After ending on Thursday, Topps has revealed the print run for Garbage Pail Kids Prime Slime Trashy TV expansion set week 1. Collectors showed up for the first week of sales with the total coming in at 2,229 sets sold. This is higher than all the expansion sets from last year, and the highest online sales so far in 2023. The offer of a final painting giveaway surely helped to attract additional sales. Can the six week series keep the early momentum going?
John Pound Autos Part of GetAGrip Skateboard Release
In the GPK shocker of the year, GetAGrip Skateboards revealed John Pound as the last mystery artist as part of their Artist Signature Series Blind Bag skateboard decks. There are five total decks, limited to /50 each from five different artists. Each deck features past artwork from these artists, along with a matching autographed card from that artists. I’m not sure how the folks at GetAGrip got it done, but they somehow were able to get original GPK artist to sign 50 autos. Pound has refused to do any GPK work for years now. Pound’s last work for Topps was signing autos for the Chrome 2 set in 2014. Topps has since attempted to get him to sign autos for other Chrome sets to no avail. The skateboard decks went on sale at 1:00 PM EST for $189 each and quickly sold out. These are sure to be hot items on the secondary market once they ship.
Topps Launches Garbage Pail Kids Prime Slime Trashy TV Expansion Set Week 2
On to week two of some of the most popular new and old TV shows ever! Today Topps launched Garbage Pail Kids Prime Slime Trashy TV expansion set week 2. Once again, this week’s set features 10 cards, 5 new pieces with a/b versions. All the artwork for the cards was done by David Gross and Brent Engstrom. Each set also comes with one sepia parallel card. One lucky purchaser will also receive a piece of final artwork as part their order. This week’s painting giveaway is the Get Smart painting 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/SmartPost option. The set will be on sale for 7 days on Topps.com. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here are some pictures of this week’s cards.
GetAGrip Launching Artist Signature Series Blind Bag Skateboard
GetAGrip Slateboards has been teasing all week their upcoming Artist Signature Series Blind Bag Skateboard decks. In total there will be five new decks all featuring past Adam Bomb artwork by various artists. So far boards with artwork by Tom Bunk, David Gross, Brent Engstrom, and Joe Simko have been revealed. The company says it will reveal the fifth board at 12:55 PM EST tomorrow, 4/28. There will be 50 copies of each board made. Each board also comes with an autographed card of the same artwork by that board’s artist. The board will be sold blind bag style, so collectors won’t know which one they receive. The board will go on sale at 1:00 PM EST tomorrow, 4/28, at GetAGrip’s website. Pricing have not been revealed yet. GetAGrip says there will be a 5 board limit per customer. These should go quick, collectors will want to be on time tomorrow to purchase!
Topps Launches Garbage Pail Kids Prime Slime Trashy TV Expansion Set Week 1
The GPK expansion sets are back for 2023. First up will be a six week series of sets expanding on the 2016S2 Trashy TV set. Today Topps launched Garbage Pail Kids Prime Slime Trashy TV expansion set week 1. The set features 10 cards, 5 new pieces with a/b versions. All gags are based off of popular current and past TV shows. All the artwork for the set was done by artists David Gross and Brent Engstrom. Each set purchased also comes with one sepia parallel card. Additionally, for the first time Topps has acquired original artwork from the artists to give away to a lucky purchaser of each week’s set. For week 1, someone’s order will include Engstrom’s Wheel of Fortune piece. Each set can be purchased for $19.99 or in a lot of 10 for $179.99. Shipping is free when choosing the Economy/SmartPost option. The set will be available for sale on Topps.com for 7 days. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here are some pictures of the cards.
Topps Teases Garbage Pail Kids Prime Slime Trashy TV Expansion Sets
Today the official GPK Facebook account shared a teaser for the next round of online expansion sets, Garbage Pail Kids Prime Slime Trashy TV. Much like the expansions sets last year, there will be six weeks of online sets offered by Topps for this series. The gags are a follow up to the 2016S2 retail set with the same name. Collectors can expect to see cards based on both newer popular shows and some past shows that weren’t included the first time around. David Gross and Brent Engstrom will be doing all the artwork for the sets. The sets will also again come with one parallel card per set. Topps has some other surprises in store for collectors. According to the teaser picture, the first set will launch next Thursday, 4/20/23.
Pre-Orders Start for Greenlight Garbage Pail Kids Series 5 Die-Cast Cars
One of the longest running GPK licensee series continues. Preorders for Greenlight’s Series 5 Garbage Pail Kids die-cast cars has begun. There are once again six cars in the series. Each car comes with a corresponding GPK card. There will also be random rare Green Machine parallels of the cars inserted into cases. No pictures of the cars are available yet. Here is a list of card names and card:
• Buoyant Billie – 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
• Crashed Craig – 1968 Volkswagen Type 2 Campmobile with Hurst Bumper – Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) Search Team
• Hal Pass – 2008 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor – Junior High Security Guard
• Ice Cream Sandy – Retail Ice Cream Trailer
• Rhetta White & Blue – 1985 Dodge Ram D-250
• Aggravated Angela – 1977 Dodge B-100 Van
Each car comes with an MSRP of $6.99. Cars can be preorderd from websites and vendors that offer preorders on Greenlight products. The cars are expected to be released Sept./Oct. 2023.
Topps Reveals Print Run for 2023 Garbage Pail Kids Not-Scars
GPKs remain an hot item. After ending last week, Topps has revealed the print run for 2023 Garbage Pail Kids Not-Scars. The set sold a total of 2,066 copies. Over two thousand sales for a regular online set with no sketches is a fantastic number. The sales are right in line with the top online sets from last year. This set sold over 4x the number compared to the last Not-Scars set sold in 2020. Awards sets have historically not been the most popular, but this set seemed to break that trend. Topps has stopped revealing sales figures for packed out and on demand online offers, so this is the first sales result we are getting this year. So far it looks like GPK remains very popular with collectors.
ToyNK Launches GPK Adam Bomb Mood Light
Time to light up your life! ToyNK this week launched the Garbage Pail Kids Adam Bomb Figural Mood Light. The light is manufactured by The Robe Factory Ukonic for ToyNK. Including the base, the light stands 10” tall. There is a 15 min. auto shut off timer to keep those batteries fresh. The light is available for $39.99 from TotNK, Target, and Amazon. Let Adam set the mood in your house.
GetAGrip Launches Adam Bomb Nuclear Neon Sign
What does every GPK collector’s display need? An Adam Bomb neon sign! Today GetAGrip launched the Adam Bomb Nuclear Neon Sign. The sign measures 24” x 22” and is made of acrylic. They are limiting the production to /85 units. There is a 3-4 week lead time for shipping as the signs are made to order. The sign will set collector’s back $299.00, but you’ll surely be the envy of your neighbors!
