY JAMIE + 195b DEAD NED	196a EXTRACTED EARL + 196b ROTTEN RALPH
197a BEASTY BOB + 197b REPULSIVE RENEE	198a KEYED KEITH + 198b VANESSA VANDAL NOTE : CARD IMAGE

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The first GPK exclusive Online Set by Topps; but
unlike their Wacky Packages releases, a completed collated set cannot be found
within a single purchased box. Topps also released GPK Greeting Cards online during
November of 2013.

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Like many GPK Special Backs for the recent Topps’
sets—green with a nostalgic ‘all-new’ star-like pattern, the new characters
for the BNS mini set have special backs that read ‘MINI STICKER
EXCLUSIVE‘ found randomly; these are cards only, and not stickers. The
cards number 195 – 198 and follow the numerical sequence of the BNS3 checklist
that ends at 194; however, the exclusive card names are not found on the checklist
since they’re reproductions and miniaturizations of the original retail releases.

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The Mini Cards measure 2 1/4 x 3 1/8 like many international
card sizes, often referred to as miniature, mini, small, et cetera sizes. In some
European countries (especially the UK) this card size is considered and called
‘cigarette cards’; since, historically, trading cards were often found attached
to cigarette packs back in the day.

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Two online GPK Mini Cards Ad Banners could be found
on the Topps website promoting the BNS card set.

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The Wrapper Image created by John Pound in 1986,
contains the OS2 character 65a Shrunken Ed & 65b Cheeky CHARLES; the image
cannot be found within the Mini BNS set. The wrapper is very reminiscent of the
OS5 set.

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The set of Mini Cards are in fact cards, Not Stickers—no
die-cuts, and for some strange reason, the ‘peel here’ arrow has been left intact
and not removed. International releases of old, of the same size, were in fact
stickers, with the ‘peel here’ arrow turned around, facing the outer edge of the
card, non-die-cut with the entire card being a sticker.

ANNOTATED NAMES
Explanatory
Notations and Definitions of the Nomenclature

195a	GAMEY JAMIE – Rhyme; the name Jamie with the word game(+y). A partial name parody taken from the title ‘Game of Thrones’; a fantasy drama created for HBO which is an adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy novels. def’n: Game – To manipulate (a situation), typically in a way that is unfair or unscrupulous.
195b	DEAD NED – Rhyme; the name Ned with the word dead. A name parody taken from a character from the ‘Game of Thrones’ television series [caveat; being the ‘hand’ of the King, Ned Stark would not have sat on the ‘Iron Throne’, but is seen as such in HBO advertising campaigns]. def’n: Dead – No longer alive.

196a	EXTRACTED EARL – Earl; E name to go with the word extract(+ed). def’n: Extract – To remove or take out, especially by effort or force. Tooth extraction.
196b	ROTTEN RALPH – Ralph; R name to go with the word rotten. def’n: Rotten – Suffering from decay. A rotten tooth. def’n: Rot – To decay or cause to decay by the action of bacteria and fungi; decompose.

197a	BEASTY BOB – Bob; B name to go with the word beast(+y). def’n: Beast – A large or dangerous animal. A monster.
197b	REPULSIVE RENEE – Renee; R name to go with the word repulsive. def’n: Repulsive – To arouse an intense feeling of distaste or disgust. Revolting, disgusting, repugnant, etc.

198a	KEYED KEITH – Keith; K name to go with the word key(+ed). def’n: Key – A shaped metal object with precise incisions cut in order to fit the wards of locks in order to open/close. def’n: Keyed – slang; When a vehicle becomes defaced by someone scraping off the paint with their key(s).
198b	VANESSA VANDAL – Vanessa; V name to go with the word vandal. def’n: Vandal – A person that deliberately destroys or damages public or someone’s private property.

SAMPLE: ARTIST BRENT ENGSTROM

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GPK artist Mark Pingitore created two images for
the Mini BNS set, one character can be found on the box packaging. The color rough
images for characters of cards 195a Gamey JAMIE & 195b Dead NED and 196a Extracted
EARL & 196b Rotten RALPH can be seen below.

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The image for cards 197a Repulsive RALPH & 197b Beasty BOB is very reminiscent
of Topps’ Ugly Stickers franchise and is a direct
adaptation of Norm Saunders’ Ugly Sticker #44 from 1965; based off of concepts
by Basil Wolverton that has been creatively re-imagined by David Gross for the
BNS Mini set. The image can also be seen within Topps’ October 2013 Artists On
Demand line, found online via the Topps shop, by artist Dustin Graham. An Ugly
Stickers custom 1/1 artist color sketch card he created. Also created as a special
Ugly Santas Topps card by Joe Simko.

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The set is an anthology of the Brand-New Series retail
releases showcasing all images from the BNS1 (110 cards), BNS2 (146 cards) and
BNS3 (132 cards) sets for a total of 396 cards found in the base set. Due to the
large base card size, there are five checklists for the set.

THE
ARTIST RECOGNITION EDITION

#	CARD NAME	ARTIST FRONT	CONCEPT ARTIST	MAIN ARTIST/WRITER BACK
1a -55b	BNS1 : CHECKLIST	VARIOUS : SEE BNS1 PAGE	VARIOUS : SEE BNS1 PAGE	VARIOUS : SEE BNS1 PAGE
56a – 128a	BNS2 : CHECKLIST A	VARIOUS : SEE BNS2 PAGE	VARIOUS : SEE BNS2 PAGE	VARIOUS : SEE BNS2 PAGE
56b – 128b	BNS2 : CHECKLIST B	VARIOUS : SEE BNS2 PAGE	VARIOUS : SEE BNS2 PAGE	VARIOUS : SEE BNS2 PAGE
129a – 194a	BNS3 : CHECKLIST A	VARIOUS : SEE BNS3 PAGE	VARIOUS : SEE BNS3 PAGE	VARIOUS : SEE BNS3 PAGE
129b – 194b	BNS3 : CHECKLIST B	VARIOUS : SEE BNS3 PAGE	VARIOUS : SEE BNS3 PAGE	VARIOUS : SEE BNS3 PAGE
195a	Gamey JAMIE	MARK Pingitore	MARK Pingitore	NA
195b	Dead NED	MARK Pingitore	MARK Pingitore	NA
196a	Extracted EARL	MARK Pingitore	MARK Pingitore	NA
196b	Rotten RALPH	MARK Pingitore	MARK Pingitore	NA
197a	Beasty BOB	DAVID Gross	Gross / Saunders + Wolverton	NA
197b	Repulsive RENEE	DAVID Gross	Gross / Saunders + Wolverton	NA
198a	Keyed KEITH	JOE Simko	DAVID Gross	NA
198b	VANESSA Vandal	JOE Simko	DAVID Gross	NA
#	CARD NAME	ARTIST FRONT	CONCEPT ARTIST	MAIN ARTIST/WRITER BACK

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