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Topps Selling GPK Shirts, Giving Away Pins at NYCC

Posted on October 17, 2024 by Jeff

Topps once again offered no promotion for their appearance at this year’s New York Comic Con, but nevertheless Garbage Pail Kids are featured in a big way at their booth. Thanks to GPK collector Adam Marks for sending along pictures of the show! Like last year, there is a tour show goers can go through at their booth that has card history and quizzes. At the end of the tour collectors can win a GPK prize either; packs of GPK Kids At Play, Intergoolatic, or one GPK themed pin. The pins are a new item. There are five pins total, Adam Bomb, Dead Ted, Hot Head Harvey, Semi Colin, and a NYCC themed pin.

Topps is also selling GPK t-shirts featuring brand new artwork at the show. Shirts are being sold for $40 each in specific time frames at the Topps booth. The shirt done by David Gross can be purchased from 10 AM – 12 PM, the Brent Engstrom shirt from 1 PM – 3PM, and the Chris Meeks shirt from 5 PM – 7 PM.

Polyphony GPK Turntable Weight On Display at NYCC

Posted on October 17, 2024 by Jeff

Update: Thanks to Adam Marks for sending along a clarifying picture, there will be an Adam Bomb topper for the turntable weight.

Well, this is a new one. Not only is the Tenacious Toys booth at NYCC (#1771), selling Polyphony’s new Adam Bomb figure, but they also have on display a future GPK product from the company. A Garbage Pail Kids Turntable Weight. There were no other details revealed around the product. File this one under licensed products I would never have expected. Thanks to GPK collector Adam Marks for sending along pictures!

Details on Garbage Pail Kids NYCC Promo Set

Posted on October 13, 2023 by Jeff

Collectors visiting the Topps booth at this year’s New York Comic Con do indeed have an opportunity to obtain some promo cards. Topps has not done any advertising for the show, but there is a 10 card Garbage Pail Kids NYCC promo set. Collectors who play a couple of games at the booth are able to receive a mystery prize from the Topps vending machine. There appear to be two different GPK packs each containing 5 different cards that make up the entire set. There are also Star Wars cards and tshirts that can come out of the vending machine. The GPK set is made up of artwork from previous series with a New York theme. The card backs feature the NYCC banner. The booth had uncut sheets from the set on display. Employees at the booth are also wearing t-shirts featuring artwork from the set. Thanks to collector Adam Marks for sending along pictures of the cards! Here is the checklist along with pictures of the cards and booth.

GPKNY-1 Alice Island (OS 3)
GPKNY-2 Dinah Saur (OS 3)
GPKNY-3 Ashley Can (OS 4)
GPKNY-4 Homer Runt (OS 7)
GPKNY-5 Sprayed Wade (OS 5)
GPKNY-6 Brandon’s Bargains (2021 Bizarre Holidays)
GPKNY-7 Skye Scraper (2021 Bizarre Holidays)
GPKNY-8 Brewed Billy (2021 Bizarre Holidays)
GPKNY-9 Peg Piegon (2015S2 30th Anniversary)
GPKNY-10 Wallace Street (2016S1 AAAP)

Ongoing GPK at NYCC Post

Posted on October 12, 2023 by Jeff

Since Topps didn’t see fit to promote anything at this year’s NYCC we will reveal here what collectors come across at the show. This post will be updated throughout the weekend as new info is revealed.

Update #2 – There are cards! GPKNews was tipped off last night that there would be some GPK promo cards at the Topps booth. Collectors that signup and attend the “factory experience” at the booth, get a free pack of promo cards from the Topps vending machine. The factory experience is a very small part of the booth with some mini games to play. GPKNews was told the NYCC GPK promo set would be 10 cards, mostly of reprinted artwork that had a NYC theme, the cardbacks feature the NYCC logo. There appears to be two different packs available that make up the complete 10 card set. Additionally, the factory experience had an uncut sheet of cards from the NYCC set on display. Employees were also wearing shirts at the booth with artwork from the GPK NYCC set. Thanks again to Adam Marks for sending along info on the cards!

Update #1 – As usual Topps has large blowup cards on the walls of their booth. Some of the GPK cards feature new artwork that appears to be from the unannounced 2023S2 retail set. In the worst kept secret in the hobby the set will be a space/sci-fi theme, and is expected to release in late November. Thanks to Adam Marks for the pictures and info!

Is Topps De-emphasizing GPK at NYCC 2023?

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Jeff

This year’s New York Comic Con is upon us, and once again congoers will be able to find a few Garbage Pail Kids items at the show. If it seems like there isn’t as much GPK at NYCC, you would be correct. For the first time in years, Topps/Fanatics has refused to promote GPK at this year’s show. Numerous email requests to the company from GPKNews have gone unanswered. We’ve heard from numerous sources outside of Topps that the company would begin to demphasize GPK licenses, and this may be the beginning of that. What you won’t see this year? You won’t see a con version of a GPK Horror set. This has been a recent yearly tradition, but it appears there will be no exclusive con GPK sets for sale at the company’s booth. There also won’t be an artist signing at the Topps’ booth this year. Multiple artists offered but were told they weren’t needed this year. So what GPK will be at NYCC?

The official NYCC store will once again have two exclusive Blacklight GPK prints done by artist Joe Simko. These 18” x 24” large prints will be signed and numbered, limited to 600 copies of each. The store will also have a t-shirt featuring the same artwork for $35.

Insight Editions (#3418) will hold an autograph signing with Joe Simko on Saturday, 10/14 from 2:00 – 2:30. Joe will be signing promo cards to help promote the launch of the GPK Popup Book. The company hopes to have copies of the book on hand as well.

GPKNews also just learned that cosplay extraordinaire Sam Gras will be at the Topps booth on Saturday, 10/14, in a brand new GPK costume! Which character will it be?

What else? That’s all GPKNews has been able to confirm. It’s worth it to drop by the Topps booth and ask about GPK. We’ve heard whispers of possible daily promo cards being handed out at the show. GPKNews has also attempted to reach out to other licensees, but haven’t heard back. Will ToyNK have anything? Will the Adam Bomb Fortune Teller be there? ToyNK didn’t respond to our email. Will Abrams be promoting the 2024 calendars? Abram’s also didn’t respond to our email. Will Dynamite Comics be promoting their upcoming GPK comic releases? Wait for it…Dynamite didn’t respond to our email. NYCC might have a number of unannounced surprises or be a little barren of GPK this year. Stay tuned to GPKNews as we will bring you info on whatever items do make an appearance.

Garbage Pail Kids Prints to be Available at Official NYCC Store

Posted on September 25, 2023 by Jeff

This year’s New York Comic Con is just a few weeks away, and the Garbage Pail Kids offerings are starting to surface. Once again the official NYCC store at the con will feature two prints from long time GPK artist Joe Simko. Both fluorescent blacklight posters measure 18” x 24”. The prints will be numbered and limited. GPKWorld is also reporting there is an NYCC GPK t-shirt featuring some of the same artwork that will also be available at the show. NYCC is set to take place Oct 12-15 at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.

Topps Launches 2022 Garbage Pail Kids x Comic Con Oh the Horror-ible Online Set

Posted on October 6, 2022 by Jeff

New York Comic Con is here, and Topps is getting into the season with a horror themed GPK set. Today Topps launched 2022 Garbage Pail Kids x Comic Con Oh the Horror-ible online set. This 10 card set features characters from horror movies and TV shows in 2022. David Gross and Brent Engstrom did all the artwork for the set. Each set purchased online receives a Sepia parallel card. The set is also available at the Topps booth at NYCC. Collectors buying the set in person will receive cards 6a/b. The set can be purchased for $19.99 or in a lot of 10 for $179.99. Shipping is free when choosing the Economy/SmartPost option. The set will be available on Topps.com for 7 days. Topps will reveal the print run of the online sales at the end of the sale. Here is the checklist along with pictures of the cards.

1A Prey for FAYE
1B Preda-TORY
2A Grabbing Greg
2B Phoney Phil
3A Leather ACE
3B DANE Saw
4A Orphan Anne
4B Evil Esther
5A Nope Nate
5B UFO Noah

Topps Digital Offering Daily GPK NFT At NYCC

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Jeff

Topps NFT digital cards are back. Topps Digital announced today they will be giving away daily Garbage Pail Kids NFTs at this year’s New York Comic Con. Collectors attending the show who already have a ToppsNFT account, or creates one at the show, can reserve a unique GPK “CMYK” variant each day of the show at the Topps Digital booth (#2819). Collectors will need to give their account information daily to a Topps Digital staff member to reserve that day’s NFT. The NFTs will be delivered to collector’s accounts prior to the end of 2022.

The NFTs themselves are “printing plate” themed motion NFTs of artwork that has been done by Joe Simko. Simko’s autograph also appears on each motion NFT. Thursday’s card is the Cyan version, Friday is Megenta, Saturday is Yellow, and Sunday is Key (Black). These are the first GPK NFTs Topps have released since the Food Fight NFTs in early 2021. Topps NFT business has under gone immense changes since that time. Previously, Topps launched NFTs on the Wax Blockchain. Topps now launches all their NFTs on their own website toppsnfts.com, which is on the Avalanche Blockchain. Their new website has gone through some growing pains since the launch. Many features collectors were used to on the Wax blockchain are still awaiting implementation, and are listed on the company’s roadmap. Collectors can buy and sell NFTs on the website using a credit card, no interaction with crypto currencies is required. After focusing mainly on Soccer and Baseball NFTs in 2022, Topps does have plans for a GPK NFT set. The roadmap for ToppsNFTs shows a GPK set listed under Q4 Content launches.

Topps Going All Out for Garbage Pail Kids at NYCC

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Jeff

This year’s New York Comic Con is upon us. The show is set to take place this Thursday (10/6) – Sunday (10/9) at the Jarvis Center in New York City. Topps will again have a big presence at the show. This year’s show may have more Garbage Pail Kids cards and merchandise than any show in history. Topps has really gone all out with the GPK! Read below to find out everything that has been announced for the show so far.

Topps GPK Trading Card Giveaway

Topps is duplicating the 9-card puzzle scavenger hunt they first did at this past year’s San Diego Comic Con. There will be 9 different cards at nine booths across the show for collectors to collect. Collectors can put the 9 cards together to reveal artwork with GPK’s taking over NYC. Once again artist Chris Meeks did the art for the puzzle, with his wife, Sandy Meeks, assisting on the coloring. Each booth will have a limited number of cards available each morning of the show. Collectors will want to be quick, as these went fast at SDCC.

NYCC Oh the Horror-ible Set

Artists David Gross and Brent Engstrom have
done the artwork for the latest Garbage Pail Kids Oh the Horror-ible expansion set. The set features characters that have appeared in 2002 horror film/shows. (Check out that B&W GPK banner and nameplate!) The 10 card set will be sold both at the Topps booth (#2819), and online at Topps.com beginning Thursday. Collectors purchasing the set at the show will get the show exclusive 6a & 6b (Wicked Wednesday/Addy Addams) cards.

Adam Bomb Mis-Fortune-Telling Machine

Step right up and have Adam Bomb tell you your mis-fortune! Topps will be debuting at their booth, (#2819), the Adam Bomb Mis-Fortune-Telling Machine. This custom machine was built by the same company the built the popular Zoltar fortune telling machines seen in arcades and amusement parks. The 3D Adam Bomb has lights, sound effects, voice track, and pulsating mushroom cloud. After getting their misfortune told, collectors will receive an exclusive GPK card. Artist Neil Camera did the artwork on the 10 different cards that collectors can receive. Topps has not yet revealed pictures of the cards or pricing per misfortune. They did say credit cards will be accepted.

Meet & Greets, Autos, Promo Cards

What’s a Con without meeting your favorite artists?

Joe Simko has two different signings planned for the con. On Thursday Simko will be part of the Abrams Book Panel and Signing. Authors RL Stine (GPK novels), Liz Weinberg and Matt Stine (GPK Cookbook), and Simko will appear at a session titled GPK: A Gross Out Update, in room 1B03 from 5:15-6:15. A book signing will precede the panel from 4:00-5:00 in Hall A. Autographs will be free, and GPK books will be available for purchase from Barnes & Noble.

On Friday Simko will be at the Topps booth (#2819) from 1:00-1:30 signing a GPK Krashers Promo card.

David Gross will be at the Topps booth (#2819) on Sunday from 1:00-1:30 signing a GPK We Hate the 80’s promo card.

Saturday, artist Neil Camera will be at the show throughout the day. Camera is scheduled for two different signings on Saturday. Times, locations, and items being signed have not been revealed yet by Topps or the artist.

Adam F. Goldberg, the creator of ABC’s The Goldberg’s, and Hans Rodionoff will appear at the Midtown Comic’s booth (#3137). The pair are co-writers on the new GPK Origins comic series. They will be signing copies of Issue #1 on Sunday at 3:00 PM.

Author RL Stine will be appearing at the Blackstone Publishing booth (#3224) on Thursday from 1:30-2:30 signing Garbage Pail Kids: Welcome to Smellville posters.

Grossest Sketch Competition

Artists David Gross, Neil Camera, and Joe Simko will all be partaking in Topps Grossest Sketch Competition. Collectors can vote each day, tournament style for what sketch card the artists should draw live! Voting begins tonight on Topps social channels, and live sketch times are TBD, check Topps booth (#2819) for info.

GPK Simko Print & T-shirt

Joe Simko also created a black light silkscreen print with a GPK NYCC theme. The 18” x 24” prints are limited to 250, and will be available to purchase at the official NYCC booths (#1157 & #3900). A t-shirt featuring the same artwork will also be available at the same booths.

Meet Adam Bomb

Thats right, on Friday and Saturday at the Topps booth (#2819), collectors can meet and take pictures with Adam Bomb himself! Appearance times are not available yet for Adam Bomb.

And more….

There are rumors of contests at Topps booth throughout the show. There may also be a couple of other surprises. Collectors attending the show will have a full weekend of GPK waiting for them.