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Every Garbage Pail Kid in One Book
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I had every GPK for the first 15 series, sorted in order in binders when I was young. Then my younger siblings got a hold of them and since they were stickers they started putting them all over the place on dressers and stuff. Ruined.
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Man, I want one. Probably because these are one of the few things my parents put a prohibition on my acquisition of when I was wee. Funny how that works.
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I loved 'em, too. I had dozens, but my mother threw them all out when I was in middle school. I managed to save a Rock E. Horror card somewhere . . .
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For the same reason you like these:
http://www.bobheffner.com/dinosaursattac…
Because they're awesome.
http://www.bobheffner.com/dinosaursattac…
Because they're awesome.
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Aw. I thought this was gonna be a tie-in to the movie.
Just kidding. I can't believe they're doing a movie (and I just found out this is the SECOND movie... dur). The book sounds kinda cool!
http://perezhilton.com/2012-03-15-garbag…
Just kidding. I can't believe they're doing a movie (and I just found out this is the SECOND movie... dur). The book sounds kinda cool!
http://perezhilton.com/2012-03-15-garbag…
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1.) Of course you liked them, Paul. You were a little NERD. Nerds love grotesque yet beautiful art like something from an alternate universe, teens-only Mad Magazine that little kids wouldn't be allowed to buy (but would totally love).
Bless you for being that little nerd, Paul.
2.) Thank you Dougsf! I shall immediately sacrifice the next hour of my life to your link. Wait! I mean CURSE you, Dougsf!
Bless you for being that little nerd, Paul.
2.) Thank you Dougsf! I shall immediately sacrifice the next hour of my life to your link. Wait! I mean CURSE you, Dougsf!
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WHAT?! Only a picture of the stick of gum??
That dusty, rigid, crackly little pink shard is essential to the ceremony of opening a pack of GPK!!
What do you mean "they didn't hold any long-term interest"??
On the back, some of them were printed with a section of a larger image. They were puzzle pieces to a MEGA GARBAGE PAIL KID CARD!! You'd to go through about a whole box to get all the pieces.
OMG OMG OMG Where do I get this book??
Oh, Adam Bomb, I could never quit you!
Anyone got any Nerds?
That dusty, rigid, crackly little pink shard is essential to the ceremony of opening a pack of GPK!!
What do you mean "they didn't hold any long-term interest"??
On the back, some of them were printed with a section of a larger image. They were puzzle pieces to a MEGA GARBAGE PAIL KID CARD!! You'd to go through about a whole box to get all the pieces.
OMG OMG OMG Where do I get this book??
Oh, Adam Bomb, I could never quit you!
Anyone got any Nerds?
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After reading this I wondered if there's also a Wacky Packs book and it seems that there is! WHAT A DAY!
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I never got these. Were they just funny character cards you collected? Like baseball cards or superhero cards only without any kind of backstory or book series or game behind the cards themselves? Hey look at these silly gross things you can collect and giggle at?
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*sigh* I'm old. I was in my mid-20s when GPK was introduced, and at that age found them decidedly stupid and lame. When I was a kid, I collected stamps. Which I realize is totally boring. Reading this post makes me feel like a curmudgeon. Get off my lawn!
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My dad would drive me all over the city and buy me pack after pack of these...I'd tear em open, get sick on chalky gum and hit the next store...thanks for this little stroll down the mem lane:)
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I also remember them coming in little plastic figurines...in their own garbage pail I think, with gum or candy? Did anyone else buy these? Were they official GPK? Or just posers?
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don't mystify GPK, it's finely illustrated, hand-painted art--something entirely foreign in the market today.
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There certainly seems to be a lot of love out there for GPK. For more details check out my review of the book from back in Feb > http://wingsart.wordpress.com/2012/02/10…
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