General Information
Year Released	1987
Card Numbers	335a-378a and 335b-378b
Number of Cards to Make a Numerical Set	88
Number of Variation Cards	1
Number of Cards to Make a Complete Variation Set	89
Total Number of Different Wrappers	12
Section Last Updated	January 1, 2015

 

Card and Wrapper Variations

Card Variations

355b - Semi Colin - Printed with the Card Number (on front) 355b - Semi Colin - Printed without the Card Number (on front)

Wrapper Variations

0-490-21-03-7 - Printed with 25¢ - Garbage Pail Kids Movie Ad 0-490-21-03-7 - Printed with 25¢ - Sweatshirt Offer 0-490-21-03-7 - Printed with 25¢ - T-shirt Offer 0-490-21-04-7 - Printed with ALL NEW! - Garbage Pail Kids Movie Ad 0-490-21-04-7 - Printed with ALL NEW! - Sweatshirt Offer 0-490-21-04-7 - Printed with ALL NEW! - T-shirt Offer 0-490-21-05-7 - Printed with 25¢ - Garbage Pail Kids Movie Ad 0-490-21-05-7 - Printed with 25¢ - Sweatshirt Offer 0-490-21-05-7 - Printed with 25¢ - T-shirt Offer 0-490-21-06-7 - Printed with ALL NEW! - Garbage Pail Kids Movie Ad 0-490-21-06-7 - Printed with ALL NEW! - Sweatshirt Offer 0-490-21-06-7 - Printed with ALL NEW! - T-shirt Offer

Printable Card and Wrapper Variation Checklist

You can either click the following link to open the variation checklist in a new window and print it out, or you can right-click the following link and save the variation checklist to your computer.  United States Garbage Pail Kids 9th Series Card and Wrapper Variation Checklist

Printable Extended Card Variation Checklist

The extended card variation checklist contains all of the card variations noted in the regular variation checklist plus any asterisk and card finish differences.  These differences are typically not considered variations, which is why they were excluded from the regular variation checklist.        You can either click the following link to open the variation checklist in a new window and print it out, or you can right-click the following link and save the variation checklist to your computer.  United States Garbage Pail Kids 9th Series Extended Card Variation Checklist

 

Card Image Samples

 

Additional Notes

It is very difficult to obtain the card 355b Semi Colin printed without the card number (see image above).  The no number version of the card has been found in packs with the wrapper code 0-490-21-04-7.  The wrapper code (which is different than the bar code) can only be seen if the pack is open, but there is a way to tell the 0-490-21-04-7 packs apart from the other pack codes without opening any of them.  The 0-490-21-04-7 packs have "ALL NEW" printed on the front, and the text near the bar code has "GUM MADE IN CANADA".  Not all of the boxes with that code will contain the error card, and that is why 355b Semi Colin printed without the card number is so difficult to obtain.  The card number is missing from the card because of a lack of black ink, so it is actually a printing error, but the error was consistent enough to be considered a variation.        Card number 345b Soggy Oggie is incorrectly listed on the checklist as "Soggie Doggie".        Card numbers 373a Desi Island and 373b Marooned Maureen are not printed with the "PEEL HERE" arrows.

 
 
 
 

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