Retail Odds for 2023 Series 1 (2021S2) Garbage Pail Kids GPK Goes on Vacation

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After a 17 month delay, seeing is finally believing for collectors as 2023 Series 1 (2021S2) GPK Vacation cards are beginning to show up in the wild. The much maligned set was delayed and passed over by other sets due to Covid, printer shortages, contracts, and paper shortages. Originally titled 2021 Series 2, Topps has officially retitled the set, 2023 Series 1 Garbage Pail Kids GPK Goes on Vacation. Thanks to FexEx being quick despite the holiday weekend, we have odds for both Retail Display (also sold as “Hobby”) boxes, and Blaster Tins. Not a.whole lot of surprises with the Retail Display boxes. Tom Bunk’s Famous Landmarks insert set is exclusive to Display boxes, while the Don’t Make Me Pull this Car Over insert set is found in both Display and Blaster packs at the same odds. Blaster packs also are the only place to find the Travel Sticker. At least that’s what they are called on the pack odds. The checklist refers to them as Bumper Stickers, while the Sell Sheet refers to them as Travel Posters. Yellow parallels, loaded and pano sketches also can be found in Blasters. Finally, there are three different Blaster tins as advertised. A 40 box case contained 13 Yellow, 14 Purple, and 13 Green tins. There hasn’t been a lot of breaks for evidence yet, but it appears Topps may have actually gotten the odds right. Yellow parallels are listed as 1:5, and each tin opened had 2. Meanwhile, the Blue parallels in Retail Display boxes are 1:15, and the one box opened had 1. For the first time, the Employee Short Print cards have odds listed for them on the packs. In an oddity, there are two autograph odds listed on the Retail Display packs. Artist Autographs are 1:279, while a mysterious “Autograph” is listed at 1:1,179. Is that just an error on the packs, or is there an unannounced autograph in the set? Based on an early look at odds it appears there is a lot of this printed. Blaster numbers look to rival the Book Worms set, Retail Display however appears to be less. I’ll have more in the coming days on production info for the set.

2023S1 GPK Vacation Retail Display Box Odds

  • Spit Blue – 1:15
  • Route 66 Asphalt – 1:72
  • Fool’s Gold – 1:95
  • Printing Plate – 1:5,326
  • Artist Autograph – 1:279
  • Famous Landmarks – 1:3
  • Autograph – 1:1.179?
  • Don’t Male Me Pull This Car Over – 1:3
  • Base Card Short Print – 1:1,056
  • Sketch Card – 1:441


2023S1 GPK Vacation Retail Blaster Box Odds

  • Phlegm Yellow – 1:5
  • Route 66 Asphalt – 1:250
  • Fool’s Gold – 1:338
  • Printing Plate – 1:5,502
  • Artist Autograph – 1:292
  • Travel Stickers – 1:4
  • Don’t Male Me Pull This Car Over – 1:3
  • Base Cars Short Print – 1:3,670
  • Sketch Card – 1:508
  • Panoramic Sketch Card – 1:20,036
  • Loaded Puzzle Sketch Card – 1:4,404

Dynamite Announces Madballs vs. Garbage Pail Kids Slime Again Issue #4

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The story of how GPKs and Madballs first met comes to an end. Dynamite has announced Madballs vs. Garbage Pail Kids Slime Again Issue #4. This is the final issue in the limited run series. The preview for the issue reads, “The space race is on-in a flurry of slingshots, fireworks, and giant bat wings, as the Madballs and GPK take to the skies in a mad dash to beat each other to the Moon! Plus: In the far future, Earth is a high- tech utopia where peace reigns and everything is in its place. That is, until archaeologists uncover the still-feuding Madballs and GPK-who bring a much-needed bit of anarchy to an all-too-quiet-and-predictable world.” The comic is written by Sholly Frisch, with all the artwork done by Jason Crosby. As with the other issues, there are covers by Joe Simko, Crosby, and a vintage fight poster by Ken Haeser. There will be a number of other cover variants offered for the issue. The comic is available for preorder whoever comics are sold. The final issue of the series is set to his store shelves May 10, 2023.

Abrams to Offer 2024 Garbage Pail Kids Desk & Wall Calendars

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The 2023 day to day GPK desk calendar proved to be a hit with collectors. So much so that Abrams Books is going all in for 2024. The book publisher is planning on offering two GPK themed calendars for 2024. The Garbage Pail Kids Day to Day Calendar features 366 different GPK characters to celebrate each day of the year. The calendar is available to preorder from Amazon right now, with a retail cost of $17.99. Collectors can expect to see it released on 9/26/23. The company is also offering the 2024 Garbage Pail Kids Wall Calendar. The 12” x 12” calendar features 16 months, (9/23-12/24). Amazon has the wall calendar available for preorder for $15.99. The calendar is also set to be released 9/26/23. There are no pictures available yet for the products. Collectors are sure to never miss a day in 2024!

Topps Releases 2023 Series 1 (2021S2) Garbage Pail Kids GPK Goes on Vacation Checklist

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We are inching oh so close to finally seeing the release that collectors have been waiting a year and a half for. With less than one week to go, Topps has released the checklist for 2023 Series 1 (2021S2) Garbage Pail Kids GPK Goes on Vacation. The base set iscontains 200 cards, 100 new paintings in a/b versions.

There are a number of insert sets, most of them exclusive to a certain pack type. Artist Tom Bunk returns with his own insert set called, Famous Landmarks. This 10 card set can be found in Retail Display (Hobby) boxes. The 10 card Pack Your Bags – Wacky Packages insert set can be found exclusive in Collector boxes. Collector boxes are also the only place to find the 49 card State Quarter Relics insert set. (Note: The checklist only shows 49 states, with Wyoming missing. According to Topps Wyoming was a late removal from the set.) All retail packs are suppose to share the 20 card Don’t Make Me Pull this Car Over insert set. The 8 card Bumper Sticker insert set is the same set that was called Travel Posters on the sell sheet. Those cards were scheduled to be Blaster box exclusives. For the first time, Topps has revealed the employee Short Print cards. There are 9 total in the set, that can be found in all pack types. The rare employee cards first appeared in the 35th anniversary set. Collector boxes are suppose to also have a luggage tag in each box, but those do not appear on the checklist.

Once again the four final card artists, Joe Simko, Brent Engstrom, David Gross, and Smokin Joe McWilliams did all the cards in the set, and their autographs can be found in packs numbered to /75. The autograph checklist is missing three cards, 19 (Artie of Massage), 66 (Absconding Abby), and 100 (Water Fallon) are missing. There are 58 artists that appear on the sketch card checklist for the set. You can find the official checklist for 2023 Series 1 (2021S2) Garbage Pail Kids GPK Goes on Vacation in PDF form here.

Topps Launches 2023 Garbage Pail Kids Valentine’s Day is Canceled

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Love is in the air again! The annual GPK set with a Valentine theme is back. Today Topps launched 2023 Garbage Pail Kids Valentine’s Day is Canceled. This year’s set contains 20 base cards, 10 new pieces in a/b versions. Artists Joe Simko, David Gross, Brent Engstrom, Joe McWilliams, and Neil Camera each did two pieces for the set. Each set purchased comes with 28 cards; 20 base cards, 3 red heart parallels, 1 black heart parallel, 2 dating profile inserts, 1 C name, and either a sketch or foil card. Foil cards are available in unnumbered foil board, gold /50, and rainbow /25. There is also a Deaf Geoff card by Ermsy inserted 1:5 sets. Additionally a short printed box featuring Lovely Lea is 1:10 sets. There are no odds listed on the sketch cards. There are a wide selection of sketch artists on the set, from one making his debut (Laurich), to an artist doing sketches for the first time in years (Gross). So far the list of sketch artists on the set are; Eric Medina (70), David Gross (10), Jasmine Contois (70), Victor Moreno (70), Aaron Laurich (70), David Acevedo (70), Barry Nygma (50), Rich Molinello (70), Slippa Chervascus (50), Ro Garcia Astorga (70), Nik Muggli (70), Justin Olson (50), Barry Nibert (50), Chris Meeks (45), Greg Treize (60), Becky Sharp (50), Ad Rock (50), Robert Ball (50), Brandhen Snyder (50), Lowell Isaac (50), Darrin Pepe (25), Nik Castaneda (70), Erik Muller (50), Neil Camera (30) and Joey Fitchett (50). More updates will be made to this article as additional sketch card numbers are known. Sets are available for $40 each on Topps.com. Shipping is free when choosing the Economy/SmartPost option. There is no timer on the sale. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here are some pictures of the cards.

Garbage Pail Kids Pop-Up Yearbook Available for Preorder

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Insight Editions is back with their latest GPK offering. The Garbage Pail Kids Pop-Up Book is now available for preorder on Amazon. The book is created by paper crafter Matthew Reinhart, with all the GPK art by Joe Simko. The book is filled with dozens of pops, pulls, slides and other interactive features. This includes the first ever paper engineered cards. Each card is removable from the book and contains a pull tab that transforms the character from a dignified class photo into a GPK chaos. The book sells for $34.99 and is scheduled to be released on 10/17/23. Here is the book’s description from the publisher:

See the Garbage Pail Kids as you’ve never seen them before in the first official GPK pop-up book! Master paper crafter Matthew Reinhart brings foul, fan-favorite Garbage Pail Kids like Adam Bomb, Leaky Lindsay, and Bony Joanie to life in three-dimensional, gross-out glory with this 1980’s-style pop-up yearbook. Exclusive removable, interactive GPK cards make this a must-have for any GPK collector.

Garbage Pail Kids: The Pop-Up Yearbook showcases the grossest, most beloved characters including Patty Putty, Cranky Frankie, and Luke Puke in intricately designed pop-up scenes that burst, spew and ooze from the page. Pop-up legend Matthew Reinhart offers dozens of pops, pulls, slides and other interactive features in the wackiest yearbook ever. Including bonus removable, interactive GPK cards, this deluxe pop-up book is the ideal collector’s item for Garbage Pail Kids fans.

GET SCHOOLED WITH STINKY, SLIMY POP-UPS: Bring your favorite Garbage Pail Kids to life in 3D with vibrant, detailed pop-up spreads full of surprises—and snot—to discover. In this nostalgic 1980’s-style yearbook, you’ll see the Garbage Pail Kids get an education in wreaking havoc with vomit in the cafeteria, mucky experiments in science class, and stink bombs in the locker room!

EXCLUSIVE, INTERACTIVE GPK CARDS: Collect the first-ever paper-engineered GPK cards! Each of this book’s removable cards include a pull tab that transforms a dignified class photo into a scene of classic GPK chaos.

FUN FOR ADULTS AND (GARBAGE PAIL) KIDS ALIKE: This pop-up book is sure to delight GPK collectors of all ages.

DELIGHTFULLY DISGUSTING NEW ILLUSTRATIONS: Featuring original, spectacular artwork by fan-favorite GPK artist Joe Simko, this pop-up book captures the signature humor and over-the-top action of the Garbage Pail Kids.

MATTHEW REINHART’S LATEST AND GREATEST POP-UP BOOK: World renowned paper crafter Matthew Reinhart’s newest pop-up book joins best-selling titles including Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Guide to Diagon Alley and Beyond, Star Wars: The Ultimate Pop-Up Galaxy, Stranger Things: The Ultimate Pop-Up Book, and Jurassic World: The Ultimate Pop-Up Book.

Topps Teases Garbage Pail Kids Valentine’s Day is Canceled Online Set

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In today’s sales email to collectors, Topps teased the launch of Garbage Pail Kids Valentine’s Day is Canceled online set. The set is scheduled to launch on Topps.com Thursday, 2/9/23. According to the teaser picture, each set will include 28 cards along with either a sketch of foil card. Collector’s can feel the love later this week.

2021S2 Garbage Pail Kids Vacation Officially Gets Release Date, Updated to 2023

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Our long national nightmare appears to be coming to a close. In today’s release date email to distributors, Topps officially gave 2021 Series 2 Garbage Pail Kids GPK Goes on Vacation a release date. As had been rumored for weeks, the newest retail set is now scheduled for a 2/22/23 release date. The set was originally scheduled for a Sept. 2021 release, but saw numerous delays due to Covid and printer shortages. Additionally, Topps also updated the set to be titled 2023 Series 1. Topps had gone back and forth the last year on updating the year on the set, with various dates under consideration. This also marks a change from the 2023 internal sales calendar Topps had planned. This confirms what we’ve been hearing, that Topps would back off slightly on the retail releases in 2023. The newest plan is for Vacation to be 2023S1, with both 2023S2 and Chrome OS 6 coming later this year. It looks like Kids are finally ending the longest vacation ever!

Odds for 2022 Garbage Pail Kids Sapphire

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Sapphire has become very popular in GPK collecting circles. Today’s release of 2022 Garbage Pail Kids Sapphire was a highlight for many collectors, and remains available to purchase from Topps website. Thanks to Fanatics/Topps, GPKNews was provided two boxes to bust live for collectors. Be sure to checkout the GPKNews Facebook page for the video of the box break! We now have the odds that are printed on the box for each parallel type:

Black 1:14
Yellow 1:18
Fuchsia 1:23
Green 1:34
Orange 1:68
Aqua 1:85
Gold 1:113
Purple 1:169
Red 1:337
Padparadscha 1:1,664

As with S2 Sapphire, the odds don’t come out exact for each parallel. Based strictly on the odds, there are anywhere between 20,800 (Pad) and 22,275 (Yellow) boxes made for this release. Most of the parallels math out to right around 21,250 boxes, which would be 2 hits per box. This puts the box production right around the same as S2 Sapphire. However, because of the smaller set size, base card production is increased. There are right around 6,375 of each base card in 2022 Sapphire. Check out the chart below for a comparison of the Sapphire series.

Sapphire Box Production

  • S1 Sapphire – 16,600 boxes
  • S2 Sapphire – 22,000 boxes
  • S3 Sapphire – 21,250 boxes

Topps Launches 2022 Garbage Pail Kids Sapphire

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Are GPK collectors ready to support another Sapphire release? We’re about to find out. After delaying the release for a week, today Topps launched 2022 Garbage Pail Kids Sapphire. This release comes just four months after the previous Sapphire set, and one month since the release of Chrome OS 5. Topps is still playing catch-up as this release was originally planned for 2022. This also explains why, for the first time, a GPK Sapphire set wasn’t available to Montgomery Club members first. Topps went straight to the general public for this one. Topps advertised Club members will have access to the 2023 GPK Sapphire release. Topps also for the first time, is focusing on one original series instead of two. This set contains 100 cards, all 80 original OS 5 cards in addition to the 20 new cards that were included in Chrome OS 5. Each box comes with 8 four card packs for a total of 32 cards. One consistent for this new set is the possible parallels that can be pulled. Topps has changed the parallels available for this release. Possible parallels include; Black /125, Yellow /99, Fuchsia /75, Green /50, Orange /25, Aqua /20, Gold /15, Purple /10, Red /5, and Pad 1/1. Also as with the previous release, there is no information on the sales listing or box that states the number parallels guaranteed per box. Both previous releases guarenteed two parallels per box. No odds are available yet to determine print run information. Boxes first went live on the Topps UK website for £120.00. Boxes are now live on Topps.com for $120 with a 10 box limit. There is no timer for the public sale. The sales listing states boxes will ship in 10-15 days. Time for collectors to get those shiny cards!