Category Archives: Trading Card Day

Update 8/1/24: Topps has finally released the list of participating hobby stores that will take part of Trading Card Day. The list is posted at their Ripped Blog page, or you can click here for the PDF file.

While Topps hasn’t shared the checklist yet. They did share with GPKNews, 15 images of GPK cards in the set. All 15 feature artwork from Kids At Play. See pictures below. I’ll update this article with the checklist once it’s released.

This year’s 2024 Topps Trading Card Day is scheduled for this Saturday, 8/3/2024. It appears Garbage Pail Kids will once again be part of the promotion. Information has been scarce from Topps on this year’s promotion. While the company has a page on their website, it hasn’t been updated with participating stores, checklist, or any other information like in year’s past.

It does appear Topps is making a few changes to the program this year. Gone is the “International” title that had been part of the day in years past. Customers going into their local hobby stores can once again receive a free pack of cards. This year there are only three options, MLB, Bowman U Football, and Garbage Pail Kids. Dave & Adam’s card store appears to have received some information on this year’s promotion. They had three different sample images of GPK cards. It appears Topps is using art from 2024 GPK Kids At Play set. Examples include Pac Manuel, Buster Balloon, and Hungry Henry. There isn’t any additional information on the set including checklist, SP inserts or autos.

GPKNews has reached out to Topps for more info. If we hear back this article will be updated. Until more info is shared by Topps, start planning your Saturday route now! Call your local stores and see if they are participating!

This Saturday, 8/5, is the annual tradition, 2023 Topps International Trading Card Day. Collectors visiting participating card shops are able to get a free 5-card pack of Garbage Pail Kids cards. Collectors can also choose from Baseball, UEFA Soccer, Formula 1, Bowman U Football, or Athlete’s Unlimited.

Topps has released the checklist, and once again there is a full 30 card GPK checklist, along with random artist autographs. The checklist begins with five brand new trading card related themes. The artwork is done by David Gross, Joe Simko, Brent Engstrom, and Joe McWilliams. There are then 10 OS reprints, followed by 15 reprints from 2023S1. All artwork is on the Trading Card Day borders. There are also 10 randomly inserted artist autographs from 2023S1. Topps used left over stickers autos from last year’s set for the autos.

To find the participating hobby store in your area go to the Topps Ripped page for ITCD and scroll to the bottom of the page, enter your address and you can see the stores in your area. For the full ITCD checklist you can click here, otherwise see below for just the GPK portion.

GPK BASE CARDS
1 Batty KATTIE
2 MICKEY MUCUS
3 PETE S.A. 1
4 TINTIN TEN
5 TRAYDEN CARD

GPK OS1 BASE CARDS
GPKOS2-1 SY CLOPS
GPKOS2-2 LEAKY LINDSAY
GPKOS2-3 RAPPIN’ RON
GPKOS2-4 DISGUSTIN’ JUSTIN
GPKOS2-5 DOUBLE HEATHER
GPKOS2-6 JOLTED JOEL
GPKOS2-7 FRYIN’ RYAN
GPKOS2-8 CRACKED JACK
GPKOS2-9 SPACEY STACY
GPKOS2-10 OLIVER TWISTED

2023 GPK S1 BASE CARDS
GPK23-1 SUITCASE CHASE
GPK23-2 LIGHTER THAN AARON
GPK23-3 POOL PAUL
GPK23-4 THELMA THEME PARK
GPK23-5 CARA CAROUSEL
GPK23-6 BILLIE BIDET
GPK23-7 WILL YOU SHUT UP!
GPK23-8 ARI BNB
GPK23-9 BURIED BARRY
GPK23-10 TYLER TANIC
GPK23-11 BRAIN LES
GPK23-12 COLE FAITHFUL
GPK23-13 CONCH SHELLY
GPK23-14 ANGELA A-ROMA
GPK23-15 BEN SNORKELING

GPK ARTIST AUTOGRAPH CARDS
GPKA-AA ANGELA A-ROMA
GPKA-BD BILLIE BIDET
GPKA-BS BEN SNORKELING
GPKA-CC CARA CAROUSEL
GPKA-CS CONCH SHELLY
GPKA-LA LIGHTER THAN AARON
GPKA-PP POOL PAUL
GPKA-SC SUITCASE CHASE
GPKA-TTP THELMA THEME PARK
GPKA-WYSU WILL YOU SHUT UP!

Garbage Pail Kids will once again be part of Topps International Trading Card Day. Topps is expanding the program for 2023. This time anyone who visits a participating hobby store on 8/5/23 will get their choice of a free pack. Collectors can choose Baseball, UEFA Soccer, Formula 1, Bowman U Football, Athlete’s Unlimited, or Garbage Pail Kids. Additionally, anyone spending $10 in the store on 8/5 gets a Mike Trout card, and can return on 8/12 for a free Adley Rutschman card. Topps will release a list of participating stores and a checklist just prior to the event.

The GPK portion appears to be different this year. GPKNews is aware of 5 new paintings that were created by David Gross, Joe Simko, Brent Engstrom, and Joe McWilliams. It’s not yet known if there will be any other GPK cards as part of the set. The sell sheets for the product show one of the new GPK cards, Batty Kattie done by Smokin Joe McWilliams. GPK packs might be tougher to come by this year. Once again shops must purchase boxes to participate. Boxes cost dealers just over $50. Each 100 pack box contains; MLB (40), UEFA (20), Formula 1 (15), Bowman U (15), Athlete’s Unlimited (5), and Garbage Pail Kids (5). Each pack contains 5 cards. Get the family together and plan a Saturday searching all the Hobby shops in your area!

This Saturday, 8/6/22, is the Topps International Trading Card Day. For the first time, Garbage Pail Kids will be part of the festivities. Collectors visiting a participating hobby shop this Saturday can choose a free 5-card pack of either baseball, soccer, or GPK.
Topps today released the checklist, and there is a wide variety of GPK cards in the set. The base set features 30 cards. There are 15 cards using artwork from 2022S1 GPK Book Worms, and 15 cards featuring artwork from OS 1. Additionally, collectors can find random artist autographs of the same 15 cards from 2022S1 Book Worms. The autos will not be on the card, as the artists signed sticker autos for the promotion. See below for the GPK portion of the checklist, the entire checklist can be found here. A list of participating hobby shops can be found here. Get out there this weekend and visit your local hobby store!

2022 GPK S1 BASE CARDS
GPKB-1 Researching Ralph
GPKB-2 Spammed Sam
GPKB-3 Book Mark
GPKB-4 Angry Ahab
GPKB-5 Abner Underpants
GPKB-6 Whittled Woody
GPKB-7 Hexing Hermione
GPKB-8 Flattened Frank
GPKB-9 Slappy Sly
GPKB-10 Split Kit
GPKB-11 Stacked Jack
GPKB-12 Cheshire Pat
GPKB-13 Story Book Bastian
GPKB-14 Too-Hot Tom
GPKB-15 AMBUSHED ART

GPK OS1 BASE CARDS
GPKOS1-1 Nasty Nick
GPKOS1-2 Junkfood John
GPKOS1-3 Up Chuck
GPKOS1-4 Dead Ted
GPKOS1-5 Stormy Heather
GPKOS1-6 Adam Bomb
GPKOS1-7 Tee-Vee Stevie
GPKOS1-8 Potty Scotty
GPKOS1-9 Junky Jeff
GPKOS1-10 Drippy Dan
GPKOS1-11 Nervous Rex
GPKOS1-12 Creepy Carol
GPKOS1-13 New Wave Dave
GPKOS1-14 Slimy Sam
GPKOS1-15 Buggy Betty

GPK ARTIST AUTOGRAPH CARDS
GPKA-AA Angry Ahab
GPKA-AAR AMBUSHED ART
GPKA-AU Abner Underpants
GPKA-BM Book Mark
GPKA-CP Cheshire Pat
GPKA-FF Flattened Frank
GPKA-HH Hexing Hermione
GPKA-RR Researching Ralph
GPKA-SB Story Book Bastian
GPKA-SJ Stacked Jack
GPKA-SK Split Kit
GPKA-SS Spammed Sam
GPKA-SSL Slappy Sly
GPKA-TT Too-Hot Tom
GPKA-WW Whittled Woody

Do you want a Mike Trout or Adam Bomb? Collectors get to make that choice during this year’s Topps International Trading Card Day. Previously called National Baseball Card Day, Topps is expanding the program this year to include different brands. Collectors that visit a participating hobby store on Aug. 6 can choose to receive a free pack of either MLB, UEFA soccer, or Garbage Pail Kids cards. Topps released information to distributors today on the promotion along with the first look at the cards. Each pack of cards contains 5 cards from the brand collectors choose and 1 marketing card. No checklist has been revealed yet for the program, so there is no information yet on the set size. Each 50 pack box stores buy, yes hobby shop have to purchase the packs, contain 30 MLB, 13 soccer, and 7 GPK packs. Topps did reveal a checklist and participating store list on last year’s promotion just prior to the date, so hopefully collectors will have the information again this year.

Card shop owners from across the country are gathered this week in Arizona for the yearly Topps Industry Summit. This year’s conference has featured both Topps employees with Fanatics leadership discussing how the trading card industry moves forward. As usual, the discussions and news coming from the conference is focused on baseball and other sports properties that Topps manages. However, there’s always a nugget or two of Garbage Pail Kids information that comes from the show. Today, during one of Topps presentations, information was shared on Topps plans for this year’s International Trading Card Day. Previously, National Trading Card day, was only available in the US and focused on baseball cards. Topps is expanding the skope and presence of the event this year. On August 6th collectors in the US, UK, Japan, and Germany will be able to go into a participating hobby store and pick out a free pack of either MLB, UEFA, Star Wars, or Garbage Pail Kids cards. The cards for this type of event are usually specifically for the event, so collectors can expect something new. Mark your calendars and plan to get to your local hobby store on 8/6/22!