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DISPLAY BOX : 4 VARIATIONS + 2 BONUS BOXES
WRAPPER : 4 VARIATIONS

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PREVIEWS MAGAZINE — GPK Card Preview Ad
November 2006; Vol.VXI, #11



DISNEY ADVENTURES — GPK Ad
March 2007



NON-SPORT UPDATE — GPK Ad
February/March 2007; Vol. 18, No. 1



NON-SPORT UPDATE — GPK Article
February/March 2007; Vol. 18, No. 1



NON-SPORT UPDATE — GPK Card Review Article
April/May 2007, Volume 18 No. 2

— Card 24b TOM Bunk, meaning 'top bunk', is potentially named after veteran GPK artist Tom Bunk. Artist John Pound placed a poster of the iconic character ADAM Bomb on the bedroom wall along with a GPK sticker.

— The third U.S. GPK set to have an official Promo Card which was released at the San Diego Comic Convention in July of 2006. The first promo card being P1 CHRISTINA Ugliera from the ANS3 set and the second being the unnumbered 'P0' Batty BRAD from the ANS5 set. Promo card P2 Alien ALAN shares the same name as card 283a Alien ALAN from the OS7 set. The name was changed to 40a LEONARD Nimrod and 40b Trekkie TREVOR for the final release with the GPK header changed to blue and the nameplate changed to yellow. The card is peculiar having a vertical front and a horizontal back as far as Bonus cards go.




— Strangely, the card backs for ANS6 are printed Upside Down; or rather, not right side-up as the previous releases.

— The set contains several Same Names from previous GPK sets: ANS6 card 12a Blown Away RAY and ANS4 card 21a Blown Away RAY, ANS6 card 14b COLE Cut and OS 6 card 229a COLE Cut, ANS6 card 26a MIKE Strike and OS8 card 301B MIKE Strike, ANS6 card 30a Clawed CLAUDE and OS10 card 410b Clawed CLAUDE and ANS6 card P2 Alien ALAN and OS7 card 283a Alien ALAN.

— The Peeler Knife piece of cutlery, originally portrayed in the artwork image for cards 1a Orange JULIUS and 1b Peeled NEAL, painted by John Pound, was changed to a vegetable peeler for the advertising sell sheet and fold-out brochure as well as the final card artwork. However, the only published place where the original concept of a knife can be seen is the GPK ad within Previews issue for Nov. 2006, Vol. XVI.



— The set has two characters with the Same Forename for cards 17a SCOTT Pocket and 39a Shot SCOTT.

— As printed on the ANS6 promotional material, the series Chase Cards include all-new Foil Action Punch Outs cards (Activity cards, numbering 1-12) and Magnet cards; replacing the Alphabet Stickers released for the ANS5 set. Like many recycled ideas within the Topps non-sport card set history, the Activity card is not a new idea. Activity cards (Action Punch Out cards) first appeared in the Topps 1993 Nicktoons card set featuring the characters from the Rugrats, The Ren and Stimpy Show and Doug cartoons. The Activity chase cards are die-cut cards that can be punched out and assembled to create interactive games. As mentioned in the official Topps ANS6 release letter, as an example, one would pull a tab to find out what's in LUKE Puke's vomit, which was changed to CHRISTINA Barfarina for the release. Other GPK-related themes can be found throughout the Nicktoons set including tattoos, file cards and Triplex—a renaming of the popular 'Flick-It' section on the card backs of older GPK sets. The Activity Cards replaced the originally planned animated Lenticular 'Flix Pix' cards late in production—Lenticulars would later be released in the Brand New Series 1 set. The GPK header on the back of the Activity Cards can be found in six different colors: red, dark blue, orange, green, purple and light blue.



— The first set to have a cards with the forename in small Font and the word in large font and bold for cards 4a JESS Married and 10b ELLIOT Nest.

— For the advertisement material, the fold-out brochure has the new Tag-Line 'SUPER-GROSS STICKERS' including the mock-up box image; however, the Promo card back still has the older, shorter 'GROSS STICKERS' tag-line and the sell sheet has no mention of either of the taglines. The ANS6 box arrangement has the GPK header as a double-lined banner rather than a straight banner as seen in OS special releases.

— ANS6 is the first set to contain Mix & Match card backs with concepts and artwork roughs created by Jay Lynch and the final artwork completed by newcomer Scott Gross. there are a total of six different characters made up of three cards each that can be inter-changed to create various variations of GPKids and humorous sayings numbering and lettering from 1A to 6A for the head region, 1B to 6B for the torso and area and 1C to 6C for the legs and feet portion. The set as a whole does not have any comic backs and very little written material.



— The ANS6 set is the second GPK set to contain Magnet Cards, numbering 1 - 9, that can be located within packs with the ratio of 1 out of every 6 (1:6); the magnets are not die-cut as initually stated in the Previews set overview.

— The first set to have a series Checklist titled and outlined in the same color as the packaging; blue. Also, the first set to have an insert checklist to contain the GPK header. Magnet 3 of 12 Cracked SHELDON is misspelled as 'Craked SHELDON' on the insert checklist. The checklists are printed upside down along with the rest of the series reverse card backs.

— The Topps ANS5 Wacky Packages set contains a parody poking fun at the Garbage Pail Kids product for card #28 titled 'Garbage Pail Geezers'. Artist David Gross completed the concept for Topps in September of 2006 along with two previous concepts pictured below for an action figure and a 'Gentle Plain Kids' card pack. Artist Fred Wheaton also created a concept titled 'Germy Pale Kids' but it was not picked for the ANS5 Wacky Packages set.


ANS5 WP Card #28 Garbage Pail Geezers. Original Concept (September 25, 2006; David Gross) and Printed Card; NOTE: ADAM Bomb's extremely small nuclear mushroom cloud, PIFF!


Unpublished GPK Action Figure Concept (July 2006; David Gross) and Unpublished 'Germy Pale Kids' Concept (April 1, 2006; Fred Wheaton); NOTE: the gross slime background is a germ splatter as noted by the artist.


'Gentle Plain Kids' Concept (June 2006; David Gross) and 2013 ANS11 WP Card #B14 Printed Card; NOTE: concept took 8yrs to be published; 'Boring' A+ ADAM (Bomb) parody with no explosion.

— GPK next-gen artist Luis Diaz pays Tribute to two original series characters in two different final artwork pieces for the ANS6 set. Diaz stuck in an oval framed picture of the OS9 character 355a Beasty BOYD and 355b Semi COLIN in the artwork for cards 3a Me Too LOU and 3b Mirror MAX. Luis also stuck a square framed picture of the OS12 character 472a WALTER Fall and 472b RONNY Nose in the artwork for cards 22a Tailored TAYLOR and 22b MITCH Stitched. However, these framed pictures cannot be seen on the printed card.

— The set contains a pair of cards that can be found with Black & White Numbers for ANS6 cards 5a Canned CARL (white) and card 5b Dogged DOUG (black). This phenomenon can be found in the OS2 set for cards 46a and 46b, in the OS3 set for variation cards 113a, within the OS7 set for variation cards 289b and in ANS4 set for cards 17a (white) and 17b (black), 21a (white) and 21b (black), 23a (white) and 23b (black), 24a (white) and 24b (black) and 26a (black) and 26b (white).

— The set contains several Concepts that are very similar to other Garbage Pail Kids and Trash Can Trolls card ideas from previous Topps releases: ANS6 cards 5a Canned CARL and 5b Dogged DOUG : OS9 cards 362a DOUG Food and 362b NICK Yick; ANS6 cards 26a MIKE Strike and 26b Bowling For DALLAS : OS8 cards 301A Bowling ELAINE and 301B MIKE Strike; ANS6 cards 29a Rasta Roni TONY and 29b Spaghetti EDDY : TCT cards 3a AL A.Carte and 3b FREDDY Spaghetti; ANS6 cards 39a Shot SCOTT and 39b Fired FRED : OS14 cards 549a SHANNON Cannon and 549b Bomb SHELLY.




— Artist Luis Diaz's re-occuring pink spray Water Bottle that can be seen throughout the ANS5 set is pictured in cards 8a ROD N' Reel and 8b Fisher MANNY; the boat name 'LD06' can be located on the side which stands for 'Lias Diaz 2006'.

— A Topps Vault postcard was handed out at the San Diego Comic Con in July 2006 along with the P2 Promo cards. The postcard measures roughly 5 by 7 inches on thick card stock with a gloss finish and showcases the ADAM Bomb character from the original OS1 set. Other Topps Vault magazine ads in the past few years have also shown various GPK images to promote the original artwork and collectibles being sold by the Topps Company through the eBay auction house. The 2006 ad again shows the ADAM Bomb GPK character among the images of Wacky Packages characters. There was also a 2005 magazine ad that exclusively advertised for the Garbage Pail Kids that displayed images for five OS1 GPK cards (including ADAM Bomb) and an image of a boy and girl drinking 'Garbage Paik Kola' out of a miniature toilet; this image can be found within the GPK Poster set on poster #1. The Feb/March 2007 issue of Non-Sport Update (NSU) magazine contained a Topps Vault ad that showcased several GPK original artwork pieces and the April/May 2007 issue of NSU had a new Topps Vault advertising the ANS5 Wacky Packages artwork with the popular OS1 Kid Graffiti PETEY. Another Topps Vault ad showed up in September of 2007 displaying the final artwork for the OS10 cards Gullivered TRAVIS from the NSU: The Encyclopedia Volume 1 publication.





— Newcomer GPK artist Fred Wheaton's last name can be found as a Signature on the painting that he completed for the set on cards 38a I-Clod TODD and 38b MP TREY.

— The seventeenth series to contain cards with the GPK Acronym found within the artwork; the GPK acronym found on the dog food can of cards 5a Canned CARL and 5b Dogged DOUG, on the two signs of cards 14a Deli CONNOR and 14b COLE Cut, on the bandana of cards 16a Hacked HOGAN and 16b RUSSEL Mania (the card also contains the 't' for the Topps logo), on the hand of playing cards on cards 23a Poker Face CHASE and 23b Card Shark MARK, on the 'GRAB-A-GPK' toy machine of cards 30a Clawed CLAUDE and 30b ROY Toy, on the king's crown of cards 31a Booger KEN and 31b Whopper WYATT, on the train of cards 32a THOMAS The Train Wreck and 32b Off The Rails GAIL, on the ketchup bottle of cards 37a CAT Sup and 37b Bottled BAILEY, on the flag of cards 39a Shot SCOTT and 39b Fired FRED, on the shirt of cards 40a LEONARD Nimrod, 40b Trekkie TREVOR and P2 Alien ALAN, on the sticker page of card b19 Scrapped BROOKE, on the shirt of the activity card 4 of 12 'Spit Kickers' and on the baseball cap of the Mix and Match card 5A.

— Veteran GPK artist Tom Bunk contributed nine final artwork pieces for the ANS6 set, six of his own concepts, including a sketch I sent him where we became co-concept creators for cards 36a Tusky TIFFANY and 36b Buck Toothed BRENDA; the mock-up card name for 36a Tusky TUCKER can be found on the side panel of the Gravity Feed box and on other marketing ads. My intended concept showed a character with more of a rodent-like incisors issue and their failed attempts at flossing; the idea can still be found on Bunk's initial concepts for the piece. Art director Jeff Zapata and Bunk put a slight twist on the concept and changed the overall theme to a character with more of a canine teeth-like dilemma. On April 30, 2006 artist Fred Wheaton surprised me and sent an amazing rendered drawing of the concept in tight pencil. Bunk paid tribute to my concept by placing 'A.J. Was Here' on the bathroom wall.



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— Veteran GPK artist John Pound contributed seventeen final artwork pieces for the ANS6 set including several of his own concepts. Pound's preliminary artwork at the tight pencil stage tends to always look like the final artwork with little revisions since initial thumbnail drawings have not been available to the public. The color rough example is for cards 12a Blown Away RAY and 12b Over Blown Ramon that shows some slight color variations compared to the final artwork that has white shoes, a green t-shirt and red window frames. That pencil rough example is an alternate version used for cards 27a Lemon NED and 27b Puckered PARKER ; it is unknown what the other version looks like.



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— Veteran GPK artist Tom Bunk tends to create a few pencil concepts and two or three colour concepts for each piece created with the initial drawings being the most different from the final printed product. Below are samples of the color rough images for five of his published paintings describing some of the changes for the final artwork as well as an unpublished concept piece. All of Bunk's ANS6 pieces can be located in the last portion of the set including several Bonus cards.


Cards 32a THOMAS The Train Wreck and 32b Off The Rails GAIL (left image). NOTE: less smoke, fire, boulders and falling victims; less devastation and banged-up for final art; 'Derailed TOMMY' suggested name.
Cards 36a Tusky TIFFANY and 36b Buck Toothed BRENDA (right image). NOTE: overall colors changed and hairstyle changed for the final artwork; 'WALLY Russ' suggested name.


Cards 34a BOBBY Q. and 34b Barbecue STU (left image). NOTE: manual handle added, flag moved, bottle changed and eye intact for final art; 'JULY Forth' + 'Burned BERNIE' suggested names.
Cards 39a Shot SCOTT and 39b Fired FRED (right image). NOTE: eye added to skull, hat color changed and hand not holding a flag for the final artwork; 'KENNY Ball', 'Canon BILL' + 'ART Tillery' suggested names.


Card b15 Barfs Of HOLLY (left image). NOTE: words on building and songsheet changed, clothing and color changed and steplader added for the final artwork; 'MARY Mess' suggested name.
Unpublished Concept: Dummy DICK (right image).

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— Concept and reverse card GPK artist Jay Lynch was commisioned by Topps to create the special insert Activity Cards (aka Action Punch-Outs) for the ANS6 set. Lynch completed the final artwork himself for the Activity Cards; per the artist, no roughs exist for these cards. Lynch worked with newcomer Scott Gross with the Mix and Match card backs, with Jay completing the roughs and Scott finishing the final artwork. Besides the back of the cards, Lynch was also the sole naming panel for the entire set, as he was for the ANS5 release, and also submitted three concepts for the set: 19a Poop Head PAUL and 19b Turd Face TRACE, 31a Booger KEN and 31b Whopper WYATT and b19 Scrapped BROOKE.



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— Next-gen GPK artist Luis Diaz completed seven paintings for the ANS6 release; several images were changed from their original state with several pieces having alternate poses and color schemes. Diaz continued to contribute the most new paintings as a newer GPK artist, as with the ANS5 set, but completeling far less pieces of artwork than the previous release.


Cards 3a Me Too LOU and 3b Mirror MAX. NOTE: wall color changed, whacked symbols added and 'LD Monster' framed pic changed to OS9 Semi COLIN character; 'I Hate HUGH' + 'HUGH Hate Me' names not used.


Cards 28a SAM Castle and 28b Crushed KAYLA (left image). NOTE: both of the character's arms changed positions and head shaped more like a sand bucket for the final artwork; Pingitore concept.
Cards 30a Clawed CLAUDE and 30b ROY Toy (right image). NOTE: perspective of machine changed, claw grabbing top of head and a younger kid sitting added; 'Vended VANCE', 'Clawed CLAUDE' + 'Won JUAN' names not used.

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— Concept GPK artist Mark Pingitore had seven concept submissions accepted for the ANS6 set. Ping's contributions were painted by several artists; the concept piece for cards 23a Poker Face CHASE and 23b Card Shark MARK was a collaboration between Mark and Cory Pierce (who runs the 'GPK Underground' website). Pictured below are alternate poses or perspectives for the concept artwork drawn by Pingitore.


Cards 8a ROD N' Reel and 8b Fisher MANNY (left image). NOTE: hooked brain added (to 2nd concept), leg position changed and eyes are open for the final artwork; Diaz added 'LD06' (Luis Diaz 2006) to the side of the boat; 'BOBBY Fisher' + 'Reelin' RONNY' suggested nomenclature.
Cards 15a Axe In JACKSON and 15b Stumped STEVE (right image). NOTE: character is shortened and height made stubby in stature, arm moved to the other side of thecharacter and ears added for the final artwork.


Cards 16a Hacked HOGAN and 16b RUSSEL Mania (left image). NOTE: footgear changed, 'GPK' moved to wrestler's bandana, 't' (for Topps) added to padding; 'Scary TERRY' + 'AL Gressive' suggested names not used.
Cards 22a Tailored TYLER and 22b MITCH Stitched (right image). NOTE: stool changed to a chair, sewing machine re-styled and background added; Diaz added the nickname 'Ping' (for Pingitore) to the sewing machine; 'HARRY Homemaker', 'TED Thread' + 'Sewin' OWEN' suggested names not used.


Cards 23a Poker Face CHASE and 23b Card Shark MARK (left image). NOTE: hat moved to the table, teeth removed and overhead light added, character's position reversed; original, vertical concept used; 'Texas HOLDEN' name not used; revised, horizontal 2007 concept created for ANS7 set but flat position not used; 'Hold'em CAULFIELD' + "All In VIN' suggested nomenclature not used.
Cards 26a MIKE Strike and 26b Bowling For DALLAS (right image) NOTE: hair stubble added to the charater's head, pins moved over the Kid's head and 'MS 301' (re-envisioned OS8 301B MIKE Strike) removed for the final artwork; 'Gutter BILLY', 'NATHAN Lane' + 'Bowlin' ROLAND' suggested nomenclature not used.


Cards 28a SAM Castle and 28b Crushed KAYLA. NOTE: sand castle shape added to head, shovel added to sand and eye and tooth relocated for the final artwork; 'STAN Castle' + 'Sandy MANDY' suggested names not used.

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— Next-gen GPK artist Brent Engstrom contributed six final artwork pieces from his own concepts for the ANS6 set. Engstrom previously completed two final artwork pieces for the ANS5 set and has quickly become the second largest contributor to the GPK canon for the newer, freelance artists. Picture below are various concept stages to Engstrom's tight pencil and color rough pieces. Brent intended the original concept behind cards 13a TARA Too and 13b Naughty NATALIE to be a tattoo artist placing a tat on the client's arm, where the Kid tattoo is spewing blood; instead, the person is a weightlifter and the Kid tattoo is vomiting barf. The last sketch pictured is for an unpublished piece, later altered and released within the ANS7 set. One interesting note; more and more next-gen artists card artwork is being chosen for the completed puzzles.


Cards 2a Showerin' HOWARD and 2b Rinsin' VINCENT (left image). NOTE: a more zoomed-in character close-up view and slight color change used for the final artwork; 'Shower TED' suggested name not used.
Cards 5a Canned CARL and 5b Dogged DOUG (right image). NOTE: comical canine changed to a more realistic,
non-amphomorphic dog and kid' tongue on the
label removed for the final artwork.


Cards 7a Hangin' HAYDEN and 7b Hung HUNTER (left & right image). NOTE: blood removed and kid cracked, artist's face removed from the painting, shirt added to character, color changed for elbow pads and hate band and suit on the left and hat changed from blue to turquoise for the 2nd color concept; suit and hat changed to green for the final artwork, colors matched Kid's pants too much for the previous versions.


Cards 9a CAROL-Sel and 9b MARY Go Round (left image). NOTE: other kids' faces darkened in the painting and the background horses' features enhanced for the final artwork.
Cards 13a TARA Too and 13b Naughy NATALIE (right image). NOTE: tattoo artist removed and chnaged to a body
builder; vomiting blood changed to barf.


Cards 25a Socked BROCK and 25b Refer-REED (both images). NOTE: angry face added to the fighter (previously shocked), flying tooth and spittle added, skin stretched more, eye color changed to the color green, referee outfit changed to a short sleave shirt with collar and wrestling rope and 'audence' heads added to the background for the final artwork.


Cards 37a CAT Sup and 37b Bottled BAILEY (both images). NOTE: two original tight pencil concepts were hotdogs; the angle of the container changed, switched to a hamburger, drink removed from the background and second hand added for the color rough; the background color changed to green, lettuce product enhanced, organs more detailed, brain added, orange bottle changed to red and ketchup label more Heinz-like in appearance and changed to 'GPK'.


Unpublished ANS6 Piece : ANS7 Cards 51a BILLY Bling and 51b GIL Grill. NOTE: the necklaces are switched around for the final artwork: painting pictured within the 'Artwork Gallery' page, eventually released for the ANS7 set.

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— Next-gen GPK artist John Cebollero completed three paintings for the ANS6 set based off of concepts from other artists. Pictured below are four pencil artwork pieces by Cebollero for card characters 13a TARA Too and 13b Naughy NATALIE with concept by Brent Engstrom, 23a Poker Face CHASE and 23b Card Shark MARK with concept by Mark Pingitore and b19 Scrapped BROOKE with concept by Jay Lynch.




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— Uncut All-New Series 6 Garbage Pail Kids Sheets were auctioned off of eBay through the Topps Vault in the Winter of 2006, after the ANS6 release in January and February of that year. Pictured below are sheet front images for the Base cards , Magnet cards, Activity cards and Bonus cards for the set.




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— Newcome GPK artist Fred Wheaton contributed four concepts created in August of 2006 for the ANS6 set and painted one of the concepts himself for cards 38a I-Clod TODD and 38b MP TREY; Wheaton started submitting concepts to Topps for the ANS4 Wacky Packages release. Pictured below are a few of Fred's concepts, including a few not accepted by Topps but were eerily close to some of the concepts already approved for the set.


Similar concepts to cards 1a Orange JULIUS and 1b Peeled NEAL and cards 27a Lemon NED and 27b Puckered PARKER
NOTE: head being peeled by hand and sticker reads 'Stunkist' instead of 'Suntwist', 'Pulpy PAUL' + 'Peeled PEDRO' other
suggested names; character eating sour candy instead of sour lemons/lemonaid, 'Puckered PAM' other suggested name.


Cards 10a Nested ERNESTO and 10b ELLIOT Nest (left image). NOTE: body placed in a tree hole, tongue removed and background added for the final artwork; 'Birdhouse BARRY' suggested nomenclature.
Cards 11a Snakes in DWAYNE and 11b Tapeworm TANNER (right image). NOTE: full body sitting down in plane seat, panic sweat removed and airplane background added for the final artwork; 'PETER Paraiste' suggested nomenclature.


Cards 17a SCOTT Pocket and 17b CAL Zoned. NOTE: character held instead of on a plate, arms and legs removed and mouth throwing-up for the final artwork; 'CAL Zone' + 'Strom BILLy' suggested nomenclature; artist side notes, 'Steam over logo?' and 'Sauce, not blood'.


Cards 38a I-Clod TODD and 38b MP TREY. Original concept, tight pencil/ink and the final card mock-up imaged pictured. NOTE: 'iPurge' added to parody Apple's emblem (albeit, barfing), the concept layout changed to a magazine
ad and the artist's last name 'Wheaton' placed within the periodical's print for the final artwork.


Unapproved Concepts. NOTE: a Pez concept can be found in the future 2012 BNS 1 set by Engstrom.

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— Next-gen GPK artist Layron DeJarnette completed one painting for the ANS6 set based off of a Fred Wheaton concept for cards 11a Snakes in DWAYNE and 11b Tapeworm TANNER. The final artwork image for the painting can be located within the 'Artwork Gallery' section above.

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— In early 2007, around the same time as the ANS6 GPK release, a new GPK Rack Pack was licensed by Topps and distributed by the Vintage Sports Cards company. The two-packs rack pack contained one ANS2 pack and one ANS3 pack for the suggested retail price of $1.59 that was packaged in the nostalgic ANS1 green color within a great looking cardboard sleeve and plastic window.



— Next-gen Wacky Packages and GPK artist David Gross, who contributed to the last ANS5 set with several concept pieces painted by other artists and a few painted by himself, is back by submitting several new gruesome and background-heavy concept ideas for the ANS6 set including a painted piece for the Bonus card b18 SETH-Shimi. Pictured below are the initial concepts before being reworked created between June and August of 2006 and a box concept Gross submitted for the Topps GPK packaging.


Cards 4a JESS Married and 4b Married MIA. NOTE: background buildings added, hearts added above the vehicle and dress changed to a checkered pattern for the final artwork.


Cards 14a Deli CONNOR and 14b COLE Cut. NOTE: character's head centered in the image, several innards removed
and the butcher is missing a finger for the final artwork.


Cards 20a BRADY Back Ribs and 20b Spare ROB. NOTE: restaurant layout rearranged, character's heart removed, less hair, table sign added, switched to a vertical image; 'Beefy BEN' + 'Barbeque QUINT' suggested.


Box Artwork Concept. NOTE: the character for cards 29a Rasta Roni TONY and 29b Spaghetti EDDY used for the
packaging instead; organs and eyeball replaced with noodles and meatballs.

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— Several GPK Nomenclature from the preliminary checklist were changed for the final card release: 5a AL Po, 6a Poof Daddy Randy ('Puff Daddy' name parody), 10a BERT House and 10b LES Nest, 14b Cold Cut GUS, 15b Wood E. ALAN, 16b Hyped Up HAYDEN, 20a BOBBY Back Ribs, 21a Inspector JANET and 21b TINA Tissue, 22a Lard N' TAYLOR ('Lord and Taylor' store name parody), 24a NIGEL Falls (Niagara Falls) and 24b Down Pour PETE, 26a MIKE Striked and 26b NICK Split, 27b LEMONT Ade, 28a Wrecked ROBERT, 31a Booger King KEVIN and 31b Whopper Loogy LOUIE and 40b Space NATE. The advertising and gravity feed packaging shows card 36a Tusky TUCKER for the mock-up stage.