Month: May 2017

Topps Reveals Print Run for GPK Trumpocracy #1-#4 & Network Spews #51-#52

Posted on by

Topps waited until the end of the week to reveal the print runs for their online exclusives, and the news isn’t good. Last night Topps revealed the print runs for Garbage Pail Kids Trumpocracy 2017 cards #1-#4, and GPK Network Spews #51-#52. The news started out good for Topps as card #1 of any set always sells well, and the new Trumpocracy set was no exception. Card #1 blew everything away doing sales of 346. From there things started going downhill. Wednesday’s GPK cards saw sales back down in the mid 100’s. The bad news came with Thursday’s release of Network Spews cards. Sales hit rock bottom. Both GPK cards broke the record for lowest in sales, and not by a little bit. The new lowest is card #51 with only 112 in sales. Perhaps more worrisome for Topps is the sales of Wacky Packages. Thursday’s Network Spews Wacky bottomed out with three actually ended in double digits. Was Thursday a one off in sales? Or have a large number of collectors buying these stopped? It will be very interesting to see what if offered and the sales next week. Here are how the sales came out for the week.

GPK Trumpocracy
#1 – 100 Days Donald – 346
#2 – Divertin Donald – 147
#3 – Tough Cookie Trump – 151
#4 – Colin Alien Hitlinr – 176

GPK Network Spews
#51 – Eager Eagles – 112
#52 – Rapturous Rihanna – 118

Topps Reveals Print Run for 2017 GPK Rock and Roll Hall of Lame Set

Posted on by

After three weeks of sales, did music fans show up for this year’s Rock and Roll HOF set? Today Topps revealed the print run for 2017 Garbage Pail Kids Rock and Roll Hall of Lame set. This 17 cards online exclusive set was a mix of GPK and Wacky Packages. The set was based off of this year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony. This set marked the first time a a/b/c online version of a GPK card was offered. After three weeks sales of the set was in the low 200’s for all the cards. Sales for this set did much better than the previous awards set, the Not-Scars. The Wacky Packages cards led the way in sales, with their GPK counterparts not far behind. Here is how the final sales numbers ended up.

  • 1A: New Wave Dave/1B: Band Leader Letterman – 209
  • 2A: No-Show Neil/2B: Yawning Young – 203
  • 3A: Drum Circle Dave/3B: Irate Irons/3C: Mad Matt – 217
  • 4A: Jeffrey B. Goode/4B: Electric Light Lynne – 202
  • 5A: Bone to Pick Joan/5B: Bashing Baez – 201
  • 6A: Raunchy Rick/6B: Wild Wakeman – 215
  • 7: Secrets – 212
  • 8: 2 Pack of Hip Hop Pop – 220
  • 9: Snoop-Doggy Snacks – 220
  • 10: Yessss Never-Ending Gum – 228

Topps Launches GPK Network Spews #51-#57

Posted on by

After two days of Trumpocracy, today Topps focuses just on the Network Spews for their online daily cards. Today Topps launched Garbage Pail Kids Network Spews cards #51-#57. Today’s large offering features the return of GPK cards to the Network Spews set. There are two GPK cards (Artist: #51 – Engstrom #52 – Simko) and 5 Wacky Packages cards that make up today’s offer. Each of today’s cards can be purchased fro $9.99 or in lots of 5 for $29.99, 10 for $49.99, or 20 for $79.99. A seven card bundle featuring one of each card is available for $44.99. Free shipping in the US is being offered via the SmartPost method, 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 new GPK cards.

Topps Launches GPK Trumpocracy 2017 Cards #2-#4

Posted on by

For the second day in a row Topps is back with more Trumpocracy cards. Today Topps launched GPK Trumpocracy 2017 cards #2-#4 (Artists: #2 – Miran Kim, #3 – ?, #4 – Camera). All of today’s Trump themed cards are GPK cards. Topps is also offering a Network Spews Wacky Packages card. Each of today’s cards can be purchased for $9.99 each 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 within the US is available via the SmartPost option, while international shipping is $10. The cards will be available for 24 hours on topps.com. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here are pictures of today’s cards.

Topps Launches GPK Trumpocracy 2017 Card #1

Posted on by

Just when you thought Topps might take a break from the Trumpocracy, it starts all over again. Today Topps launched Garbage Pail Kids Trumpocracy 2017 card #1. Remove the 100 days title, add 2017 on it, and start over at card #1 (Artist: Camera). Topps also released three Network Spews Wacky Packages cards as well today. (Going forward I will no longer be covering the Wacky Packages cards as part of GPKnews.com. It appears this is now Topps’ main focus instead of just being a part of the set, even though the Spews set is still called “GPK”. I will mention the launch of the daily cards but will only post pictures and print runs of the GPK cards.) The 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 of today’s cards is also available for $29.99. Free shipping within the US is available via the SmartPost option, or international shipping for $10. The cards will be on sale for 24 hours. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale.

Topps Launches GPK Lord of the Flyes Festival Online Set

Posted on by

GPK collectors have been anticipating what direction Topps will take with their online exclusives now that President Trump’s 100 days has passed. Today Topps launched Garbage Pail Kids Lord of the Flyes Festival set. This six card set consists of two pieces of new GPK artwork (Artist: #2 Camera, #3 Simko) available with a/b names, and two pieces of Wacky Packages artwork (Artists #1 Engstrom #4 Gross). The cards are based off of the failed Fyre Festival concert that was suppose to take place recently in the Bahamas. Each two card GPK set, or individual Wacky card can be purchased fro $9.99. The entire set can be purchased for $29.99. Because the set is being marketed under their other award/music sets there are not quantity purchases available. Shipping is free within the US via the SmartPost method, or $10 internationally. The cards are available for three days via topps.com. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here is the checklist along with pictures of the cards.

  • 1: Lord of the Flyes Festival Poster
  • 2A: Caring Kendall
  • 2B: Greedy Jenner
  • 3A: Ja Racket
  • 3B: Rip Off Rule
  • 4: Steven Sad Jeeze! Sandwich

Santa Cruz Announces GPK Themed Skateboard Decks

Posted on by

Topps licensing people have been fast at work in recent weeks it seems. Thanks to GPK collector Jason Tobias who was first to point out the latest officially license GPK merchandise. Santa Cruz, yes the skateboard company, has announced licensed GPK themed skateboard decks. These full sized decks will be offered as a “blind bag” purchase. There will be nine different variations on the artwork and deck backgrounds available. Each blind bag will include one random skateboard deck, Santa Cruz stickers, and an exclusive Adam Bomb trading card. The different variations all will appear at different rarities, including different 1 of 1 variants being offered. Release date for these skateboards is set for 10/9/17. One company, Old Skull Skateboards, already has these available for pre-order at $59.95 each. Santa Cruz also says there will sell GPK themed t-shits, including Adam Bomb. Here is a rundown of the different variants available, along with their rarity.

  • Hazardous Hand – Sorta Rare
  • Radioactive Rob – Kinda Rare
  • Nuclear Glow – Darish
  • Filthy Rich Foil – Extra Rare
  • Holograph Blast – Super Rare
  • Prismatic Puke – Super Duper Rare
  • Nostalgia Overload – Crazy Rare
  • 1-of-a-Kind Customer Colorways (/w Messed up Crazy Hand Done Backgrounds) – Brain Meltingly Rare
  • 1-of-a-Kind Custom Art (Hand Done by Actual Human Artists) – Earth Implodingly Rare