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Garbage Pail Kids - The Gross, Weird, and Wonderful Cards That Took Over the 80s

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Garbage Pail Kids - The Gross, Weird, and Wonderful Cards That Took Over the 80s In the mid-1980s, while kids were trading baseball cards and begging for Cabbage Patch Kids dolls, Topps decided to stir the pot. The result? Garbage Pail Kids  - a set of hilariously gross, satirical trading cards that became both a playground sensation and a cultural controversy. Adam Bomb – The most iconic Garbage Pail Kid of them all Where it all began First released in 1985 by Topps, Garbage Pail Kids were designed as a parody of the wildly popular Cabbage Patch Kids dolls. Each card featured a grotesque yet funny character with pun-filled names like Adam Bomb , Leaky Lindsay , or Up Chuck . Kids loved them. Parents… not so much. Artwork came from comic legends like Art Spiegelman (later Pulitzer Prize winner for Maus ) and John Pound, who turned gross-out humor into collectible gold. Every sticker card had two versions: an “A” and “B” name, but with the same artwork — ...
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DID YOU KNOW #4 - Mayo Cut Plug - "N172"

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Mayo Cut Plug Baseball Cards - The True Pioneers of the Hobby An original Mayo Cut Plug baseball card, 1887 Before Topps, Bowman, or Upper Deck, there was Mayo Cut Plug . Produced in 1894 by the Mayo Tobacco Company, these early trading cards featured actual professional baseball players and were distributed as premiums in tobacco packs. They’re officially cataloged as the N300 set . Each card measured approximately 2.5 x 3.75 inches and came in black-and-white portrait style, with the player's name and team printed in white across the front. The backs were typically blank or had simple Mayo branding, subtle, but now iconic. Though often confused with the earlier N172 Old Judge set (which used sepia tones and came in 1887), Mayo Cut Plug is among the first to feature sharp, bold designs that feel like modern cards. And unlike the N172s, the Mayo cards focused on star power, including legends like Cap Anson , Amos Rusie , and John Ward . ...
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