"I think I drew roughs of maybe 90% of the Bathroom Buddies that were released. I did the roughs--and John Pound, Tom Bunk, Xno and others did the paintings from the roughs. The first 2 cards, Clean Dean and the Mummy one I had to draw pretty detailed, to show to the owners of the company to get the series approved. John Pound then painted them...and the owners okayed that. then I just did quick roughs and John, Xno, Tom Bunk and the other artists figured out the drawings of the rest. Mostly I just do roughs and others do the finished art." — Jay Lynch, per email correspondence, circa December 1999 Four years after the parody attempt of the Trash Can Trolls, in 1996, Topps tried once again to re-live the popular format of the Garbage Pail Kids with an original, non-parody spin-off called the Bathroom Buddies with original content. A 44 card test set was followed by a longer 66 (the original 44 + 22 new images) card set with twins were produced and mainly distributed outside of the U.S. to Canada and Australia, but also released regionally within the New York area (similar to the OS1 GPK test run). Several artists, including John Pound, Tom Bunk, Jay Lynch, XnO (aka Chet Darmstaedter) and Den Beauvais were responsible for these gross bathroom humor cards art directed by Ingar Westburg. The trading cards come packaged with either 4 or 5 per plastic or foil pack, depending on the print run. The final artwork for a Series 2 set was fully completed by the same aforementioned commissioned artists by Topps but it was never released at-that-time; several of these image can be found below with the Card History section and images released within the Yearly sets. Per Jay Lynch, who submitted most of the gag roughs for both sets, the card backs for the Series 2 were never written, the project was cancelled by Topps before the backs were worked on.

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FIRST PRINT RUN — 44 CARD TEST SET COUNTER DISPLAY — BOX CODE: 1-672-40-01-6 ARTWORK : TOM BUNK PLASTIC PACK — WRAPPER CODE: 1-672-54-01-6 ARTWORK : TOM BUNK * SECOND PRINT RUN - 66 CARD SET COUNTER DISPLAY — BOX CODE: 1-672-40-02-6 ARTWORK : TOM BUNK FOIL PACK — WRAPPER CODE: 0-672-89-01-6 ARTWORK : TOM BUNK * FIRST SERIES TOTALS 90 TOTAL CARDS = 66 CARDS + 24 VARIATIONS SECOND SERIES TOTALS 44 TOTAL CARDS = 2016S1—2019S1 (6+6+6+6+6+6+8)

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— The Bathroom Buddies 44 card Test Set is slightly different from the 66 card set; the puzzle pieces in both sets are the same and face the same direction when the card is flipped to the backside, but the card backs with the 'Walls of Wizdom' faces left to right in the 44 card test set and the card backs faces right to left in the 66 card set when flipped to the backside. The word 'Wiz' is slang to pee or urinate. — The Artwork Scale on the box of both print runs is different; The image on the 2nd print run box is slightly decreased where you can see all of the artwork, whereas the image is cropped at the bottom of the 1st print run box—cutting off the lower bathroom characters found on the 'Walls of Wizdom' card backs. — The set has only one Puzzle; found in both the test set and regular set releases. — Unlike most sets, card Numbers can be found on the front side and reverse back of each card. — Besides 'GREENDAY', artist Tom Bunk inserted several Shout-Outs into his bathrom humor artwork by writing on the walls for cards #3. The name 'Ira' can be seen in red at the bottom of the wall for Ira Friedman at Topps, the name Anna can be seen on the right-hand side which is Bunk's daughter and the artist's name can be identified in two different locations, 'TOM' written in large lettes off to the right and 'BUNCH OF BUNK' found in the lower left-hand corner. Bunk's son's name, 'BEN', can be found on the artwork Tom painted for card #24. — The regular set has two cards with the Same Forename; cards 14B Desperate DAN and 31B DAN Lather. — The Checklists in both sets are quite different; the test set checklist is horizantal with the toilet bowl character and the card stating 'Series 1' and the regular release having the typical Topps checklist that is vertical with no images. — The Wrappers for both print runs are different; he first test set wrapper does not have the Topps logo on it and the plastic packs contain 5 stickers, whereas the second release wrapper has the Topps logo, Bathroom Buddies is written in metallic because of the foil wrapper and the packs contain only 4 stickers now.

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CLICK TO VIEW 2ND SERIES ARTWORK

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— Topps artist Tom Bunk completed thirteen images for the 1st Series Bathroom Buddies set and fourteen paintings for the, at-the-time, unpublished 2nd Series Bathroom Buddies set. In 2003, Tom provided images for all fourteen original artwork paintings he had completed for the Topps Company; the same year that Topps would release the Garbage Pail Kids ANS1 set. CLICK TO VIEW 2ND SERIES ARTWORK NOTE: Topps has released all fourteen images (twenty-eight cards) of Tom Bunk's previously unpublished Bathroom Buddies 2nd Series material, all three images (six cards) of John Pound's pieces, three images (six cards) by Xno, plus two images (four cards) by Denis Beauvais within Value boxes, exclusive to Target, as bonus cards within their Apple Pie (In Your Face!), Prime Slime Trashy TV, ADAM-Geddon, Battle of the Bands, We Hate the 80's, Oh, the Horror-ible, and We Hate the 90's setes from 2016 to early 2019. The toilet paper roll nameplate has been replaced by a black and white Garbage Pail Kids nameplate and the ™ (trademark) is missing from the header. — Topps artist John Pound completed fourteen images for the 1st Series Bathroom Buddies set and three paintings for the unpublished 2nd Series Bathroom Buddies set. In 2005, John Pound provided images for all three original artwork paintings that he finished for the Topps Company. The second piece contains Pound's Woo-woo eyeball character (not Eyewiz). 'JP WAS HERE' can be seen under the paper towel dispenser in the third piece pictured below, John Pound's self- tagged initials. — The third main contributor to the Bathroom Buddies sets, XnO (aka Chet Darmstaedter), completed five paintings for the 1st Series set and it is still yet unknown as to how many and exactly what he might have finished for the unpublished 2nd Series set but several have started to appear for the 2018S1 and 2018S2 Yearly sets. XnO is most notable for his Dinosaurs Attack! artwork that was released in 1988 by the Topps company where he completed a majority of the work for the set. Darmstaedter is known for his 'lowbrow art' or pop surrealism. — The fourth and potentially last artist to contribute to the Bathroom Buddies set(s) is Denis "DEN" Beauvais who completed one painting for the 1st Series set and it is unknown whether any paintings were completed for the unpublished 2nd Series set. Two pieces of artwork were located on his website for sale under a 'Misc.' artwork tab that included the 'Bathroom Buddies' title for the image to cards 6A Constipa-TED and 6B Dead FRED. NOTE: THE ARTIST'S SIGNATURE, 'DEN.' CAN BE FOUND ON HIS ARTWORK AND MORE SUPRISINGLY, ON THE ACTUAL PUBLISHED CARD Beauvais is known for his monster artwork; but it is unknown if the two additional artwork images below are directly tied to the Bathroom Buddies sets as either 1st Series rejected pieces, 2nd Series unpublished pieces, or not associated with the Bathroom Buddies property, but they would both fit in nicely with the bathroom humor. The dracula image has been printed within the 2018S2 Yearly set and the werewolf within the 2019S1 Yearly set/. Thanks to collector Esteban de Jesús Valencia Castillo for bringing this artist to my attention. NOTE: THE 'AB'+ BLOOD TYPE (UNIVERSAL RECIPIENT) ON THE TUB HANDLE AND THE 'DEN.' SIGNATURE ON BOTH PAINTINGS — Artist and writer Jay Lynch completed the concept artwork for the set and wrote the 'Walls of Wizdom' (= words of wisdom) reverse card backs. Several images were slightly changed by the artists for the final artwork; below is the artwork for card images #1 and #17 and two concepts that did not reach fruition for the 1st Series, although the gelatin mold concept did make it to the 2nd Series. Per Jay Lynch, "Topps had me compose a letter to the Boston Board of Education, suggesting that they use the series as a teaching tool in classrooms; this was done to get the [cards] banned in Boston as a publicity stunt for that release." — The Topps company had artist John Cebollero try his hand at painting a Bathroom Buddies image based off of a Jay Lynch concept but it was never printed; Cebollero posted the image to social media in October of 2017. — Bathroom Buddies Toilet Bowl Candy & Gum Dispensers were released in Canada in 1996 with gum filled toilet bowls and a tank holding a sticker with bathroom humor on it, no images from the set were used on the stickers, only on the display box. Bathroom Buddies toilet bowl candy dispensers were also released in the United Kingdom, but the stickers within the tank portion of the toilet bowl had images from the Bathroom Buddies set. The total number of stickers within the set is unkown since the stickers are unnumbered. Pictures provided by collector Robert Griffin. PRODUCT #785 — UPC: 0-41116-10785-6 TOILET UPC: 0-41116-00785-9 NOTE: STICKER IMAGES FOR CARDS #16 AND #19

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V = Variation — 1 = First Print Run (44 Card Set) — 2 = Second Print Run (66 Card Set)

#	NOMENCLATURE	ARTIST — FRONT	ARTIST — BACK	WRITER — BACK	PRINT RUN
1A	Clean DEAN — RIGHT-FACED BACK	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 1
1A	Clean DEAN — LEFT-FACED BACK	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
1B	Washed-Up WAYNE	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	1, 2
2A	MICHAEL Mummy — RIGHT-FACED BACK	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 1
2A	MICHAEL Mummy — LEFT-FACED BACK	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
2B	Bandaged BRANDON	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	1, 2
3A	Urine AL — RIGHT-FACED BACK	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 1
3A	Urine AL — LEFT-FACED BACK	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
3B	BURT Squirt	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	1, 2
4A	Virtual VIRGIL — RIGHT-FACED BACK	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 1
4A	Virtual VIRGIL — LEFT-FACED BACK	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
4B	Cyberspacin' JASON	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	1, 2
5A	Lappin' LEON — RIGHT-FACED BACK	XnO : CHET Darmstaedter	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 1
5A	Lappin' LEON — LEFT-FACED BACK	XnO : CHET Darmstaedter	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
5B	HUGH Animal	XnO : CHET Darmstaedter	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	1, 2
6A	Constipa-TED — RIGHT-FACED BACK	DEN Beauvais	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 1
6A	Constipa-TED — LEFT-FACED BACK	DEN Beauvais	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
6B	Dead FRED	DEN Beauvais	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	1, 2
7A	Pukin' PAM — RIGHT-FACED BACK	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 1
7A	Pukin' PAM — LEFT-FACED BACK	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
7B	Barfin' BARB	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	1, 2
8A	VINCE Vermin — RIGHT-FACED BACK	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 1
8A	VINCE Vermin — LEFT-FACED BACK	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
8B	Infest ED	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	1, 2
9A	Astro NAT — RIGHT-FACED BACK	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 1
9A	Astro NAT — LEFT-FACED BACK	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
9B	Blast-Off BRIAN	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	1, 2
10A	CARL Catbox — RIGHT-FACED BACK	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 1
10A	CARL Catbox — LEFT-FACED BACK	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
10B	SANDY Litter	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	1, 2
11A	Tootin' TINA — RIGHT-FACED BACK	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 1
11A	Tootin' TINA — LEFT-FACED BACK	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
11B	Blowin' BETTY	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	1, 2
12A	Gamin' RAYMOND — RIGHT-FACED BACK	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 1
12A	Gamin' RAYMOND — LEFT-FACED BACK	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
12B	Game BOYD	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	1, 2
13A	Stinky STAN — RIGHT-FACED BACK	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 1
13A	Stinky STAN — LEFT-FACED BACK	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
13B	Toxic TOM	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	1, 2
14A	Paper LES — RIGHT-FACED BACK	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 1
14A	Paper LES — LEFT-FACED BACK	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
14B	Desperate DAN	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	1, 2
15A	FORREST Dump — RIGHT-FACED BACK	XnO : CHET Darmstaedter	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 1
15A	FORREST Dump — LEFT-FACED BACK	XnO : CHET Darmstaedter	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
15B	Whittlin' WILL	XnO : CHET Darmstaedter	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	1, 2
16A	JANE Drain — RIGHT-FACED BACK	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 1
16A	JANE Drain — LEFT-FACED BACK	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
16B	Bath BECKY	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	1, 2
17A	JACK Snack — RIGHT-FACED BACK	XnO : CHET Darmstaedter	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	V, 1
17A	JACK Snack — LEFT-FACED BACK	XnO : CHET Darmstaedter	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
17B	Unsani-TERRY	XnO : CHET Darmstaedter	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	1, 2
18A	Levitatin' LUKE — RIGHT-FACED BACK	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 1
18A	Levitatin' LUKE — LEFT-FACED BACK	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
18B	Fartin' MARTIN	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	1, 2
19A	Undersea LEE — RIGHT-FACED BACK	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 1
19A	Undersea LEE — LEFT-FACED BACK	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
19B	Scuba SAM	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	1, 2
20A	LARRY Laptop — RIGHT-FACED BACK	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 1
20A	LARRY Laptop — LEFT-FACED BACK	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
20B	Internet BRET	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	1, 2
21A	Mud DONNA — RIGHT-FACED BACK	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 1
21A	Mud DONNA — LEFT-FACED BACK	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
21B	Septic SUE — CHECKLIST	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	CHECKLIST	V, 1
21B	Septic SUE — WALLS OF WIZDOM	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
22A	Metallic ALEC — RIGHT-FACED BACK	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 1
22A	Metallic ALEC — LEFT-FACED BACK	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
22B	HARVEY Metal — CHECKLIST	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	CHECKLIST	V, 1
22B	HARVEY Metal — WALLS OF WIZDOM	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	V, 2
23A	Fright DWIGHT	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	2
23B	MARK Attacked	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	2
24A	A Public JOHN	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	2
24B	Stuck STU	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	2
25A	ROSS Floss	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	2
25B	MAX Wax	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	2
26A	Sunken DUNCAN	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	2
26B	Trapped TREVOR	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	2
27A	RICH Kid	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	2
27B	BILL Wiper	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	2
28A	Hot RODNEY	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	2
28B	Racin' MASON	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	2
29A	Short MORT	XnO : CHET Darmstaedter	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	2
29B	Small PAUL	XnO : CHET Darmstaedter	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	2
30A	Caught COURTNEY	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	2
30B	Grabbed GRACE	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	2
31A	Aero-SAUL	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	2
31B	DAN Lather	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	2
32A	ORVILLE Outhouse	XnO : CHET Darmstaedter	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	2
32B	Gothic GREG	XnO : CHET Darmstaedter	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch	2
33A	In Between GENE	TOM Bunk	CHECKLIST	CHECKLIST	2
33B	Mixed-Up MANDY	TOM Bunk	CHECKLIST	CHECKLIST	2
#	NOMENCLATURE	ARTIST — FRONT	ARTIST — BACK	WRITER — BACK	PRINT RUN

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#	NOMENCLATURE : 2ND SERIES	ARTIST — FRONT	WRITER — BACK	YEARLY RELEASE
1a	Toilet TARA	TOM Bunk	Topps	2016S1
1b	BRENDA Bowl	TOM Bunk	Topps	2016S1
2a	DEBBIE Dryer	TOM Bunk	Topps	2016S1
2b	Melted MELANIE	TOM Bunk	Topps	2016S1
3a	Classy CLAY	TOM Bunk	Topps	2016S1
3b	DALE Dump	TOM Bunk	Topps	2016S1
4a	Snowy JOEY	TOM Bunk	Topps	2016S2
4b	Artistic RICK	TOM Bunk	Topps	2016S2
5a	Figure Skate KATE	TOM Bunk	Topps	2016S2
5b	Twirled TANYA	TOM Bunk	Topps	2016S2
6a	Zit ZACK	TOM Bunk	Topps	2016S2
6b	Pimple PAUL	TOM Bunk	Topps	2016S2
7a	ARNIE Tank	TOM Bunk	Topps	2017S1
7b	Shot WATT	TOM Bunk	Topps	2017S1
8a	JUNE Prune	TOM Bunk	Topps	2017S1
8b	Wrinkled RACHEL	TOM Bunk	Topps	2017S1
9a	Squat SCOTT	TOM Bunk	Topps	2017S1
9b	HENRY Helmet	TOM Bunk	Topps	2017S1
10a	DI Ving	TOM Bunk	Topps	2017S2
10b	ADELE T. Swim	TOM Bunk	Topps	2017S2
11a	LEON Tamer	TOM Bunk	Topps	2017S2
11b	Potty TREY N.	TOM Bunk	Topps	2017S2
12a	Karate CHIP	TOM Bunk	Topps	2017S2
12b	Hit The Head HAROLD	TOM Bunk	Topps	2017S2
13a	BO- wl	TOM Bunk	Topps	2018S1
13b	Swirl LEE	TOM Bunk	Topps	2018S1
14a	Invisible MANNY	TOM Bunk	Topps	2018S1
14b	Streaming STAN	TOM Bunk	Topps	2018S1
15a	Jugg-LIN	XnO : CHET Darmstaedter	Topps	2018S1
15b	Drop a BRUCE	XnO : CHET Darmstaedter	Topps	2018S1
16a	Flushed FELIPE	XnO : CHET Darmstaedter	Topps	2018S2
16b	Goodbye BILLY	XnO : CHET Darmstaedter	Topps	2018S2
17a	Glad VLAD	DEN Beauvais	Topps	2018S2
17b	Bloody BORIS	DEN Beauvais	Topps	2018S2
18a	Battered UPTON	XnO : CHET Darmstaedter	Topps	2018S2
18b	GRANT Slam	XnO : CHET Darmstaedter	Topps	2018S2
19a	Showered HOWARD	JOHN Pound	Topps	2019S1
19b	Surf MURPH	JOHN Pound	Topps	2019S1
20a	Feral ERROL	DEN Beauvais	Topps	2019S1
20b	MARK Territory	DEN Beauvais	Topps	2019S1
21a	Crushed CHRIS	JOHN Pound	Topps	2019S1
21b	Sad Sack MACK	JOHN Pound	Topps	2019S1
22a	Wet WILLIE	JOHN Pound	Topps	2019S1
22b	Toilet HUME R.	JOHN Pound	Topps	2019S1
#	NOMENCLATURE : 2ND SERIES	ARTIST — FRONT	WRITER — BACK	YEARLY RELEASE

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