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The Original United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series
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The Original United States
Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series
Introduction
     The majority of Garbage Pail Kids fans had no idea that Topps fully designed a United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series back in 1989.  Most likely, the declining Garbage Pail Kids sales and the lawsuit with Original Appalachian Artworks, Inc. influenced Topps to not release the series as planned.  It was not until the rise in popularity of the Internet that we began to gather more and more information about Garbage Pail Kids.  Eventually, John Pound posted up artwork from the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series on his website, and we got a glimpse of what some of the characters looked like.
 
     Then around November 2000, a collector contacted me about a very unusual find.  He had in his possession a separation sheet from the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series.  The separation sheets are similar to large film negatives.  There was a separation sheet for each of the four colors (blue, magenta, yellow, and black) that made up the image.  Since the collector only had one of the separation sheets, there was some information that was missing (i.e. card numbers, character names, and the Garbage Pail Kids banner text), but it gave us a preview of what the characters looked like.
 
     In mid 2002, I was able to get Jay Lynch to send me Xerox copies of the comic back artwork that was used for the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series.  Many of the details about the series were now pieced together, and the interest in the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series was on the rise.
 
     Collectors began coming out of the woodwork taking interest in what had been posted on the Internet about the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series.  They wrote to Topps asking them to bring back the Garbage Pail Kids and to print up the unreleased series.  There were petitions signed by hundreds of collectors who were sent to Topps that conveyed the same message.  Topps' auction sales of Garbage Pail Kids artwork were doing consistently well.  Eventually, Topps came across the designs of the unreleased series while going through items for the auction sales.  It was then that they could finally print up the unreleased series.  Topps cautiously went forward to print up another Garbage Pail Kids release.  Some of the characters and comic backs were outdated, so changes had to be made.  But even with the slight facelift to the series, the product flew off the shelves as soon as it hit the stores.
 
     The United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 is very different from the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series.  You can find lots of details and information about the unpublished 16th Series below so that you can compare the original design of the series with the design Topps ended up using.
General Information
Year Originally Planned For Release 1989
Card Numbers 621a-661a and 621b-661b
Number of Cards to Make a Numerical Set 82
Number of Variation Cards 6
Number of Cards to Make a Complete Variation Set 88
Total Number of Different Wrappers 2
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Card Variations
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Card and Wrapper Variation Checklist
United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series card and wrapper variation checklist
     Here is the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series card and wrapper variation checklist.  I did not create a downloadable version of the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series card and wrapper variation checklist because I did not want collectors to mistakenly use it instead of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 card and wrapper variation checklist.
Proof Sheets
United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series separation sheet and acetate progressive proof film sheet of card fronts United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series acetate progressive proof film sheet of card backs United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series acetate display box progressive proof film sheet
     Shown above are the basic plans for the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series.  Everything above, excluding the separation sheet, was auctioned off by Topps around November/December 2002.  Unfortunately, the people who won the auctions were unwilling to take the time to scan in the items for me.  I even offered to cover all of the copying expenses, but they still refused to help.  If I had the scans, I would have posted them up, so you could see each character, each card back, and the wax box design all in full color.  It is very disappointing that I was unable to obtain the scans, but I did the best I could with what I had.
 
     At the top of the first image is a photo of the separation sheet for the "a" card fronts, which is what the one collector contacted me about (see Introduction above).  There was nothing printed on the back of the separation sheet.  Along the border of the separation sheet, it has "Topps 44 up grid © 1989 The Topps Company 4-490-05-03-8" printed on it.
 
     At the bottom of the first image is a photo of the acetate progressive proof film sheet for the "a" card fronts.  Each sheet in the set has a different color (black, blue, magenta, white, and yellow), and all of them together comprise the full-color image.  The sheets measure approximately 16" x 30" and are bound along the left side with black art tape.  On the film sheet, there are notations for what needs to be corrected.  Topps auctioned off the film sheet of the "a" card fronts, and it went for $1,375.00.
 
     The artwork used in the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 that was taken from the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series was scanned in from the acetate progressive proof film sheets.  Artists took these scans and airbrushed them to help clean them up.  Topps did not have the original paintings from the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series to work with.  This is why the characters taken from the acetate progressive proof film sheets did not appear to be as vibrantly colored and sharp as the characters from the new paintings created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1.
 
     The next image is of two acetate progressive proof film sheets.  One photo was of the "a" card backs film sheet, and the other photo was of the "b" card backs film sheet.  They each form a set of three progressive overlay proof sheets.  The sheets measure approximately 16" x 30" and are bound along the left side with black art tape.  The sheets are both hand dated 1-18-89.  On both of the film sheet sets, there are notations for what needs to be corrected.  None of these card backs were used in the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1.  Originally, I was not sure which sheet was for the "a" card backs and which sheet was for the "b" card backs.  By looking at the sequence in the Flick-It animation, it appeared that the sheet on the left was for the "a" card backs, and the sheet on the right was for the "b" card backs.  The Flick-It animation is of 628a Double-Tex / 628b Howie Yowie (5a Crazy Casey / 5b Ridiculous Nicholas are the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 character names).  It appears that in the Flick-It animation the character gets scared by a dog, the character's eyes pop out, the dog swallows the character's eyes, the dog starts to run and jumps off a cliff, the character jumps off the cliff going after the dog, and then the character lands on the dog at the bottom of the cliff.  There are two different puzzles and nineteen different comics for the series, which will all be discussed in more detail below (see Comic Backs and Paired Card Fronts and Backs below).  Topps auctioned off the two film sheets of the card backs.  The "a" card back film sheet went for $775.00, and the "b" card back film sheet went for $775.03.
 
     The last image is of the acetate display box progressive proof film sheet.  It is a set of three progressive overlay proof sheets.  The sheets measure approximately 19" x 28" and are bound along the right side with black art tape.  There is a note that came with the film sheets that says, "File These Films - We Never Printed This Series - B".  The sheet is dated January 24, 1989.  The featured character on the box was 626a Interracial Rachel / 626b Stitched Stella, but the artwork was not used in the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1.  The character shown on the sides of the box is 657a Crawly Raleigh / 657b Bugged Boyd (4a Cootie Cody / 4b Buggin' Brandon are the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 character names).  Topps auctioned off the display box film sheet, and it went for $601.56.
Card Fronts
Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series card 626a Interracial Rachel Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series card 636a Slammed Sloan Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series card 637a Raisin' Ella Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series card 640a Finger-Paintin' Fifi Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series card 641a Ticked-Off Tucker Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series card 642a Scrawled Saul
Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series card 644a Noah Parking Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series card 645a Busy Bea Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series card 650a Dead Flora Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series card 651a Dunkin' Duncan Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series card 658a Trim Jim Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series card 659a Idol Ira Rejected United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series painting titled "Mirror"
     There were 12 paintings (24 characters) that were not used in the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1.  They were excluded because they were either outdated, too abstract, too violent, or inappropriate for today's overly sensitive society.  There was one painting that was rejected for the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series because it was too violent.  Topps wanted to make sure that there were no problems with the content of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 as it seems people complain about anything as well as sue others over anything these days.  I was sent scans of the separation sheet (see Introduction above), which is why I was able to show the excluded characters to you.  You can also see some of these characters in color at John Pound's website.  Directly above is a listing of the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series characters that were not used in the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 along with the name of the artist who created the painting.
 
     The first image shown above was used for 626a Interracial Rachel / 626b Stitched Stella. Many collectors were really looking forward to seeing this image in the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1.  It was most likely excluded to avoid conflict with today's overly sensitive society.  Using the term "interracial" may have caused problems.  The painting has a Frankenstein's monster-ish look to it, and it probably could have been used for the series if the name "Interracial Rachel" was changed to another name.  Topps ended up using the artwork for the 2010 United States Garbage Pail Kids Flashback Series 1 cards 68a Stitched Stella and 68b Patchwork Paula (instead of Interracial Rachel).
 
     The second image shown above was used for 636a Slammed Sloan / 636b Keith Out.  I did not see any reason why this character should have been excluded from the series.  Topps ended up using the artwork for the 2011 United States Garbage Pail Kids Flashback Series 2 cards 66a Slammed Sloan and 66b Keith Out.
 
     The third image shown above was used for 637a Raisin' Ella / 637b Grape Vi.  This image was excluded because the parody was of the California Raisins, which was popular back in the 1980s.  They would definitely be unfamiliar to the younger collectors.  Topps ended up using the artwork for the 2010 United States Garbage Pail Kids Flashback Series 1 cards 69a Raisin' Ella and 69b Grape Vi.
 
     The fourth image shown above was used for 640a Finger-Paintin' Fifi / 640b Libby Stick.  This image was excluded because it was probably thought to have been too gruesome and morbid.  I felt it fit in well with the rest of the Garbage Pail Kids characters and was disappointed not to see it used for the series.  Topps ended up using the artwork for the 2010 United States Garbage Pail Kids Flashback Series 1 cards 70a Finger-Paintin' Fifi and 70b Libby Stick.
 
     The fifth image shown above was used for 641a Ticked-Off Tucker / 641b Quittin' Time Quinn.  This image was excluded because it was too violent, and Topps was no longer (at least for this series) going to allow guns on Garbage Pail Kids cards.  Topps ended up using the artwork for the bonus cards included with their 2012 United States Garbage Pail Kids book published by Abrams ComicArts for card 2 Ticked-Off Tucker.
 
     The sixth image shown above was used for 642a Scrawled Saul / 642b Bad Art.  This image was excluded because it was too abstract, and Topps wanted to (at least for this series) stick to having kids as the characters and not anthropomorphic characters (inanimate objects taking on human characteristics).  There are collectors who do not like the very abstract Garbage Pail Kids characters, so there probably were not many collectors who were disappointed that the image was not used in the series.  Topps ended up using the artwork for the 2011 United States Garbage Pail Kids Flashback Series 2 cards 67a Scrawled Saul and 67b Bad Art.
 
     The seventh image shown above was used for 644a Noah Parking / 644b Peter Meter.  I did not see any reason why this character should have been excluded from the series, but Topps excluded it because of the use of anthropomorphism.  Topps ended up using the artwork for the 2011 United States Garbage Pail Kids Flashback Series 2 cards 68a Noah Parking and 68b Peter Meter.
 
     The eighth image shown above was used for 645a Busy Bea / 645b Handy Mandy.  This was the only painting from the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series that was created by James Warhola.  The image was excluded because it was too violent.  I thought it was a humorous concept and was disappointed to not see it used in the series.  Topps ended up using the artwork for the bonus cards included with their 2012 United States Garbage Pail Kids book published by Abrams ComicArtsfor card 3 Busy Bea.
 
     The ninth image shown above was used for 650a Dead Flora / 650b Fetid Fern.  I did not see any reason why this character should have been excluded from the series, but Topps excluded it because of the use of anthropomorphism.  Topps ended up using the artwork for the 2011 United States Garbage Pail Kids Flashback Series 2 cards 69a Dead Flora and 69b Fetid Fern.
 
     The tenth image shown above was used for 651a Dunkin' Duncan / 651b Will Hung.  This image was excluded because it is too morbid and dealt with suicide.  The United States Garbage Pail Kids 14th Series character 545a Artie Party / 545b Driftin' Clifton came across as being no different to me, so I did not understand why the 16th Series character was excluded.  Topps ended up using the artwork for the 2011 United States Garbage Pail Kids Flashback Series 3 cards 70a Dunkin' Duncan and 70b Will Hung.
 
     The eleventh image shown above was used for 658a Trim Jim / 658b Groomin' Truman.  This image was excluded because it was too violent.  There is a small possibility that a child would try to mimic the Garbage Pail Kids character by shoving a pair of scissors up his nose.  The modified version of the United States Garbage Pail Kids 8th Series character 293a Explorin' Norman / 293b Drillin' Dylan was used for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 box, wrapper, foil card set, and bubble gum wrap around sticker set.  And, I have yet to hear of any incidents where a child tried to stick their finger up their nose and through their head (sounds ridiculous to me).  The potential for kids to do just about any of the activities the Garbage Pail Kids characters are doing is there, so I did not see why this character was excluded.  But, Topps did not want to take any chances.  Topps ended up using the artwork for the bonus cards included with their 2012 United States Garbage Pail Kids book published by Abrams ComicArts for card 4 Trim Jim.
 
     The twelfth image shown above was used for 659a Idol Ira / 659b Ken Tiki.  I did not see any reason why this character should have been excluded from the series.  Topps ended up using the artwork for the 2011 United States Garbage Pail Kids Flashback Series 2 cards 70a Idol Ira and 70b Ken Tiki.
 
     The thirteenth image shown above is a painting that was rejected by Topps for use in the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series and may have also been rejected for use in the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1.  The painting was titled "Mirror".  The image is violent and had an implied suicide theme, which is probably why the painting was rejected.  Topps auctioned off the painting late in 2003, and it went for $589.99.
Character Name Comparison
     Above is a list comparing the character names used in the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 and the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series.  The United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 character names are shown first, and the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series character names are shown next.  I noted the characters that were "New Artwork" used in the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1.  I also noted the characters that were used in the 2010 United States Garbage Pail Kids Flashback Series 1 (FB1), 2011 United States Garbage Pail Kids Flashback Series 2 (FB2), 2011 United States Garbage Pail Kids Flashback Series 3 (FB3), and 2012 United States Garbage Pail Kids book published by Abrams ComicArts (GPK Book).  This list will allow you to see that the majority of the original character names were modified or discarded.  The new names were chosen because many of the original names were obscure or outdated (e.g. Boyd, Judd, Link, Minnie, Tex, etc.).
Comic Backs
Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series comic A - "Looking For Mr. Goodbarf!" Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series comic B - "Gross Busters!" Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series comic C - "Heaving On A Jet Plane!" Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series comic D - "Show-Biz Pizza-Face!" Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series comic E - "Heavy Metal Heave!" Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series comic F - "Boob-Tube Beauty!"
Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series comic G - "Obscure Object Of Repulsion!" Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series comic H - "Pablum Pukers In Pursuit!" Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series comic I - "No Pain, No Gain, No Brain!" Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series comic J - "Butt Steak!" Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series comic K - "Purple Acid-Rain!" Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series comic L - "Dump Street Dreamboat!"
Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series comic M - "Gameshow Gross-Out!" Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series comic N - "Desperately Reeking Susan!" Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series comic O - "Great Expectorations!" Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series comic P - "Jury Doody!" Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series comic Q - "Euro-Plop!" Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series comic R - "Penultimate Pandimonium!" Unpublished United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series comic S - "The Final Word!"
Comic Information
     There were 19 different comics used for the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series.  Jay Lynch was kind enough to send me Xerox copies of all 19 comics, which is why I was able to show them to you.  The comics were ordered using letters A through S.  Comic S was used twice for the "a" card backs and twice for the "b" card backs.  The comics were not used for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 because they were too dated, and the storyline of the comics was about commemorating the last Garbage Pail Kids series by finding the "grossest human being in the world".  Since Topps planned on making another Garbage Pail Kids series after the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1, the storyline did not fit in with their plans.  Above is a listing of the letter of the comic, the title of the comic, and the Garbage Pail Kids characters that appeared in the comic.
 
     Comic A - Looking for Mr. Goodbarf! - The title of the comic is a parody of the 1977 movie title "Looking for Mr. Goodbar".  The comic has a few of the people from the original Garbage Pail Kids design team in it: Len Brown, Mark Newgarden, and Art Spiegelman.
 
     Comic B - Gross Busters! - The title of the comic is a parody of the 1984 movie title "Ghostbusters".  The comic also has the same Garbage Pail Kids creators mentioned in it as Comic A.
 
     Comic C - Heaving On A Jet Plane! - The title of the comic is a parody of the 1967 John Denver song title "Leaving on a Jet Plane".  The comic did not have anything in it that was outdated or unsuitable for use in the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1.
 
     Comic D - Show-Biz Pizza-Face! - The title of the comic is a parody of the name Showbiz Pizza Place, which was a chain of family pizza restaurants that were very popular in the 1980s.  The comic did not have anything in it that was outdated or unsuitable for use in the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1.
 
     Comic E - Heavy Metal Heave! - The title of the comic does not seem to parody anything.  The comic has characters from a band named "Twisted Blister", which is a parody of the popular 1980s heavy metal band Twister Sister.
 
     Comic F - Boob-Tube Beauty! - The comic has a character named "Elvirus", which is a parody of the television and movie star Elvira.  In the title of the comic, the term "boob-tube" (another name for television) was used, but in this case it is more of a reference to Elvira's chest since she always wore a skimpy black dress.
 
     Comic G - Obscure Object of Repulsion! - The title of the comic is parody of two titles that were combined.  The first part of the title is from the 1977 movie title "That Obscure Object of Desire".  The "object of desire" from the movie title is swapped out with the phrase "object of obsession" leaving "That Obscure Object of Obsession".  The word "that" was dropped, and the word obsession was changed to repulsion, which leaves "Obscure Object of Repulsion".
 
     Comic H - Pabulum Pukers in Pursuit! - The title of the comic does not seem to parody anything.  The comic has a character named Moron Frowney Junior, which is a parody of the loud, obnoxious, chain-smoking, 1980s talk show host Morton Downey Junior.  The comic also mentions an actress named Jane Fondu in a movie called "In Golden Pond", which is parody of the 1981 movie "On Golden Pond" starring Jane Fonda.
 
     Comic I - No Pain, No Gain, No Brain! - The title of the comic is a parody of the phrase "no pain, no gain" usually said by body builders and athletes.  The comic has a character named Arnold Steakanegger, which is a parody of the body builder turned actor turned governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
 
     Comic J - Butt Steak! - I am not certain what the official title of the comic was.  Jay Lynch wrote "Butt Steak" above the copy of the comic he sent to me, but it is possible there was a different name used for the comic in the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series.  The joke in the comic does match up with "Butt Steak" as the title.
 
     Comic K - Purple Acid-Rain! - I am not certain what the official name of the comic was.  Jay Lynch wrote "Purple Acid-Rain" on one of the comic copies he sent to me, but it is possible there was a different name used for the comic in the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series.  The comic has a character named Prance, which is a parody of the musician Prince.  In 1984, Price starred in a movie titled "Purple Rain", which is what was being parodied in the title of the comic (if "Purple Acid-Rain" was the title Topps used).  Prince wrote the soundtrack for the movie, and one of the songs on the soundtrack was also titled "Purple Rain".
 
     Comic L - Dump Street Dreamboat! - The title of the comic is a parody of the 1980s television show "21 Jump Street".  The comic has a character named Johnny Dipp, which is a parody of the actor Johnny Depp.  Johnny Depp was one of the main stars on the television show.
 
     Comic M - Gameshow Gross-Out! - The title of the comic does not seem to parody anything.  The comic has a character named Hannah Blight, which is a parody of the Wheel of Fortune game show star Vanna White.
 
     Comic N - Desperately Reeking Susan! - The title is a parody of the 1985 movie title "Desperately Seeking Susan".  The comic has characters named Mud-Donna and Shawn Pig-Pen, which are parodies of Madonna and Shawn Penn.  Madonna and Shawn Penn were a couple back in the 1980s, but they are no longer together.
 
     Comic O - Great Expectorations! - The title is a parody of the Charles Dickens book title "Great Expectations".  The comic has a character named Bulk Bogen, which is a parody of the wrestler Hulk Hogan.  Hulk Hogan's popularity in professional wrestling was at its peak in the 1980s, but his career has ran decades past then.
 
     Comic P - Jury Doody! - The title is a parody of the phrase "jury duty".  The comic did not have anything in it that was outdated or unsuitable for use in the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1.
 
     Comic Q - Euro-Plop! - The title is a parody of the name of the music style "Euro Pop" (European Pop music - dance music that is played in discos in countries such as France and Italy).  The comic did not have anything in it that was outdated or unsuitable for use in the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1.
 
     Comic R - Penultimate Pandemonium! - The title of the comic does not seem to parody anything.  The comic also has the same Garbage Pail Kids creators mentioned in it as Comic A.
 
     Comic S - The Final Word! - I am not certain what the official name of the comic was.  Jay Lynch said it may be something like"The Final Word", which is why I put that down as the title of the comic.  The comic also has the same Garbage Pail Kids creators mentioned in it as Comic A.
Paired Card Fronts and Backs
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
10 11 12
13 14 15
16 17 18
19 20 21
     Above is a listing of all of the cards (including variations) in the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series.  Next to each card number is what was on the back of the card.  On the list, I included the puzzle letters, puzzle piece locations, Flick-It numbers, and checklists.  I pieced together this information by looking at what was on the acetate progressive proof film sheets for the card fronts and card backs (see Proof Sheets above).
 
     There were 2 different puzzles in the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series.  Each puzzle consisted of 21 puzzle pieces turned on the horizontal (3 pieces across and 7 pieces down).  The Puzzle X was on the "a" card backs, and it and was of card number 624a Rod Rodent / 624b Pat Rat (18a Rodent Rob / 18b Pat Rat are the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 character names).  The Puzzle W was on the "b" card backs, and it was of card number 654a Kyle Tile / 654b Bathroom Tyler (12a Kyle Tile / 12b Bathroom Tyler are the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 character names).  You can use the listing above and the diagram above to find out where each of the 21 puzzle pieces per puzzle should go.
 
     As previously mentioned, there were a total of 19 different comic backs, and Comic S was used twice for the "a" card backs and twice for the "b" card backs.  The Flick-It animation is numbered 1 through 40.  The "a" cards had the odd numbered Flick-Its, and the "b" cards had the even numbered Flick-Its.  Flick-It number 1 is on card number 637a Raisin' Ella and is paired with Comic A.  Flick-It number 37 is on card number 660a Tad Ill and is paired with Comic S.  Flick-It number 38 is on card number 660b Spillin' Gus and paired with Comic S.  Flick-It number 39 is on card number 649a Throat Payne and paired with Comic S.  Flick-It number 40 is on card number 649b Punchin' Jody and is paired with Comic S.
Comparison Summary
     It is clear from the information above that the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series is very different from the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1.  The Flick-It animation and comics were not used in the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1.  The display boxes, the pack wrappers, the pack contents, and the chewing gum were all different.  There were 12 new characters created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1, and there were 12 characters originally designed for the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series that were excluded.  Since the design of the two series is completely different, the 2003 Garbage Pail Kids release should be referred to as the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 and not the United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series.
 
Closing Comments
     The United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 was a success with collectors and a revisit to old territory for Topps.  Topps continues to listen to suggestions and tries new things to see what the collectors like best.  The different artwork style used for the bubble gum wrap around stickers and foil cards, the overwhelming amount of bubble gum that came in the first and second print packs, the lack of bubble gum in the third and fourth print packs, and the three different types of foil cards were the disappointments and frustrations of the release.  Also, it was extremely expensive to collect all of the different sets and variations.  The quality feel of the items, the artwork used for the cards, and the fact that Topps finally released another Garbage Pail Kids series were the successes of the release.  It is the availability of information and connectivity of the Internet that made collecting this Garbage Pail Kids release far different than collecting the original series, and it is a much welcomed change.  Hopefully, there will be much more in the future for the Garbage Pail Kids.
 
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