256 TOTAL CARDS : NO KNOWN VARIATIONS


RED BOX
Wrapper Artwork — Tom Bunk

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RED PAPER WRAPPER
Wrapper Artwork — Tom Bunk

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RED STICKER ALBUM(S)
Red Upper Left Corners— Two Extra Lines on Back + Different Page Colors than White Corner
White Upper Left Corner — No Two Extra Lines on Back + Sealed with Free Packs
Ad on Back Cover for SGORBIONS N.4
Album Artwork — Tom Bunk



1. L. 6.000 (L. 5.5000 11 BUSTINE + 500 1 ALBUM) IN PIU UN REGALO IN OMAGGIO = 11 PACKS + 1 ALBUM ($) PLUS A FREE GIFT
2. ALBUM IN OMAGGIO CON UNA BUSTINA DI FIGURINE = FREE ALBUM WITH A PACK OF STICKERS
3. L. 1.000 COMPRESA UNA BUSTINA DI FIGURINE IN OMAGGIO = INCLUDES A FREE PACK OF STICKERS

— The banner-style Header is used like in the U.S. OS10 through OS15 GPK sets. The Sgorbions moniker is printed over the old GPK logo to block out the Les Crados header. The Series 3 black rectangle, like the Series 1 set, does not cover the entire area within the banner, but the Series 2 black rectangle covers the entire area. NOTE: The header does not cover all artwork as it did in the previous releases.

— There are several GPK Characters that were not represented in the early Sgorbions sets due to their subject matter but appear and were squeezed into the end of the Sgorbions Series 3 set. Some examples are cards #600 GEREMIA MACELLERIA (OS4 cards 137a MAX Axe & 137b Deadly DUDLEY), #602 RICCARDO TESTARDO (OS7 cards 279a Short MORT & 279b NOAH Body), #604 ALOISIA MORTISIA (OS3 cards 95a Grim JIM & 95b BETH Death), #605 TONINO FANTINO (OS8 cards 295A CHARLIE Horse & 295B Amusement PARKER) and #608 RED RONALD (OS2 cards 46a Rappin' RON & 46b RAY Gun).



— The set contains several all-new, Original Artwork throughout the set, by artist ROBERTO Calvagna, similar to the later released cards found within the Sgorbions Legends set and the Argentina Basuritas (2000 and 2001) sets. Card example #615 RENATO INCASTRATO showing a character's johnson being caught in his jean's zipper. NOTE: Thanks to collector Antonio Romano for providing the information on Calvagna!



— The Sgorbions Series 3 cards #454 and #534 have the Same Name of DANTE FERTILIZZANTE.

— Card #587 SUPER-MARKETTO contains a straight Sgorbions Header, unlike the slanted GPK header of OS10 cards 406a Shopping CARTER and 406b Super MARCUS which looks like it has been thrown in the shopping cart along with the other grocery items. The original artwork may have been used to create these new sticker layouts.



— The set has Blue Borders around the cards, and a red-bordered subset, instead of the commonly found white borders of other GPK sets; similar to the yellow-bordered cards of the Sgorbions Series 2 (with a green-bordered subset) and the Sgorbions Legends set.

— The release contains a very short, six-card subset titled Sgorbions Stars located after the regular GPK-character set, depicting various figures found in the press or media during that time, which number 625 through 630. Card example #629 B.U.S.H. pictured below. NOTE: Artist unknown.



— The set also contains another strange subset titled SgorBLOBions placed at the very end of the Sgorbions Series 3 set that contains forty-two cards that number 631 through 672. The subset is a direct replication of the Mel Appel U.S. set called Weird Ball released in 1986 which were a parody of the popular Mad Ball toys released by TCFC Amtoy, Inc. in 1986. Several card backs of the Weird Ball set contain parody-like drawings similar to the Topps Wacky Packages parody products. NOTE: Artist unknown.



— The Sgorbions Series 3 release leaves out several characer images from the U.S. sets that are Not Printed or were previously non-printed cards and that are finally being placed into a set, which included topics such as politics, execution, and dismemberment:

— OS2 : previously unprinted images used: 46a Rappin' RON and 46b RAY Gun.

— OS3 : previously unprinted images used: 95a Grim JIM and 95b BETH Death.

— OS4 : previously unprinted images used: 137a MAX Axe and 137b Deadly DUDLEY.

— OS7 : previously unprinted images used: 279a Short MORT and 279b NOAH Body.

— OS8 : previously unprinted images used: 295A CHARLIE Horse and 295B Amusement PARKER.

— OS10 : 36 Out of 39 images used; characters not printed: 389a Dire RITA and 389b Overflow JOE; characters for cards 379 and 416 used in the Series 2 set.

— OS11 : 15 Out of 42 images used; characters not printed: 435a London BRIDGET and 435b Toxic WES; characters for 26 cards used in the Series 2set.

— OS12 : 31 Out of 41 images used; characters not printed: 475a Road-Kill WILL and 475b Stop SY, 478a Bizarre LAMAR and 478b Rearranged RAYMOND and 497a Lame LEM and 497b EDWARD Hopper; characters for 7 cards used in the Series 2 set.

— OS13 : 26 Out of 40 images used; characters not printed: 506, 510, 516, 521, 522, 525, 526, 529, 531 and 537; characters for 4 cards used in the Series 2 set.

— OS14 : 21 Out of 40 images used; characters not printed: 542, 543, 545, 547, 553, 558, 570, 571, 574, 575, 577 and 578; characters for 7 cards used in the Series 2 set.

— OS15 : 28 Out of 40 images used; characters not printed: 588, 589, 598, 600, 610, 618 and 620; characters for 5 cards used in the Series 2 set.