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Mix & Match Backs
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Mix & Match card back 1a of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
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Mix & Match card back 2a of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
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Mix & Match card back 3a of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
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Mix & Match card back 4a of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
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Mix & Match card back 5a of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
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Mix & Match card back 6a of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
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Mix & Match card back 1b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
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Mix & Match card back 2b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
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Mix & Match card back 3b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
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Mix & Match card back 4b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
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Mix & Match card back 5b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
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Mix & Match card back 6b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
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Mix & Match card back 1c of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
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Mix & Match card back 2c of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
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Mix & Match card back 3c of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
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Mix & Match card back 4c of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
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Mix & Match card back 5c of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
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Mix & Match card back 6c of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
     For the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6, Topps decided to try a new gimmick for the card backs instead of the traditional award/license backs, comic backs, Puzzle Puke backs, Wanted backs, or Would We Lie To You? backs.  The Mix & Match backs were comprised of six different characters and phrases.  Each character was broken into three different segments (i.e., part A (the head), part B (the body), and part C (the feet)), and each segment also contained a fragment of the phrase.  The segments allowed you to make different characters and different phrases by grouping the three different parts together.
 
     Jay Lynch created the gags and rough sketches for the Mix & Match backs, and Scott Gross created the final paintings.
 
     I provided images of all of the segments and made it possible to switch between all of the combinations, so you can potentially view all 216 of the different segment and phrase combinations.  Unfortunately, the transition between each of the segments is not completely smooth because of the way the characters were painted and the way the cards were divided.  Another problem was that the skin tones were not the same for each of the characters, and that also caused the segments to poorly blend together.
 
     The Mix & Match backs filled the content for the backs of 18 cards.  The puzzle pieces took up 45 card backs, the completed puzzle previews took up 10 card backs, the card checklists took up 4 card backs, and the activity card/magnet card checklist took up 3 card backs.  I created a listing of the card numbers and phrase segments that corresponded with each of the Mix & Match backs.
 
Activity Cards
Activity Card 1 of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Activity Card 2 of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Activity Card 3 of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Activity Card 4 of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Activity Card 5 of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Activity Card 6 of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
Activity Card 7 of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Activity Card 8 of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Activity Card 9 of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Activity Card 10 of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Activity Card 11 of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Activity Card 12 of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Trim pieces from activity cards 5 and 6 of the the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
     Topps came up with a new insert card set for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6.  Topps referred to the items from this insert card set as "action punch-outs" (i.e., what they were called on the packaging), "action punch outs" (i.e., what they were called on the insert card checklist), and "activity cards" (i.e., what they were called on the actual insert cards).  The 2-page foldout from the promotional material for the All-New Series 6 lists the cards as: "GPK Activity Cards: Fun Interactive Punch Outs!".
 
     The premise behind the activity cards was that kids could actually play with their Garbage Pail Kids cards.  The activity cards were designed so that areas of the cards could be punched out and folded.  From the images above, you can see what some of the ideas on the activity cards were.  To a collector, the activity cards clearly were a bad idea because it meant ruining the cards in order to try out the activities.  Even for 10-year olds, the ideas on the activity cards seemed completely ridiculous.
 
     The idea for the activity card insert set was not new.  Back in 1993, Topps created a set called Nicktoons, which was based on the first three Nickelodeon cartoons (i.e., The Ren & Stimpy Show, Rugrats, and Doug).  The 1993 Nicktoons release consisted of cards, activity cards, stickers, and tattoos.
 
     Garbage Pail Kids artist Jay Lynch designed the activity cards for the All-New Series 6.  In order for the cards to properly work, the cuts and folds were meticulously placed on the activity cards.
 
     The last image above shows a couple of pieces that were trimmed from around the activity cards.  Sometimes, it was possible to find one of these pieces inside of an All-New Series 6 pack.  You can see that the two trim pieces were cut from the same area between activity cards 5 and 6.  However, the trim pieces were not the same length, and one had impression marks on it while the other did not.
 
Packaging and Contents
Front, back, left side, right side, left inside flap, and right inside flap of the box of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Top and bottom of the box of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Unopened pack without 99¢ and unopened pack with 99¢ of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Back of pack of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Box insert poster of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Bubble gum differences from the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Top side of shrink wrapped box of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
Print sides of the 16-box case (24-pack box) of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Print sides of the 16-box case (36-pack box) of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Gravity feed of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Left side, front, right side, back, top, and bottom of the B18 bonus box of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Left side, front, right side, back, top, and bottom of the B19 bonus box of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Front of shrink wrapped B18 and B19 bonus boxes of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Print sides of the B18 bonus box case box of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
Print sides of the B19 bonus box case box of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Blister pack of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Front, back, left side, right side, and bottom of blister pack box of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Print sides of the blister pack case box of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Uncut card sheet of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Uncut activity card sheet of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Uncut magnet card sheet of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Uncut bonus card sheet of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
     The United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 had hobby boxes and retail boxes that contained 36 packs, and there also were "special market" boxes (i.e., I was not sure where these boxes were to be sold at) that contained just 24 packs.  The 24-pack boxes were the same size and design as the 36-pack boxes except the 24-pack boxes contained a piece of Styrofoam to take up the space of the 12 excluded packs.  All of the All-New Series 6 boxes came shrink-wrapped in plastic (see image above), and the shrink-wrap had Topps printed all over it in blue.  Stamped on the inside of the lid of each box was a 7-digit number, which was used for tracking and quality control.  The character featured on top of the All-New Series 6 boxes was 29a Rasta Roni Tony / 29b Spaghetti Eddy.  The card featured on the left and right sides of the All-New Series 6 boxes was 3a Me Too Lou.  The card featured on the front and back of the All-New Series 6 boxes was 27a Lemon Ned.  Just like the All-New Series 5 boxes, Topps modified the Garbage Pail Kids banner on the top of the All-New Series 6 boxes, so the text would span two lines.
 
     The All-New Series 6 boxes (see images above) were designed similarly to the All-New Series 5 boxes.  The box lids did not have an area that was perforated, so the center portion could not be punched out like some of the boxes from the previous All-New Series.  The box lids folded in half, which made them stick up less and take up less shelf space.  The design was supposed to help prevent the box lids from getting torn off when they were put on display.  Just as with all of the previous All-New Series boxes, the modifications to the All-New Series 6 boxes did not prevent the box lids from being torn off.
 
     Every box contained packs with 4 or 5 cards.  Every 1 out of 3 packs contained an activity card, and every 1 out of 6 packs contained a magnet card.  Each pack that contained an activity card or magnet card only contained 5 regular cards.  From one 36-pack box, you should get approximately 162 cards, 12 activity cards, and 6 magnet cards.  Even thought it was mathematically possible to make two complete card sets from one box, that did not always happen.  It was mathematically possible to complete an activity card set of 12 from one box.  It was not mathematically possible to complete the magnet card set of 9 from one box.  To make a magnet card set, you would most likely have to go through at least 2 or 3 boxes.  The front of the pack wrappers had "Super-Gross Stickers" and "5 Stickers + 1 Stick of Gum " printed on them.  The next line of text on the front of the wrappers had "Look For: Action Punch-Outs & Magnets".  The back of the pack wrappers had the bubble gum nutrition and ingredient information, and the back of the pack wrappers also had information on how to enter a drawing to win an activity card or magnet card.  In order for anyone from Canada to be eligible to win one of the insert cards, they had to answer a simple mathematical skill-testing question, which was necessary because of Canadian laws regarding to drawings.  I provide more information about this law on page 2 of the All-New Series 3 section under Packaging and Contents.  The back of the pack wrappers also had the URL to Topps' official Garbage Pail Kids website (the website is no longer up) printed on them.
 
     Every pack from the All-New Series 6 contained a shrink-wrapped, pink piece of bubble gum (see image above).  Topps removed the bubble gum from the packs after the overkill of bubble gum in the All-New Series 1 packs.  Topps decided to put bubble gum back into the packs in order to make the product more appealing to children, and the inclusion of bubble gum in the packs also tied it back to Topps' history with trading cards and candy products.  The bubble gum was made and packaged in Mexico, shipped to the United States, and then inserted into the packs with the rest of the items.  Unfortunately, the bubble gum from the All-New Series 6 was poorly done.  The bubble gum was not very elastic, which made it difficult to make bubble gum bubbles with.  The flavor of the bubble gum from the All-New Series 6 was not as good as the flavor of the bubble gum from the All-New Series 1.  The ingredients for the bubble gum were somewhat of a chemistry set.  The biggest problem with the bubble gum was that it contained Sorbitol, which can aggravate the digestive system and cause fructose malabsorption.  The shrink-wrap around the bubble gum was sometimes overheated, and that caused it to melt onto the bubble gum.  Some collectors have come across sticks of the bubble gum that were a much darker shade of pink compared to the more common sticks of bubble gum found in the All-New Series 6 packs.
 
     There were 8-box cases and 16-box cases.  The 8-box hobby cases (image not shown above) roughly measure 11.25" x 9.825" x 6.875", and the 16-box cases (see image above) roughly measure 11.25" x 9.875" x 12.875".  The code 2-757-40-01-7 and the code #757-076H were printed on the 8-box hobby cases.  I do not have the bar code information that was printed on the 8-box hobby cases.  The code 2-757-40-02-7, the code #757-076, and the bar code 041116377570 were printed on the 16-box cases for the 24-pack boxes.  The code 2-758-40-01-7, the code #758-076, the code #758-076E, and the bar code 041116277580 were printed on the 16-box cases for the 36-pack boxes.  The case boxes with the code #757-076H contained the boxes that had the "On Sale Here!" posters and unpriced packs.  The case boxes with the code #758-076 contained the boxes that had the priced packs, and the posters were not included in the boxes.  The case boxes with the code #758-076E contained the boxes with the unpriced packs, and the posters were not included in the boxes.  Each 8-box case and 16-box case had a 5-digit or 6-digit code stamped on it.  The codes were used for tracking and quality control.
 
     There were four different box codes and pack codes (see images above).  The specialty market boxes contained 24-packs.  These boxes had the code 1-757-30-02-7 code (041116477577 bar code), which contained unpriced packs with the 0-757-89-01-7 code (041116077579 bar code).  These packs had the same code and bar code as the packs from the 36-pack hobby boxes.
 
     The hobby shops received 36-pack boxes with the 1-757-30-01-7 code (041116177576 bar code), which contained packs with the 0-757-89-01-7 code (041116077579 bar code).  These packs were unpriced.  Each hobby box contained a 10.5" x 17" "On Sale Here!" poster featuring the All-New Series 6 character 29a Rasta Roni Tony / 29b Spaghetti Eddy and cards 1a Orange Julius, 2a Showerin' Howard, 3a Me Too Lou, and 27a Lemon Ned (see image above).  The posters were placed at the top of the boxes.  There was no code printed on the posters.
 
     The 36-pack boxes sold at Wal-Mart and similar chain stores had the box code 1-758-30-01-7 (041116177583 bar code).  The boxes did not come with insert posters.  The packs had the 0-758-89-01-7 code (041116077586 bar code) and were pre-priced 99¢.
 
     The 36-pack boxes sold at Target and similar chain stores had the box code 1-758-30-02-7 (041116477584 bar code).  The boxes did not come with insert posters.  The packs had the 0-758-89-02-7 code (041116377587 bar code) and were unpriced.  It was possible to find these boxes being sold at Wal-Mart instead of the boxes with the 1-758-30-01-7 code.
 
     The packs in the boxes came in 2 horizontal stacks of 18.  It was not too difficult to determine the location of the activity cards and magnet cards because the insertion of the items followed a pattern.  Some collectors figured out it was possible to locate the magnet cards just by placing a powerful magnet on the packs.  If there was a magnet card inside of a pack, the powerful magnet would stick to the pack.  Another method collectors used to locate the magnet cards was to put a compass over the pack.  If there was a magnet card inside of a pack, the compass needle would spin around.  After doing some experimentation, there were collectors who found that the pack weight varied depending on the items inside of the packs.  A pack that had an activity card inside weighed the least compared to a pack with no insert cards or a pack with a magnet card inside, and a pack that had a magnet card inside weighed the most compared to a pack with an activity card inside or a pack with no insert cards inside.  There was approximately a 1.0 to 1.5 gram difference between the weight of a pack with an activity card inside and the weight of a pack with no insert cards inside, and there was approximately a 1.0 to 1.5 gram difference between the weight of a pack with no insert cards inside and the weight of a pack with a magnet card inside.
 
     There are instructions on page 2 of the All-New Series 1 section under Packaging and Contents if you are interested in trying to open up packs without tearing the wrappers.
 
     Topps created two new Garbage Pail Kids bonus boxes for the All-New Series 6.  The bonus boxes could only be found at specific chain stores.  One of the bonus boxes was pre-priced at $9.99, and the other bonus box was to be priced by the retailers.  Each bonus box contained 11 packs and a unique bonus card.  The All-New Series 6 bonus cards continued the numbering sequence, which ended at B14 in the All-New Series 5.  Wal-Mart, K B Toys, Meijer stores carried the bonus boxes that contained bonus card B18 Seth-Shimi, the price tags on the boxes were put on by the store, and the boxes had the code 1-939-30-01-7 (bar code 041116179396).  Target and Shopko stores carried the bonus boxes that contained bonus card B19 Scrapped Brooke, the price tags on the boxes were yellow ovals, and the boxes had the code 1-939-30-02-7 (bar code 041116279393).  The designs of the two types of bonus boxes (see images above) were slightly different, so you could easily tell them apart.  The bonus boxes had the items packaged in the middle of the box on fold-out, cardboard shelves.  The bonus boxes came shrink-wrapped in plastic (see image above), and the shrink-wrap had Topps printed all over it in blue.  The bonus cards were not packaged in clear cellophane like the previous All-New Series bonus cards that were found in the bonus boxes.  Instead, the bonus cards in the All-New Series 6 bonus boxes came inside of one of the packs.  It was not possible to know which pack contained the bonus card.  Some of the bonus boxes were not properly collated, and they could contain 2 bonus cards or come without any bonus cards.  The bonus boxes measure approximately 7.00" x 4.25" x 2.75".  Even though the bonus box packs were not supposed to be sold individually, they were pre-priced 99¢.  The packs that came in the bonus boxes had the code 0-939-89-01-7 (bar code 041116079399), which was different from the packs that came in the various regular boxes.  However, the contents of the packs that came in bonus boxes were exactly the same as the packs that came in the regular boxes except for the pack that contained the bonus card.  The front of the bonus boxes had the All-New Series 6 character 29a Rasta Roni Tony / 29b Spaghetti Eddy printed on them.  The left and right sides of the bonus boxes had the card 6b Curtis Blow printed on them.
 
     There were two different bonus box cases boxes (see images above).  Each case box measured approximately 17.875" x 11.875" x 7.875".  There were 16 bonus boxes per case box.  The codes 2-939-40-01-7 and #939-076WA were printed on the B18 bonus box case boxes.  The codes 2-939-40-02-7 and #939-076EA (bar code 041116379390) were printed on the B19 bonus box case boxes.  The B18 bonus box case boxes had a 6-digit number stamped on them, and the B19 bonus box case boxes had a 5-digit number stamped on them.  The numbers were used for tracking and quality control.
 
     Topps created Garbage Pail Kids blister packs for Target and Wal-Mart stores.  The blister packs each contained 2 regular packs and a bonus card.  The bonus card inside of each blister pack could be B15 Barfs Of Holly, B16 Watery Eyes Walter, or B17 Levitating Levi.  While the bonus cards were supposedly inserted into the blister packs at random, they actually were inserted in numerical sequence.  The bonus cards found in the blister packs did not come wrapped in cellophane.  The packs inside of the blister pack were the same as the unpriced retail packs, and they had the code 0-758-89-02-7 (041116377587 bar code).  The blister packs had the code 5-759-30-01-7 (041116077593 bar code).  The blister packs were significantly better than the bonus boxes because the blister packs were much cheaper (usually $1.99) than the bonus boxes (usually $9.99), which meant it cost less to obtain the bonus cards in the blister packs.  Also, the blister packs use less packaging materials.  The blister packs had a hole at the top, so they could be hung up at the stores.  They could also be left in the blister pack display box, so they could be placed on top of a shelf.  At the beginning of the release, Target stores had incorrectly priced the blister packs at $3.99 because that was the price of the 4-pack blister packs from the All-New Series 5, and some collectors were overcharged because of that pricing error.  Eventually, Target did correct the pricing problem.
 
     The blister packs came inside of boxes (see image above), which could be used for displaying the blister packs on a shelf.  There were 20 blister packs per box.  The empty blister pack boxes measure approximately 13.0" x 4.5" x 8.25".  The blister pack boxes were shrink-wrapped in plastic, and the shrink-wrap had Topps printed all over it in blue.  The blister pack boxes had the code 1-759-30-01-7 and bar code 041116177590 printed on the bottom.  Each blister pack box had a 7-digit number stamped on it, which was used for tracking and quality control.  The blister pack boxes had the All-New Series 6 character 29a Rasta Roni Tony / 29b Spaghetti Eddy and cards 2a Showerin' Howard and 27a Lemon Ned printed on the sides.
 
     The blister pack boxes came inside of case boxes (see image above).  The blister pack case boxes measure approximately 18.725" x 13.375" x 17.25".  There were 8 blister pack boxes per case box.  The codes 2-759-40-01-7 and #759-076E (bar code 041116277597) were printed on the blister pack case boxes.  Each blister pack case box had a 5-digit code stamped on it, which was used for tracking and quality control.
 
     Topps created gravity feeds for the All-New Series 6 (see image above), and they were very similar to the design of the gravity feeds for the All-New Series 5.  The gravity feed carried 48 individual packs.  Just like the All-New Series 5 gravity feed, the packs would always be bunched together at the bottom of the All-New Series 6 gravity feed, and that made the packs slightly difficult to remove.  The gravity feeds were hung up on plastic hooks.  The All-New Series 6 character 29a Rasta Roni Tony / 29b Spaghetti Eddy was featured on the front of the gravity feed.  The All-New Series 6 cards 3a Me Too Lou, 27a Lemon Ned, and Tusky Tucker (the character was renamed to 36a Tusky Tiffany for the actual card) were featured on the left and right sides of the box.  The cards featured on the sides of the gravity feed were unnumbered and the name ovals for Lemon Ned and Me Too Lou were different than the color of the name ovals on the actual cards.  The back of the gravity feed had the code 2-741-03-01-7.  The gravity feed contained the same type of packs as in the hobby boxes.  The packs were unpriced and had the code 0-757-89-01-7 (bar code 041116077579).
 
     Right after the All-New Series 6 was released, the ToppsVault began selling sets of the four different uncut sheets for $199.95 (see images above).  Included in the set was the uncut card sheet (measuring 26" x 30" and featuring all of the cards (1a/1b to 40a/40b)), the uncut activity card sheet (measuring 40" x 28" and featuring all of the activity cards (1 to 12)), the uncut magnet card sheet (measuring 38" x 24" and featuring all of magnet cards (1 to 9)), and the uncut bonus card sheet (measuring 26" X 30" and featuring all of bonus cards (B15 to B19)).
 
     Just as with the previous All-New Series, there were distribution problems with the blister packs, boxes, and bonus boxes for the All-New Series 6.  The items arrived in different stores as much as a month apart if they even arrived at all.  The items were poorly displayed in the stores, and many of the stores did not keep all of the items in stock.  The regular boxes were not easy to find in stores, and the bonus boxes and blister packs did not seem to get reordered when they were sold out.
 
Errors and Card Details
Enlargements of card numbers for cards 5a and 5b and background detail enlargements for cards 8a and 8b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Enlargements of red marks on cards 6a, 22b, 23a, 24a, 27b, 28b, 35a, and 36b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Enlargement of gray line error on card 11a of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Enlargement of ink spot error on card 12a (back) and background detail enlargements of for cards 16a and 16b and 22a and 22b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Background detail enlargements of cards 24a and 24b and 34a and 34b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Background detail enlargements of cards 30a and 30b and 36a and 36b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Background detail enlargements of cards 38a and 38b and enlargement of ink smudge error on activity card 4 (back) of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
     The All-New Series contained cards with typical manufacturing mistakes (i.e., ink smudges, ink spots, or miscut cards), but besides the typical errors there were some that seemed consistent throughout the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6.  Some of the Garbage Pail Kids artists had painted in interesting details into the backgrounds of their paintings, and many of those tiny details could easily be overlooked or were covered up by the Garbage Pail Kids banner, "peel here" arrow, or name oval.  This section provides information about some of the design errors, printing errors, and background details that can be found on cards from the All-New Series 6.  Note that a couple of the card images were grouped together differently than the order of the description text below.
 
     Card 5a Canned Carl was only printed with a white card number, and card 5b Dogged Doug was only printed with a black card number (see image above).  This was a design error made by Topps, and the difference in the card number colors was not corrected.
 
     Artist Luis Diaz had painted in a few notable background details for cards 8a Rod N' Reel and 8b Fisher Manny (see image above).  Under the seat of the boat is a can of sardines.  Luis had painted a pink spray bottle in the tackle box.  The pink spray bottle is an item that he has painted into the background for several other Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series cards.  On the side of the boat, Luis painted "LD06", which was his initials and the year he created the painting.
 
     Cards 9b Mary Go Round, 25a Socked Brock, 29b Spaghetti Eddy, 38a I-Clod Todd, 39b Fired Fred, and 40b Trekkie Trevor can be found printed with a very subtle red tint (image not shown above).  This red tint runs along the left side of the card.  The correctly printed versions (i.e., no tint) of these cards can also be found in the series.
 
     Card 11a Snakes In Dwayne could be found with a gray, horizontal line printed in the bottom-left corner on the border.  It is not know if this was a consistent error or just a one time occurrence.  The common version of the card was printed without any marks on the border.
 
     There were red marks that seemed to be printed somewhat consistently for several of the card numbers (see image above).  For card 6a Carter Farter, a red line could be found on the bottom border.  For card 22b Mitch Stitched, a red line can be found on the upper-left border.  For card 23a Poker Face Chase, a couple of red lines could be found on the Garbage Pail Kids banner.  For card 24a Bunk Ben, a red line can be found near the right on the bottom border.  For card 27b Puckered Parker, a red dot could be found above the "A" in "PAIL" on the Garbage Pail Kids banner, and a red dot could be found to the left of the Garbage Pail Kids banner.  For card 28b Crushed Kayla, a red line could be found at the bottom near the left border.  For card 35a Webbed Whitney, a red line could be found above the "S" in "KIDS" on the Garbage Pail Kids banner.  For card 36b Buck Toothed Brenda, a couple of red lines could be found near the bottom of the right border.  The only cards that can be found printed with or printed without the red mark errors are 22b Mitch Stitched, 24a Bunk Ben, 28b Crushed Kayla, 35a Webbed Whitney, and 36b Buck Toothed Brenda.
 
     Just like the previous All-New Series, there were ink spot errors.  An example of one of the ink spot errors can be seen above.  On the back of card 12a Blown Away Ray, there was an ink spot on the right side of the yellow inner-border.  All of the ink spot errors were inconsistent, but examples could usually be found on most of the card numbers.
 
     All of the 14a Deli Connor and 14b Cole Cut cards had die-cuts printed on them (image not shown above).  The die-cuts printed on the cards do not exactly match up with the die-cuts that were punched into the cards.
 
     For cards 16a Hacked Hogan and 16b Russel Mania, Luis Diaz painted the "T" from the Topps logo on the padding in the wrestling ring corner (see image above).
 
     Card 18b Sliced Bryce has been found printed with a tiny, white, triangular-shaped spot in the middle of the letter "I" in "KIDS" on the Garbage Pail Kids banner (image not shown above).  The correctly printed version (i.e., no white spot) of this card appears to be more common.
 
     For cards 22a Tailored Tyler and 22b Mitch Stitched, Luis Diaz painted in a couple unique background details (see image above).  Luis painted "PING" on the sewing machine because Mark Pingitore was the artist who had sketched the concept.  Just above the head of the character, Luis painted in a tiny painting of the Series 12 character 472a Walter Fall / 472b Ronny Nose, but unfortunately most of it was covered up by the Garbage Pail Kids banner.
 
     Artist John Pound painted in several notable background details for cards 24a Bunk Ben and 24b Tom Bunk (see image above).  On the wall in the background, John painted in a large Adam Bomb / Blasted Billy poster, a Garbage Pail Kids sticker, a framed teddy bear, a poster of a kid going down the toilet (partially covered up by the Garbage Pail Kids banner), a poster of a kid dripping snot (partially covered up by the Garbage Pail Kids banner), and a poster of a scary face.  The Garbage Pail Kids sticker was of a levitating, farting guru character; which was not an existing Garbage Pail Kids character at the time John painted it in the background.  However, a very similar idea was used for the All-New Series 6 character B17 Levitating Levi.  The framed teddy bear was not of anything specific, but it was painted in with a fair amount of detail.  The poster of the kid being flushed down the toilet and the poster of the kid dripping snot were generic Garbage Pail Kids characters.  The poster of the scary face was inspired by the 1969 album cover for In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson.  All of the items in the background were made to look like they were things that the main character wanted to have up in his room.  Also note that the character names, "Bunk Ben" and "Tom Bunk", were a tribute to Garbage Pail Kids artist Tom Bunk.
 
     For cards 30a Clawed Claude and 30b Roy Toy, artist Luis Diaz painted in a variety of details into the background.  The person trying to win the Garbage Pail Kid in the "Grab-A-GPK" game is Smokey the Bear, and Smokey the Bear is smoking a cigar.  There were several prizes that were also painted into the background: a generic monster (which coincidentally looks like Slimer from the Ghostbusters cartoon), Kermit the Frog, Luis Diaz (LD) Monster (it is in the bottom left and has its back to the viewer), Mighty Mouse, Pip Squacker bird from the 1975 Tom and Jerry "Hold That Pose" cartoon, R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy) the Robot from the Nintendo Entertainment System, a Smurf, Stay Puff Marshmallow Man from the Ghostbusters movie, and a troll doll.
 
     For cards 34a Bobby Q and 34b Barbecue Stu, artist Tom Bunk incorrectly painted the flag of the United States of America (see image above). The first and last stripes of the flag should be red not white.  While this may have been intentional, it should be noted how the flag is supposed to correctly look.
 
     For cards 36a Tusky Tiffany and 36b Buck Toothed Brenda, artist Tom Bunk painted in "A. J. was here" in the background (see image above). The initials were referring to Aaron J. Booton (of Barren Aaron's Garbage Pail Kids World) since Aaron came up with the idea for the concept.
 
     For cards 38a I-Clod Todd and 38b MP Trey, artist Fred Wheaton painted in his last name as part of the text that is in the magazine (see image above).
 
     Activity card #4 Spit-Kickers has been found with a couple of different line-mark errors (images not shown above).  One of the errors found was of a horizontal, bluish line printed under the "H" in the "HAAK-".  The other error found was of a vertical, bluish-grey line that went from the player's left hand (i.e., on the right side of the card) to the sole of the player's shoe.  However, this line does not appear on the highlighted/white portions of the shoe.  These two error cards probably were one of a kind.
 
     On some of the activity card backs, there was subtle, red smudging at the top near the Garbage Pail Kids header (see image above).  The red smudging came from another Garbage Pail Kids header, and it is possible to read some of the text that was smudged onto the card.  Since the activity card backs are matte finish, they are slightly absorbent and can pick up ink from cards that have ink that was not fully dried.  The ink smudge error example shown above was from the back of activity card 4 Spit-Kickers.  This error appears to be common.
 
     Magnet card #9 Hungry Ivan has been found printed with a couple of tiny, yellow marks on the bottom of the loop in the letter "P" in "PAIL" on the Garbage Pail Kids banner (image not shown above).  The correctly printed version (i.e., no yellow marks) of this magnet card appears to be less common.
 
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