BASURITA = 'TRASH CAN' — BASURITAS = TRASH CAN KIDS

A Basuritas set was released throughout the Republic of Chile around 1989, after the 1988 Argentinian release. It is unknown at this time which South American country held the license and distribution rights for the different international Garbage Pail Kids releases, besides the Stani Company (Productos Stani) for Argentina, but there are several similarities between all three original Spanish releases for Argentina, Chile and Uruguay from the late '80s and their Industria Argentina, Salo and Industria Uruguaya manufacturing companies, respectively. Both Editora Aladino, S.A. and Salo, S.A. produced the albums for Argentina and Chile, respectively, but it is unknown what company produced the Uruguay stickers. The adhesive stickers, needing moisture, measure slightly smaller than 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches, and were similar in size to the U.S. cards. The stickers came three to a pack and were meant to be stuck down in numerical locations within the accompanied sticker album. A majority of the stickers were non-die cut, but a range of die-cut stickers can be found in the middle of the set.

155 TOTAL CARDS = 145 STICKERS + 10 SPECIAL STICKERS

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PLAIN DISPLAY BOX (?)



PACK WRAPPERS — SALO (S.A.) — BOTH SIDES
WRAPPER ARTWORK — ARTIST UNKNOWN
CREDIT: IMAGES PROVIDED BY 'GPKTILLDEATH', HM
NOTE: RENDERED OS1, OS2, OS3 + OS14 CHARACTERS
NOTE: 'SALO' INFORMATION SMALL AND OBSCURE



STICKER ALBUM — SALO (S.A.)
COVER ARTWORK — ARTIST UNKNOWN
NOTE: RENDERED OS1, OS2 + OS4 CHARACTERS
NOTE: 'SALO' INFORMATION SMALL AND OBSCURE



POSTERS — SALO (S.A.) — 2 VERSIONS
POSTER ARTWORK — ARTIST UNKNOWN
CREDIT: IMAGES PROVIDED BY 'GPKTILLDEATH', HM
NOTE: RENDERED OS1 CHARACTERS + ORIGINAL ARTWORK

— The 1988 sell sheet for the Argentina Basuritas release showcases the dripping-blood BASURITAS Logo shared with the 1989 Chile and 1989 Uruguay Basuritas releases, with Salo S.A. and Industria Uruguay, respectively. The same card layout was also shared with all three releases, with some adhesive stickers being the whole card and a few other characters having die-cuts. As with several early international releases, the dripping header is placed into the original header outline, be it the curved or banner, so the 'GPK' logo indentations can still be made out on the curved logo header.

— Due to the Military Dictatorship of Chile (dictadura militar de Chile), an authoritarian regime that ruled Chile from late 1973 to early 1990, the Salo, S.A. company kept their product name and company information very small and obscure, or even missing, on any packaging and promotional material, including a commercial during that time period:



— The 1989 Chile Basuritas Sticker Album has the same cover as the 1999 Chile Basuritas sticker album, but the wrappers and stickers differ greatly. The 2000 Argentina album, by Industria Argentina, also shares the same album cover artwork.



— The two tie-in Basuritas Posters contain rendered OS1 artwork for the two main characters. Instead of 'SMUT', New Wave DAVE is spray painting the word 'BASURITAS'. The additional die-cut stickers, that could be adhered to the posters, are original artwork found only in Chile; the images could later be found within the 1999 Chile Basuritas release with black-borders.



— The artwork for special sticker, letter B MARTIN P.Gado, U.S. cards 322A K.O.'d KARL and 322B Sparrin' WARREN, has a purple, discolored Production Error, similar to the artwork image used for the 1994 German Die Total Kaputten Kids card #100 NORBERT Nahtzig. The same artwork image is used for the 1999 Chile card #71 MARTIN P.Gado.