The
Canada Garbage Pail Kids 1st Series was only distributed in Canada,
and the only way to originally get the Canada Garbage Pail Kids 1st
Series boxes was to buy them from card dealers in Canada. The
Canada Garbage Pail Kids 1st Series packs only contain 4 cards
instead of 5 cards like the United States Garbage
Pail Kids 1st Series. The Canada Garbage Pail Kids 3rd
Series, 4th Series, 5th Series, and 9th Series have 5 cards per pack
and appear to have originally been distributed in both the United
States and Canada. It is possible that there was product
manufactured in Canada for a Canada Garbage Pail Kids 2nd Series,
6th Series, 7th Series, 8th Series, 10th Series, 11th Series, 12th
Series, 13th Series, 14th Series, and 15th Series; but there are no
identification marks on the packaging from those series to indicate
that.
Besides the differences between the
Canada Garbage Pail Kids and the United States Garbage Pail Kids
wrappers, the Canada Garbage Pail Kids cards have rough-cut
edges. The Canada Garbage Pail Kids cards are often
off-center and poorly packaged, also.
The Canada Garbage Pail Kids 1st
Series cards only have matte card backs, which is unlike the United
States Garbage Pail Kids 1st Series cards that were printed on matte
card stock and glossy card stock.
The Canada Garbage Pail Kids 9th
Series packs with "ALL NEW" printed on the front sometimes
contain the 355b Semi Colin card without the card number printed on
it, and that error card is the most valuable Canada Garbage Pail
Kids and United States Garbage Pail Kids card. Only some packs
from a specific printing contain the error card. The
United States Garbage Pail Kids 9th Series
section contains more information on the packs that contain error
card.
There possibly are a few wrapper
variations from the Canada Garbage Pail Kids and United States
Garbage Pail Kids that have not been determined yet, but it is
speculated that they have "GUM MADE IN CANADA" printed
on them. The wrapper code thought to be missing is:
0-490-21-04-6. And, that code could possibly be for the 3rd
Series, 4th Series, or 5th Series. Also, it is possible that
there are 4th Series packs with the wrapper code 0-490-21-06-6 that
have a white mushroom cloud (besides the known purple mushroom cloud
variation) on the front.
I grouped the Canada Garbage Pail Kids
and United States Garbage Pail Kids together because they are nearly
identical. You can find more information about each of the
Canada Garbage Pail Kids series along with variation lists in my
United States Garbage Pail Kids section. |
