There
were three print waves for the United States Garbage Pail Kids 2nd
Series. The first print wave had puzzle pieces with Leaky
Lindsay / Messy Tessie, and the character name for card 49b was
Schizo Fran. The second print wave had puzzle pieces with
Jolted Joel / Live Mike, and the character name for card 49b was
Schizo Fran. The third print wave had puzzle pieces with
Jolted Joel / Live Mike, and the character name for card 49b was
changed to Fran Fran. The Fran Fran card is not rare, but it
is slightly less common than the Schizo Fran card. Because
of the character name change for card 49b, the checklists were
also changed. Most card dealers do not sell United States
Garbage Pail Kids 2nd Series variation sets of 131, but they
usually sell sets from certain print waves containing the
variations specific to that print wave. If you were to
try and piece together a variation set of 131 by purchasing sets
from different print waves, it would be best to purchase a set
from the first print waves and the third print waves because
the second print wave does not contain the Fran Fran variation
or checklist changes. Since I did not know how many print
runs there were for the series, I used the term "print
wave" to refer to the design characteristics unique
to a group of printings.
The United States Garbage Pail Kids
2nd Series was produced with glossy finish card backs and with
matte finish card backs. This difference can be found in
the first print wave, but it has not been confirmed that it
occurs in the second and third print waves. The cards
were most likely printed on whatever card stock Topps had on
hand. It is best to have a set consist of cards with
either glossy finish card backs or matte finish card backs but
not a mixture of the two types of card backs. |
