Doll-A-Day 2023 #309: Leaky Lindsay

   Today we're taking a look at a doll based on a popular series of collector stickers from back in the 80's. It's a Garbage Pail Kids doll!

Lyndsay is 8 and a half inches tall.

  Her name is Leaky Lyndsay, and yes, she's disgusting. But if you know anything about Garbage Pail Kids, you know they were all about disgusting.

  Garbage Pail kids premiered in 1985. Unsentimental Niece was a child of the late 70's/80's, and she LOVED Garbage Pail Kids. She had quite a collection of the stickers. She actually went to a toy show we were dealers at once, in the late 90's, and while there she scooped up a bunch of Garbage Pail stickers she didn't have. 

  Created by Art Spiegelman, the guy behind Wacky Packages, they were extremely popular for a while. They were obviously a parody of Cabbage Patch Kids. In fact, a little too obviously.

Lyndsay's tag.

They were eventually sued by Original Appalachian Artworks, who owned the rights to Cabbage Patch Kids. The case was settled out of court, with Garbage Pail Kids agreeing to change the appearance of the characters, so they didn't resemble Cabbage Patch Kids, and the logo, so that it less resembled the Cabbage Patch logo. Sales declined after the changes, whether due to the changes, or the novelty of the product wearing off. The next series of stickers was cancelled, and the craze was over. But not before a Garbage Pail Kids movie was released in 1987. A cartoon series was stopped before it started, due to complaints by enraged parents, and only later appeared on TV and video.

Lyndsay in her display box. There were 5 other Kids in the series. She's the last Kid standing.

  

The inside of Lyndsay's tag, showing the whole collection.

 

   As with most things that have been popular with kids, when the Garbage Pail Kids kids reached adulthood, GPK made a comeback. Stickers were released again in 2003, which were actually the original (shelved) set intended for release in 1988. The next year an all new set was released. On the 20th anniversary, in 2005, GPK celebrated by releasing special randomly inserted cards available in cases at specialty stores only, that featured artwork by the original 80's GPK artists. As you can see by Lyndsay's doll, released in 2022, Garbage Pail Kids are still going strong.

  That's it for today. My sister and I went to a miniature show today, and tomorrow we'll see a doll I got there. See you then.