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MY HISTORY WITH GARBAGE PAIL KIDS Who am I and where did I come from?

I first started collecting GPK back in 1985, but due to parental influence and a frustrating lack of legal tender, I was never really able to obtain a good collection. In 1986 and 1987, when Topps released their 3rd through 9th series…I really started to expand my collection. I remember saving my money, and buying as many packs as I could afford at my local Osco Drug…and then trading them with kids in my neighborhood or at school. Put simply - I was hooked. Then, as I grew older, and other interests started to creep into my life, I put my collection in a box - and that box went into the basement.

However, even though my GPK were out of sight, they were not out of mind, and I found myself flipping through them on occasion when I wanted to stroll down memory lane. Each time I did, the images on the cards warped me back to a simpler time - a time where life was 'stress-free'…a time when the big questions were who's house we were going to after school, or what movie we were going to see on Friday night. It was my own time-machine, and I loved each journey it took me on.

Warp ahead 25+ years and I find myself happily married, with 3 kids, 2 dogs and a wonderful house…yet I still get that same wave of nostalgia each time I flip through the cards. Starting in late 2005 I set out to complete my Master Collection, striving to obtain every card ever printed…every variation available…every GPK item I could put my hands on. Without the internet, this would not be possible…but through eBay and forums, etc I have been able to take my collection leaps and bounds beyond what I ever thought possible. So please, feel free to browse through my collection that has taken, in a sense, most of my life to complete. Hope you enjoy!!

MY INTENTIONS FOR THIS SITE Just what exactly am I trying to accomplish here?

So, since I take a lot of pride in my collection - and since I get so much enjoyment out of it - I decided I really wanted to display it so I can look at it whenever I want. The problem is, I don't have the space to display all of my items - nor do I want to set aside an entire room in my house as a 'GPK Shrine'…that just seems to be taking it a little too far. That's when it hit me - I have a fairly decent digital camera…and a good-enough computer…why don't I put some pictures on the web? So, I started uploading a few pictures and was instantly aware that I was only scratching the surface. Wasting little time - I began creating pages and taking pictures like a crazed person, and I began to realize I was going to need more 'room'. So, I purchased this domain, started building my site, and the rest is history.

ALL OF THE PICTURES ON THIS SITE ARE OF ITEMS FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION.

Put simply…if you see it on this site, then I own it. I will constantly be making updates to this site - so please check back often. I hope you enjoy viewing my collection as much as I enjoy building it!!

WHAT'S NEW WITH THE NEW DESIGN?! Regular visitors will instantly notice that there's something new going on here!

Over the years this site has enjoyed FOUR major designs. What started out with a few frames and pages has ballooned into over 250 pages. Each layout I have worked with over the years has been designed to not only provide collectors with a handy resource, but also to try and make it as current as possible in terms of web design/etc. This new layout offers a number of advantages over the previous design, including (but not limited to):

• simplified navigation via pull-down menus, sidebar links, breadcrumbs, and 'back-to-top' hyperlinks
• expanded content now includes 100% completed gallery sections, expanded parody pages, checklists, YouTube videos, and more
• significant improvements 'under the hood' will allow for quicker site updates
• unlimited browsing potential as this design looks great on ALL devices (cpu, mobile, etc.)

Just for fun, here's a few screenshots that illustrate the progression of geepeekay.com through the years…

v1.0 (April 2006 - April 2007)	v2.0 (May 2007 - March 2008)	v3.0 (April 2008 - April 2013)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Both my collection, and this website, have been helped by numerous people along the way. Below is a little 'Thank You' to those fine folk'

• JEN - for understanding
• POUND - for GPK
• CORY - for being the best "Amateur Collector" around
• WAYNE - for always lending a helping hand
• DIEGO - for the friendship and the contributions
• EBAY - for…well, actually I hate eBay
• ENRIQUE - for the motivation
• SOUPIE - for sharing an addiction
• UG - for the laughs
• AARON - for the GPK-knowledge and local flavor ;)
• TOPPS, INC. - duh!