The UK 6th Series Garbage
Pail Kids set, much like the UK 5th Series set, continued using the white numbered
boxes to cover the old U.S. numbering system. Any card numbers that were
skipped over for the UK 4th Series and UK 5th Series sets were added to the UK
6th Series GPK release; which adds to the confusion of the UK releases since the
numbering is not sequential. The UK 6th Series set contains 48 cards from the
U.S. 6th Series set and 40 cards from the U.S. 7th Series set. The set was
released in 1987 and contains 44 card variations in total, one-third of the uncut
sheet.

The
UK Garbage Pail Kids were released after the initial hype and craze of the U.S.
phenomenon. The cards were released in the UK (England, Ireland, Scotland) as
well as distributed in Holland and parts of Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway, Denmark),
slapped with a clocal price tag.  Unlike the U.S. cards that measure 2 1/2
x 3 1/2 inches and are die-cut, the UK cards are smaller, measuring 2 1/8 x 3
inches and are non die-cut, peeling from the edges, and are sometimes referred
to as ‘mini’ because of their cigarette-card size. The sticker cards come
three to a plastic or cellophane pack with a slab of gum, except for the OS5 set
that comes four cards to a pack. The price is marked on the box rather than
on the packs. Fifteen original series U.S. sets were released by Topps compared
to only eight UK series released by Topps Ireland; Topps International Limited
established in November 1975. All international GPK are a direct reproduction
of the U.S. version or sequential international release and are changed to accommodate
each country that they are released in. This includes any nomenclature, numbering
or header and logo changes—also, covering up card numbers with overlaying
boxed numbers or old ‘PEEL HERE‘ arrows with boxes or larger
arrows pointing in the opposite direction. A 15-card Giant set was also released
in the UK which is same as the U.S. version, but with different copyright date
information and matte finished backs. An unpublished OS7 UK set was also produced
but never printed or released in the United Kingdom.

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There are several card characters with the Same
Forename within the release; cards 216b Small PAUL & 222b PAUL Bunion
(U.S. 281), 208b Teed-Off TOM & 218a TOM Thumb, and cards 214b Cranky CHRISTINE
(U.S. 269b; name change) & 232b CHRISTINE Vaccine (U.S. 287a) due to combining
more than one U.S. set for the UK release.

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On the back of card 211a See More SANDY,
for the GPK Comic, you can see the spot
where the character name ADAM Bomb was supposed to be placed under the character
name Leaky LINDSAY; this makes sense since this is a reproduction of the U.S.
cards and it’s missing within the U.S. release as well.

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The PEEL HERE arrow
on card 241a Old GLORIA is in the wrong corner compared to the U.S. version; the
U.S. card has the arrow in the bottom right-hand corner because of the die-cut
and blocking the artwork in the upper left-hand corner.

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There are eight Nomenclature
Changes for the UK 6th Series characters compared to the U.S. 6th Series
set, for characters 211a See More SEYMOUR, 212a Upliftin’ CLIFTON, 214a Off-Color
CLARA, 215a Gnawing NORA, 216b Small SAUL, 225b Snotty LOTTIE, 244a Welcome MATT,
and 247a RUSTY Heap. The descriptive word spelling has also been changed for card
214a.

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The U.S. 6th Series card Characters
Not Used in any set: 210a, 212b, 213a, 213b, 219b, 220b, 222a, 222b, 224a,
227b, 228a, 230a, 232b, 233a, 233b, 234b, 237a, 239b, 241b, 246b, and 249b.

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There are three Nomenclature
Changes for the UK 6th Series characters compared to the U.S. 7th Series
set, for cards 269b Cranky KRISTIN, 259a Grilled GIL, and 262a Brainless BRYAN.
The card numbers, unlike the 6th Series characters, are different for the 7th
Series.

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The 7th U.S. Series card Characters
Not Used in any published set: 251a, 252b, 254b, 255b, 256b, 257a, 257b,
258b, 261a, 261b, 263a, 263b, 266b, 267b, 268b, 270b, 271a, 271b, 272a, 272b,
273a, 273b, 274b, 275b, 276a, 277b, 278b, 279a, 279b, 280a, 282a, 282b, 283b,
284a, 284b, 285b, 287b, 289a, 289b, 290a, 291a, 291b, 292a, and 292b. NOTE:
A UK 7th Series set was produced but never released and remains unpublished; a
few mock-up images have turned up on the Topps Vault auctions on eBay.

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The U.S. 1st Series through the 7th Series and the U.S. 10th
Series through 12th Series are the only sets depicted in the Original
Series UK GPK releases. The U.S. 8th Series, 9th Series, 13th Series, 14th
Series and 15th Series sets are not found in any Original Series UK sets. NOTE:
The UK All-New Series (ANS) album sticker set does contain some of these characters,
published at a much later date.