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We are at the half way point for the series all based on the 70’s. Today Topps launched 2023 Garbage Pail Kids We Hate the 70’s. This weeks set again has 10 cards, 5 new pieces with a/b versions. Each set purchased also comes with a sepia parallel card. All artwork for the set was done by David Gross and Brent Engstrom. One collector will also receive a piece of final card artwork from this week’s set. The free painting this week is the Mood Ring gag by Engstrom. Each set can be purchased for $19.99 or in a lot of 10 for $179.99. Shipping is free when choosing the Economy option. The set will be available for 7 days on Topps.com. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here is this week’s checklist along with pictures of the cards.

11A Battlin’ Bruce
11B Lethal Lee
12A Greasy Graham
12B Drippy Danny
13A Big WILL
13B Wheelin’ Walker
14A Moody Rudy
14B Angry Angus
15A Truckin Duncan
15B Reeking Robert

After ending last Thursday, Topps has revealed the print run for 2023 Garbage Pail Kids We Hate the 70’s Week 1. The fist set in a six week series highlighted bell bottoms, Atari, and Schoolhouse Rock. The set sold a total of 1,541 copies. The sales number, while solid, does come in lower than any of the Trashy TV sets from the previous six week series. There are still plenty of 70’s parodies to come over the next few weeks for collectors to get their groove on.

The world of bellbottoms and platform shoes are back for the next week of 1970’s parody. Today Topps launched 2023 Garbage Pail Kids We Hate the 70’s Week 2. This is the second in a six week set. This week’s set contains 10 cards, 5 new pieces with a/b versions. All artwork in the set are done by artists David Gross and Brent Engstrom. Each set purchased also comes with one sepia parallel card. One lucky collector will also win a final painting from this week’s set. This week’s painting giveaway is the Weeble gag done by David Gross. The set can be purchased for $19.99 or in a lot of 10 for $179.99. Shipping is free when choosing the Economy option. The set is available for 7 days on Topps.com. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here is this week’s checklist along with pictures of the cards.

6A Clean Harry
6B Feelin’ LUCKY
7A Mixed Up Martin
7B Strange Steve
8A Platform Phoebe
8B Skye Heels
9A Stretchy Steve
9B Aaron Armstrong
10A Waverly Weeble
10B Fallon Down

Topps is reliving the 70’s for the next six weeks. Today the company launched 2023 Garbage Pail Kids We Hate the 70’s Week 1. This is the first set in a six week series focusing on everything from the 70’s. The set contains 10 cards, 5 new pieces with a/b versions. Each set purchased comes with one parallel card. In addition one purchaser will receive a final painting from this week’s set. The final being given away this week is the bell bottoms gag done by Brent Engstrom. Each set can be purchased for $19.99 or in a lot of 10 for $179.99. Shipping is free when choosing the Economy option. The set is available for 7 days at Topps.com. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here is the checklist along with pictures of the cards.

1A Joe D’OH!
1B Aiden Adventure
2A At ARI
2B JOY Stick
3A Schoolhouse Rick
3B Vetoed Bill
4A Belle Bottoms
4B Ring Rita
5A Banana Spilt Sid
5B Ban ANNA

Topps in their daily sales email began teasing the next 6 week online set, Garbage Pail Kids We Hate the 70’s. While the set is not an exact expansion series, it does play off the past sets of We Hate the 80’s and 90’s. Collectors can expect sets once a week for 6 weeks. Topps will be giving away one final painting artwork each week again. All artwork for these sets was done by Brent Engstrom and David Gross. The first set is scheduled to launch this Thursday, 8/3.

The blend is back, as Topps launches its second set that features many of its own entertainment properties. 2023 Topps Entertainmnet Blend Look ‘n See by Ermsy features cards with Garbage Pail Kids, Wacky Packages, Mars Attacks, and with a heavy emphasis on Look ‘n See. Look ‘n See was a Topps brand from the 1950’s that featured portrait style art of famous figures. Just like last year, Ermsy completed all the artwork for the set. All cards in the set appear to be done in the Look ‘n See style. This time around the base set consists of 20 “a” GPK cards. Each box comes with 6 cards, 5 base cards and 1 parallel or insert card. Collectors have the chance of pulling parallels in Blue Foil /49, Green Foil /25, Red Foil /10, and Gold Foil 1/1. Inserts found can be “b” name (20 subjects), Wacky Packages (5 subjects), Mars Attacks (5 subjects), Ermsy card, or Ermsy autograph. Boxes cost $19.99 per box or $94.99 for 5 boxes, and can be purchased at Topps.com. There is no time table currently set for the sale. You can view the checklist of the series by clicking here. Here are some pictures of the cards available.