There
were three different items found in the United States Garbage Pail Kids
All-New Series 5 packs, and there was one additional item that could only
be found in the bonus boxes and blister packs. Topps
titled the items for the series differently than what I will refer to
them as. The Stickers will be referred to as Cards, the Alphabet
Stickers will be referred to as Alphabet Cards, the Magnets will be referred
to Magnet Cards, and the Bonus Stickers will be referred to as Bonus Cards.
I used these titles to help clarify which items I am discussing.
The cards, alphabet cards, and bonus cards are actually stickers on card
backing, so I decided to continue on with the same format I had been using
on the website and refer to them as cards.
I provided samples of what the cards and
items of the series look like. The first and last cards, alphabet
cards, and magnet cards are shown above. There also are image overviews
of all of the cards, alphabet cards, and magnet cards. The card
checklist, alphabet card/magnet card checklist, the front and back of
the five bonus cards, sample alphabet card back, and sample magnet card
back can also be seen above. The purpose of the samples and image
overviews is to give you a preview of the series. Higher quality
images of these items will not be provided on this website or by request.
There are a total of 85 different characters
(45 different paintings) in the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New
Series 5. Tom
Bunk created 3 new paintings for the series, John Cebollero created
5 new paintings for the series, Luis
Diaz created 12 new paintings for the series (1 was previously used
for the promo card for the All-New Series 4/All-New Series 5), Dave Gross
created 2 new paintings for the series, and John
Pound created 16 new paintings for the series. There were some
additional artists painting characters for the series. Layron
DeJarnette created 4 new paintings for the series, Brent
Engstrom created 2 new paintings for the series, and John
Zeleznik created 1 new painting for the series. The characters
on the alphabet cards were from previous Garbage Pail Kids series, but
the characters were redesigned and had a cartoon-like style. Justin
Green was the artist who did the artwork for the alphabet cards.
Even though there was a final version of
a style guide for the artists to use (see the style guide under the Artwork
section on page 3), some of artists were still very inconsistent with
the Garbage Pail Kids artwork style. There were significant improvements
with the overall look of the artwork from the series compared to some
of the previous All-New Series, but the artwork style still was not at
the level of consistency that the original series had. Topps previously
used the inconsistent artwork for some of the insert cards. Topps
had done this because they wanted the card set to contain the best artwork
of the series, and the cards were the items that were produced in the
largest quantity. I did not know if Tom Bunk's artwork was used
for the bonus cards as a tribute to him or if the artwork style of his
paintings was inconsistent and then ended up being used for the insert
cards (i.e., the bonus cards).
The print version of the series was much
improved over the All-New Series 4, but
the artwork still appeared to look slightly dull and dark. The original
paintings really pull you into them with their bright colors and vibrancy.
The original series cards were able to maintain this quality, but the
All-New Series have not yet been able to.
There were first names used for new characters
in the All-New Series 1, All-New
Series 2, All-New Series 3, and All-New
Series 4 that were also used in the All-New Series 5. Out of the
80 different new character names for the All-New Series 1, 94 different
new character names for the All-New Series 2, 107 different new character
names for the All-New Series 3, 96 different new character names for the
All-New Series 4, and 85 different new character names for the All-New
Series 5; there were 47 repeated first names for the All-New Series 5.
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Aaron: |
All-New
Series 2 - 14a Scarin' Aaron
All-New Series 3 - S6b Hot Aaron
All-New Series 5 - 15a Armless Aaron |
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Adrian: |
All-New
Series 3 - B3 - Gator Adrian
All-New Series 5 - 15b Unarmed Adrian |
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Al: |
All-New
Series 3 - S4a Al Goredita
All-New Series 4 - 26b Al Addin' Fumes
*All-New Series 5 - 16a Al Poe
*All-New Series 5 - 22b Al Entine |
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Ashton: |
All-New
Series 3 - S12a Ashy Ashton
All-New Series 5 - 2b Multi-Taskin' Ashton |
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Bailey: |
All-New
Series 2 - 31b Bailey Button
All-New Series 5 - 27a Hay Bailey |
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Bill: |
All-New
Series 1 - 15a Bill Board
All-New Series 5 - 33a Tether Bill |
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Blake: |
All-New
Series 1 - 15b Blinkin' Blake
All-New Series 5 - B13 - Blake Quake |
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Brad: |
All-New
Series 1 - 21b Rad Brad
All-New Series 3 - S5a Brad Pit
All-New Series 4 - S6b Barf Bag Brad
All-New Series 5 - 4b Batty Brad (also All-New Series 4 / All-New
Series 5 - Promo Card - Batty Brad) |
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Charlie: |
All-New
Series 1 - 9a Cheesy Charlie
All-New Series 4 - 22b Charming Charlie
All-New Series 5 - 38b Choo-Choo Charlie |
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Chase: |
All-New
Series 1 - 9b Pizza Face Chase
All-New Series 4 - 1a Green Cheese Chase
All-New Series 5 - 12b Rabbit Chase |
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Chris: |
All-New
Series 2 - 27b Crusty Chris
All-New Series 3 - 20b Cuckoo Chris
All-New Series 4 - 32b Cut Up Chris
All-New Series 5 - 40a Chopper-Chopped Chris |
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Christina: |
All-New
Series 3 - 1a Christina Ugliera (also All-New Series 3 - P1 - Christina
Ugliera)
All-New Series 5 - 36a Christina Barfarina |
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Cody: |
All-New
Series 1 - 4a Cootie Cody
All-New Series 2 - 14b Corny Cody
All-New Series 3 - 6b Coated Cody
All-New Series 5 - 22a Courtin' Cody |
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Cole: |
All-New
Series 1 - 17b Colossal Cole
All-New Series 3 - B5 - Cole Gate
All-New Series 4 - 16a Cole Slawed
All-New Series 5 - 18b Coca-Cole |
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Corey: |
All-New
Series 2 - 4a Umbilical Corey
All-New Series 5 - 18a Corey Cola |
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Danielle: |
All-New
Series 3 - S3b Danielle Smell
All-New Series 5 - 3b Demonic Danielle |
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Eric: |
All-New
Series 2 - S2b Eruptin' Eric
All-New Series 5 - 21a Eric The Wreck |
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George: |
All-New
Series 1 - 7a Forged George
All-New Series 5 - 9a Furious George |
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Heather: |
All-New
Series 3 - 24b Heather Shredder
All-New Series 5 - 10a Headless Heather |
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Hunter: |
All-New
Series 4 - 29b Harpoonin' Hunter
All-New Series 5 - 12a Heavin' Hunter |
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Jason: |
All-New
Series 4 - S4b Wastin' Jason
All-New Series 5 - 31b Dee-Jay Jason |
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Jim: |
All-New
Series 3 - 9b Jumbled Jim
All-New Series 5 - 6b Skinned Jim |
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Joe: |
All-New
Series 2 - S6a Gotta Go Joe
All-New Series 3 - 22a Cup O' Joe
All-New Series 5 - 29a Yo-Yo Joe |
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Josh: |
All-New
Series 2 - 6b Joustin' Josh
All-New Series 5 - 11b Jumpshot Josh |
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Kyle: |
All-New
Series 1 - 12a Kyle Tile
*All-New Series 5 - 9b King Kyle
*All-New Series 5 - 28a Karate Kyle |
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Lindsey: |
All-New
Series 2 - 31a Linty Lindsey
All-New Series 5 - 23b Lunchtime Lindsey |
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Luis: |
All-New
Series 2 - S2a Cheese Luis
All-New Series 5 - 32b Luis Vegas |
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Mandy: |
All-New
Series 2 - 19a Spider Manny
All-New Series 5 - 34a Eye-Candy Mandy |
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Mark: |
All-New
Series 1 - 25b Marked Mark
All-New Series 2 - 15a Skid Mark
All-New Series 4 - 36b High-Water Mark
All-New Series 5 - 1a Meteor Mark |
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Matt: |
All-New
Series 1 - 16a Photo Matt
All-New Series 5 - 4a Matt Mobile |
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Miguel: |
All-New
Series 3 - 35b Messed Up Miguel
All-New Series 4 - B7 - Propelled Miguel
All-New Series 5 - 6a Matrix Miguel |
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Mike: |
All-New
Series 3 - 15b Mike Spike
All-New Series 5 - 35b Mega-Million Mike |
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Molly: |
All-New
Series 2 - S3a Moldy Molly
All-New Series 5 - 34b Molly Pop |
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Morgan: |
All-New
Series 2 - 18b Morgan Organ
All-New Series 5 - 3a Internal Morgan |
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Nate: |
All-New
Series 2 - 8a Sk8 Nate
All-New Series 3 - 8a Urine Nate
All-New Series 4 - 35a Floodgate Nate
All-New Series 5 - 13a Inmate Nate |
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Nick: |
All-New
Series 2 - 32b Newsworthy Nick
*All-New Series 5 - 25a Nick Pick
*All-New Series 5 - 29b Tricky Nick |
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Paul: |
All-New
Series 1 - 27b Punchy Paul
All-New Series 2 - B2 - Paintball Paul
All-New Series 3 - 26b Popped Paul
All-New Series 4 - 6a Paul Vault
All-New Series 5 - 20a Paul Package |
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Pete: |
All-New
Series 1 - 34b Pierced Pete
All-New Series 2 - 36a Pete Achoo
All-New Series 3 - 31a Poopdeck Pete
All-New Series 5 - B14 - Pete Heat |
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Rick: |
All-New
Series 2 - 13b Rockin' Rick
All-New Series 5 - 35a Quick-Pick Rick |
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Rob: |
All-New
Series 1 - 18a Rodent Rob
All-New Series 5 - 17a Red-Eye Rob |
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Ryan: |
All-New
Series 2 - 8b Flyin' Ryan
All-New Series 4 - 20b Ralphin' Ryan
All-New Series 5 - 5b Runny Ryan |
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Sam: |
All-New
Series 2 - 34a Toe Jam Sam
All-New Series 4 - 4b Sausage Sam
All-New Series 5 - 2a Sam Bidexterous |
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Sammy: |
All-New
Series 3 - 4b Clammy Sammy
All-New Series 5 - 40b Sliced Sammy |
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Shannon: |
All-New
Series 1 - 10a Shovelin' Shannon
All-New Series 5 - 36b Spewin' Shannon |
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Spencer: |
All-New
Series 4 - 11b Spongey Spencer
All-New Series 5 - 33b Sporty Spencer |
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Tim: |
All-New
Series 2 - 35b Timid Tim
All-New Series 4 - 25a Totem Tim
All-New Series 5 - 31a Turntable Tim |
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Zack: |
All-New
Series 2 - 9a Waxed Zack
All-New Series 3 - 39b Wacked Zack
All-New Series 5 - 14b Zack Snack |
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names Al, Kyle, and Nick were each used twice in the All-New Series 5.
The name Paul was used in all five
of the All-New Series.
There was one printing of the United States
Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 5. There were no variations for
the printing. The bonus cards did not come in the regular boxes,
and you would have to purchase the bonus boxes and blister packs in order
to obtain them. I discuss more details about the packs, bonus cards/boxes,
and blister packs under the Packaging
and Contents section on page 2.
There were two different checklists for
the series. There was a card checklist and an alphabet card/magnet
card checklist. The card checklist was used for 3 of the card backs,
and the alphabet card/magnet card checklist was used for 2 of the card
backs. The card checklist numbering is left-justified and has lower-case
a's and b's. The card checklist has two errors. Card 7b Esther
Basket was incorrectly listed as 7b Esther Baskit, and card 17b Pink-Eye
Guy was incorrectly listed as 17b Pinkeye Guy. The cards are numbered
1a to 40a and 1b to 40b, which can be very confusing to new collectors
because the numbers are the same as the original Series 1, All-New Series
1, All-New Series 2, All-New Series 3, and All-New Series 4. The
alphabet card/magnet card checklist numbering is also left-justified.
The die-cuts on the cards were all the same shape. The cards were
not printed with asterisks on them like the original Garbage Pail Kids
series. The cards have an extremely glossy coating on them, which
is supposed to help protect them from getting damaged. The card
finish, coloring, and thickness was consistent throughout the printing.
The All-New Series 5 was the third series
to use artwork based on a design from the Build-A-Kid on the Topps
Garbage Pail Kids website (the website is no longer up). Les Kenyon created the design using
the Build-A-Kid tool, and his design won the Build-A-Kid contest.
At the time, I was unaware there was even another Build-A-Kid contest
going on because it was not promoted nor did Topps announce the winners
on their Garbage Pail Kids website like they had with the Build-A-Kid
contests from the All-New Series 2 and All-New Series 3. The concept
chosen from the Build-A-Kid was painted by John Pound and used for cards
3a Internal Morgan and 3b Demonic Danielle. I felt the final painting
resembled the item templates from the Build-A-Kid too closely. It
would have been better if only some of the more significant design details
from the Build-A-Kid were used so that it was not as easy to tell the
concept came from the Build-A-Kid. I provide more details about
the contest and the painting under the Artwork section
on page 3.
Topps created their first ever Garbage Pail
Kids alphabet cards for the All-New Series 5. The alphabet cards
were similar to a few of the older non-sports card sets Topps had released
(e.g., card sets that consisted of letter or initial stickers).
There were two different letters per sticker. Out of the total of
30 stickers, A; E; I; and O were each used two times, and all of the other
letters of the alphabet were used just once. The alphabet cards
are numbered 1 to 15. All of the alphabet cards are horizontally
displayed. The alphabet cards were printed on blue foil and do not
have a glossy coating on the front. There was a minor error on the
back of alphabet card number 15. All of the other alphabet cards
have "number of 15", but alphabet card 15 has "15
OF 15". The "of" should have been in lower-case letters.
While the concept of the alphabet cards was new to Garbage Pail Kids,
it just did not interest collectors.
Topps created their first Garbage Pail Kids
magnet cards for the All-New Series 5. The magnet cards were numbered
1 to 9 and featured characters from previous Garbage Pail Kids series.
The magnet cards had artwork from the original series. The sample
magnet card back image provided above was to show that there was only
print on the front side of the card, and the back side of the card was
just a plain magnet. It would have been better if the magnet cards
had new artwork or modified artwork and something printed on both sides.
The artwork used for the 9 magnet cards came from the following series:
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Card 1: Varicose Wayne - Series 10: 400a Varicose
Wayne |
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Magnet
Card 2: Mason Mace - Series 11: 450b Mason
Mace |
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Magnet
Card 3: Magic Wanda - Series 11: 452b Magic
Wanda |
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Magnet
Card 4: Over Eatin' Ethan - Series 12: 479b
Over Eatin' Ethan |
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Magnet
Card 5: Seymour Barf - Series 13: 512a Seymour
Barf |
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Magnet
Card 6: Rocco Socko - Series 14: 541a Rocco
Socko |
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Magnet
Card 7: Slimy Hymie - Series 15: 584a Slimy
Hymie |
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Magnet
Card 8: Little Leak Len - Series 15: 590a Little
Leak Len |
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Magnet
Card 9: William Won't Tell - Series 11: 456b
William Won't Tell |
There were five bonus cards, and they were
numbered b10, b11, b12, b13, and b14. There were no "a"
or "b" versions of the bonus cards. Besides the numbering
and bonus card information on the backs, the bonus cards looked and felt
the same as the regular cards. All of the All-New Series 5 bonus
cards are vertically displayed. The bonus cards had die-cuts and
an extremely glossy coating just like the regular cards. However,
the bonus cards are more valuable than the regular cards because they
were much more difficult to obtain and only available in the bonus boxes.
Topps continued the numbering sequence starting from where the All-New
Series 4 left off, but the card numbering had a lower-case "b"
for the front of the cards and an upper-case "B" for the back
of the cards.
I did not include the All-New Series 4 /
All-New Series 5 promo card Batty Brad as part of the All-New Series 5
because I had already included it as part of the All-New Series 4.
The card was also released much closer to when the All-New Series 4 originally
came out, and I also felt that the earliest series mentioned on the promo
card was the one that card should belong with. |