1986 — FRENCH • GERMAN • DUTCH — 'TEST SETS' Although Topps Ireland released several Garbage Pail Kids test sets throughout the last half of the 80's, into the early 90's, in several different countries. These so-called 1st Series 'test sets' of forty-four cards were released in Belgium (and possibly France) with French text, in Germany and regions of Denmark with German text, and also in the Netherlands with Dutch text, including the two Holland provinces. These sets were a direct reproduction of the 1986 UK GPK 1st Series test box release that contained the A-name card characters only. Unfortunately, no direct sequel sets were produced for these countries that contained a localized translation of the card content. However the Netherlands did receive the UK 2nd Series, etc. (in English text). The sets are often referred to as 'test sets' considering they followed the same testing as the UK 1st Series release, but had no follow-up releases, whereas the UK produced B-name boxes and then combined 'A' and B-names within boxes for the later productions. The three translated 'test set' sections are listed below for comparison.

The Garbage Pail Kids brand was released as a 44-card variation test set with no twin cards in Belgium (and France?) in 1986—alongside the UK 1st Series set. The card set was manufactured by the Topps Ireland company and many similar test sets were released to several surrounding countries over a period of several years. The card character nomenclature, 'PEEL HERE' arrow, and reverse card text is printed in French text; the cards measure 2 1/8 X 3 inches and are non-die cut—peeling from the edges. The box and wrapper packaging is the same for all three test sets, with the cards sealed and sold in the same cellophane wrapper as the UK 1st Series release, but the price for the French release was '10 BF'—which stands for 10 Belgium Francs. A few years later, two sets of Les Crados were released in France and an All-New Series set was released in 2004.

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ITEM	CODE	REVISION	PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Sell Sheet	UNK	NA	Wholesaler Buyer Product Order Sheet : French Text
Wrapper	0-494-1-6	NA	Sealed Plastic Pack : Pink & Whte
Wrapper	0-494-1-6	Color Variation	Sealed Plastic Pack : Pink & Clear
Display Box	1-494-0-6	NA	Cardboard Display Box : No UPC
Display Box	1-494-1-6	Product Code	Cardboard Display Box : UPC
Case Box	?	NA	Corrugated Cardboard Shipping Carton
Uncut Sheet	?	NA	Uncut Production Sheet : Sticker Format

1986 FRENCH 'TEST SET' PRODUCT COUNTER DISPLY — BOX CODE: 1-494-0-6 — NO UPC/TEST — BELGIUM FRANCS PRICE COUNTER DISPLY — BOX CODE: 1-494-1-6 — UPC — BELGIUM FRANCS PRICE ARTWORK: JOHN POUND — BOX DESIGN: BRAD KAHLHAMER CREDIT: IMAGES PROVIDED BY MAARTEN PRINSEN [NOT PICTURED] CARDBOARD CASE BOX — 24/48 ct. — PRODUCT #494 CODE ? — UPC ? PACK CODE: 0-494-1-6 — PINK AND WHITE WRAPPER RENDERED ARTWORK: TOM BUNK — DESIGN: BRAD KAHLHAMER WRAPPER CODE : 0-494-1-6 — PINK AND CLEAR RENDERED ARTWORK : TOM BUNK — DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER [NOT PICTURED] UNCUT SHEET — 132 CARD SHEET (?) — 11 x 12 FORMAT CODE ? — 44 SIZE SET (41 CARDS + 3 VARIATIONS) x 3 SETS

The Garbage Pail Kids brand was released in 1986 as a 44-card variation test set with no twins in Germany and German-speaking regions of Denmark, Austria, and other possible territories—right after the UK 1st Series set. The card set was manufactured by the Topps Ireland company and many test sets were released to several surrounding countries over a period of several years. The card character nomenclature, 'PEEL HERE' arrow, and reverse card text is printed in German text; the cards measure 2 1/8 X 3 inches and are non-die cut—peeling from the edges. The box and wrapper packaging is the same for all three test sets, with the cards sealed and sold in the same cellophane wrapper as the UK 1st Series release. The price for the German release was either 'DM' (which stands for 'D-Mark' or Deutsche Mark), 'DKK' (which stands for Danish Krone), or 'S or öS' (which stands for Austrian Schilling), depending on where the product was sold. Years later, in 1994, a set of Die Total Kaputtan Kids was released in Germany showcasing later characters from other U.S. GPK sets and a Swedish All-New Series GPK set, released in 2005, was also released in Denmark.

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