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The two production runs of the 15th Series Garbage Pail Kids, aka Original Series 15 or OS15 for short, release are almost the same except for their wrappers. The first production run wrapper has the '25¢ CHEAP' logo and the second production run is without the price logo. However, on account of a printing error, several print runs of OS15 are non-die cut — without a die-cut sticker, found in both production runs. Due to a correction, die-cut cards have only been found in the second production run. This is the fifth set to inlude the 'FLICK IT!' section on the reverse card backs completed by artist Richard Mcguire. With the GPK brand in its final run from 1987-1988 and the popularity slowing down the product is harder to find raising the price per pack at certain retailers and increasing the demand for these cards by collectors years later. Since the last production run of any series usually sells the least amount, unsold boxes are either black marked for closeout or sent back to the distributor, they tend to be the harder-to-find production runs. Artist Jay Lynch brought in friend and artist Javi Soler to assist him on the artwork for the card backs for the set; this would be the only known set that Soler contributed to and wouldn't necessarily be on the Topps books. The NPD team would also have artist Richard McGuire work on the 'FLICK IT!' section again; for sets OS11 through OS16. ARTISTS : JOHN POUND, TOM BUNK, JAY LYNCH, JAVI SOLER & RICHARD MCGUIRE WRITERS : JAY LYNCH ~ |
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
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B&W Sell Sheet
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490-15
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NA
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Wholesaler Buyer Product Order
Sheet
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Retail Wrapper
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0-490-21-03-8
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NA
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Retail Store Wax Wrapper : 25¢
Price
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Hobby Wrapper
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0-490-21-04-8
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No Price
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Hobby Store Wax Wrapper : No Price
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Retail / Hobby Box
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1-490-40-02-8
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NA
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Cardboard Display
Box
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Case Box
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2-490-39-02-8
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NA
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Corrugated Cardboard Shipping Carton
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Uncut Sheet
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4-490-05-02-8
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NA
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Uncut Production Sheet : Sticker
Format
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Display Poster
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4-490-08-02-8
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NA
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Retail Box Display Poster
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 DISPLAY BOX — CODE 1-490-40-02-08 — 1 VARIATION MAIN ARTWORK : TOM BUNK — SIDE ARTWORK : JOHN POUND BOX DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER ~ |
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 WRAPPER #1 — CODE 0-490-21-03-8 — 25¢ PRICE — 1 VARIATION RENDERED ARTWORK : TOM BUNK — DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER ~ |
 WRAPPER #2 — CODE 0-490-21-04-8 — NO PRICE — 1 VARIATION RENDERED ARTWORK : TOM BUNK — DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER ~ |
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  RETAIL AD POSTER — CODE 4-490-08-02-8 — SIXE 10 x 14 ARTWORK : TOM BUNK — DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER ~ |
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 WHOLESALER SELL SHEET — CODE # 490-15 — SIZE 8 x 11 ARTWORK : TOM BUNK — DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER ~ |
 DEALER ORDER SHEET — PRODUCT # 490 — SIZE 8 x 11 NO CODE — BLUE SHEET — OCTOBER 1988 OS1 BOX ARTWORK : JOHN POUND ~ |
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UNCUT SHEET — 132 CARD SHEET — 8 x 11 FORMAT CODE 4-490-05-02-8 — NO IMAGE |
 CASE BOX —
24/48 ct. —
PRODUCT #490-15
CODE 2-490-39-02-8 — UPC 0-41116-05490-7 ~ |
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1. The second
GPK release with different Packaging colors; a red box
and a green wrapper; this is a nice Christmas color shematic since the
set was released in month of December.
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2. The second Garbage Pail Kids set to have a forename in large Font, but the word in is bold for card 583b HARRY Glyph. ~ |
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3. A production Error for card 584b Crawlin' ROLLIN can be found with the black color missing from a majority of the 'PEEL HERE' arrow and the GPK banner due to the absence of the rich black ink during the printing process; this has been identified for the non die-cut card version with the completed 'PUZZLE PREVIEW' variation card back. Please visit GPKStoreandMore.com; thanks Jeff!  ~ |
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4. The only GPK release to have the Variation card backs all right next to each other within the set for card #581, 582, 583 and 584 and all four characters are used for the packaging, promotional and puzzle material. ~ |
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5. The third set with a GPK Wrapper character that is different from its box character; the remaining Garbage Pail Kids set for the unpublished OS16 set will follow this same pattern. ~ |
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6. Non-Die Cut cards can be found in both print run releases, however, the die-cut cards have only been located in the second print run release. ~ |
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7. The second GPK set in which the 'T' for the Topps company logo can be found within the artwork, on the baseball player's hat of cards 590a Little Leak LEN and 590b Snot-Ball SAUL. ~ |
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8. The only series where the GPK Header is located in the center of the card and contains two Nameplates which are located at the top and bottom of the card with two different colors for cards 602a Upside DONNA and 602b Two-Fer JUAN. The second release with an upside down nameplate.  ~ |
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9. The tenth set to contain cards with the GPK Acronym found within the artwork; the GPK acronym found on the baseball cap of cards 603a MITCH Mitt and 603b Foul BILL and on the towel dispenser machine of cards 606a Foul-Towel RAOUL and 606b Muddy BUDDY. ~ |
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10. The Nomenclature artist John Pound had suggested on the tight pencil artwork for cards 605a Windy MINDY and 605b Birthday KATE was 'BERTHA Day'. ~ |
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11. The completed Puzzles for the OS15 set are alphabetically sequential with the OS14 set which contained teh S-puzzle and T-puzzle. The puzzles have remained at 21 pieces and the set contains two puzzles much like the OS2, OS3, OS5 and OS9 through OS14 sets for card characters 583a HARRY Glyph and 583b LYLE Tile for the U-puzzle and 584a Slimy HYMIE and 584b Crawlin' ROLLIN for the V-puzzle. This is the second set where the A-name is one puzzle preview and the B-name is the other puzzle preview. ~ |
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12. The Garbage Pail Kids set has a same sounding Nomenclature as another release for OS8 card 305A Grate SCOTT and OS15 card 613b Great SCOTT. ~ |
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13. The set has several of characters with the same Forename for cards 583b HARRY Glyph and 597a HARRY Armpits; 585a Picky NICK and 596b Sick NICK; for cards 591a FRANK Footer and 609b Dank FRANK; 597b Under Arnie and 619a V.C. Arnie along with cards 602b Two-Fer JUAN and 614b Cutting JUAN. ~ |
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14. A fitting Farewell
for the Original Series Garbage Pail Kids franchise, the final
twin cards are a female version of the forever infamous 8a ADAM
Bomb and 8b Blasted
BILLY mascot character, for cards 620a ADA
Bomb and 620b Blasted BETTY,
bringing the GPK brand full
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15. The Garbage Pail Kids set contains the light blue Namplate, but not the light pink nameplate for this release. |
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1.
Artist Tom Bunk creates several different
artwork renditions for his Color Roughs; below are samples of
a few of these original versions with very subtle color and clothing
variations for cards 581a SHEL Game
and 551b 3-Card MONTE with different colored
clothing, 585a Picky NICK and 585b BEULAH
Ghoul in an evening scene with tabasco sauce and 613a Bag
PIPER and 613b Great SCOTT with
a lighter wardrobe and gloves and a pipe piece not within the mouth
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2. Pictured below is one of artist John Pound's Color Rough and Pencil Rough samples for cards 592a Extra DEXTER and 592b Flabby ABBY and 600a Vendo-MATT and 600b DOUG Slug, respectively. Since very few unrevised thumbnail sketches by Pound have been available to the public there are very few changes, if any, that can be found between the tight pencil, color rough and final artwork considering they are photocopied and colored and painted directly over the top. ~ |
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3. The OS15 FLICK IT! section artwork on the reverse card backs emulates a flipbook that was completed by artist Richard McGuire which pokes fun at horoscopes and astrology. Artist Jay Lynch completed the final roughs and final artwork for the reverse card backs while Javi Soler — a Spanish cartoonist — penciled and inked, finished the lettering and assisted with the final artwork.  ~ |
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4. A few pieces by artist Tom Bunk showing additional artwork renditions for his Color Roughs with very subtle color and clothing variations for cards 591a FRANK Footer and 591b Dog Bites BOYD with the frankfurter looking more like a dog and the entire face not being bitten; and for cards 611a Acid WAYNE and 611b Polluted PAUL with different colored hair and background and the fish head above water. ~ |
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5. Garbage Pail Kids Flowcharts were created for the releases after the OS4 set which showed Mark Newgarden, the GPK editor how the progress of the new set was going. It displayed what artist was working on which concept piece and the stage in which the painting had been completed. Oftentimes, concept pieces were denied and the department tried to work them into later sets. A list of additional concept pieces was found at the bottom of the flowchart in case pieces could not be used. The OS15 set contained the following ideas which either replaced rejected concept pieces within the set, were saved for a later series or never saw the day of light : barbwire (unpublished OS1 used in Poster set), girl jumping barbwire (ANS4), kid with tongue toothpaste dispenser (ANS3), angel girl (ANS4). |
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NAME
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ARTIST
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ARTIST
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WRITER
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SHEL Game : V
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TOM Bunk
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NA : CHECKLIST
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NA : CHECKLIST
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| 581a |
SHEL Game : V
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TOM Bunk
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 581b |
3-Card MONTE : V
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TOM Bunk
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NA : CHECKLIST
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NA : CHECKLIST
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| 581b |
3-Card MONTE : V
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TOM Bunk
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 582a |
Take-Out DINAH : V
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 582a |
Take-Out DINAH : V
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JOHN Pound
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 582b |
Chow MAME : V
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 582b |
Chow MAME : V
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JOHN Pound
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 583a |
LYLE Tile : V
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 583a |
LYLE Tile : V
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 583b |
HARRY Glyph : V
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 583b |
HARRY Glyph : V
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 584a |
Slimy HYMIE : V
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 584a |
Slimy HYMIE : V
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 584b |
Crawlin' ROLLIN :
V
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 584b |
Crawlin' ROLLIN :
V, E
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 585a |
Picky NICK
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TOM Bunk
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 585b |
BEULAH Ghoul
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TOM Bunk
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 586a |
PETER Cheater
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 586b |
DEAN List
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 587a |
CORNELIA Flake
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TOM Bunk
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 587b |
MALA Nutrition
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TOM Bunk
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 588a |
Yo! GERT
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 588b |
Ice Cream CONNIE
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 589a |
Ecch BENEDICT
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 589b |
Brain LES
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 590a |
Little Leak LEN :
SNOT-BALL PITCHER
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 590b |
Snot-Ball SAUL : SNOT-BALL
PITCHER
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 591a |
FRANK Footer
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TOM Bunk
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 591b |
Dog Bites BOYD
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TOM Bunk
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 592a |
Extra DEXTER
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JOHN Pound
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 592b |
Flabby ABBY
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JOHN Pound
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 593a |
Footloose FRED
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 593b |
Lucky LEW
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 594a |
Tied DI : KNOTTY PINE
PANELLING
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 594b |
Knotty LOTTIE : RUBBER
KID TIED IN KNOTS
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 595a |
MAL Practice
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JOHN Pound
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 595b |
Intensive CARRIE
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JOHN Pound
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 596a |
Sani KLAUS
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JOHN Pound
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 596b |
Sick NICK
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JOHN Pound
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 597a |
HARRY Armpits
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TOM Bunk
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 597b |
Under ARNIE
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TOM Bunk
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 598a |
Vise GUY
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 598b |
HUGH Fix-It
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 599a |
BERN-Out : BURNT-OUT
BULB
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JOHN Pound : REV.
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 599b |
Dim-Bulb BOB : BURNT-OUT
BULB
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JOHN Pound : REV.
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 600a |
Vendo-MATT
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JOHN Pound
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 600b |
DOUG Slug
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JOHN Pound
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 601a |
Losin' WADE
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JOHN Pound
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 601b |
HY Cholesterol
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JOHN Pound
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 602a |
Upside DONNA
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 602b |
Two-Fer JUAN
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 603a |
MITCH Mitt
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TOM Bunk
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 603b |
Foul BILL
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TOM Bunk
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 604a |
SANDI Box
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TOM Bunk
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 604b |
CAT Litter
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TOM Bunk
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 605a |
Windy MINDY : FART
BLOW OUT CANDLES
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JOHN Pound : REV.
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 605b |
Birthday KATE : FART
BLOW OUT CANDLES
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JOHN Pound : REV.
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 606a |
Foul-Towel RAOUL
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JOHN Pound
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 606b |
Muddy BUDDY
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JOHN Pound
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 607a |
KIT Video
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TOM Bunk
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 607b |
HAM Actor
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TOM Bunk
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 608a |
Fairy MARY
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JOHN Pound
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 608b |
Stinker BELLE
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JOHN Pound
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 609a |
Dewy DEWEY
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TOM Bunk
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 609b |
Dank FRANK
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TOM Bunk
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 610a |
BEAU Constricted
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TOM Bunk
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 610b |
Coiled CARL
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TOM Bunk
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 611a |
Acid WAYNE
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TOM Bunk
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 611b |
Polluted PAUL
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TOM Bunk
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 612a |
Shoe LACEY
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TOM Bunk
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 612b |
Weird WALKER
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TOM Bunk
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 613a |
Bag PIPER
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TOM Bunk
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 613b |
Great SCOTT
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TOM Bunk
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 614a |
Fillin' DYLAN
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JOHN Pound
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 614b |
Cutting JUAN
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JOHN Pound
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 615a |
PRESTON Change-O
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 615b |
Sleight Of HANS
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 616a |
ALEC Gator
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 616b |
Croco-DALE
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 617a |
CLAUDE Flesh
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TOM Bunk
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 617b |
Slasher ASHER
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TOM Bunk
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 618a |
Paper DOLLY
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 618b |
CATIE Cut-Up
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 619a |
V.C. ARNIE
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TOM Bunk
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 619b |
Cassette CASEY
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TOM Bunk
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Lynch : Soler : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 620a |
ADA Bomb
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 620b |
Blasted BETTY
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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