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The Garbage Gang sets
were printed in New Zealand by the Regina Co., and released throughout
New Zealand and Australia. A total of four sets, measuring 2 1/8
X 3 inches, that are non-die cut, peeling from the edges, were produced
with many back variations for each release. The cards come 3 to
a plastic (or cellophane) pack with a slab of gum. The Australia
1st Series is quite different from the New Zealand 1st Series; the 1st
NZ set is a direct replication or reproduction of the 1st UK set with
a curved header. The cards were released in 1989 after the success of
the Garbage Pail Kids in the U.S. and the UK territories. A test
set was released prior to the four [The] Garbage Gang sets and was exactly
the same as the UK 6th Series set followed by a UK 1st Series test set
in 1988. A 5th Series unpublished set was also developed but never printed
for both countries. There are no box or wrapper codes on the packaging.
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