Garbage Pail Kids News
Today GetAGrip launched two new Garbage Pail Kids Discraft Buzzz discs as part of their weekly launches. This is the fourth launch of a scheduled five. This week’s characters include Tee Vee Stevie and Patty Putty. The discs are limited to /50. They can be purchased for $29.99 each on GetAGrip’s website.
Week three of the GetAGrip disc golf launches is upon us. Today the company launched the next two Garbage Pail Kids Discraft Buzzz discs. This week’s characters are Double Heather and Acne Amy. The discs are limited to /50 each and are available from GetAGrip’s website. Two more weeks left for the planned disc launches from the company.
Greenlight has released the mockup images for their Garbage Pail Kids Series 7 Diecast Cars. Preorders went up initially two months ago for the newest announced series. Since that time, the company also released the car info for the sixth car in the series, usually reserved for new employee card art. Like the series 6 cars, the employee card has not been revealed yet. Each car is shown below with the accompanying GPK card. Collectors are still waiting for series 6, which now has a shipping date of May/June. Series 7 is now showing a Sept/Oct shipping date. Collectors can preorder now from 3000toys.com. Here is the complete list of cars in the newest series.
• Karate Kit – 1947 Ford Super De Luxe Convertible Club Coupe
• Waxed Zack – 1961 Volkswagen Type 3 Squareback with Roof Rack and Surfboards
• Ski Cliff – 1968 Ford Mustang Coupe with Trunk Mounted Ski Rack and Skis
• Dish Grace – 1976 Dodge B-100 with Roof Mounted Satellite Dish
• Sawyer Anything – 1977 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Classic
• Menacing Monica – 1950 Mercury Eight Convertible Lowrider
GetAGrip today launched their second straight week of Discraft Buzzz golf discs. Today’s two news discs are of Fryin Brian and Live Mike. Both discs are limited to /50, and were available for $29.99 each. The disc’s sold out just after they went live on the company’s website. There are still three more weeks of discs coming from GetAGrip, collectors will have to be quick to get their hands on these!
GetAGrip skateboard today at Gross Card Con launched a new officially licensed skateboard deck. The Wes Mess deck featuring the artwork of James Warhola is available at the show and on their website for $150. The deck is limited to /50 copies, and comes with a Wes Mess card signed by James Warhola. The decks that were allowed for online have sold out already, but as of this posted a few remain at the show. The company also launched new versions of GPK watches and socks. The GPK watches are available in black or clear for $29.99. Socks come in a two pair of red and black, and in their own tin for $24.99. Both watches and socks are available online at their website and at their booth at GCC.
GPK collectors were met with some confusion last week as toy seller DKE Toys begin selling a 4-card pack of Madballs vs. GPK cards on their website. Collectors were confused because these are the cards that are suppose to be part of a preorder bonus offered by PremiumDNA toys as part of their Madballs vs. GPK figures. PremiumDNA originally launched preorders for the line in Jan. 2022. The company has sited various reasons for shipping delays from Covid, to Fanatics buyout of Topps, to manufacturing delays.
So what exactly is going on? Sidekick Labs confirmed with GPKNews that they were the manufacturer of the cards. According to the company, the packs ended up being part of a liquidation event. DKE Toys now owns all 1500 packs and began selling them on their website last week. These cards are the ones that were licensed by Topps and intended for the PremiumDNA preorder.
PremiumDNA tells GPKNews they believe there was a mixup with the packs. Since this came to light, they have worked on a solution they believe is a win for collectors. Collectors who preordered will now receive two packs of cards. Pack one will contain the same cards, except printed as foil cards. Pack two will be sticker cards with the B names of the characters. Both packs will come in different color wax wrappers to differentiate them from the originals. Additionally, these packs will be limited to /750, half the original amount. As far as the progress of the Madballs vs. GPK figures, the company tells GPKNews they were unhappy with the tooling on recent samples they were sent from the manufacturer. They are in process of working with the manufacturer to fix the parts, see in progress pictures below. Right now there is no estimated shipping date for the figures.
So the mystery appears to be solved for the time being. There will end up being three different 4-card packs that collectors will want to get their hands on. Collectors who want the original cards should head over now to DKE Toys and get their pack! Meanwhile, collectors who preordered the Madballs vs. GPK figures will need to remain patient as the company works through manufacturing issues.
Update #4: Thursday’s reveal is a digital GPK watch! Watch comes in one of three colors; red, yellow, or white.
Update #3: Wednesday’s reveal is GPK Ouchies. Garbage Pail Kids themed bandages. They also announced each bag would contain a DeadWoodz pack, and skateboard wheel.
Update #2: Today’s reveal from GetAGrip is two pairs of socks, each in their own metal can.
Update: GetAGrip has revealed the first item in the Grossery Bag. Garbage Pail Kids Sunglasses! There will be /100 bags made. The company said they will reveal one item each day this week, prior to the bags going on sale this Friday.
This year’s Gross Card Con is right around the corner! The show is set to take place at the World Market Center in Las Vegas, 3/16 & 3/17. GetAGrip will once again be in attendance at this year’s show, and they aren’t coming empty handed. They will be opening up the first “GPK Mart”. Collectors attending the show will be able to pick up their Grossery Bag filled with all kinds of GPK goodness. The company has not revealed yet what will be in the bag, but they promise it will be the best, “POUND for POUND”, deal ever.
In a bit of a twist, the bag will only be offered as a Clink & Collect service. Bags will go on sale this Friday, 3/1/24, on their website. However, the company will not be shipping any. All orders must be picked up at the show in person. Contents, pricing, and rarity have not been revealed yet by the company, but they promise more information will be forthcoming. GPKNews will have another article later this week going over all the show details and guests!
Here is info from GetAGrip promoting the bag:
Get a Grip cordially invites all Garbage Pail Kids Collector’s to the grand opening of the first ever GPK Mart on March 16th. On the day of the show, you will be able to collect your exclusive Grossery Bag which they promise is POUND for POUND their best ever deal! Available exclusively as a Click & Collect service only, Get a Grip have said that the GPK Mart Grossery Bag will go live at www.GetAGripSkateboards.com online at March 1st, but they will NOT ship these orders. All orders MUST be collected in person in Vegas. So if you’re not attending Gross Con this year (if not, why not?), make sure you find out who is, get your proxy in place, as you’ll need them to come and collect your order for you, from the GPK Mart stand. More information on what exactly is in this mystery Grossery bag will follow, but Get a Grip have promised us that you will not want to miss out on this unbelievably fun bag of tricks.
Greenlight Collectibles continues full steam ahead with their GPK die-cast car sets. GPKWorld was first to report that 3000toys.com has preorders available and initial information up for their Series 7 Garbage Pail Kids Die-Cast cars. There are once again six cars to collect. There will also be limited Green Machine parallel versions randomly inserted into cases. Much like with Series 6, the company has only announced 5 of the 6 cars. The employee car with an original card has yet to be revealed. Here are the announced cars with their associated GPK card.
• Karate Kit – 1947 Ford Super De Luxe Convertible Club Coupe
• Waxed Zack – 1961 Volkswagen Type 3 Squareback with Roof Rack and Surfboards
• Ski Cliff – 1968 Ford Mustang Coupe with Trunk Mounted Ski Rack and Skis
• Dish Grace – 1976 Dodge B-100 with Roof Mounted Satellite Dish
• Sawyer Anything – 1977 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Classic
• TBD
The cars can be preordered for $6.99 each or as a set for $39.99. Series 7 is set for a July/Aug arrival.
Garbage Pail Kids: The Game is no more. Jago Studios, the company behind the GPK mobile game, announced today via their social channels that the game would be discontinued. The game was removed effective today from the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. The company announced current players would be able to continue to play the game until its final shutdown on 3/31/24.
The game garnered some excitement from collectors as it was the first licensed video game featuring GPKs. However, after launching in 2019, the company quickly stopped fixing bugs and updating the game. This led to the majority of original players to stop playing. The game however made a comeback one year later with a relaunch in 2020. The company has been continuing to launch new content within the game since then. The game was able to create a small but loyal following who’s dedicated players will miss.
GPK Nation is back today with a new Adam Bomb Garbage Pail Kids Coin. The officially licensed 24 KT Gold Plated Adam Bomb coin launched today at 3:00 PM Eastern. The 1.5” coin is limited and numbered /50. The coin can be purchased for $24.99 from the company’s website.
