1985 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Series 1
Total Cards: 82
Rating: 7.9 (28 votes)
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Top Sets: #4
- Release Date: June 4, 1985
Cards
1a | Nasty Nick VAR |
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1a | Nasty Nick VAR |
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1b | Evil Eddie VAR |
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1b | Evil Eddie VAR |
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2a | Junkfood John VAR |
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2a | Junkfood John VAR |
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2b | Ray Decay VAR |
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2b | Ray Decay VAR |
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3a | Up Chuck VAR |
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3a | Up Chuck VAR |
Trivia |
- Matte Finish card Backs (non-gloss) have been found in both print runs of the 1st series. A possible production error
- The only series Without A Puzzle.
- The Only Series that has the GPK header With the "TM" (trademark) Symbol. Not including the Giant 1st Series Kids which has the ® "registered" trade mark symbol.
- The first of two series that have cards with a Pink GPK Header. Cards 12a "Furry FRAN" and 12b "Hairy MARY" (Visit the 4th series "Fun Facts and TidBits" section to view the second pink GPK header).
- The only series with a GPK Header Surrounded By the color Yellow rather than white. Cards 18a "Cranky FRANKIE" and 18b "Bad BRAD". Several non-card GPK boxes can be found with this phenomenon.
- The only series Box (wrapper or card front) that has a Blue GPK Header Surrounded By the color Yellow
- The series has Light Pink, dark blue, dark pink, yellow, and red Name Bars ... no light blue in this series
- Glossy backs are more valuable than Matte backs for OS1.
- The checklists are the only sticker backs that don't have asterisk variations. All checklists have two ** on the copyright line.
User Comments |
There are actually 2 sets here. The Glossy Back set is definitely more valuable than the Matte Back set. This is opposite of the Original Series 2 set. I don't know exactly how this works but I think they started with glossy backs first and then went to matte backs to save money. When series 2 came out, they probably continued doing matte backs until the popularity of these cards allowed them to return to glossy backs. At least that's how I think it went. What we know for sure is that Glossy backs are rare in OS1, but Matte backs are rare in OS2.
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GPK Series 1 Checklist Update | 0 | Jul 20, 2020 3:39 PM by BigEd76 |
Series 1 and 2 set appraisal | 0 | Apr 27, 2020 10:19 PM by HookedSince68 |
Beckett Non-Sport Almanac pricing for GPK | 2 | Mar 9, 2017 7:41 PM by NJDevils |
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