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PolyPhony GPK Adam Bomb Vinyl Figure Coming Soon To China

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PolyPhony, a Chinese company focusing on pop culture items, showed off their GPK license debut at this past weekend’s DesignerCon. The company posted an image of a large 15” prototype Adam Bomb vinyl figure that was featured at their DesignerCon booth. The figure shown at the show isn’t the final product as the company is still working on the final form. It’s expected the figure will be distributed in the Greater China region. GPK collectors in other parts of the world will have to get creative to import. No pricing or release date is available yet. GPKs are taking over the world!

Madballs vs. Garbage Pail Kids to be Part of 2023 National Free Comic Book Day

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The Madballs vs. Garbage Pail Kids comic book series from Dynamite Comics has been chosen to be part of the 2023 National Free Comic Book Day. A special comic featuring a collection of stories from the first Madballs vs GPK series will be offered for free in comic book stores across the country. The popular promotion is scheduled to take place on May 6, 2023.

Dynamite Comics Announces Madballs vs Garbage Pail Kids Slime Again Issue #1

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The partnership between Garbage Pail Kids and Madballs will continue in the comics. Dynamite Comics announced Madballs vs. Garbage Pail Kids Slime Again Issue #1. This will be the second limited comic series to feature the two iconic 80’s brands together. This time the story will tell the origins of the their feud through the history of time. The preview for this issue reads, “In this issue: At the dawn of time, the Earth is ruled by furry, apelike beasts – oh, wait, that’s just Kim Kong!  From their neighboring caves, the Cro-Madballs and Neanderthal Pail Kids constantly try to one-up each other! Plus: the star-crossed crush between Hornhead and Scary Carrie triggers war between the Trojan GPK and Greek Madballs!” Jason Crosby returns as the artist of the comics, along with writer Sholly Fisch. So far there are announced covers from Joe Simko, Jason Crosby, and a vintage fight poster cover. There are sure to be many move limited covers announced. The comic will be available to preorder soon wherever comics are sold. Issue #1 is set to his store shelves on Feb. 15, 2023.

Topps Announces Garbage Pail Kids California Takeover ComplexCon Set

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Update #2: According to an article on Forbes, there will be 500 boxes of the GPK California Takeover available at the show. This confirms information GPKNews has also heard. In a Tweet Topps said there would be limited boxes available each day of the show.

Update: GPKNews heard back from Topps with details on the set. The set is indeed a 40 card base set, 20 subjects with a/b versions. Collectors can also pull random C Name cards for all 20 subjects as well. In addition, each pack comes with a foil or sketch card. Foil cards come as; Rainbow (not numbered), Blue (/10), Red (/5), and Gold (1/1). A total of 9 artists did sketch cards for the set; Brandhen Snyder (60), Chris Meeks (50), Eric Medina (50), Jasmine Contois (70), David Acevedo (70), Mike Stephens (50), Nik Castaneda (70), Victor Moreno (70), and Chenduz (70). The base card checklist can be found here. Boxes will be available at the Topps Booth at ComplexCon with a price of $100 per box.

Topps has a long partnership with the annual ComplexCon shows. This year is no exception as today Topps announced Garbage Pail Kids California Takeover ComplexCon set. The set features GPKs with an LA twist. For the first time the ComplexCon set will only be available at the Topps booth (A10) at this weekend’s show, it doesn’t appear online sales are planned. There aren’t a lot of details available yet on the set. Topps released information earlier today via their Instagram account. The set will be sold in 5 pack boxes. Each box contains five 8-card packs. Each pack has 7 base cards and either a foil or sketch card. It’s unclear what the exact structure of the set is. Artwork for the set was done by Brent Engstrom, David Gross, Joe Simko, Joe McWilliams, and Neil Camera. Each artist did 4 pieces for the set. If the set contains a/b versions that would make the base set 40 cards total. It’s also not clear how many different foil cards or what they are numbered to. There is no card checklist or sketch artist checklist available yet. Topps does say supplies of the set will be limited. There is also no information on the price of the boxes. GPKNews has reached out to Topps to try to get more information on the set. If you attend the show please reach out to GPKNews with pictures and info! The boxes will be available at the ComplexCon this weekend, 11/19-11/20.

Topps Launches 2022 Garbage Pail Kids Oh the Horror-ible Expansion Set Week 6

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We’ve made it to another the end of another six week expansion series. Today Topps launched 2022 Garbage Pail Kids Oh the Horror-ible Expansion Set Week 6. This is the last set in this year’s horror series. The set contains 10 cards, 5 new pieces with a/b versions. Each set purchased also includes one Sepia parallel. The set can be purchased for $19.99 each or in a lot of 10 for $179.99. Shipping is free when choosing the Economy/SmartPost option. The set is available for 7 days on Topps.com. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here is the checklist along with pictures of this week’s cards.

Topps Announces Challenges for Garbage Pail Kids Non-Flushable Tokens NFT Set

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Today is the launch of the first GPK set to appear on Topps new NFT platform. In preparation for the launch, Topps Digital announced the challenges for Garbage Pail Kids Non-Flushable Tokens NFT set. There are three categories collectors can chase when busting packs of the new set. The challenges are open beginning 11/27/22, and end on 12/8/22 at 1:00 PM EST. The big challenge is challenge A – Set Collection Challenge. To qualify for this challenge collectors must collect 120 different NFTs in the set, all rarities except for Legendary. Challenge B is a Mini-Set Collection Challenge. There are a number of options in this category for collectors to collect all NFTs of a certain rarity for certain groups of similar characters. Finally challenge C – Artist Collection Challenge has collectors collecting all the NFTs of a certain rarity for the individual artists. All the details, including checklists can be found on the ToppsNFTs Blog. Awards for each challenge will be revealed at a later date. Packs for the new NFT set go on sale later today, 11/17/22, at 1:00 PM EST.

Topps Digital Announces Pack Reduction for GPK Non-Flushable Tokens NFT Set

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Topps Digital today announced they would be reducing the number of packs for sale for the upcoming 2022 Garbage Pail Kids Non-Flushable Tokens NFT set. They have decided to offer 50% of the original announced amount. There will now only be 1,920 packs available, instead of 3.840. Pack pricing and odds will remain the same. Topps has struggles to sell recent launches on their new ToppsNFTs.com platform. Offering a lower amount could lead to more interest and a rarer product. Packs are scheduled to go on sale tomorrow, 11/17 at 1:00 EST.

Topps Launches 2022 Garbage Pail Kids Rock and Roll Hall of Lame

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Topps is back celebrating the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with one of their longest running annual online sets. Today they released 2022 Garbage Pail Kids Rock and Roll Hall of Lame. Artwork for the set was done by Joe Simko, Brent Engstrom, David Gross, Joe McWilliams, and Neil Camera. The set contains 10 cards, 5 new pieces with a/b versions. Each set purchased also included one Music Note Parallel card. The set can be purchased for $19.99 each or in a lot of 10 for $179.99. Shipping is free when choosing the Economy/SmartPost option. The set will be available for 7 days on Topps.com. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here is the checklist along with pictures of the cards.

1A Encore Eminem
1B My Name is Marshall
2A Dinning Duran
2B Snacking Simon
3A Impenetrable PAT
3B Battlefield BENATAR
4A Demolition Dolly
4B Rockin’ Rebecca
5A Light Feet Lionel
5B Richie Writer

Topps Reveals Print Run for Garbage Pail Kids 2022 Oh the Horror-ible Expansion Set Week 4

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The horror continues for GPK collectors. While week five’s sales are almost over, Topps has just recently updated the print run numbers for 2022 Garbage Pail Kids Oh the Horror-ible Expansion Set week 4. The set sold a total of 1,212 copies. This is down nearly 200 copies from the previous week. It also marked the lowest selling set of the six week series. Will week 5 see a rebound?

2022 Garbage Pail Kids Chrome OS 5 Hobby Sell Sheet

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After yesterday’s release of the Retail Sell Sheet, today brings us the 2022 Garbage Pail Kids Chrome OS 5 Hobby Sell Sheet. Collectors will recognize this information, as again the layout is almost identical to Chrome 4. The base set is comprised of original OS 5 artwork along with new cards. C-Name cards, along with Artist Autographs can also be found again as random inserts. As with Retail, the rare No Blue Ink cards will also be found in Hobby boxes. The parallels matchup exactly to Chrome 4. Again the Black Wave, Orange, and Red refractors are exclusive to Hobby boxes. Here are all the parallels that can be found:

  • Refractors – 1:3
  • Green Refractor – /299
  • Green Wave – /299
  • Yellow Refractor – /275
  • Yellow Wave – /275
  • Purple Refractor – /250
  • Purple Wave – /250
  • Prism – /199
  • Aqua Prism – /199
  • X-Fractor – /150
  • Black Wave – /99 (Hobby Only)
  • Orange Refractor – /75 (Hobby Only)
  • Rose Gold Refractor – /25
  • Red Refractor – /5 (Hobby Only)
  • Superfractor – 1/1
  • Printing Plates – 1/1

You can see the pictures of the Hobby sell sheet below, or you can find the PDF version here. Santa is scheduled to deliver 2022 Garbage Pail Kids Chrome OS 5 on 12/23/22.