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Artwork
Item 1: Luis Diaz final painting used for cards 3a and 3b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 2: Brent Engstrom rough sketches, color rough, and final painting used for cards 2a and 2b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 3: Brent Engstrom rough sketch and final painting used for cards 5a and 5b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 4: Brent Engstrom rough sketch, color rough, first painting, and final painting used for cards 7a and 7b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 5: Brent Engstrom rough sketch, color rough, first painting, and final painting used for cards 9a and 9b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 6: Brent Engstrom sketch used for cards 13a and 13b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 7: Brent Engstrom rough sketch, color rough, first painting, and final painting used for cards 25a and 25b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 8: Brent Engstrom rough sketches, color rough, and final painting used for cards 37a and 37b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
Item 9: Dave Gross sketch used for cards 4a and 4b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 10: Dave Gross sketch used for cards 14a and 14b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 11: Dave Gross sketch used for cards 14a and 14b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 12: Dave Gross sketch used for cards 20a and 20b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 13: Dave Gross sketch used for cards 20a and 20b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 14: Jay Lynch sketch used for cards 19a and 19b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 15: Jay Lynch sketch used for cards 19a and 19b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 16: Jay Lynch sketch used for cards 31a and 31b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
Item 17: Jay Lynch sketch used for cards 40a and 40b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 18: Jay Lynch sketch used for cards B19 of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 19: Jay Lynch unpublished sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 20: Jay Lynch unpublished sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 21: Jay Lynch unpublished sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 22: Jay Lynch unpublished sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 23: Jay Lynch unpublished sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 24: Jay Lynch unpublished sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
Item 25: Jay Lynch unpublished sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 26: Jay Lynch unpublished sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 27: Jay Lynch unpublished package artwork sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 28: Jay Lynch unpublished package artwork sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 29: Jay Lynch unpublished package artwork sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 30: Jay Lynch unpublished package artwork sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 31: Jay Lynch unpublished package artwork sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 32: Jay Lynch sketch used for Mix & Match Group 1 of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
Item 33: Jay Lynch sketch used for Mix & Match Group 1 of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 34: Jay Lynch sketch used for Mix & Match Group 2 of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 35: Jay Lynch sketch used for Mix & Match Group 3 of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 36: Jay Lynch sketch used for Mix & Match Group 4 of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 37: Jay Lynch sketch used for Mix & Match Group 4 of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 38: Jay Lynch sketch used for Mix & Match Group 5 of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 39: Jay Lynch sketch used for Mix & Match Group 6 of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 40: Jay Lynch unpublished sketch created for a Mix & Match Group of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
Item 41: Jay Lynch unpublished sketch created for a Mix & Match Group of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 42: Jay Lynch unpublished sketch created for a Mix & Match Group of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 43: Mark Pingitore sketch used for cards 8a and 8b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 44: Mark Pingitore sketch used for cards 15a and 15b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 45: Mark Pingitore sketch used for cards 16a and 16b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 46: Mark Pingitore sketch used for cards 22a and 22b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 47: Mark Pingitore sketch used for cards 23a and 23b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 48: Mark Pingitore sketch used for cards 26a and 26b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
Item 49: Mark Pingitore sketch used for cards 28a and 28b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 50: Mark Pingitore unpublished sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series Item 51: Mark Pingitore unpublished sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series Item 52: Mark Pingitore unpublished sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series Item 53: Mark Pingitore unpublished sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series Item 54: Mark Pingitore unpublished sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series Item 55: Mark Pingitore unpublished painted sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series Item 56: Mark Pingitore unpublished sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series
Item 57: Mark Pingitore unpublished painted sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series Item 58: Fred Wheaton sketch used for cards 10a and 10b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 59: Fred Wheaton sketch used for cards 11a and 11b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 60: Fred Wheaton sketch used for cards 17a and 17b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 61: Fred Wheaton sketch used for cards 38a and 38b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 62: Fred Wheaton sketch used for cards 38a and 38b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 63: Fred Wheaton painting used for cards 38a and 38b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 64: Fred Wheaton unpublished sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 Item 65: Fred Wheaton unpublished sketch created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6
     This section provides information about some of the artwork created for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6.  The information below describes the sketches and paintings that are shown above.
     Luis Diaz provided the artwork he had created for one of the All-New Series 6 characters.  The item number, card numbers, and final character names are listed below.
• Item 1:
Cards: 3a Me Too Lou and 3b Mirror Max.
 
Luis had painted a tiny picture hanging on the wall behind the mirror.  This picture was of the Series 9 character 355a Beasty Boyd / 355b Semi Colin.  Unfortunately, Topps cropped out that picture for the cards.
     Brent Engstrom provided the artwork he had created for the All-New Series 6 (see images above).  The item numbers, card numbers, character names, and artwork details are listed below.
• Item 2:
Cards: 2a Showerin' Howard and 2b Rinsin' Vincent.
 
Brent wrote "Shower Ted" on the artwork, but Topps ended up using different character names.  The rough sketch and color rough showed more of the person who was in the shower.  The second rough sketch and final painting are much more zoomed in on the shower head, which was the Garbage Pail Kids character.
• Item 3:
Cards: 5a Canned Carl and 5b Dogged Doug.
 
The rough sketch has the dog drawn in the background.  The rough sketch has the dog appearing very nauseous at the sight of the dog food.  The dog on the rough sketch was drawn much more like a cartoon compared to the final painting.  The final painting just shows the dog's mouth instead of the entire dog like in the rough sketch.
• Item 4:
Cards: 7a Hangin' Hayden and 7b Hung Hunter.
 
The rough sketch and color rough show the man's face, and there was blood on the Garbage Pail Kids character. The man's face was removed from the first painting.  Also, the first painting had the man's suit the same color as the Garbage Pail Kids character's suit, and the blood on the Garbage Pail Kids character was changed to cracks in his skin.  The final painting changed the color of the man's suit, so it was different than the color of the Garbage Pail Kids character's suit.
• Item 5:
Cards: 9a Carol-Sel and 9b Mary Go Round.
 
There were a couple attempts at painting the character.  The final painting corrected the character's facial expression and had cleaned up some of the background details.
• Item 6:
Cards: 13a Tara Too and 13b Naughty Natalie.
 
Brent created the rough sketch for this character, but John Cebollero was the artist who ended up creating the final painting.  The original concept had blood squirting out of the tattoo at the tattoo artist, but the blood was changed to puke in the final painting.
• Item 7:
Cards: 25a Socked Brock and 25b Refer-Reed.
 
There were a couple attempts at painting this character.  The final painting had the facial skin stretched a little better than what was done in the first painting.  The final painting also had additional details added to the person who was being hit.
• Item 8:
Cards: 37a Cat Sup and 37b Bottled Bailey.
 
The original rough sketch for the concept had the ketchup being added to a hot dog, but Topps had Brent change the hot dog to a hamburger.  The logo on the character was changed in the final painting.
     Dave Gross provided the sketches he created for the All-New Series 6 (see images above).  The item numbers, card numbers, final character names, suggested character names, and any additional notations are listed below.
• Item 9:
Cards: 4a Jess Married and 4b Married Mia.
Items 10 and 11 were used for cards 14a Deli Connor and 14b Cole Cut.
• Item 10:
Notes:
     (at top): GPK ANS6 - Deli Counter - 6/06 - Dave Gross.
• Item 11:
Notes:
     (at top): GPK Series 6 - Revised - 8-29-06 - Dave Gross - Moved head to center and
                   enlarged - Altered placement of other "foods" / eliminated some.
Items 12 and 13 were used for cards 20a Brady Back Ribs and 20b Spare Rob.
• Item 12:
Suggested Names: Baby Back Zack, Barbeque Quint, Beefy Ben, and Rack of Rob.
 
Notes:
     (at top): GPK ANS6 - Baby Back Ribs - Dave Gross - 7/06.
• Item 13:
Notes:
     (at top): GPK Series 6 - V.2 - Revised angel, eliminated background, body cracks added,
                    ribs facing proper way - Dave Gross - 8-29-2006.
     (on right side near bottom): Hole in chest shows torn shirt edges and thick wall of skin
                                                  on left.  Inside is heart, veins, broken vertebrate, pelvis top,
                                                  & some intestines. / BBQ sauce on everything - table, seat,
                                                  body, bib, & ribs. / Picked clean bone on seat.
     (arrow on right side near top): Window.
     Jay Lynch has created hundreds of sketches for the All-New Series.  Only a small percentage of the concepts Jay comes up with are actually used.  Even if a sketch was created for one of the previous All-New Series, it could end up being used for any of the upcoming series.  The item numbers, card numbers, final character names, suggested character names, and any additional notations are listed below.
Items 14 and 15 were used for cards 19a Poop Head Paul and 19b Turd Face Trace.
• Item 14:
This is the first rough sketch of the concept.
 
Suggested Names: Aristocrat Matt, Crude Jude, Poop-Head Fred, Poop-Pants Lance,
                                Poop-Pants Rance, Rudy Doody, Soiled Sol, and Will Ferral.
• Item 15:
This is the second rough sketch of the concept.
 
Suggested Names: Aristocrat Matt, Crude Jude, Peter Pamper, Phil Diaper, Phil The Diaper,
                                Poop Face Grace, Poop-Head Fred, Poop-Pants Rance, Rudy Doody,
                                Rupert Poopert, Soiled Sol, and Turdy Gertie.
 
Notes:
     (arrows on left side near middle) : Both heads are the same - but the upper head is made of poop.
• Item 16:
Cards: 31a Booger Ken and 31b Whopper Wyatt.
 
Suggested Name: Booger-King Kevin.
 
Notes:
     (at bottom on left side): The kid is picking his nose in a Burger King - and the other
                                            diners are repulsed by this.
     (at bottom on right side): The kid is painted so that his face has the molded-plastic look
                                              and inane facial expression of the Burger King character.
• Item 17:
Cards: 40a Leonard Nimrod, 40b Trekkie Trevor, and promo card P2 Alien Alan.
 
Suggested Names: Live Long And Prosper Paul and Tray Treckie.
• Item 18:
Cards: B19 Scrap Brooke.
 
Suggested Names: Acid-Free Dee, Archival Annie, Crafty Carla, Scrap Brooke, and Scrapbookin' Sally.
 
Notes:
     (on left side near top): It's a scrapbooking girl.  She has cut off her ears and thumb and
                                          pasted or taped them in her scrapbook.
     (arrow on left side near middle): Her thumb, ears and hair braid are cut off.
     (arrow on left side near bottom): Layout of scrapbook pages mimics popular
                                                           scrapbooking layout formats.  Lots of colored paper & stuff.
     (arrow on left side near bottom): Scrapbook is 12" x 10" square scrapbook with a black cover.
     (arrow on left side near bottom): Her hair braid is in the scrapbook.
     (arrow on right side near middle): Her hair braid is cut off here.
     (arrow on right side near bottom): Brown rubber cement bottle and Scotch tape.
     (arrow on right side near bottom): Patterned papers, rub-off letters, stickers and other
                                                             scrapbooking accoutrements on the table.
• Item 19:
This is a sketch of an unpublished concept.
 
Suggested Names: Black Jack, Fractured Frank, Jack Gaak, Jack Hack, Obnoxious Dee, Palid Hal,
                                Sallow Hal, Schoolov Rick, Tin-Ear-Shush Dee, Vic Tim, and Whacked Jack.
 
Notes:
     (at top): Jack Black - as he is posed on the cover of the School of Rock DVD.
     (arrow on right side near middle): Chuke or black hand tattoo on web between thumb & forefinger
                                                             on Jack's assailant - to show he is part of a criminal
                                                             element - or maybe a (picture of Mickey Mouse ears) tattoo.
• Item 20:
This is a sketch of an unpublished concept.
 
Suggested Name: De-Lunged Delano.
 
Notes:
     (arrow on right side near middle): Gum wrappers & comics.
     (at bottom): Bazooka Joe kid blows bubble - his lungs come out of his body and go inside
                          bubble.  Air comes out of his eye and blows away his eye patch.
Items 21 and 22 are of the same unpublished concept.
• Item 21:
This is the first rough sketch of the concept.
 
Suggested Names: Head Less, Lex Periment, and Scientific Sean.
 
Notes:
     (arrow at top): Better do a Mentos & Coke gag while it's still hip.
• Item 22:
This is the second rough sketch of the concept.
 
Suggested Names: Cy Entist, Experimentin' Fenton, Guy Zer, and Old Faith Phil.
 
Notes:
     (at top): Jeff- This is a funnier version of the cola/Mentos gag. -Jay.
• Item 23:
This is a sketch of an unpublished concept.
 
Suggested Names: Butter-Cutter Betty, Flatulent Flora, Gassy Cassie, Gina Beana, Lana Lakes,
                                 Nitro Gen, Nitro Jen, Smoke-Signal Sarah, Trademarked Tara, and
                                 Yellow-Cloud Yolanda.
 
Notes:
     (at top): Painted to look like a Land O Lakes butter box.
     (arrow on left side near top): Girl holds can of beans.  Beans stick to her chin.
     (arrow on left side near middle): She farts a big yellow cloud - which evaporates upward as a
                                                           lighter yellow cloud - similar to image on the real butter box.
     (arrow on left side near bottom): Lid of bean can.
     (arrow on right side near middle): Cows are shocked and grossed out.
• Item 24:
This is a sketch of an unpublished concept.
 
Suggested Names: Dadaist Dwight, Leo Dada, Performance Art, Performance Arturo, and Surreal Neil.
• Item 25:
This is a sketch of an unpublished concept.
 
Suggested Name: Undead Fred.
 
Notes:
     (at bottom on left side): Maybe everything is in color - but the kid is in black & white - and
                                              he's a 1930s Little Rascal - with a cap and kickers.
     (at bottom on right side): Lots of people think that the actual movie stars are buried under
                                              their stars on Hollywood Boulevard - See, so --- aah.  Never mind.
                                              What if he's Freddy Krueger?  Did we do that before?  Fred McMurray?
     (arrow on right side near middle): Vultures.
• Item 26:
This is a sketch of an unpublished concept.
 
Suggested Names: Carlotta Sonata, Fiddle Lu Lu, Sonotta-Nose Sonjya, Vi Bratto, and Vile Lyn.
 
Notes:
     (at middle of left side): Jeff- Did we ever do this gag before? -Jay.
     (at middle of right side): Kid is a violin.
     (at middle of right side): Her snot gets stuck on bow.
     (at middle of right side): Make violin kid bigger, & show less of violinist.
Items 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31 are unpublished package design sketches.
• Item 27:
Notes:
     (at top): GPK packaging images.
     (at top): Each snake is a different color - so that it reads clearly.
• Item 28:
There were no notations or text were on the sketch.
• Item 29:
Suggested Name: Tasty Jake.
 
Notes:
     (at bottom): Kid is eating himself.
• Item 30:
Notes:
     (at bottom): Soccer referee.
• Item 31:
Suggested Names: Anda Wall, Butt-Ugly Barb, and Vain Jane.
Items 32 and 33 were used for Mix & Match card back group 1.
• Item 32:
This is the first rough sketch of the concept.
 
Panel 1a Text: Pick A...
Panel 1b Text: ... Snot ...
Panel 1c Text: ... And Say "So What?!"
• Item 33:
This is the second rough sketch of the concept.
 
Panel 1a Text: Pick A ...
Panel 1b Text: ... Snot ...
Panel 1c Text: ... And Say "So What?!"
• Item 34:
A slightly modified version of this sketch was used for Mix & Match card back group 2.
 
Panel 2a Text: Bronze A...
Panel 2b Text: ... Turd ...
Panel 2c Text: ... And Scare A Bird!
 
Notes:
     (at middle of right side): Jeff- Turd could be drawn larger & closer to face.  It's a matter of
                                              taste.  Your call.
• Item 35:
This sketch was used for Mix & Match card back group 3.
 
Panel 3a Text: Enjoy A ...
Panel 3b Text: ... Soda ...
Panel 3c Text: ... And Fill Your Quota!
Items 36 and 37 were used for Mix & Match card back group 4.
• Item 36:
This is the first rough sketch of the concept.
 
Panel 4a Text: Lick A...
Panel 4b Text: ... Lolly ...
Panel 4c Text: ... And Feel Jolly!
• Item 37:
This is the second rough sketch of the concept.
 
Panel 4a Text: Lick A...
Panel 4b Text: ... Cone ...
Panel 4c Text: ... You're Not Alone!
• Item 38:
This sketch was used for Mix & Match card back group 5.
 
Panel 5a Text: Take A ...
Panel 5b Text: ... Chance ...
Panel 5c Text: ... And Wet Your Pants!
• Item 39:
This sketch was used for Mix & Match card back group 6.
 
Panel 6a Text: Eat A ...
Panel 6b Text: ... Bunch ...
Panel 6c Text: ... For A Gator's Lunch!
• Item 40:
This is a sketch of an unpublished Mix & Match group.
 
Panel "a" Text: Brush Your Teeth With A ...
Panel "b" Text: ... Tube Of Toothpaste Today ...
Panel "c" Text: ... And Help To Prevent Tooth Decay!
 
Notes:
     (arrow on left side near top): This is an odd one in that the poetry doesn't follow the
                                                     meter of the others.
     (at middle of left side): The others are better 'cause the wording is simpler.
• Item 41:
This is a sketch of an unpublished Mix & Match group.
 
Panel "a" Text: Fart A ...
Panel "b" Text: ... Fart ...
Panel "c" Text: ... As Performance Art!
• Item 42:
This is a sketch of an unpublished Mix & Match group.
 
Panel "a" Text: Smell A ...
Panel "b" Text: ... Pig ...
Panel "c" Text: ... For Pleasure Big!
 
Notes:
     (arrow on right side near top): Lines on nose indicate he is sniffing.
     Mark Pingitore provided the sketches he created for the All-New Series 6 and other All-New Series (see images above).  The item numbers, card numbers, final character names, suggested character names, and any additional notations are listed below.
• Item 43:
Cards: 8a Rod N' Reel and 8b Fisher Manny.
 
Suggested Names: Bobby Fisher and Reelin' Ronny.
• Item 44:
Cards: 15a Axe In Jackson and 15b Stumped Steve.
• Item 45:
Cards: 16a Hacked Hogan and 16b Russel Mania.
 
Suggested Names: Al Gressive and Scary Terry.
 
Notes:
     (at top): GPK parody of Hulk Hogan.  Tearing off his shirt, but wait, he's not wearing a shirt.
• Item 46:
Cards: 22a Tailored Tyler and 22b Mitch Stitched.
 
Suggested Names: Harry Homemaker, Sewin' Owen, and Ted Thread.
• Item 47:
Cards: 23a Poker Face Chase and 23b Card Shark Mark.
 
Suggested Names: All In Tim and Texas Holden.
 
Notes:
     (at top): GPK playing poker and going all in and is pushing chips, as well as parts of his face.
• Item 48:
Cards: 26a Mike Strike and 26b Bowling For Dallas.
 
Suggested Names: Bowlin' Rolan, Gutter Billy, and Nathan Lane.
 
Notes:
     (at top): Kid throws head as bowling ball.  Eyes and mouth are holes in ball.  Eyeballs suck on fingers.
     (at bottom): This can be a re-envisioning of OS #301 (Mike Strike).
• Item 49:
Cards: 28a Sam Castle and 28b Crushed Kayla.
 
Suggested Names: Sandy Mandy and Stan Castle.
Items 50 and 51 are of the same unpublished concept.
• Item 50:
This is the first rough sketch of the concept.
• Item 51:
This is the second rough sketch of the concept.
 
Suggested Names: Grilled Greg and Under-cooked Carl.
 
Notes:
     (at top): GPK cooking his gut like a big steak, and taking a bit out of it.  Hot dogs and burgers
                   also on grill.
• Item 52:
This is a sketch of an unpublished concept.
 
Suggested Name: Ingen Joe.
 
Notes:
     (at top): GPK Indian dancing around fire.  Holding his own scalp, half of brian falls out. Smooth
                   where scalp was cut.
• Item 53:
This is a sketch of an unpublished concept.
• Item 54:
This is a sketch of an unpublished concept, which is a parody of the movie "The Ring".
• Item 55:
This is a painted sketch of an unpublished concept.
• Item 56:
This is a sketch of an unpublished concept, which is a parody of the "Star Wars" movies.
• Item 57:
This is a painted sketch of an unpublished concept.
     Fred Wheaton provided the sketches and final painting he created for the All-New Series 6 (see images above).  The item numbers, card numbers, final character names, suggested character names, and any additional notations are listed below.
• Item 58:
Cards: 10a Nested Ernesto and 10b Elliot Nest.
 
Suggested Names: Bert House and Birdhouse Barry.
 
Notes:
     (at bottom): FW 08-06 (artist's signature and date on sketch).
     (on right side): Birds are nesting inside kid's head.  Bird poop on his head and shirt.
• Item 59:
Cards: 11a Snakes In Dwayne and 11b Tapeworm Tanner.
 
Suggested Names: Peter Parasite and Tapeworm Tom.
 
Notes:
     (at bottom): FW 08-06 (artist's signature and date on sketch).
     (on right side): Tapeworm-like parasite zips out of kid's mouth to eat his sandwich.
• Item 60:
Cards: 17a Scott Pocket and 17b Cal Zoned.
 
Suggested Names: Cal Zone, Scott Pocket, and Strom Billy.
 
Notes:
     (arrow at top): Steam over logo?
     (at bottom): FW 08-06 (artist's signature and date on sketch).
     (arrow at bottom): Sauce, not blood.
     (at bottom): Kid is an Italian pocket sandwich / pastry like a Hot Pocket - Sauce and cheese
                         dripping from the bite - Entire kid is color / texture of the pastry shell.
Items 61, 62, and 63 were used for cards 38a I-Clod Todd and 38b MP Tray.
• Item 61:
This is the first rough sketch of the concept.
 
Suggested Name: iPod Todd.
 
Notes:
     (at bottom): FW 08-06 (artist's signature and date on sketch).
     (on right side): A take-off on Apple's iPod print & TV ads.  Solid color background,
                              black silhouette figure, white iPod & cord.
• Item 62:
This is the second rough sketch of the concept.
• Item 63:
This is the final painting of the concept.
• Item 64:
The concept of this sketch was very similar to one that John Pound and Jeff Zapata had already came up with.  John Pound had completed the final painting for a very similar concept shortly before Fred Wheaton submitted his idea to Topps.  The final painting John Pound created was used for cards 1a Orange Julius and 1b Peeled Neal.
 
Suggested Names: Juicy Jerome, Orange Julius, Peeled Pedro, and Pulpy Paul.
 
Notes:
     (at bottom): FW 08-06 (artist's signature and date on sketch).
     (on right side): Kid's head is a peeling orange with pulp "sweat".
• Item 65:
The concept of this sketch was very similar to one that John Pound had already came up with.  John Pound had completed the final painting for a very similar concept shortly before Fred Wheaton submitted his idea to Topps.  The final painting John Pound created was used for cards 27a Lemon Ned and 27b Puckered Parker.
 
Suggested Names: Puckered Pam and Sour Grace.
 
Notes:
     (at top): Kid eats sour candy, causing her face to pucker grotesquely.
     (at bottom): FW 08-06 (artist's signature and date on sketch).
 
Closing Comments
     The United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 6 supplied a very brief amount of entertainment for collectors.  It seemed that the excitement from the anticipation for the series lasted much longer than the excitement of actually collecting the series.  It was possible that Topps knew ahead of time that the All-New Series 6 would have a significantly smaller amount of interest in it compared to their Wacky Packages products.  Topps also knew Garbage Pail Kids had a large following, and Topps would continue to produce Garbage Pail Kids series as long as the product was still profitable.
 
     The card front artwork for the All-New Series 6 was similar to the quality of the card front artwork for the All-New Series 5.  Excluding the red marks on a small amount of the card numbers, the card print quality was relatively good.  The colors still seemed slightly dulled down and darker, but this may have been caused by the printing process, the application of the glossy coating on the cards, or the card stock.  Topps should not have changed the border color and title font on the card checklists from red to blue because all of the original series and previous All-New Series card checklists have used red for those items, and making little details like that consistent throughout all of the series helps tie all of them together.  Topps needs to take more caution so that simple mistakes like printing the card backs upside-down are avoided.
 
     A long-lasting problem with the All-New Series has been the consistency of the artwork created for the card fronts.  Most collectors agree that Garbage Pail Kids artist Tom Bunk has not been able to recreate the Garbage Pail Kids style he had used for the original series nor has he been attempting to follow the style guide Garbage Pail Kids artist John Pound had created. While Tom Bunk is a very talented artist, collectors have been very vocal about their discontent over the card fronts he had painted for the All-New Series.  Artists Luis Diaz and Dave Gross have done a very good job at painting the Garbage Pail Kids characters according to the style guide.  Some of the other artists still need to work on perfecting the style, but most of their artwork has been fairly acceptable to collectors.  Painting the character features correctly, adding in more details, using the correct color palette, and adding more creativity to the paintings are still some of the things that the other artists needed to work on perfecting.
 
     One of the other problems with the All-New Series 6 was the character concepts.  There were too many concepts for the series that were identical or similar to concepts from the previous series.  While there may have already been hundreds of Garbage Pail Kids characters, it is very easy to come up with concepts for new characters that are completely different from characters that were already done in previous series.  Topps did head in the right direction with the concepts because there was not an over-abundance of concepts that revolved around bodily fluids (i.e., pee, poop, puke, and snot) compared to the previous All-New Series.  It was also good that there were more abstract concepts used in the All-New Series 6.  For some reason, Topps has been overly-cautious about using concepts that revolve around blood, guns, or violence even though there were countless characters from the original series that did.  It would be ideal for Topps to go back to using the types of concepts used in the original series.
 
     Just like all of the previous All-New Series, the card numbering started back at 1a and 1b.  It could be very confusing to distinguish the cards from the different series if the checklists were not available for comparison.  The cards with non-puzzle piece backs had "® & © 2007 THE TOPPS COMPANY, INC.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED." printed on them, which could help distinguish them from the other series.  As mentioned in some of my reviews of the other All-New Series, it would be better if Topps put unique markings on all of the cards so that collectors could tell which series the cards were from without needing to look at a checklist.
 
     The promotional material created for the All-New Series 6 was not very different from the promotional material created for the previous All-New Series.  While Topps advertised the All-New Series 6 in a few different magazines, the magazines Topps chose to advertise in were poor choices.  It would have been ideal for Topps to place ads in publications such as Mad Magazine, popular comic books, or even the ads section of some of the Sunday newspapers.  The product could have also been promoted through commercials or publicity campaigns.  The promotion and advertising for the All-New Series 6 appeared to make little impact on product sales.  Topps relied too much on the popularity of the product among collectors and not enough on drawing in new collectors.
 
     The distribution for the product was similar to that of the All-New Series 5.  The distributors should get the product on store shelves within a couple of weeks, but many times it would take much longer for some stores to receive the product if they ever even received the product at all.  This problem lead collectors to purchase the items through Internet auctions and Internet card dealers.
 
     It was also good that Topps consolidated the design of the product.  The hobby and retail boxes were the same size and design.  Even the 24-pack boxes were the same size as the 36-pack boxes.  Topps used the unpriced hobby packs for the 24-pack boxes, 36-pack hobby boxes, and gravity feeds.  These subtle changes helped simplify the design of the series.  Since many of the retailers do not sell the packs at $0.99, it might not be necessary to produce packs that are pre-priced 99¢.  It may even be possible for Topps just to produce one or two different types of packs, which would help streamline the product further.
 
     The color Topps chose to use for the boxes for the series was very eye-catching.  The blue on the boxes looked very sharp, and it was good that Topps used a color that was different from the yellow, pink, orange, and green that were already used in the previous All-New Series.
 
     The return of the bubble gum to the packs had its pluses and minuses.  It was good that Topps put bubble gum back into the packs because it made them more reminiscent to the Garbage Pail Kids packs from the original series.  It was also good that Topps had the gum shrink-wrapped because that helped protect the cards from getting stained or damaged by the bubble gum.  The bubble gum Topps used for the All-New Series 6 did not taste as good as the bubble gum from the All-New Series 1, and the bubble gum from the All-New Series 6 was not good for making bubbles.  Another problem with the bubble gum was that it contained Sorbitol, which can irritate the digestive system and cause fructose malabsorption.  It would be ideal for Topps to back to using the same formulation of bubble gum that they used in the All-New Series 1.  The gum from the All-New Series 1 tasted better, it was easy to make bubbles with, and it did not contain Sorbitol.
 
     It was not difficult to complete the sets of the activity cards and magnet cards.  As some collectors had mentioned, the insert card sets seem to be uninspired.  Even for young children, the activity cards were a ridiculous idea.  Collectors are not interested in cards that have to be damaged (i.e., punched-out, cut, or folded) in order to do that activities on the cards.  The magnet cards were just like the magnet cards from the All-New Series 5.  Unfortunately, Topps reused artwork from the original series for the magnet cards instead of coming up with something different.  The magnet cards were somewhat interesting to collect, but the artwork on them needed to be something collectors had not seen before.  It might also have been a good idea to print something on both sides of the magnet cards so that they could be displayed two ways.  Topps still needed to work on the design of the insert card sets, but keeping the insert card sets easy to complete and affordable was definitely a plus.
 
     The only interest the two bonus boxes for the series would get would be from the collectors who knew the bonus boxes were good to save because their values would increase somewhat quickly.  Since the beginning, the idea of the bonus cards has not been very appealing to collectors because the bonus cards look no different than the regular cards (i.e., same card stock and similar design), and the cost of the bonus boxes, $9.99 per bonus box, made the two All-New Series 6 bonus cards from the bonus boxes somewhat expensive to collect.  It was great that Topps used little, cardboard shelves to hold the unopened packs inside of the bonus boxes instead of large pieces of Styrofoam, but the unopened packs were somewhat smashed into the bonus boxes, which could cause damage to the cards.  Another problem with the bonus boxes was that the bonus cards were put inside of the packs, and because of collation problems there were bonus boxes that did not contain any packs with bonus cards.  The 2-pack blister packs did help cut the cost to collect the other three bonus cards because the 2-pack blister packs only cost $1.99 a piece.  As I had mentioned in the All-New Series 5, it might have been better if Topps made a unique blister pack for each bonus card.  The unique blister packs could all come inside of the same blister box, but the different designs would allow consumers to know which bonus card they were getting at the time they were buying the blister packs, which was similar to how the bonus boxes are.
 
     The design of the gravity feeds for the All-New Series 6 was very similar to the design of the gravity feeds from the All-New Series 5.  The main problem with the design was that all of the packs would be grouped together at the bottom of the gravity feed, reinserting packs through the slot at the top of the display could damage the cards as the packs drop down, the artwork on the sides of the display could be blocked by other gravity feeds displayed next to it, and the majority of the space inside of the gravity feed was empty.  It was good that Topps decided to use the same packs for the gravity feeds as they did for the hobby boxes.  The next improvement would be for Topps to create a display that was very visible to the consumer but also protected the packs and made the packs easy to access.
 
     Even though there already were five previous All-New Series, there still should not have been as many repeated first names used for the All-New Series 6 character names.  There should not have been any first names used more than once in the series, but that happened with the first name Scott (i.e., 17a Scott Pocket and 39a Shot Scott) in the All-New Series 6.  The name Paul has been used in all six of the All-New Series.  There are thousands of first names that could be used for character names, and there are still plenty of first names that were never used for any Garbage Pail Kids series.  It would be ideal if Topps noted all the first names they had previously used in the All-New Series, so they could use different first names for new characters.  There also should not have been any character names that were the same as character names from previous series, but that happened with the names "Alien Alan", "Blow Away Ray", "Clawed Claude", "Cole Cut", and "Mike Strike" and in the All-New Series 6.
 
     The All-New Series 6 was comparable to the All-New Series 5 as far as the design and quality.  Topps still needs to make the artists follow the Garbage Pail Kids style guide more closely, so that the artwork looks more consistent throughout the set.  Many of the concepts for the All-New Series 6 were too similar to concepts from the previous All-New Series.  Topps needs to review the previous Garbage Pail Kids series to see which concepts were already used, and they need to be less restrictive about the types of concepts they use.  The return of the bubble gum in the packs was good, but Topps needs to reformulate the bubble gum so that it is more elastic and does not contain Sorbitol.  The insert cards need to be changed so that they interest collectors of all ages.  Topps did not do enough to promote the series and interest kids in collecting the cards.  The product needs to be better advertised before and after it is released, and it needs to have a more visible presence in the stores.
 
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