There
were several articles about the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New
Series 4, and the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 4 was
advertised in variety of publications. I tried to gather everything
I could find, so there would be full documentation on everything produced
for this release. I reprinted the articles I found online because
many of them are deleted after a certain amount of time.
In the February 2005 issue of the Previews
catalog on page 415 (see images above), there is a full-page advertisement
for United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 4. On page 416,
there is a description of the various items in the release. The
catalog description of the All-New Series 4 mentions the game cards, scratch
'n stink cards, online bonus codes, sketch cards, pack contents, number
of packs per box, and manufacturer's suggested retail price.
From the ICv2
(Internal Correspondence version 2) website, I posted a copy of their
January
20th 2005 article on the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series
4 (see article above). The ICv2 website has news and information
about pop culture products. The article mentions the game cards,
sketch cards, and scratch 'n stink cards, which were found in the series.
It also mentions the 20th anniversary of Garbage Pail Kids and the reappearance
of the Adam Bomb (the article incorrectly spelled the name as Atom Bomb)
character.
In the February/March 2005 issue of Non-Sport
Update magazine on page 52 (see image above), "Garbage Pail Kids
Series 4" is listed under the April 2005 section, and "Garbage
Pail Kids Series 5" is listed under the To Be Announced section.
In the April 2005 issue of Tuff
Stuff magazine (see image above), Garbage Pail Kids were mentioned
a couple times on page 105. On page 105 in the Market Report section,
there is a brief description of the new features found in the All-New
Series 4. Also on page 105, there is the Release Schedule, which
lists the release date of the All-New Series 4 (titled "Topps Garbage
Pail Kids Series 4") as April 11th. On page 105 of the May
2005 issue of Tuff Stuff magazine (not shown above), there is a release
schedule that shows the same information for the Garbage Pail Kids All-New
Series 4 as the April 2005 issue.
In the e-Topps
newsletter from February 14th 2005 under Topps Tidbits (see image above),
there was a short promotional announcement about the All-New Series 4
coming out in April, and it provided a sneak peak of the Paris Embarrassed
character. The announcement described what the series consisted
of, which was 40 new paintings; sketch cards; scratch 'n stink cards;
and game cards.
In the April/May 2005 issue of Non-Sport
Update magazine (see image above), there is an article and advertisement
for the All-New Series 4. On page 40, there is an article that describes
the items found in the All-New Series 4 (i.e., sketch cards for the hobby
boxes, tattoo cards for retail boxes, and regular cards; game cards; and
scratch 'n stink cards for retail boxes and hobby boxes), but it mistakenly
says the All-New Series 4 will be out in March instead of April.
On page 53, there is a full-page advertisement for the All-New Series
4, which is the same advertisement that appears in the February 2005 issue
of the Previews catalog. On page 60, "Garbage Pail Kids #4"
is listed under the April 2005 section, and "Garbage Pail Kids #5"
is listed under the To Be Announced section. In the June/July 2005
issue of Non-Sport Update magazine (the magazine is not shown), there
is a card release schedule on page 60. The United States Garbage
Pail Kids All-New Series 4 (listed as Garbage Pail Kids #4) is listed
under the Just Released section, and The United States Garbage Pail Kids
All-New Series 5 (listed as Garbage Pail Kids #5) is listed under the
To Be Announced section.
In the June 2005 issue of Tuff Stuff magazine
(see image above), Garbage Pail Kids were mentioned a couple of times.
On page 22 under the New Card Releases section, the items for the All-New
Series 4 were briefly described. Tuff Stuff had incorrectly interpreted
the puzzle back listing on the promotional checklist that Topps sent out.
Tuff Stuff wrote that there were only 5 stickers for the puzzle backs,
but each puzzle (5 different total) actually consisted of 9 puzzle pieces
and 1 completed puzzle picture. On page 106, there is the Release
Schedule, which lists the release date of the All-New Series 4 (titled
"Topps Garbage Pail Kids Series 4") as April 11th.
In the May 2005 issue of Nickelodeon<
magazine on page 33 (see image above), there was a full page advertisement
for the All-New Series 4. The advertisement described the pack contents
and mentions the "Virtual GPK Pal" that you could create at Topps'
Garbage Pail Kids website (the website is no longer up).
From the IGN
Entertainment, Inc. website, I posted a copy of their May
5th 2005 article on the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series
4 (see article above). The article was written by avid Garbage Pail
Kids collector David 'Zoop' McCutcheon, and it is probably one of the
most thorough and insightful reviews of the All-New Series 4. The
article describes the packaging, artwork, insert cards, quality, and cost.
The article made a very minor error when it referred to the All-New Series
3 scratch 'n stink cards. There were actually 12 different paintings
used for the scratch 'n stink cards (24 cards total) for the All-New Series
3 not 10 as the article had mentioned. While I disagree with some
of the points mentioned in the article, I felt it was a very informative
review that is worth reading.
In the May 15-July 1, 2005 issue of The
Wrapper on pages 10 and 11, there is an article by Kurt Kuersteiner
of www.monsterwax.com
that briefly describes the history of Garbage Pail Kids cards. Kurt
makes a few excellent points about artwork card sets like Garbage Pail
Kids: "Photo sets make money by exploiting commodities that have
already generated an audience outside of trading cards. For example,
people buy Buffy cards because they already know and love the TV show.
But art cards can create a new exciting property that didn't exist before.
In my opinion, they are what makes Non-sport cards so special (and why
Sports cards are not nearly as interesting). If one looks back at
the all time favorite trading card series, art series dominate the list."
I completely agree. I am not impressed by card sets that just use
movie/television stills. They lack the creativity and the uniqueness
that the artwork card sets have.
In the July 2005 issue of Tuff Stuff magazine
(see image above), Garbage Pail Kids were mentioned on page 102 in the
Top Ten Cards listing, it shows "Topps Garbage Pail Kids Series 4"
as being ranked number 2.
From the IGN Entertainment, Inc. website,
I posted a copy of their June
6th 2005 article (see article above), which was an interview with
Garbage Pail Kids artist Tom Bunk. Article author David 'Zoop' McCutcheon
takes the initiative to find out Tom Bunk's background, influences, other
(non-GPK) projects, favorite Garbage Pail Kids concept, and much more.
In the August/September 2005 issue of Non-Sport
Update magazine (see image above), Garbage Pail Kids are mentioned on
a few different pages. On page 16, there is an article that briefly
discusses some of the Garbage Pail Kids original series wrapper variations.
This article mistakenly refers to the Garbage Pail Kids character Adam
Bomb as "Atom Bomb". On pages 54 and 55, there is an article
that describes the items found after going through an All-New Series 4
hobby box (i.e., regular cards, game cards, tattoo cards, scratch 'n stink
cards, and sketch cards). On page 60, there is a card release schedule,
and "Garbage Pail Kids #5" is listed under the To Be Announced
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