The Loyal Subjects Garbage Paul Kids x WWE figures that have been teased for a few weeks now, are available to preorder on Walmart’s website. There are four figures in the collection. Savage Randy, Gigantic Andre, Seething Steve, and Unraveled Warrior are each available for $16.99. The company used previous artwork from Joe Simko and Brent Engstrom and turned that into full figures. The figures will only be available in Walmart stores and online. Walmart’s website lists 7/1/21 as the live date for the figures.
Pinfinity Set to Launch GPK x Madballs Pin Sets
Earlier this year, Topps and Cloudco announced a partnership that would see the launch of cards and products related to a Garbage Paul Kids x Madballs crossover. Collectors will soon get the chance to add those products to their collections. First to market looks to be Pinfinity, who is set to launch three pin sets for the mashup. Last week Pinfinity added an early access notification page for the pins to their website, where collectors can be notified when the pins will be available. The pins are titled Madballs vs. Garbage Pail Kids. Each of the pin sets will come with one GPK pin and one Madballs pin. The pins are Oculus Orbus vs. Starrin Darren, Sy Clops vs. Horn Head, and Lock Lips vs. Adam Bomb. Just like the rest of their pins, the Madballs vs GPK collection will come to life with Augmented Reality experiences when scanned with their free-to-download Pinfinity app. The pins will only be available to purchase on Pinfinity’s website. Each pin set will sell for $19.99. The pins will be available starting April 15, 2021. This is just the first of what will be many products throughout spring and summer for GPK and Madballs fans.
GPK Nation Debuts New Merchandise Logo as Pin Set
GPK Nation is back with with new officially licensed products for collectors. After a few weeks with the weekly pin launches, the company is ready with some new products. Set to arrive this Tuesday, 3/30 at 1:00 PM EST will be a 3 pin set featuring a new Garbage Paul Kids merchandise logo. This will be the debut of a logo that Topps plans to use on future licenses merchandise products. Additionally, the next weekly pin, Beth Death, will also launch at the same time.
Collectors can also still purchased the latest coin. In a surprise launch this past Saturday the company launched a large 3 inch Adam Bomb coin. The gray coin is limited to /50 copies. There will eventually be 6 different color versions of the coin offered. This first version is still available for $29.99 on GPK Nation. Get it now before it disappears.
Topps Reveals Print Run For 2021 Garbage Pail Kids The Shammy Awards
Controversy sells. After ending yesterday, Topps revealed the print run of 2021 Garbage Pail Kids The Shammy Awards. The set sold a total of 1426 copies. The sales is nearly 1000 more than last year’s Shammy set. Despite Topps pulling the BTS cards from the set, and offering refunds to anyone wanted it, the set still pulled in great sales. Wether it was the controversy around the set, or just the recent surge in demand for GPK, Topps has to be happy with the sales results of this yearly set.
Details on Garbage Pail Kids Collector Club Set 1 Trash Can-Didates
Members of Topps’ Garbage Paul Kids Collector’s Club have begun receiving shipping notices for the first set of the club. Topps has posted some information on their website. The GPK Collector Club now has its own page under the clubs section of the website. Within that section are details on the first set, Trash Can-Didates. The set appears to be cards of the characters that ran for election of the club. The checklist shows 20 cards and 1 header card. The description of the set reads:
Nat Nerd for a “Kinder, Gentler GPK Nation.” This was not an easy election for Nat to win, by any means. Even after they misspelled his name on the web he continued to show who should be club president. Many classic characters came out to be a part of the election process but couldn’t overtake the biggest Nerd of all. Congratulations to Nat Nerd for winning the first ever GPK Collectors Club election. Here is a list of the losers who couldn’t cut it.
Sets should be arriving in members mailboxes any day. Here is a copy of the checklist in PDF form.
The Loyal Subjects Shares Images of Upcoming GPK x WWE Figures
The Loyal Subjects shared images of their upcoming figures for their GPK x WWE mashup on their Instagram account. The figures are shows in their packaging, and include a display within the box. The company is releasing four figures, Steve Austin, Randy Savage, Ultimate Warrior, and Andre the Giant. The figures will be sold at Wal-Mart only. While a release date hasn’t been announced, the company’s Instagram say they would be released very soon.
Topps Reveals Print Run for Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays Mar. Week 2
The weekly holidays sets are almost complete, and collectors continue to make sure their sets are complete. After ending Tuesday, Topps revealed the print run for Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays Mar. Week 2. The set sold a total of 547 copies. This is up slightly from the previous week, and right in line with what recent sets have been doing. We are almost finished! Only two sets remain!
Topps Removes Card From Upcoming Shammys Set
Update: Topps has contacted collectors who ordered the Shammy set and offered to refund collectors if they no longer want the set. If they decide to keep the set, it will be shipped with 10 cards now.
Topps decided this morning to remove a controversial card from its upcoming 2021 Garbage Pail Kids Shammys set. The card in question depicted the Korean K-Pop band BTS as bruised and beaten by a Grammy trophy as part of a whack-a-mole game. The card came under fire yesterday from people upset about the card depicting violence against Asians. The company received an overwhelming number of complaints via their social media and customer service channels. Topps has removed the image of the card from the listing for sale. The set is now being advertised as a 10 card set. Topps the released the following statement via their Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Topps Launches 2021 Garbage Pail Kids The Shammys Online Set
In what is now a yearly tradition, Topps today launched 2021 Garbage Pail Kids The Shammys online set. The set celebrated the Grammy Awards show that was held last Sunday. The set features 10 cards, 5 with a/b versions. Artwork for the set was completed by Joe Simko, Brent Engstrom, David Gross, and Neil Camera. The set can be purchased for $19.99 or in a lot of 10 for $179.99. Shipping is free when choosing the SmartPost option. The set will be on sale on Topps.com for 7 days. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here is the checklist along with pictures of the cards.
•1A Tree-Swift
•1B Taylor Turf
•2A U.F. Bruno
•2B Lars Mars
•3A Buoyant BILLIE
•3B Island EILISH
•4A Medalling MEGAN
•4B Stunning STALLION
•5A HARRY Boa
•5B Wild STYLES
Topps Launches Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays Mar. Week 3
We’ve almost hit the finish line, with today’s launch of the penultimate weekly holiday set. Today Topps launched Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays Mar. Week 3. This week’s set contains 10 cards, 5 with a/b versions. The set also comes with one light blue card. Each set can be purchased for $19.99, or in a lot of ten for $179.99. There are also 10×14 posters of each card available for $19.99. Shipping is free when choosing the SmartPost option. The set will be 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.
•11A King LING-LING
•11B Go LILITH
•12A Corned Beef BIFF
•12B Cabbage PAT
•13A Plucked Pat
•13B Poultry Paul
•14A Abducting IAN
•14B Chasing Chase
•15A P.U. Penelope
•15B Ode de DEE