Topps to Stop Daily GPK Themed Cards, Move to Weekly Sets

Yesterday artists begin receiving word from Topps that they will no longer be producing daily Garbage Pail Kids and Wacky Packages cards. Wednesday’s cards served as the final daily offerings from Topps for the foreseeable future. Instead, Topps will focus on smaller weekly online sets.

The daily cards were based off Topps’ popular Topps Now Baseball Card program started in early 2016. While Topps had been selling smaller GPK sets online, their first daily cards appeared in the GPK Disg-Race to the While house set that took aim at the presidential election. More daily sets were launched by Topps including two Trumpocracy sets, GPK Network Spews, Wacky Packages Alternate Facts, and the Twister set.

There was no overarching reason supplied to the artists on why the daily cards were ending. A number of reasons could certainly be in play. Sales have fallen constantly since the first release of the cards. Collectors have complained about too much political focus, over saturation of the market, along with artwork from certain artists that seems rushed. With sales falling often below 100, it may no longer have made sense financially to offer daily cards.

The focus will now turn to weekly smaller online sets, similar to ones offered in the past. Past sets focused on the holidays, awards shows, TV, and musicians. While sets might not appear every week, you can expect similar themes. More than likely sets will continue to see GPKs mixed with Wacky Packages. With limited political cards, less cards offered, and possibly more time for artists to complete cards, it will be interesting to see if sales start to rise.

Topps Reveals Print Run for GPK Trumpocracy #36 & Network Spews #85

After waiting the weekend, Topps wrapped up the prints runs from last week cards. Today Topps revealed the print run for Garbage Pail Kids Trumpocracy 2017 #36, and GPK Network Spews #85. Collectors came out in full force for the Transformers. Michael Barnard’s parody of the upcoming Transformers movie saw sales spike finishing with 268 copies sold. The Trumpocracy card however remained in the low 100’s. Collectors are showing they will come out for popular gags and good artwork, but are tired of the political cards. After another abbreviated week last week, it will be interesting to see what Topps has to offer this week. Here are how the final numbers came out for Thursday’s cards.

GPK Trumpocracy 2017
#36 – Irked Ivanka – 107

GPK Network Spews
#85 – Past His Prime – 268

Topps Reveals Print Run for GPK Trumpocracy #33-#35

The results are in for Wednesday’s online GPK cards and sales came in lower. Today Topps revealed the print run for Garbage Pail Kids Trumpocracy 2017 cards #33-#35. After taking a week off from the political cards, the question would be if collectors would come to purchase after the break. That ended up not being the case. All three cards finished just barely over the 100 card mark. However, sales are expected to rebound a bit with Thursday’s offer of a Transformers parody. Here are how the cards from Wednesday ended up.

GPK Trumpocracy
#33 – Ego Trip Trump – 102
#34 – Private Sessions – 100
#35 – Divesting Donald – 109

Topps Launches GPK Trumpocracy #36 & Network Spews #85

For the second day this week Topps is back with their daily online exclusives. Today Topps launched Garbage Pail Kids Trumpocracy 2017 #36 (Artist: Barnard), and GPK Network Spews #85 (Artist: Barnard). Today’s highlight is a Transformers based parody done by artist Michael Barnard. Topps is also offering one Trumpocracy and one Network News Wacky Packages card today. Each of today’s cards can be purchased for $9.99 or in lots of 5 for $29.99, 10 for $49.99, or 20 for $79.99. A four card bundle featuring one of each card is available for $29.99. Free shipping in the US is available via the SmartPost option, while international shipping is $10. The cards are available for 24 hours on topps.com. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here are the pictures of today’s cards.

Topps Launches GPK Trumpocracy Cards #33-#35

After taking last week off for Trump based GPK cards, Topps is back with a full offering of daily political cards. Today Topps launched Garbage Pail Kids Trumpocracy 2017 cards #33-#35 (Artist #33-#34 – Barnard, Artist #35 – Camera). Topps also is offering two Network Spews Wacky Packages cards today. Each of today’s cards can be purchased for $9.99 or in lots of 5 for $29.99, 10 for $49.99, or 20 for $79.99. A five card bundle featuring one of each card is available for $34.99. Free shipping is available in the US via the SmartPost option, while international shipping is $10. The cards will be on sale for 24 hours via topps.com. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here are pictures of today’s cards.

Topps Launches GPK Network Spews #80

Moving back to the daily online offers, Topps has one new GPK card today. Today Topps launched Garbage Pail Kids Network Spews card #80. Today’s card, by artist David Gross, is a parody of Jerry Seinfeld refusing to hug. Topps is also offering one Trumpocracy and two Network Spews Wacky Packages cards today. Today’s card can be purchased for $9.99 or in lots of 5 for $29.99, 10 for $49.99, or 20 for $79.99. A four card bundle featuring one of each card is available for $29.99. Shipping in the US is free with the SmartPost option, while international shipping is $10. The card will be available for 24 hours on topps.com. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here is the picture of today’s card.

Topps Reveals Print Run for GPK Trumpocracy #30 & Network Spews #75/#77

After an abbreviated week of online offers, Topps waited until the end of the week to reveal print run information. Today Tops revealed the print run for Garbage Pail Kids Trumpocracy 2017 #30, and GPK Network Spews #75/#77. Results for the sales were mixed. One GPK finished in double digits, while two others sold in the mid 100’s. Leading the way was the return of artist Jeff Zapata, whose Trumpocracy sold 160 copies. One interesting note it appears Wacky Packages collectors are returning to purchasing the online cards. The last couple of weeks Topps has released more Wacky’s than GPKs, and sales are much higher for the Wacky’s recently. It remains to be seen of those trends will continue. Here is how the GPK cards from this week week ended in sales.

GPK Trumpocracy 2017
#30 – Trashed Trump – 160

GPK Network Spews
#75 – Mowin’ Rowan – 137
#77 – Tom Tomb – 89

Topps Launches GPK Trumpocracy #30 & Network Spews #77

Two new GPK cards are part of today’s online exclusive cards offered by Topps. Today Topps launched Garbage Pail Kids Trumpocracy 2017 card #30 (Artist: Zapata) and GPK Network Spews #77 (Artist: Michael Barnard). They are also offering one Trumpocracy and two Network Spews Wacky Packages cards today. Topps looks to have turned more to Wacky Packages lately as they are outnumbering the GPK cards again. Each of today’s cards can be purchased for $9.99 or in lots of 5 for $29.99, 10 for $49.99, or 20 for $79.99. A five card bundle featuring one of each card is available for $34.99. Free shipping in the US is available via the SmartPost option, while international shipping is $10. The cards will be available on topps.com for 24 hours. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here are pictures of today’s cards.

Topps Reveals Print Run for GPK Trumpocracy #26-#27 & Network Spews #74

Topps wrapped up the week with sales numbers for the rest of their online offers. Today Topps revealed the print run for Garbage Pail Kids Trumpocracy 2017 cards #26-#27, and GPK Network Spews card #74. The lone GPK card offered on Wednesday saw sales spike, and led the way with 230 sold. Artist Fred Harper’s return to GPK on Thursday also did better numbers than we’ve seen recently. Overall online sales were much better that last week and even into this week. With Topps on a rebound they are sure to load up next week’s releases. Here are the final numbers from the cards offered Wednesday and Thursday.

GPK Trumpocracy
#26 – Endurance Donald – 230
#27 – Decapitated Kathy – 164

GPK Network Spews
#74 – Drone Malone – 94

Topps Reveals Print Run for GPK Trumpocracy #25 & Network Spews #71

Topps has been slightly delayed in revealing print run information recently. Today Topps revealed the print run for Garbage Pail Kids Trumpocracy 2017 card #25, and GPK Network Spews #71. These cards were offered on earlier this week, on Tuesday. While artist Michael Barnard’s first card last week led the way in sales, numbers for his second effort were down. Historically, GPKs are hand painted before being transferred into digital form for printing. In what might be a preview for how things are done in the future, Barnard uses an all digital approach to his pieces. Collector reactions have been mixed, but credit Barnard for trying something new in the brand. Sales for his pieces will be interesting to follow going forward. Here are on Tuesday’s cards ended up.

GPK Trumpocracy
#25 – Diplomatic Donald – 117

GPK Network Spews
#71 – Grumpy Gianforte – 96