Topps Replacing Missing GPK Sapphire Hits With Unnumbered Pink Parallel

Some GPK collectors received a surprise in their mailbox today in the form of their GPK Sapphire replacements. Topps has begun issuing replacements for collectors whose Garbage Pail Kids Sapphire boxes did not contain the stated “2 parallels inside”. Thanks to collector Chris Yuergens for sending along pictures of his cards. Chris received what appears to be five “pink” Sapphire parallel cards. The color resembles the 1/1 Padparadscha, but with one important difference, they are not numbered on the back and instead are stamped with “Refractor”. Other collectors have also posted their replacements.

GPK Sapphire was a huge hit with GPK collectors, and non collectors, as the excitement brought in collectors from other card types to the hobby. However, collectors soon begun to realize the product was riddled with errors. Many boxes contained 0 or 1 “hits”, despite the statement on the box saying there were 2 parallels inside. After the release of the product, a handful of collectors received either random parallels or GPK Sapphire packs for their replacement requests. That was a very small number of collectors, and most collectors have been waiting months for Topps to respond to their requests. Tracking done by Benjamin Siegler and others within the various GPK break groups, have shown that nearly 20% of boxes opened do not contain 2 parallels. With a print run of upwards of 16,000 boxes, this left Topps with many requests for missing hits, and not having replacements. In addition to the missing hits other errors in the product has surfaced. Tracking has shown there are 22 characters that have not had a Teal (/99) parallel surface, 34 base cards are double printed, and multiple Nasty Nick 1/# parallels have surfaced.

Topps has not commented on any of the GPK Sapphire issues to date. GPKNews has made multiple requests to the company for comment, including today for the replacement parallels. If Topps responds, this article will be updated.

 

Topps Delays 2021S2 Garbage Pail Kids Goes On Vacation

GPK collectors are going to have to wait a little bit longer for their next retail fix. Topps has confirmed with GPKNews that the upcoming 2021 Series 2 Garbage Pail Kids GPK Goes on Vacation set has been delayed. Topps already had a pretty good idea they wouldn’t be able to meet the original launch date when sell sheets were sent out. Originally the sell sheet listed the cards would be in stores September 2021. However, the case SKU sheets sent to distributors gave a conflicting release date of 11/24/21. Topps has now confirmed the set won’t hit the September date. With demand in trading card industry exploding in 2021, Topps has had to delay the majority of their products as they struggle to find printers to meet demand. Topps told GPKNews there is no new official release date as of yet. Topps has been releasing release date updates to distributors on a monthly basis. Currently most large online card sellers have the 11/24/21 date listed as the release date. GPK Chrome OS 4 is in a similar place. Conflicting dates were also seen on sell sheets and case SKU sheets when they were sent to distributors. Topps is currently shooting for a late December release for GPK Chrome 4.

GPK Nation Set to Offer First Solid Silver Garbage Pail Kids Coin

GPK Nation has been busy in recent weeks with multiple new coin and pin launches. In a first, their next big launch will be for the first solid silver officially licensed Garbage Pail Kids coin. The coin features Adam Bomb artwork from Joe Simko. The coin has a 1.205 inch diameter and is 2mm thick. It contains 15g of 999 silver. Each coin will be numbered /36. The coin is set to launch this Saturday, 8/14 at 2:00 PM EST. No price has been announced for the coin. GPK Nation has also been busy launching multiple new series of GPK coins. A new regular sized Adam Bomb coin has just launched with more colors planned. They have also launched new micro-mini coins featuring previously used Adam Bomb art. There are multiple releases each week, many sell out within seconds. Collectors will need to be on their game to get these latest releases.

Chalkline Apparel Teases GPK x Madballs Clothing Line

Chalkline Apparel began teasing their upcoming Garbage Pail Kids vs. Madballs clothing line on their various social media channels today. This is the next product in a long line of products for the 80’s themed crossover. Chalkline only showed a pair of brightly colored shorts featuring both GPK and Madball characters as Madballs. No other details on other clothing items have been revealed. Pricing and launch dates also have not be revealed. However Chalkline did say the clothing line would launch early next month.

Tom Bunk Featured in 2021 Topps Allen & Ginter Set

Original Series Garbage Pail Kids artist Tom Bunk is featured in the upcoming 2021 Topps Allen & Ginter release. Thanks to collector Jeremy Lawson for first posting information about the card, and sending along pictures. Topps has been releasing Allen & Ginter (A&G) sets since 2006. While the sets primarily are focused on baseball players, they always include a number of celebrities and people of interest within the set. Bunk is card #250 in the regular base card set. The back of the card reviews Tom’s history of working for Mad Magazine and creating GPKs and Wacky Packages. It wouldn’t be Topps, if there also wasn’t a handful of parallels of the card to collect. Besides the base card, there are also regular sized Glossy (1/1) and Silver Portrait (Hobby Only) parallels. There are also a slew of mini parallels. The card can be found in Mini (1:1), A&G Back Mini (1:5), Black Mini (1:10), No Number mini (/50), Brooklyn Back (/25), Glossy (1/1), Wood (Hobby 1/1), and Framed Printing Plates (1/1). Cards have been showing up online this weekend, but the official release date for 2021 Topps Allen & Ginter is 8/11/21.

Swag Golf Teases Next GPK Golf Head Cover

Update from Topps:

@swaggolfco announced the release of their 2nd Officially Licensed Garbage Pail Kids headcovers, Bony Tony, coming tomorrow at 11AM CDT only on swaggolf.com

Available in both Blade and Mallet, if you like Bony Tony you’ll need to be quick. These will go FAST! Be sure to be on swaggolf.com right at 11AM or you’ll miss them.

Swag Golf begin teasing their latest upcoming Garbage Pail Kids golf head cover on their social media accounts yesterday. Bony Tony appears the be the followup to their successful Adam Bomb launch. No details around the launch have been revealed including price or launch date. Swag Gold did reveal the cover would be available in a regular golf cover and mallet cover. The Adam Bomb launch was priced at over $100, and sold out within mins. The company also inserted a short printed Blasted Billy variant randomly in orders. Expect them to do a similar launch with the new Bony Tony cover.

Super Impulse Launching Garbage Pail Kids Mirco Collection Mystery Packs

According to a listing on Toywiz, Super Impulse is launching Garbage Pail Kids Micro Collection Mystery Packs. GPKWorld was first to report on the listing this morning. Each mystery pack is shaped like a garbage can and will contain 1 GPK figure, 1 GPK Wacky Grocery Item, 2 mini original art cards, and a checklist. There are 31 total GPK figures to collect. Based on the picture on the listing, there appears to be 12 different characters each with two common variations. For 7 of the figures there will also be a chase version. There are also 23 different GPK Mini Wacky Grocery items based off of artwork used as part of GPK sets over the years. There will also be 24 different sticker cards. Like the previous released Micro figures, they measure approximately 1.25” tall. Toywiz has individual packs available for $5.99, and 24 pack cases for $129.99. Toywiz says the figures will be available in September.

Abrams Announces Pre-Order Bonus for Garbage Pail Kids Camp Daze Book

As part of the ongoing SDCC At Home event, Abrams Kids announced today a pre-order bonus for the upcoming third Garbage Pail Kids Book from author RL Stine, Camp Daze. Collectors can receive a set of two custom pennants and a limited edition print signed by cover artist Joe Simko. Collectors who place a preorder for the book and fill out the form on Abrams website will receive the gift. The deadline for preordering and filling out the form is 10/11/21. The offer is one per household and is limited only to those living in the United States. The book is available for preorder now wherever book are sold. Camp Daze is scheduled to be released on 10/12/21.

All the GPK at 2021 San Diego Comic Con At Home

For the second year in a row, this year’s San Diego Comic Con will be an at home event as the country continues to deal with the pandemic. The show is scheduled to take place this weekend 7/23-7/25. Once again, collectors can find a few Garbage Pail Kids related items at this year’s show. Read on to find out when and where to get your GPK SDCC fix.

Abrams

Abrams will be focusing on their GPK book series by RL Stine. On Friday, 7/23 at 1:00 PM PST, they will be holding a one hour panel called Garbage Pail Kids: Yuck-tastic Books and More. The discussion features author RL Stine, Topps VP of Licensing Ira Friedman, GPK book voice actor Tara Sands, and GPK book editor Charles Kochman. Collectors can view the panel live at SDCC’s website or after on their YouTube channel. Additionally, the official SDCC blog teased that Abrams will once again be offering a preorder bonus for the next GPK book, Camp Daze. Expect details to be available soon.

Super7

Super7 is back again this year with a new version of their Adam Bomb Reaction figure. The red coat wearing Adam can be preordered on 7/22 at 10:00 AM PST on Super7’s website. Once again the figure will cost collectors $20.

Atomic Toybox

Atomic Toybox is back once again with four new Garbage Pail Kids pins. There will be 200 glow in the dark pins of Adam Boom, Blasted Billy, Charred Chad, and Fryin Ryan available to collectors for $14.95 each. The pins go on sale on 7/23 at 9:00 AM PST on their Atomic-Nerd shop. The first 400 orders will receive an exclusive Fryin Ryan vs. Adam Boom trading card.

GetAGrip Launches Garbage Pail Kids Hat/Beanie

GetAGrip Skateboards is branching out a bit beyond just boards and wheels. Today the company launched an officially licensed SnapBack hat and beanie. Both of the all black hats feature the Garbage Pail Kids logo with GetAGrip’s logo just above. The snapback hat is available for $34.99, while beanie costs $29.99. Collectors interested in adding to their headwear collection can purchase the hats at GetAGrip’s website. Both listings say the hats will ship in 10-14 days.