Garbage Pail Kids ANS 4

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The official Garbage Pail Kids Web site is horrible when it comes to updates / freshness, but it's more than we had before (growing up). Their GPK News hasn't been updated for at least two series releases. We're up to ANS (A New Series) #4 now, and it's just as great as it always has been for we garbage pail geeks. However, I'm started to get frustrated with Topps. Per Barren Aaron's GPK site:

For the first print run, each foil pack (with a suggested retail price of $.99) contains 5 sticker cards on 14 card stock (with a great glossy finish), with 1 Game card on 12 cards stock, and a chance to come across a Scratch 'n' Stink sticker or Tattoo card inserted one in every 6 packs, and an artist autographed Sketch card which will come one per hobby box. The set also contains 4 bonus cards that can be found in special 'bonus boxes' located at different retail chains.

Dude!? I love GPKs, but enough with the extras, man. Regular stickers… Scratch 'n' Stinks… temporary tatoos… autographed Sketch cards… collectable game cards… bonus cards? It wasn't that difficult to be a fan back in the day, and that's when packs were .25c / .35c apiece. I love Garbage Pail Kids, and I'm not going to stop collecting them now. However, I'm also not going to spend $100 on a single card – which some of the Sketch cards are going for on eBay.