The presidential inauguration of Donald Trump brought out comic and GPK collectors alike for the second issue of Topps Comics. Today Topps released the print run for Topps Comics GPK #2: 2017 Presidential Inaug-Hurl Ceremony of Donald Dump. Sales for issue #2 blew away sales for the first issue, coming in at 455 copies sold. The comic book which cost collectors $19.99 + shipping, also came with two GPK cards featuring the same artwork as the cover. Look for Topps to continue issuing the comics if sales remain strong.
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Topps Reveals Print Run for GPK Trumpocracy Cards #6-#8
Day two of the Trumpocracy was not quite as successful as the first day. Today Topps revealed the print run for Garbage Pail Kids Trumpocracy – The First 100 Days cards #6-#8. After a very successful first day of sales, things came crashing down in day two. Two of the GPK cards finished under 200 in sales, with the other card just over 200. The Wacky Packages cards finished much lower as well in the mid 200’s. This might explain why the Wacky cards were added into the Trumpocracy set for the third day of sales, in an attempt to boost sales by selling bundles. It will be very interesting to see sales numbers as the new sets progress. Here are the print run numbers for the second Trumpocracy release.
#6 – Masked Melania – 226
#7 – Treasury Trump – 193
#8 – Pricey Tom – 193
Topps Launches GPK Trumpocracy Cards #9-#13
Topps looks to be sticking with their usual GPK online release schedule with the new sets. Today Topps launched Garbage Pail Kids Trumpocracy – The First 100 Days cards #9-#13. Today’s cards feature three GPK cards, and two Wacky Packages cards. It looks like Topps is now going with the same route they took with the Disg-Race set, and mix in Wacky Packages as part of the set. I don’t know if they’ve abandoned the Wacky Packages Alternative Facts banner already, or if they are just mix and matching. Each of today’s cards can be purchased for $9.99 or in lots of 5 for $29.99, 10 for $49.99, or 20 for $79.99. A five card bundle featuring one of each card is available for $34.99. Free shipping is being offered via the SmartPost option. The cards will be available for sale for 24 hours on topps.com. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here are pictures of today’s new cards.
GPK Disg-Race to the White House By the Numbers
The Disg-Race is over! Last Thursday’s offering of Garbage Pail Kids Disg-Race to the White House proved to be the last issue for the set. Topps finally completed the online only set, and moved on to various other online offerings. The set is groundbreaking in a number of ways. 2016 was really the year of the online exclusive for Topps. Topps did a number of things across their properties to see how to offer online exclusives to collectors. Garbage Pail Kids were actually the first property Topps tested online cards with the Iowa Caucus set, back in Feb. of last year. After offering a mixture of political and entertainment based online sets, Topps moved to an individual card offerings for GPK. This matches Topps wildly successful Topps Now Baseball Card brand which launched in April of last year. Topps launched GPK Disg-Race on 9/26 with card #1, a parody of the first presidential debate. Originally collectors thought the set would last until the election in Nov. However, as things got crazier and crazier in the election, sales for the cards seemed to increase. Topps decided to ride the wave until last weeks’s inauguration.
How much did you spend collecting the Disg-Race set? How many cards were printed? How much money did Topps make? Let’s take a look at GPK Disg-Race by the numbers… (Thanks to collectors Steve Sodergren and Erica Fox for compiling many of the numbers for this article!)
- 152 – Total number of cards in the GPK Disg-Race set.
- 135 – Total number of GPK cards in the set.
- 17 – Total number of Wacky Packages cards in the set.
- 6 – Total number of artists who painted cards for the set. The artist breakdown is; Simko (64), Engstrom (61), Im (13), Gross (11), Camera (2), McWilliams (1)
- 115 – Total number of days elapsed between the first day the set was offered, (9/26/16), to the last day cards were offered, (1/19/17).
- 40 – Total number of days during that span cards were offered for sale on Topps.com.
- 54,480 – Total number of cards printed by Topps for the Disg-Race set.
- 47,429 – Total number of GPK cards printed in the Disg-Race set.
- 7,051 – Total number of Wacky Packages cards printed in the Disg-Race set.
- 1,196 – Highest print run of an individual card, #1 (Disg-Race to the White House).
- 248 – Lowest print run of an individual card, #143 (Dogfight Donald). There can be more more than 248 complete sets out there.
- 4 – Cards with a print run over 600, (#1, #64, #70, #102).
- $1,164.58 – Amount collectors had to spend to complete the Disg-Race set by buying the daily bundles.
- $1,518.48 – Amount collectors would have spent to collect the set if paying $9.99 per card. This was the most expensive non-eBay option.
- $606.48 – Amount collectors would have spent to collect the set if paying $3.99 per card. This was the cheapest option, only if the 20 card lot of each individual card was purchased.
- $544,255.30 – Gross sales total for all cards printed by Topps, if collectors spent $9.99 per card. This would be the highest possible amount made, which we know didn’t happen. Most collectors bought the bundles for their sets. There were also dealers who purchased card lots for re-sale. Its impossible to know how much Topps really made selling the Disg-Race.
Topps Reveals Print Run for GPK Trumpocracy #1-#5
The sequel is never better than the original, right? Today Topps revealed the print run for Garbage Pail Kids Trumpocracy – The First 100 Days cards #1-#5. Were set collectors tired of Trump cards after the end of the Disg-Race set? Collectors came out and proved that wasn’t the case with the first Trumpocracy cards. Sales were a bit across the board, but very solid for the most part. The Madonna parody card led the way with 425 copies sold. Two other GPK cards were in the mid-300’s, while the other two fell shy of the 300 mark. Incidentally both the Wacky and Twister cards sold in the 300’s despite being part of their own set. It will be interesting to see if collectors continue to flock to buy up Trump. Here are the print run for the GPK cards:
#1 – Deleted Donald – 371
#2 – Mad Donna – 425
#3 – Dissenting Donald – 349
#4 – Storyteller Spicer – 281
#5 – Tasteless Trump – 237
Topps Launches GPK Trumpocracy Cards #6-#8
The Trump cards continue in full force for the second day in a row. Today Topps launched Garbage Pail Kids Trumpocracy – First 100 Days cards #6-#8. Topps also launched two Wacky Packages cards and one GPK Network Spews card. Despite having the GPK name, the Network Spews card is actually a Wacky Packs card. As usual each 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 six card bundle featuring all of today’s cards can also be purchased for $44.99. Free shipping is being offered via the SmartPost option. The cards are available on Topps.com for 24 hours. Topps will reveal the print run after the end of the sale. Here are pictures of today’s new GPK cards.
Topps Launches GPK: Trumpocracy The First 100 Days Cards #1-#5
Dis-Race is over, long live Trumpocracy! Today Topps made a number of changes to their online section that sells the daily GPK cards. Part of that change was launching Garbage Pail Kids GPK: Trumpocracy – The First 100 Days. Gone are listings for GPK Disg-Race to the White House set. It would appear that set has come to an end. In its place are sections for GPK Trumpocracy, GPK Spews, a separate section for Wacky Packages: Alternate Facts, and a new art based set parodying Twitter called, Twister.
Today’s cards feature five cards based on these first few days of Trump’s presidency. Topps also launched one Wacky Packages and one Twister card under their own separate set banners. As with the Disg-Race set, each 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 seven bundle is available featuring one of each card offered today from all the sets can be purchased for $44.99. Free shipping is being offered via the SmartPost option. The cards are available on Topps.com for 24 hours. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. It will be interesting to see what collector demand is for these now that the Disg-Race set appears to be finished. Here are pictures of today’s new cards.
Topps Launches 2017 GPK AAAP Presidential Inaug-Hurl Set
While its not clear if the Disg-Race to the White House set is finished or not, that won’t stop Topps from making the Trump cards. Today Topps launched 2017 Garbage Pail Kids American as Apple Pie In Your Face Presidential Inaug-Hurl Ceremony online set. The set falls under the Apple Pie banner, as opposed to the Disg-Race label. The set is comprised of 8 new GPK paintings, available as a 2 card a/b set, and 3 Wacky Packages cards. All cards are based off the president’s inauguration last week. Each a/b GPK card, or Wacky card can be purchased for $9.99. The entire 19 card set can be purchased for $49.99. Free shipping is available via the SmartPost option. The cards will be available on Topps.com for 7 days. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here is the checklist and pictures of the new cards.
- 1A: DISLOYAL DONALD
- 1B: “TRUSTY” TRUMP
- 2A: DECIMATION DONALD
- 2B: TERMINATION TRUMP
- 3A: DESPAIR DONALD
- 3B: TORMENT TRUMP
- 4A: APPALLED ABE
- 4B: LET DOWN LINCOLN
- 5A: DRIZZLE DONALD
- 5B: TEARFUL TRUMP
- 6A: MELANCHOLY MELANIA
- 6B: TURNED AWAY TRUMP
- 7A: KOOKY KELLYANNE
- 7B: CRAZY CONWAY
- 8A: GLAD VLAD
- 8B: 45TH PRESIDENT PUTIN
- 9: MELANIA’S JACKIE-OH NO! MASQUERADE COSTUME
- 10: TRUMP SCOUTS COOKIES
- 11: MY PARENTS WENT TO THE INAUGURATION AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY PRESIDENT T-SHIRT
Topps Reveals Print Run for GPK Disg-Race Cards #150-#152
Topps got some good news with the third presidential election release of the week as sales were up for the week. Today Topps revealed the print run for Garbage Pail Kids Disg-Race to the White House cards #150-#152. As usual the Wacky Packages card led the way with sales with 370. Sales of the GPK cards were slightly higher, especially with card #151. The card, featuring Legos and Trump, finished with 339 in sales. It’s expected today’s presidential inauguration will mark the end of the Disg-Race set. Look for Topps to possibly release one more set based on today’s festivities. Here are the final numbers for the third release this week.
#150 – Neopalpa Donaldtrumpi – 277
#151 – Donald Grump – 339
#152 – The Real Whitehousewives of Washington D.C. (Wacky) – 370
Topps Reveals Print Run for Topps Comics #1
Topps decided one week ago to revive an old property, and turn it into an online exclusive. Today Topps revealed the print run for Topps Comics GPK #1 The Worst of 2016. The comic, which also comes with two GPK stickers, cost $19.99 plus shipping. While sales numbers weren’t overwhelming, customers still showed up to purchased issue #1. A total of 265 copies were sold during the week the comic was available. It looks like Topps is shooting for a weekly release of the comic, as issue two also launched today.