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
1.
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.
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2. Unlike most sets,
card Numbers can be found on the front side and reverse
back of each card.
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3. The
set has only one Puzzle; found in both the test set and regular
set releases.
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4. 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.
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5. 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.
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6. 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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7. 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.
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8. The
regular set has two cards with the Same First Name;
cards 14B Desperate DAN and 31B DAN
Lather.
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1. 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 ANS1 GPK
set.
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Topps has released all fourteen
images (28 cards) of Tom Bunk's previously unpublished 2nd Series
material, all three images (6 cards) of John Pound's pieces, three images
(6 cards) by Xno, plus two images (4 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.
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2.
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 tagged initials.
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3. 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.
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4. 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' name for the image to cards 6A
Constipa-TED and 6B Dead
FRED. 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. Thanks
to collector Esteban de Jesús Valencia Castillo for bringing
this artist to my attention.
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5. 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."
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6. 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.
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7. 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.
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NAME : 1ST SERIES
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ARTIST
FRONT |
ARTIST
BACK |
MAIN WRITER
BACK |
PRINT
RUN |
1A |
Clean DEAN (right
faced back)
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TOM Bunk
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 1
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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
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2A |
MICHAEL Mummy (left
faced back)
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 2
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2B |
Bandaged BRANDON
|
JOHN Pound
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
1, 2
|
3A |
Urine AL (right
faced back)
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TOM Bunk
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 1
|
3A |
Urine AL (left
faced back)
|
TOM Bunk
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 2
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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
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4A |
Virtual VIRGIL (left
faced back)
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 2
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4B |
Cyberspacin' JASON
|
JOHN Pound
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
1, 2
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5A |
Lappin' LEON (right
faced back)
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XnO : CHET Darmstaedter
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 1
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5A |
Lappin' LEON (left
faced back)
|
XnO : CHET Darmstaedter
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
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V, 2
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5B |
HUGH Animal
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XnO : CHET Darmstaedter
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
1, 2
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6A |
Constipa-TED (right
faced back)
|
DEN Beauvais
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 1
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6A |
Constipa-TED (left
faced back)
|
DEN Beauvais
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 2
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6B |
Dead FRED
|
DEN Beauvais
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
1, 2
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7A |
Pukin' PAM (right
faced back)
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 1
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7A |
Pukin' PAM (left
faced back)
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 2
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7B |
Barfin' BARB
|
JOHN Pound
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
1, 2
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8A |
VINCE Vermin (right
faced back)
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TOM Bunk
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 1
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8A |
VINCE Vermin (left
faced back)
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TOM Bunk
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 2
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8B |
Infest ED
|
TOM Bunk
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JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
1, 2
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9A |
Astro NAT (right
faced back)
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 1
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9A |
Astro NAT (left
faced back)
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 2
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9B |
Blast-Off BRIAN
|
JOHN Pound
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
1, 2
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10A |
CARL Catbox (right
faced back)
|
TOM Bunk
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 1
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10A |
CARL Catbox (left
faced back)
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TOM Bunk
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 2
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10B |
SANDY Litter
|
TOM Bunk
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
1, 2
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11A |
Tootin' TINA (right
faced back)
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 1
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11A |
Tootin' TINA (left
faced back)
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 2
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11B |
Blowin' BETTY
|
JOHN Pound
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
1, 2
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12A |
Gamin' RAYMOND (right
faced back)
|
TOM Bunk
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 1
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12A |
Gamin' RAYMOND (left
faced back)
|
TOM Bunk
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 2
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12B |
Game BOYD
|
TOM Bunk
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JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
1, 2
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13A |
Stinky STAN (right
faced back)
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 1
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13A |
Stinky STAN (left
faced back)
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 2
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13B |
Toxic TOM
|
JOHN Pound
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
1, 2
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14A |
Paper LES (right
faced back)
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 1
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14A |
Paper LES (left
faced back)
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 2
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14B |
Desperate DAN
|
JOHN Pound
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
1, 2
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15A |
FORREST Dump (right
faced back)
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XnO : CHET Darmstaedter
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 1
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15A |
FORREST Dump (left
faced back)
|
XnO : CHET Darmstaedter
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 2
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15B |
Whittlin' WILL
|
XnO : CHET Darmstaedter
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
1, 2
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16A |
JANE Drain (right
faced back)
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 1
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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)
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XnO : CHET Darmstaedter
|
JOHN Pound
|
JAY Lynch
|
V, 1
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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
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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
|
NA : 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
|
NA : 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
|
NA : CHECKLIST
|
NA : CHECKLIST
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2
|
33B |
Mixed-Up MANDY
|
TOM Bunk
|
NA : CHECKLIST
|
NA : CHECKLIST
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2
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#
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NAME
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ARTIST
FRONT |
ARTIST
BACK |
WRITER
BACK |
PRINT
RUN |
#
|
NAME : 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
|
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NAME
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ARTIST
FRONT |
WRITER
BACK |
YEARLY
RELEASE |