Release Date: MARCH 1988

PRODUCT OVERVIEW

88 CARD SET - 82 Cards + 6 Variations
Card Variations : 469a, 469b, 472a, 472b, 481a, 481b

YELLOW BOX (1-490-40-07-7) - 1 Variation
(Box Artwork : Tom Bunk)

YELLOW WAX WRAPPER - 2 Variations (Below)
(The 1st - 15th Original Series and 1st - 7th All-New Series "WRAPPER & BOX CHART")

WRAPPER (0-490-21-11-7) - With "25¢" Logo
(Rendered Artwork : Tom Bunk)


WRAPPER (0-490-21-12-7) - Without "25¢" Logo
(Rendered Artwork : Tom Bunk)


RETAILER ADVERTISEMENT POSTER (10" x 14") - None Discovered

24/48 ct. CASE DISPLAY BOX (#490-12)
(UPC 0-41116-02490-0)

(CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW ARTWORK)

FUN FACTS & TIDBITS

1. The third series in which the "Topps" Company Logo can be found within the artwork -- cards 477a "INGRID Inc." and 477b "Smokestack ZACH" (pictured above).

2. The only series with a Green Name Bar Color -- twin cards 486a "Chiseler CHAD" and 486b "JULIUS Sneezer".


3. The third series Without the Light Blue or Light Pink Name Bar.

4. In 1999, A decade after John Pound Painted cards 471a "Freestyle KYLE" and 471b "Rad ROD" for series 12, he took the same concept and created an Ad for Black Magic company for their skateboard griptape.

1. Artist Tom Bunk had Different Renditions For several of his 12th series Color Roughs. Below is an example of one of these various color versions that you can compare to the actual final artwork for cards 500a "Winkless WALLY " and 500b "Sight LES".


2. This Tom Bunk Unpublished GPK was finished in 1988 and was intended for the 12th series but reworked, with the tongue and teeth removed, and the hair and clothes changed for cards 500a "Winkless WALLY" and 500b "Sight LES".


3. Uncut GPK Sheets were auctioned off of eBay, through the Topps Vault in the Summer of 2006; A front and back image for the 12th series GPK set (# 4-490-05-06-7).




4. The 12th series "FLICK IT ! " section artwork on the back of the cards which emulates a flipbook-type effect was completed By Richard McGuire. Artist Jay Lynch completed the Comic Backs for the one panel gags working on the color roughs and final artwork, assisted by Gary Whiney, with lettering done by Grass Green.

Featuring: 4th series 132a "Bony TONY" and 132b "Unzipped ZACH"; 1st series 8a "ADAM Bomb" and 8b "Blasted BILLY"; along with other GPK charcters.

5. Flowcharts were created For the later GPK series', which showed the art director how the work of the new set was going -- which artist was working on which concept piece, and the stage in which the painting had been completed. Often, concept pieces were denied and the department tried to work them into later sets. A list of additional concept pieces was found at the bottom of the flowchart in case pieces could not be used. The 12th series contained the following ideas which either replaced denied concept pieces within the set, were saved for a later series, or never saw the light of day: "eyes in mouth" (12th), "bug in head and hands", "1,000's of tongues" (12th).

V = Variation
(Variation and Print Run information on Printable Checklist page)

* PRINTABLE CHECKLIST *

88 Total Cards = 82 Cards + 6 Variations

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