Bright Ideas School Folders

Bright Ideas School Folders are one of the school-themed Garbage Pail Kids items from the late 1985 and early 1986 run.

They were sold in a countertop display case that held 25 folders, with the case itself packed inside a brown shipping sleeve. Each folder has one character on the front and back cover, drawn from the first three series, and the inside flaps use card fronts and backs from those same early sets. The folders numbered 1 through 4 carry a 1985 copyright, while 5 through 8 carry 1986, and the later group also includes the “Look for Folders 9-12, coming soon to a store near you!” note that never paid off. The complete set of Bright Ideas School Folders is eight.