It’s a Christmas miracle for GPK collectors who like their shiny cards! Today Topps launched 2023 Garbage Pail Kids Sapphire. Surprisingly, the set is not being offered to Montgomery Club members first, despite being promised that when the club was sold. Collectors are being limited to 6 boxes purchased per account. The box advertises 32 cards per box, which equates to the usual 8 4-card pack boxes. The new set comes with 100 base cards, matching the Chrome OS 6 checklist from earlier this year. Of course there are parallels. In fact, the top of the box shown advertises 4 parallels per box. Topps did release the official odds for the parallels. The list of parallels and odds is:
- Black /150 – 1:6
- Aqua /99 – 1:9
- Fuchsia /75 – 1:12
- Green /50 – 1:18
- Orange /25 – 1:35
- Gold /15 – 1:57
- Purple /10 – 1:86
- Red /5 – 1:171
- Padparadsha 1/1 – 842
Based on the odds given and the statement that there are 4 parallels per box, the print run of this year’s Sapphire set is the lowest yet. Based off some quick math here’s where the set stacks up against previous releases.
- S1 Sapphire – 16,600 boxes
- S2 Sapphire – 22,000 boxes
- S3 Sapphire – 21,250 boxes
- S4 Sapphire – 11,250 boxes
Here are links to the checklist and odds supplied by Topps. Each box can be purchased for $109.99. Shipping is free when choosing the Economy option. Go get those shiny cards now!
