ATTENTION GPK COLLECTORS – EXTREMELY RARE 16^th SERIES GPK FAN-MADE BY CRAPPS

Base set has 82 stickers.

Variation set has 88 stickers.  VARIATIONS : 621a, 621b,638a, 638b, 639a, 639b

There were only 200 numbered fan-made boxes. This card is from box 113/200.

Card was taken from package and put directly into a holder. I've noticed a very slight 'dent' on the right side in the white frame.  Otherwise, as clean as they come-straight out of the pack.

The 16th Series Garbage Pail Kids—aka Original Series 16GPK, or OS16 for short—product development for the release, which included the box, wrapper, display designs and final artwork, were fully completed by the end of 1988. Production was in the works for test sheets of the cards and boxes in January of 1989 with an expected release during March of 1989 was estimated. Unfortunately, Topps decided against another GPK release for the new year and shelved the project; the cost of production apparently wasn't sufficient in comparison to potential sales if released. The GPK brand had sadly weakened progressively, and the craze had eventually run its course.Topps was working on other non-sport sets at the time along with their higher-selling sports card line; a OS16 GPK release would not have been profitable.

What's left of the original OS16 GPK is a black and white separation sheet of the A-name set of cards salvaged from a Topps dumpster back in 1989 which resurfaced in 2001 for collectors to feast their eyes on for the first time.This would have been the sixth and last series to include the 'FLICK IT!'section on the backs of various cards completed by artist Richard Mcguire. In late 2002, Topps auctioned off several OS16 items from their legendary Topps Vault on eBay, the online auction house. Some items consisted of front and back test or proof sheets of the series showing the color versions of the A-name and B-name cards along with all of the nomenclature. A wealth of information for collectors which has finally brought the visualization of the unreleased set toreality.

ARTISTS : JOHN POUND, TOM BUNK, JAMES WARHOLA, JAY LYNCH, RICHARD MCGUIRE, JIM SIERGEY & GARY WHITNEY
WRITERS : JAY LYNCH

(Source: http://garbage_pail_kids.tripod.com/US_16th_Series.htm)

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