GPK collectors always like their horror themed cards. This year’s set that was offered both online and at NYCC proved to be no exception! After ending earlier in the week, Topps revealed the print run for 2022 Garbage Pail Kids x Comic Con Oh the Horror-ible set. The set sold a total of 2,127 copies on topps.com. Those sales do not include the sales at NYCC, which sources say were right around the 700 mark. These are excellent numbers for an online set with no packs or sketch cards. The sales beat last year’s horror con set by 400, and were slightly below the Clash of Clans set released earlier this year. Despite the large number of launches in the past couple of months, collectors continue to purchase sets are new record numbers. Collectors aren’t done with horror just yet, as a new six week expansion Oh the Horror-ible set has just begun.
Adam Bomb Misfortune-Telling-Machine at Motor City Comic Con
Collectors attending this weekend’s Motor City Comic Con were treated to a bit of a Garbage Pail Kids surprise. The Adam Bomb Misfortune Telling Machine, that made its debut at last week’s NYCC, is in attendance at the show. Thanks to Paul Scarborough for the picture. The machine is setup and working at the Geeki Tiki booth. The machine is dispensing the same cards that were at NYCC. There was no advertising of the machine’s appearance by either Topps or Bealine Creative. Motor City Comic Con isn’t known for a large GPK presence, so its appearance was a surprise. Where will Adam Bomb show up next?
GetAGrip Launches Garbage Pail Kids Skateboard Wheels Series 4
The next set of skateboard wheels are here, and they are positively glowing. Today GetAGrip launched their Series 4 Garbage Pail Kids Skateboard Wheels. Once again there are 8 base and 1 chase wheel to collect based off of original series 4 characters. The base wheels also glow in the dark. Base wheels are also available in a black ink variant. Wheels can be purchased from GetAGrip’s website in single, 10 pack, or 50 pack cases. For the first time a 50 pack case guarantees a full master set with chase wheel.
Topps Launches 2022 Garbage Pail Kids Oh the Horror-ible Expansion Set Week 1
The next six week expansion set is here from Topps, and it will put GPK collectors in that Halloween spirt. Today Topps launched 2022 Garbage Pail Kids Oh the Horror-ible Expansion Set Week 1. The 10 card set features 5 new Horror themed pieces with a/b versions. Each set purchased also comes with one Sepia parallel card. All the artwork for the set was done by artists Brent Engstrom and David Gross. 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 is available for 7 days on Topps.com. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here is the checklist along with pictures of the cards.
Topps Launches 2022 MLB x Garbage Pail Kids Series 1
Are Garbage Pail Kids and MLB baseball players a match made in heaven? We are about to find out. Today Topps launched 2022 Topps MLB x Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 by Keith Shore. The set consists of GPKs of current and former MLB baseball players. All artwork for the set was done by Keith Shore. Shore has previously done artwork on baseball card sets, and curated the two Taste Buds GPK sets this year. The base set consists of 30 card, 15 players with a/b versions. The set is structured much like the recent Ermsy set. Each pack purchased comes with 5 base cards and 1 chase card. The chase cards are numbered parallels (silver /150, rainbow /99, green /75, orange /50, blue /25, purple /10, red /5, and gold lava 1/1), C name insert, Keith Shore portrait (1:10), or Keith Shore auto (1:50). Collectors can purchase a pack for $19.99 or a 5 pack box for $95. Shipping is free when choosing the Economy/Smart Post option. There is no timer on the sale, but also no limits on C name cards, so I’m not sure when the sale will end. Here is the checklist along with pictures of the cards.
• Aaron Judge
• Pete Alonso
• Juan Soto
• Mike Trout
• Wander Franco
• Bobby Witt Jr
• Hunter Greene
• Ronald Acuna Jr
• Albert Pujols
• Julio Rodriguez
• Manny Machado
• Miguel Cabrera
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr
• Oneil Cruz
• Byron Buxton
Topps Reveals Print Run for Garbage Pail Kids Taste Buds Series 2
The second series for one of the more controversial GPK sets of the year has ended and the sales numbers are out. Yesterday, Topps revealed the print run for Garbage Pail Kids Taste Buds Series 2. They sold a total of 2555 packs this time around. Sales were down around 800 packs compared to the first series, released earlier in the year. It’s unclear if the base set will have 40 or 41 cards. The listing and checklist say 40, but the pictures show a checklist/header card. If there is 41 cards again, the sales equates to 623 possible base sets. Gold parallels would be limited to 62 copies each. These numbers are only based off what was sold online. Topps does not release how many packs are giving to the breweries to sell. Each brewery reported receiving 500 packs with the first series of the release.
Garbage Pail Kids NYCC Promo Cards
Update #7: Topps is handing out another Book Worms promo card, Adam Book, for their Saturday promo. Collectors must follow Topps on social media to receive the card. Thanks to AJ for the pictures!
Update #6: Couple examples of the Mis-Fortune-Telling Machine cards. $2 per turn.
Update #5: First look at Adam Bomb PopTater from Super Impulse, out later this year. Thanks AJ for the picture!
Update #4: RL Stine signing posters for GPK Welcome to Smellville book. Thanks to AJ and Gerry for pictures!
Update #3: Large 5×7 Checklist card available for the Meeks 9 card puzzle.
Update #2: RL Stine large 5×7 card promoting Welcome to Smellville with free audio book offer on the back.
Update #1: Check out video of the Adam Bomb Mis-Fortune-Telling machine.
Topps didn’t quite reveal everything they had in store for this year’s NYCC. Collectors attending the show are already in’s showing off their giveaway from the first day. Topps is handing out a special Book Worms promo card at their booth. Collectors can receive a yellow border Book of the Ted NYCC promo card. There are sure to be more surprises revealed as the show goes on.
Topps Teases GPK x MLB Series 1 Set Launching Next Week
Topps today sent out a teaser for its upcoming Garbage Pail Kids x MLB Series 1 set. The advertisement says artwork for the set is done by artist Keith Shore. Shore has done artwork for Topps baseball sets, along with curating the Taste Buds series. The cards shown feature popular baseball players Aaron Judge, Mike Trout, and Vlad Guerrero as GPKs. The set also appeared to be licensed by MLB as their logo also appears. The set is scheduled to launch next week on Topps.com.
Topps Launches 2022 Garbage Pail Kids x Comic Con Oh the Horror-ible Online Set
New York Comic Con is here, and Topps is getting into the season with a horror themed GPK set. Today Topps launched 2022 Garbage Pail Kids x Comic Con Oh the Horror-ible online set. This 10 card set features characters from horror movies and TV shows in 2022. David Gross and Brent Engstrom did all the artwork for the set. Each set purchased online receives a Sepia parallel card. The set is also available at the Topps booth at NYCC. Collectors buying the set in person will receive cards 6a/b. The 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 on Topps.com for 7 days. Topps will reveal the print run of the online sales at the end of the sale. Here is the checklist along with pictures of the cards.
1A Prey for FAYE
1B Preda-TORY
2A Grabbing Greg
2B Phoney Phil
3A Leather ACE
3B DANE Saw
4A Orphan Anne
4B Evil Esther
5A Nope Nate
5B UFO Noah
Topps Digital Offering Daily GPK NFT At NYCC
Topps NFT digital cards are back. Topps Digital announced today they will be giving away daily Garbage Pail Kids NFTs at this year’s New York Comic Con. Collectors attending the show who already have a ToppsNFT account, or creates one at the show, can reserve a unique GPK “CMYK” variant each day of the show at the Topps Digital booth (#2819). Collectors will need to give their account information daily to a Topps Digital staff member to reserve that day’s NFT. The NFTs will be delivered to collector’s accounts prior to the end of 2022.
The NFTs themselves are “printing plate” themed motion NFTs of artwork that has been done by Joe Simko. Simko’s autograph also appears on each motion NFT. Thursday’s card is the Cyan version, Friday is Megenta, Saturday is Yellow, and Sunday is Key (Black). These are the first GPK NFTs Topps have released since the Food Fight NFTs in early 2021. Topps NFT business has under gone immense changes since that time. Previously, Topps launched NFTs on the Wax Blockchain. Topps now launches all their NFTs on their own website toppsnfts.com, which is on the Avalanche Blockchain. Their new website has gone through some growing pains since the launch. Many features collectors were used to on the Wax blockchain are still awaiting implementation, and are listed on the company’s roadmap. Collectors can buy and sell NFTs on the website using a credit card, no interaction with crypto currencies is required. After focusing mainly on Soccer and Baseball NFTs in 2022, Topps does have plans for a GPK NFT set. The roadmap for ToppsNFTs shows a GPK set listed under Q4 Content launches.
