Topps Launches Project 70 Stan Musial x GPK Mashup

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As Topps begins to wind down the Project 70 baseball card set, the mashups with Garbage Pail Kids continue to surface. Today Topps launched Project 70 Card 838 1986 Stan Musial by Keith Shore. This is the fourth of five planned GPK mashups in the set from Keith Shore. The card features the Cardinals legend as GPK Handy Randy, now named Hand Musial. The GPK banner is redone with a St. Louis Cardinals banner. Collectors who order a card have the chance to randomly receive a rainbow foil parallel /70, or a gold parallel 1/1. Each card can be purchased for $19.99, in a lot of 5 for $81.49, or a lot of 10 for $144.99. Shipping is free when choosing the SmartPost option. The card will be available for 3 days on Topps.com. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the card.

Topps Finishes 2021 GPK Collector Club with Binder & Set 4

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Collectors who signed up last January for the 2021 Garbage Pail Kids Collector’s Club are just starting to receive their last set and gift. Thanks to Uncle Louie from GPK Nation for the pictures. The club has seen a lot of controversy but most collectors should be satisfied with the final gift, a Collector’s Club binder. The binder was first teased as a gift when the club first went on sale on Topps UK site, but that information was quickly removed. The binder itself features the same picture and header on the front and back of the binder. Collectors also received the final 21 card set titled, I’m Always Cranky. This concludes the first year of the club. Topps has not announced if there will be another club offer in 2022.

Topps Updates Garbage Pail Kids Chrome OS 4 Release Date

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Topps made a change in release dates this morning for one of their highly anticipated GPK products. Garbage Pail Kids Chrome OS 4 has been updated now to March “TBD”. Originally set for release in November 2021, the set has seen a number of delays. Topps I continued to work through a backlog of sets due to printing delays. What is notable is 2021S2 GPK on Vacation was not changed, and remains February TBD. That could mean good news for collectors as Topps might be more confident that set will release in February. Collectors are slowly inching towards the release of the next sets.

Topps Launches Project 70 Honus Wagner x GPK Mashup

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The daily online baseball card set Project 70 continues to incorporate Garbage Pail Kids into some of the cards. Today Topps launched Project 70 Card 827 Honus Wagner by Ermsy. This mashup includes one of the most sought after baseball cards from around the beginning of the 1900’s with GPK character Nervous Rex. This is the forth card Ermsy has done that’s incorporated GPKs. Customers ordering a card have the chance to randomly receive a Rainbow Foil parallel /70 and a Gold parallel 1/1. Each card can be purchased for $19.99, in a lot of 5 for $81.49, or a lot of 10 for $144.99. Shipping is free choosing the SmartPost option. The card is available for sale on Topps.com for 3 days. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale.

PremiumDNA Set to Launch GPK x Madballs Toys

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In January of last year, Topps and Cloudco announced a collaboration pitting the Garbage Pail Kids vs. Madballs. Now, just over a year later, the toys associated with the collaboration  are set to launch. PremiumDNA and Topps announced today the upcoming preorder for Madballs vs. GPK toys. There will be four different 2-toy packs available for purchase. Each toy pack comes with one classic GPK character and one Madballs character. The toys stand 6 inches tall and all come with swappable parts to create different creations. The toys will also come with battle panels, accessories, and additional hands. Premium DNA is also advertising that the first 1500 orders will come with a set of 4 Madballs Vs GPK trading card stickers that correspond with the 2 pack lineups. Artwork on the cards was done by GPK artist Joe Simko. The toys are set to go on sale at PremiumDNA.toys on 1/29/22 at 10:00 AM EST. Be sure to set your alarms!

Abrams Offering Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays 2023 365 Day-to-Day Calendar

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The first officially licensed daily GPK calendar is set to hit desks everywhere in 2023. Thanks to collector Christopher Pinnow for being the first to point out the listing. Abrams Books is now officially offering the Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays 2023 365 Day-to-Day Calendar. The daily desk calendar features a holidays for each of the 365 days, along with a picture of an existing GPK to match the holiday. The examples all shown show classic John Poumd cards, but in the description for some of other days there is planned artwork from the Bizarre Holidays set that will be used. The GPK artist is credited under each card. You can preorder the calendar now from Amazon for $16.99. The calendar is set to be released Aug. 30, 2022. Here is the description from the listing along with sample days.

Description

Product Description

Featuring a wacky holiday each day paired with an outrageous, gross Garbage Pail Kid, this first-time-ever GPK daily desk calendar promises 2023 to be a year of yuck.

Celebrate a wacky, crazy holiday each day of the year with this 2023 day-to-day calendar featuring the crude, silly, weird, and sometimes disgusting Garbage Pail Kids. Spend National Rubber Ducky Day (January 13) with Fowl Raoul, and ring in National Kazoo Day (January 28) with Cornelius Kazoo. Pay tribute to e-Day (February 7) with Brainy Janie. Toast to Frog Jumping Day (May 13) with Jumping Hope, and enjoy a great big slice with Cheesy Charlie on National Pepperoni Pizza Day (September 20). May 2023 be a year of yuck to you and yours!

Features include:

  • 5.25″ x 4.375″
  • Easel backer for desk or tabletop display
  • Printed on FSC-certified paper with soy-based ink
  • Full color tear-off pages (blank on reverse)
  • Day/date reference on each page
  • Separate weekend pages
  • Widely celebrated and nationally recognized holidays and observances
  • 365 Garbage Pail Kids from 1985–now

Garbage Pail Kids 2021S2 and Chrome 4 Seeing Additional Delays

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The more things change the more they stay the same? Topps updated their release schedule today for distributors and the news isn’t good for Garbage Pail Kids collectors. After being previously listed as January TBD, both the 2021S2 GPK Vacation and Chrome 4 sets have been officially updated by Topps to February TBD. The “TBD” means Topps really doesn’t know when the sets will release. With the update to February, collectors now know they won’t see them in January. Topps continues to see printing delays across all their brands into 2022. Topps only has so many slots available at the printers, unfortunately contracts and other more profitable sets are taking precedence. Some work does continue on the sets as artists have now signed their autographs for both 2021S2 and Chrome 4. After multiple delays for both sets, collectors must continue to exercise patience for the next releases.

Topps Launches Project 70 Garbage Pail Kids x Nolan Ryan Mashup

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The third Keith Shore Project 70 baseball card paying tribute to Garbage Pail Kids is now available. Today Topps launched Project 70 #788 Nolan Ryan by Keith Shore. The card features Ryan as a GPK in his Angels uniform. The card is numbered 30a on front with the nameplate as Swollen Ryan. The familiar GPK banner is replaced with California Angels. This is the third of five planned GPK parodies in the online baseball card set from Shore. Collectors who purchase the card have the chance to receive a rainbow foil parallel /70, or a gold parallel 1/1. Each card can be purchased for $19.99, in a lot of 5 for $82.49, or a lot of 10 for $144.99. Shipping is free when choosing the SmartPost option. The card will be on sale on Topps.com for 3 days. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale.

The Bazooka Companies Retains Movie and TV Rights to Garbage Pail Kids

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After completing the sale of the Topps trading card division to Fanatics earlier today, Michael Eisner and his Tornante Company along with Madison Dearborn Partners announced the formation of The Bazooka Companies Inc. The new company will remain in charge of the remaining candy and gift card businesses that were left from Topps. The big news for GPK collectors is that as part of the press release, the company announced it would have the rights to produce movies and television shows of certain Topps properties such as MechWarrior/BattleTech and Garbage Pail Kids. This should include the upcoming HBO Max animated series being developed by creators Danny McBride, David Gordon Green and Josh Bycel. No release date has been announced for the series. No other information is known such as how long Bazooka will retain the rights, or if Fanatics will have a say in future content decisions.

Fanatics Acquires Topps Sports and Entertainment Trading Card Division

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Fanatics has continued their move to take over the trading card industry by announcing today they have purchased the Topps Sports and Entertainment trading card division. The deal was first reported by Sportico last night. The deal includes all the physical and digital trading card assets of Topps. The move enables Fanatics to begin to produce MLB trading cards right away instead of waiting until their control of the licenses begin in 2026. According to the Wall Street Journal the deal was valued at roughly 500 million dollars.

In a press release from Fanatics, CEO Michael Rubin said, “With trading cards and collectibles being a significant pillar of our long-term plans to become the leading digital sports platform, we are excited to add a leading trading cards company to build out our business. Their iconic brand, commitment to product excellence and passionate employees worldwide will allow us to immediately serve our league and players’ association partners and our fans.” 

According to the press release by Fanatics, the deal includes all 350 current Topps sports and entertainment employees around the world. Current Topps Global VP David Leiner and Topps Digital VP Tobin Lent will run Topps within the Fanatics Trading Cards company, a subsidiary of Fanatics, Inc. Both will report to Fanatics Vice Chairman Doug Mack.

It’s too early to tell how the move will affect Garbage Pail Kids. No mention of the various non-sport brands within Topps has been made so far, including GPK. Fanatics now owns the rights to the GPK brand, and inherits all current licensing deals.