It’s been nine months since the last GPK retail release. 2017S1 GPK Adam-Geddon was well received from collectors, who enjoyed a lot of the artwork and end of the world type of gags. Topps has now launched 2017 Series 2 Garbage Pail Kids Battle of the Bands. This set is all about musical acts past and present. Topps is following almost the exact formula they used with 2017S1 Adam-Geddon, right down to the parallels and pack contents. The base set once again features 180 cards, broken down into 7 subsets based on musical genres. As has been the case for the last few years, the base cards lack card back artwork, sticker die-cuts, checklists, and numbering in on the back. You will notice the odds on the parallels are twice as high as previous sets. I believe Topps has overstated the odds. Based on box breaks parallels are falling at 1/2 rate of the stated odds. (GPKNews has reached out to Topps for comment, but as of this writing Topps has yet to respond.) I will have articles taking a stab at production numbers in a few days. To see the official Topps checklist click here. Here is what you can find, and where you can find it in 2017 Series 2 Garbage Pail Kids Battle of the Bands.
(Note: I will continue to update this post as new information comes to light and any new parallels/inserts are found.)
- Base Set – 180 total cards made up of 7 different subsets.
- Pop Stickers (21a/b – 42 Total Cards)
- Classic Rock Stickers (20a/b – 40 Total Cards)
- Hard Rock Stickers (9a/b – 18 Total Cards)
- Metal Stickers (10a/b – 20 Total Cards)
- New Wave & Punk Stickers (10a/b – 20 Total Cards)
- Alternative Stickers (10a/b – 20 Total Cards)
- Rap and R&B Stickers (10a/b – 20 Total Cards)
- Parallel Sets – Same exact cards from the Base set, except with a different speckled color border.
- Bruised Border (Dark Blue/Black) – 1:1 – Collector (180 Cards)
- Spit Border (Light Blue) /99 – 1:5 – Collector (180 Cards)
- Bloody Nose Border (Red) /75 – 1:6 – Collector (180 Cards)
- Fool’s Gold Border (Gold) /50 – 1:98 – Retail/Hobby/Collector (180 Cards)
- Puke Border (Green) – 1:1 – Retail/Hobby (180 Cards)
- Phlegm Border (Yellow) – 1:8 – Target Retail Gravity Feed (180 Cards)
- Printing Plates – 1:1206 Collector, 1:1235 Blaster, 1:1234 Hobby/Retail/Gravity, 1:610 Retail Jumbo (360 Total Plates – 4 per card artwork)
- Insert Sets – All the various insert subsets that can be found in packs.
- GPK Album Covers & Concert Posters – 1:24 – Collector (10 Cards)
- Classic Rock Stickers – 2 Per Jumbo Retail (10a/b – 20 Total Cards)
- Gross Bears – 3 Per SE Blaster Box (16-20,L4 – 6 Total Cards)
- Bathroom Buddies – 3 Per EA Blaster Box (10-12a/b – 6 Total Cards)
- Patch Card /50 – 1:41 – Collector (10a/b – 20 Total Cards)
- Artist Autograph /25 – 1:192 Collector, Hobby, Retail (90 Total Cards – 1 per card artwork)
- Sketch Card – 1:262 Blaster, 1:261 Hobby/Retail (49 Artists)
- Shaped Sketch – 1:79 – Collector (49 Artists)
- Double Artist Panoramic Sketch – 1:395 – Collector (?? Artists)
- Loaded Sketch – 1:71 – Blaster Box (49 Artists)
- Panoramic Sketch Cards – 1:538 – Jumbo Retail (49 Artists)