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Card - The Garbage Gang, 'Cranky Frankie', 1985
Reg. No: HT 27762
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- Summary:
- Alternative Name(s): Bubblegum Card, Sticker
A collector card titled 'Cranky Frankie', number 18a from The Garbage Gang series, manufactured by The Topps Company, Inc., New York, United States of America. The collector cards were originally released in 1985.
The character's on the cards were designed to parody the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls which were immensely popular at the time. Each card features a Garbage Pail Kid character having some comical abnormality and/or suffering some terrible fate. Each character had a humorous, word play-rich character name. - Description:
- Card printed in colour on both sides. Illustration of monster putting math and english books into a meat grinder on one side.
- Acquisition Information:
- Loan & Subsequent Donation from Diane Bretherton, 1991
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 76 mm (Height), 50 mm (Width) |
More information
| Tagged with: | recreation, games |
| Themes this item is part of: | Childhood & Youth Collection, Leisure Collection |
| Primary Classification: | RECREATION & TOURISM |
| Secondary Classification: | Collecting |
| Tertiary Classification: | collecting cards |
| Inscriptions: | Front: 'THE GARBAGE GANG', ' PEEL / HERE ', ' 18a ', ' CRANKY FRANKIE ' Back: ' Liars License / AWARDED TO / This License permits you to lie when- / ever you think it is necessary - which / is practically all the time! You can tell / your father that all the F's on your / report card mean phenomenal. / Ruth Notruth / SECRETARY - S.F.L.A. (STRAIGHT-FACED LIARS ASSOCIATION) / ©1985 THE TOPPS COMPANY, INC. ' |
| Manufacturer: | The Topps Company, Inc, New York, New York, United States of America, 1985 |
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