We are going past the half way point now in the latest six week series from Topps. Today the company shared a teaser with GPKNews for 2025 Garbage Pail Kids InterGoolatic Mayhem week 4. Artist David Gross takes over the artwork starting with this week’s set and through the end of the series. Each set contains 10 cards, 5 new subjects with a/b versions. Each set also includes one Wrapper card or a Gold Foil /25 card. The set will go one sale one day early this week, tomorrow 6/18, die to the holiday on Thursday. Despite going on sale a day early, sets will still be available until the following Thursday.
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Topps Reveals Print Run for 2025 GPK InterGoolatic Mayhem Week 2
Topps has revealed the print run for 2025 Garbage Pail Kids InterGoolatic Mayhem week 2. The set sold a total of 1,892 copies. That is down nearly 500 from the week 1 sales. The six week series generally see a large drop off from week 1, and this set was no exception. Week 3 sales are going on now, the big question will be if the preorder for the 40th anniversary set affects sales.
GetAGrip Launches GPK Diabolical Duos Discraft Buzzz Discs Week 3
GetAGrip continues their disc series this week with some famous GPK duos. Today the company launched Garbage Pail Kids Diabolical Duos week 3 Discraft Buzzz discs. This week’s characters are Charlotte Web and Ali Gator. Discs are limited to /50 of each. They can be purchased from GetAGrip’s website for $29.99. Hurry they won’t last long!
Additional Information on 2025 Worst of GPK 40th Anniversary
The announcement last week, and this week’s preorder on Topps website for 2025 Worst of Garbage Pail Kids 40th Anniversary was a whirlwind for collectors. 2025 is the year of change for Garbage Pail Kids. Topps is moving the brand in a new direction. GPKNews has reached out to numerous contacts and dug into the information provided by Topps. Hopefully the information below helps answers some of the most frequent questions since the launch. Here are a number of additional items regarding the set.
Notes on distribution and structure:
- Topps presale did sell out quickly, however that isn’t the only place collectors can buy boxes. Both Dave & Adams and Blowout Cards had listings for preorder now, but appear to be sold out currently.. GPKNews has heard hobby stores are also able to order boxes.
- This new distribution method is what Topps has moved almost all their other brands to since Fanatics bought the company. Topps routinely now does a preorder one month prior to release for retail releases. They will then often also offer boxes/cases on launch day. While there is no guarantee, there is a chance Topps will also have boxes available on launch day for sale.
- When Fanatics bought Topps one of their stated goals was to eliminate the middle man, mainly distributors. It’s harder than ever now for box resellers to get product at a Topps Direct price.
- In case you missed it, this is a Hobby only product. There will be no boxes in Target/Walmart.
- There are roughly 26k boxes produced. More than a Sapphire set, but much less than any other previous retail release.
- The set structure is a mix of a Sapphire release and Chrome 7. Very heavy emphasis on parallels and inserts. Huge deemphasis on base cards.
- Thanks to Ben Siegler’s awesome work, based on the odds, each box will only have 8 “a” base cards on average. Factoring in duplicates, it will most likely take two cases to make a base set. This is not a product for set collectors.
- I’ve added the full sell sheet from Topps to the previous article on details around the release.
Additional info on set:
- Topps is billing the base set as a, “celebration of the last 40 years”. That’s not quite accurate. 97 of the 100 cards are from OS. Here is a breakdown for what set the base cards originated.
OS 1 – 27
OS 2 – 21
OS 3 – 11
OS 4 – 12
OS 5 – 4
OS 6 – 3
OS 7 – 4
OS 8 – 2
OS 9 – 4
OS 10 – 2
OS 11 – 2
OS 13 – 2
OS 14 – 3
ANS 2 – 2
BNS 1 – 1 - Topps confirmed with GPKNews that there are no Drool Blue parallels for the C Name cards.
- Likewise Topps tells GPKNews that there are indeed Printing Plates for B & C name cards. They were accidentally left off the odds posted by Topps.
- The Adam Bomb Homage to Garbahj insert set is being billed by Topps as having 40 new versions of Adam Bomb by 40 artists. However, that is not the case. Topps shared the artist checklist with GPKNews. There are 20 artists on the set, all but one, (Simko), new to GPK. Here is the artist checklist:
- 1. Andy Greiling
2. Andy Greiling
3. Art Fuentes aka ARF
4. Art Fuentes aka ARF
5. BeastWreck and Belle Dee (Jared Moraitis and Shana Bilbrey)
6. BeastWreck and Belle Dee (Jared Moraitis and Shana Bilbrey)
7. Corey Smith
8. Corey Smith
9. Corey Smith
10. Curt Merlo
11. Danny SchlitzART
12. Danny SchlitzART
13. Danny SchlitzART
14. Danny SchlitzART
15. EL GATO GOMEZ (Crystal Zurat-Marshall)
16. EL GATO GOMEZ (Crystal Zurat-Marshall)
17. Hag Fersner
18. Hag Fersner
19. Joe Simko
20. Johnpaul Gutierrez
21. Kat Hudson Art
22. Kat Hudson Art
23. Louis Wes
24. Mary Ainza
25. Mary Ainza
26. Mary Ainza
27. Megan Ann Boyd
28. Niclas Mortensen
29. Niclas Mortensen
30. Niclas Mortensen
31. Pepa Blackman
32. Pepa Blackman
33. Pepa Blackman
34. Rebecca Puebla
35. Rebecca Puebla
36. Rob Bowyer (Massiveface)
37. Shanti Rittgers
38. Shanti Rittgers
39. Shawn Dickinson
40. Shawn Dickinson - There are a record 101 sketch artists that completed sketches for this set. There are four new artists making their GPK debuts. Coysoup, David Day, Jeff Abar, and Kevin Graham are all veteran Topps artists who have worked on other brands.
- The new sketch guidelines were used with some minor adjustments. The same sketch blanks that were used for Chrome 7 were used for this set. However, sketch artists received a mixture of blanks for their artist returns, unlike Chrome 7 where they were all green sketch blanks.
Finally, the Topps sales listing does state they are planning on shipping boxes early to arrive on release day. 2025 Worst of GPK 40th Anniversary is scheduled to release July 11, 2025.
Topps Launches 2025 Garbage Pail Kids InterGoolatic Mayhem Week 3
We are at the half way point for Topps’ newest six week online release. Today Topps Launched 2025 Garbage Pail Kids InterGoolatic Mayhem week 3. This week’s set contains 10 base cards, 5 new subject with a/b versions. Each set purchased also comes with either a Wrapper card or a Gold Foil /25 card. All artwork for this week’s set was done by Brent Engstrom. Sets can be purchased for $19.99 or in a lot of 10 for $179.99. Shipping is free when using the economy option. Sets will be available on Topps.con for 7 days. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here is this week’s checklist along with pictures of the cards.
- 11A Critical CROW
- 11B Joking JOEL
- 12A Furious CHRIS
- 12B Dement TED
- 13A Disobey CHE
- 13B Anonymous ARTEMIS
- 14A Tremor TREVOR
- 14B Grab BOYD
- 15A Finger Food FRED
- 15B Chopped CHARLTON
Topps Teases 2025 GPK InterGoolatic Mayhem Week 3
Topps today shared a teaser image for week 3 of 2025 Garbage Pail Kids InterGoolatic Mayhem. The six week set will be half way launched this week. Brent Engstrom did all the artwork once again for this week’s set. Sets contains 10 cards, 5 new subjects with a/b versions. Each set purchased also included either a Wrapper or Gold Foil /25 cards. Sets will be available tomorrow on Topps.com for 7 days.
Topps Launches Preorder for 2025 Worst of GPK 40th Anniversary
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Garbage Pail Kids. Topps is celebrating that with 2025 Worst of Garbage Pail Kids 40th Anniversary set. For the first time with a GPK product Topps is doing a preorder on their website prior to release. Topps has moved to this distribution model for multiple products since Fanatics purchased the company. This release is set to be a Hobby only release. In addition to Topps, other channels that typically sell Hobby boxes could be getting some as well. This means big box retailers like Target and Walmart will not carry this set in stores.
The base set is comprised of 100 “a” name cards. All cards are reprints, celebrating the best GPKs over the past 40 years. GPKNews has an article up going over the rest of the known odds, set structure, including parallels, inserts, and special cards. Topps also released the checklist for the product. Each box comes with eight 5-card packs. This is a major change from previous releases. Each pack comes with at least one green parallel, and 4 base cards. Each box will have at least two numbered cards, and one “hit”, (auto, sketch, or printing plate. Topps has boxes available for $79.99, or 10 box cases for $799.99. Other sellers should have preorder information in the coming days. 2025 Worst of Garbage Pail Kids 40th Anniversary is scheduled to release July 11, 2025.
Topps Releases Checklist for 2025 Worst of GPK 40th Anniversary
Topps has posted the checklist for 2025 Worst of Garbage Pail Kids 40th Anniversary. The base set contains 100 “a” name cards. There are also 100 “b” name short prints, and some reason only 23 “c” name super short prints. Insert sets include; Global Takeover (20), GPK Eras (20), Wacky Packages GPK Boxes (8), Homage to Garbahj (40), Artist Autos (7 Bunk/1Engsteom), and Homage Autos (30). Finally there are a total of 101 sketch artists! You can find the checklist in PDF here. 2025 Worst of GPK 40th Anniversary is set to release July 11, 2025.
Partial Sell Sheet Info for 2025 Worst of GPK 40th Anniversary
Update: Here is the sell sheet for 2025 Worst of GPK 40th Anniversary set. PDF version is here.
Updste: Topps has posted the official odds to the preorder page this morning. The big news for. The odds sheet is there are Buyback cards at 1:8 packs. As always I’ll have an in depth article looking at production numbers. You can find the odds in PDF here.
Some quick thoughts on the odds and production.
- Production looks to be just over 26k cases. 4-5x the last Sapphire release. This is much lower than a usual retail release, but higher than your usual online release.
- Really looks like Topps took a retail set and shoe horned it into a Sapphire distribution model.
- This product is all about the inserts and hits. Based on early numbers each box will only have 8 base cards! (80) per case. Will take at least 2 cases to make a base set. (Thanks to Ben Siegler for doing early morning math!)
- It’s easier to pull an Adam Bomb Homahj auto than an Adam Bomb Homahj regular card! This is because Topps needed hits to get to one per box.
- 1 buyback card per box seems like a lot.
- There looks to be 1000 GPK Yourself cards. Topps hasn’t revealed how the contest will work yet for that.
This article will be updated with more information as it’s released.
Earlier today we posted about some information Topps shared on their preorder page for 2025 Worst of Garbage Pail Kids 40th Anniversary. Information has slowly been coming out throughout the day. Blowout Cards appears to have acquired the sell sheet for the product, but it doesn’t look like all information was shared. Here are the newest details on the set.
Based on the post on Blowout Buzz’s website boxes will have eight 5-card packs. There will be 10 boxes per case. Each pack is set to include at least a Green parallel and 4 base cards. Two packs per box will have two numbered cards. Each box contains one, “hit”, either an auto, sketch, or printing plate.
The base set is comprised of 100 cards. All cards are reprints of the top GPKs from the last 40 years. There appears to be 100 subjects all numbered as “a” versions. A “b” name version of each will be a short print, while a “c” name version will be a super short print. No odds were provided for the “b” or “c” name cards. All of the “a” name base cards come in 11 different parallels; Booger Green (Unnumbered), Crumpled Garbage (Unnumbered), Purple (/199), Drool Blue (/99), Fool’s Gold (/50), 40th Anniversary Ruby (/40), Sour Orange (/25), Bruised Black (/10), Bloody Nose Red (/5), Foilfractor (1/1), and Printing Plates (4 each). Meanwhile the “b” and “c” name parallels come in 7 different parallels; Drool Blue (/99), Fool’s Gold (/50), 40th Anniversary Ruby (/40), Sour Orange (/25), Bruised Black (/10), Bloody Nose Red (/5), and Foilfractor (1/1).
As usual there are a number of insert sets, many the contains new artwork. There will be Global Takeover, (characters in a different language), GPK Eras, (character debuts), Wacky Packages GPK Boxes, and Homage to Garbahj (40 versions of Adam Bomb by 40 different artists). The insert sets will have seven parallels; Drool Blue (/99), Fool’s Gold (/50), Sour Orange (/25), Bruised Black (/10), Bloody Nose Red (/5), Foilfractor (1/1), and Printing Plates (4 each).
The “hits” will include sketches, artists autographs and printing plates. Topps shows an auto by Tom Bunk. The Homage to Garbahj cards will also have autographs. Autos will also come in seven different parallels; Drool Blue (/99), Fool’s Gold (/50), Sour Orange (/25), Bruised Black (/10), Bloody Nose Red (/5), Foilfractor (1/1), and Printing Plates (4 each).
Checklist or pricing per box have not been revealed yet. Topps announced earlier today a preorder on their website will go live at 12:00 PM EST tomorrow, 6/10. Boxes should also be available in Hobby channels like online resellers and stores. This will be a Hobby only product, with no Retail Blasters in Target/Walmart. This article will be update as more information about the set is released. 2025 Worst of GPK 40th Anniversary set is schedule to release July 11, 2025.
Topps Announces Product and Time for 2025 Worst of GPK 40th Preorder
Update: Topps has added additional information to their preorder page for the set. There will be a 100 card base set consisting of a/b names, in addition to rare C name inserts. The base cards will be reprints from sets over the past 40 years. Each card will have the 40th logo on them. There will be plenty of parallels including the new “rare” Ruby parallel. There will be a 40 card insert set of Adam Bomb, Homage to Garbahj. The set features 40 new versions and Adam Bomb done by 40 different artists. Topps mentions there will be autograph cards, rare parallels and the usual sketch cards. There is a mention of looking for super rare 40rh sketch cards done by artists Joe Simko and Tom Bunk. Finally there is mention of a contest to have your own GPK card in a future product. Topps also mentioned Hobby boxes will indeed be 8 pack/5 card boxes. This might be all the info that is released for the preorder.
Topps today, via their Twitter account, revealed a couple of interesting tidbits about the upcoming preorder for 2025 Worst of Garbage Pail Kids 40th Anniversary. In their weekly schedule release tweet the company posted that Tuesday’s preorder would be for 5 card/8 pack boxes. The Hobby Box price is listed as “TBA”. The release time is set for 12:00 PM EST. The pack/box structure would be a major change in a retail GPK product. Not only is the pack total per box lower, but cards per pack is significantly lower at 5 cards per pack. GPKNews has heard today from one Retail Blaster distributor that this will be a Hobby only product. GPKNews has reached out to Topps for confirmation, but has not heard back. Since the Fanatics takeover of Topps, the company has moved to releasing very little information about products ahead of time. No sell sheets have been released about the product. The hope is Topps releases that with tomorrow’s preorder. 2025 continues to be a year of change for GPK.
