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Reused Ideas
Comparison of cards 3a and 3b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 to Trash Can Trolls cards 3a and 3b Comparison of cards 7a and 7b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 to Bathroom Buddies cards 27a and 27b Comparison of cards 9a and 9b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 to Trash Can Tots 2nd Series sticker Comparison of cards 29a and 29b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 to The Sloppy Slobs sticker 51 Comparison of cards 38a and 38b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 to The Sloppy Slobs sticker 84 Comparison of scratch 'n stink cards S4a and S4b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 to The Sloppy Slobs sticker 126 Comparison of scratch 'n stink cards S8a and S8b of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 to The Sloppy Slobs sticker 69
     A few of the concepts from the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 were based on characters from other non-sports sets.  It is interesting to see that just about every last detail was copied when a character or concept was reused.  There were also concepts used in the All-New Series 3 that were coincidently the same as concepts used in other non-sports sets.
 
     The United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 character 3a Saucey Sarah / 3b Mary Nara was designed extremely similar to the Trash Can Trolls character 3a Al A. Carte / 3b Freddy Spaghetti (see image above).  The Trash Can Trolls set was produced by Topps in 1992.  Tom Bunk was the artist who painted both of the characters.
 
     The United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 character 7a Donald Dump / 7b Trumped Trevor was designed similar to the Bathroom Buddies character 27a Rich Kid / 27b Bill Wiper (see image above).  The Bathroom Buddies set was produced by Topps in 1996.  John Pound was the artist who painted the Bathroom Buddies character, and Tom Bunk was the artist who painted the All-New Series 3 character.
 
     Coincidently, the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 character 9a Bro Ken / 9b Jumbled Jim was designed similar to the Trash Can Tots 2nd Series character Bro Ken (see image above).  The Trash Can Tots 2nd series vending machine sticker set was produced by the A & A Company in the 1980s.  Besides the concepts being similar, I decided to post this image because a collector claimed that Topps took his idea of the character name Bro Ken.  It is possible that Topps used the name from their Garbage Pail Kids World Build-A-Kid contest, but I highly doubt they did.  Even if they did, any characters or names submitted through the Garbage Pail Kids World Build-A-Kid contest belong to Topps, and there is a disclaimer on the website that states that information.  The name, Bro Ken, is just the word "broken" split between the first and second syllable.  It is a very obvious name to come up with, and it was probably used even before the 1980s Trash Can Tots 2nd Series character was created.  I do not have the information on what artist created the Trash Can Tots 2nd Series character.  James Warhola was the artist who painted the All-New Series 3 character.
 
     Back in 1993, there was a European sticker set created by Merlin Publishing Limited called "The Sloppy Slobs".  At the time The Sloppy Slobs were released, Topps and Merlin Publishing Limited were two separate companies in competition with one another.  In 1995, Topps purchased Merlin Publishing Limited and formed Topps Europe Limited, which gave Topps a larger European presence.  The Sloppy Slobs were Merlin Publishing Limited's version of the Garbage Pail Kids.  The Sloppy Slobs were not as good artistically as Garbage Pail Kids, and there were characters created for The Sloppy Slobs that were direct copies of some of the original Garbage Pail Kids characters.  A little over 10 years after The Sloppy Slobs were released, Topps released the All-New Series 3.  What I found interesting was that there were some concepts used in The Sloppy Slobs that were the same as some of the concepts used in the All-New Series 3, but the artists at Topps came up with the All-New Series 3 concepts without ever seeing The Sloppy Slobs.  The concepts were similar just by coincidence.  I do not have the information on what artist(s) created The Sloppy Slobs characters.
 
     The United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 character 29a Divin' Devin / 29b Nosedive Noah was designed similar to The Sloppy Slobs character 51 High Dive Clive (see image above).  John Pound was the artist who painted the All-New Series 3 character.
 
     The United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 character 38a Jerry Rigged / 38b Raul Model was designed similar to The Sloppy Slobs character 84 Mod Al (see image above).  Tom Bunk was the artist who painted the All-New Series 3 character.
 
     The United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 character S4a Al Goredita / S4b Wally Tamale was designed similar to The Sloppy Slobs character 126 Fast Food Frank (see image above).  Aron Laikin was the artist who painted the All-New Series 3 character.
 
     The United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 character S8a Despicable Destiny / S8b Nasty Natalie was designed similar to The Sloppy Slobs character 69 Snot Cake Jake (see image above).  Strephon Taylor was the artist who painted the All-New Series 3 character.
 
Promotions
Letter that came with the 2-page foldout promotional ad for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 Checklist that came with the 2-page foldout promotional ad for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 Outside of the 2-page foldout promotional ad for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 Inside of the 2-page foldout promotional ad for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 Dealer ad for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 Excell Marketing, L. C. chain store display sheet for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3
     Just like the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 2, there were very few items created to promote the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3, which was because Topps felt that the Garbage Pail Kids name was already well-known.
 
     In June of 2004, dealers were sent a promotional letter from Topps along with a checklist and 2-page foldout (see images above).  The letter promoted the All-New Series 3 by describing a few new features found in the release, which were twice as many scratch 'n stink cards as the All-New Series 2, pop-up cards, celebrity parodies, comic backs, Flick It! animation, and online bonus codes.  The letter mentioned the various articles and advertisements for Garbage Pail Kids, and it also stated that the items' scheduled delivery date was August 23, 2004.
 
     The promotional checklist for the series had "The above list is subject to change" printed on it, and Topps did end up making a few minor changes to the series.  Cards 8a Patsy Pat and 8b Cole Gate (painted by Aron Laikin) were replaced with 8a Urine Nate and 8b Backwoods Brandon (painted by John Pound), and card 8b Cole Gate became bonus card B5 Cole Gate.  The checklist did not have a bonus card number B5, but Topps needed another bonus card so the three main distributors could have their own bonus box.  Cards 36a Startstruck Chuck and 36b Marshall Artless (painted by Luis Diaz) were replaced with 36a Offensive Oscar and 36b Foul Fernando (painted by John Pound).  There were also a few minor typos on the checklist.  Foil card 21a Dead Letter Debbie was printed as 21a Dead-Letter Debbie (there should not be a dash in the title).  Foil card 2b Checked-Out Check was printed as 2b Checked Out Chet (there should be a dash in the title).  Scratch 'n stink card S7b Eye-Candy Andy was printed as S7b Eye Candy Andy (there should be a dash in the title).
 
     The 2-page foldout (17" x 11" when unfolded) had 23a Snotty Scotty / 23b Bubble Juan on the front, and a picture of what the All-New Series 3 box looked like was on the back.  On the inside of the 2-page foldout, there was a sample view of a couple cards, a scratch 'n stink card, a pop-up card, and a comic back; and there were statements about the artwork, the online bonus codes, the scratch 'n stink cards, the pop-up cards, and the marketing and promotions.  There was a design error on the back of the 2-page foldout.  If you look at the picture near the back of the box, you can see the portion with "Gross Stickers" is covering up another banner.  The text on the side of the box that has "Stickers · Foil Sticker & Online" appears to be floating, and the left portion of the text is smudged out.  Also, the "All-New Series 3" near the front of the box is covering up another banner.
 
     The dealer advertisement (see image above) showed a sample card image and a sample pop-up card image, and it mentioned the new artwork; comic backs; Flick It! animation; foil stickers with online bonus codes; pop-up cards; and the additional amount of scratch 'n stink cards.
 
     Excell Marketing, L.C., the distributor trading card products for chain stores such as Target, uses display sheets for many of the products they supply, and they created a display sheet for the All-New Series 3 (see image above).  These display sheets slide into specially designed slots so that potential customers would only see the date of availability and the picture showing how the boxes were to be displayed.  The sign number, the exact location and section of where the display sheet goes, the display after date, the remove after date, and the title of the product being replaced are hidden from view when the sheet is in the slot.  I did not find any All-New Series 3 products at Target until the beginning of November 2004, which was different than the September 2004 date that the sheets had printed on them.
 
Media and Publications
Topps Tidbits from June 30, 2004 with promotion for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 Comic-Con International Events Guide from July 22-24, 2004 with the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 promotional card giveaway schedule ICv2 article from July 28, 2003 mentioning the twentieth anniversary for Garbage Pail Kids in 2005 Nickelodeon magazine October 2004 with advertisement for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 Tuff Stuff magazine October 2004 with release schedule and article on the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 Non-Sport Update magazine Volume 15 · No. 5 - October/November 2004 with release schedule for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 Tuff Stuff magazine December 2004 with ranking and article on the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 Tuff Stuff magazine January 2005 with ranking of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 Non-Sport Update magazine Volume 15 · No. 6 - December 2004/January 2005 with article on the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3
     There were only a few articles about the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3, and the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 was only advertised in a couple of publications.  I felt Topps did not do enough advertising for the series, and it probably did negatively impact the sales.  I tried to gather everything I could find, so there would be full documentation on everything produced for this release.  I reprinted the articles I found online because many of them are deleted after a certain amount of time.
 
     In the e-Topps newsletter from June 6th 2004 under Topps Tidbits (see image above), there was a short promotional announcement about the All-New Series 3 coming out in September, and it provided a sneak peak of the Christina Ugliera character.  The announcement described what the series consisted of, which was 40 new paintings; 24 more scratch 'n stink cards; online bonus codes; and 10 pop-up cards.
 
     In July of 2004, there was the San Diego Comic-Con International, which was a huge convention for fans of comic books; movie memorabilia; action figures; and just about everything related to pop-culture.  In the July 22-25 event guide for the convention, there was a Topps booth schedule on page 81 (see image above).  The schedule showed when Topps was giving away the exclusive Christina Ugliera promo cards.
 
     From the ICv2 (Internal Correspondence version 2) website, I posted a copy of their July 28th 2004 article (see article above).  The article is not focused on Garbage Pail Kids, but it does mention the 20th anniversary of Garbage Pail Kids in 2005, which is a small milestone for Garbage Pail Kids.
 
     In the October 2004 issue of Nickelodeon magazine on page 79 (see image above), there was a full page advertisement for the All-New Series 3.  This was the main advertisement for the All-New Series 3 that Topps put together.  The advertisement described the pack contents and had an activity that kids could do, which was a maze going through the snot bubble of the 23a Snotty Scotty / 23b Bubble Juan character.
 
     In the October 2004 issue of Tuff Stuff magazine (see image above), Garbage Pail Kids were mentioned a couple times on page 116.  On page 116 in the New Card Releases section, there is a short description of the All-New Series 3, which includes the set size; ship date; pack price; insert card information; and online bonus codes for the Garbage Pail Kids World website.  Also on page 116, there is the Release Schedule, which lists the release date of the All-New Series 3 (titled "Topps Garbage Pail Kids Series 3 (aka Series 18)") as August 23rd.
 
     In the October/November 2004 issue of Non-Sport Update magazine on page 44 (see image above), "Garbage Pail Kids Series 3" is listed under the Just Released section.
 
     In the December 2004 issue of Tuff Stuff magazine (see image above), Garbage Pail Kids were once again mentioned a couple times.  On page 116 in the Top Ten Cards listing, it shows "Topps Garbage Pail Kids 18th Series (New Series 3)" as being ranked number 3.  The All-New Series 3 was never shown as ranking number 1 under Tuff Stuff's Top Ten Cards, but if there was a listing in the October 2004 issue it possibly could have been listed as ranking number 1.  On page 117 in the Out of the Box section, there is a quick review of the All-New Series 3, which provides information about the pack contents and features of the release.
 
     In the January 2005 issue of Tuff Stuff magazine on page 119 in the Top Ten Cards listing (see image above), it shows "Topps Garbage Pail Kids 18th Series (New Series 3)" as now being ranked number 5.  It had dropped down two spots since the December 2004 issue.  Tuff Stuff did not have a Top Ten Cards listing in the November 2004 issue.
 
     In the December 2004/January 2005 issue of Non-Sport Update magazine (see image above), there is a review of the All-New Series 3 on page 56.  The review begins by mentioning the original fifteen Garbage Pail Kids series and how infrequent artwork sets have been produced in the recent years.  It talks about the collation of the box that the reviewer went through, the online bonus codes, the scratch 'n stink cards, the foil cards, the pop-up cards, the problems with the cards again being numbered at 1a to 40a and 1b to 40b, and the problem with the packs not always containing 6 stickers.
 
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