Garbage Pail Kids News
Garbage has never tasted so good. As first reported by Bloody Disgusting, Abrams Books has announced The Garbage Pail Kids Cookbook. The book features over 35 kid friendly recipes from Chopped champion Elizabeth Weinberg and Matt Stine. The book is illustrated by GPK artist Joe Simko. There is also an introduction written by RL Stine. An example recipe for Cheesy Charlie’s Pizza Snotcorn (Yum?) is below. The book is set to be released, Sept. 27, 2022.
GetAGrip Skateboards looks to be back with their next Garbage Pail Kids skateboard deck. Today on their social media accounts the company revealed their next deck titled, Squad Goals. The deck features a number of classic GPK characters. The company says a deck bundle will launching tomorrow. No other details such as launch time or pricing has been revealed. Keep your eyes on GetAGrip’s website for the launch.
After teasing the launch earlier this week, Suoer7 today officially launched their Garbage Pail Kids ReAction Figure – Adam Bomb (Glow). This 3.75” figure is similar to their previous launched Adam Bomb figures except this one Glows in the Dark. The figure is packaged with a heavy duty cardboard backing featuring artwork and fun facts about the characters on the back. The figure is available now for $20 on Super7’s website.
Another clothing company is joining the GPK universe by launching an officially licensed clothing line. Riot Society has launched a number of Garbage Pail Kids shirts and sweatshirts that are available for purchase on their website. Two new short sleeve t-shirts featuring Hot Scott and Bony Tony are available for $24 each. A long sleeve Adam Bomb shirt is listed for $32. Finally, a Grim Jim hoodie sweatshirt is available in men’s or women’s varieties for $52. All items are available in sizes S-XXL.
Super 7 begun teasing a new Garbage Pail Kids Adam Bomb figure today on its social media accounts. The figure is a glow in the dark head shot of Adam. The figure resembles the same re-action figures released by Super 7 in 2020 and 2021 at San Diego Comic Con virtual events. There is no other info on Super 7’a post, other than “coming soon”. More to come on this one when Super 7 reveals more.
Only Topps could mix garbage with love! The yearly tradition lives on as today Topps launched 2022 Garbage Pail Kids Valentine’s Day Disgusting Dating. The set consists of 21 cards, 10 characters available in a/b versions and 1 header card. Artwork for the set was done by David Gross, Brent Engstrom, Joe Simko, Joe McWilliams, and Neil Camera. Even though Topps has dropped the “On Demand” name from the title, the contents of each purchase is similar to those past sets. Each set comes with the 21 card base set, 2 Dating Profiles insert cards, 2 red heart parallel cards, and 1 black heart parallel card. Each set also comes with either a Rainbow Foil /25 parallel, Gold Foil /50 parallel or sketch card. For the first time the odds on sketches are not posted by Topps. As confirmed by Topps, sketch artists for the set are; Greg Treize (40), Andrew Artz (30), Jasmine Contois (40), Barry Nygma (30), Brandhen Snyder (45), El Smetcho (40), GPK Nik Castaneda (40), Victor Moreno (40), Chris Meeks (40), Darrin Pepe (40), Chenduz (40), Bekki Jayne Sharp (40), Simone Arena (40), K Grimm (40) and Dan Contois (20). Each set can be purchased for $40. Shipping is free when choosing the SmartPost option. The set is available on Topps.com for 7 days, however like previous sets with sketches it could sell out quickly. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here are pictures of some cards and the checklist.
Today marks the final day of the year long Project 70 baseball card online set. With that also comes the final GPK mashup in the set. Topps today launched Project 70 Card 936 Ken Griffey Jr. by Keith Shore. The card features a GPK version of Hall of Famer Griffey swimming in a sea of Shore’s Project 2020 Griffey card. The normal Garbage Pail Kids banner is replaced with a Seattle Mariners banner, and the nameplate reads Collector Ken. Collectors buying the card have the random chance of receiving a 99k Ken “b” name, Rainbow Foil parallel /70, and a Gold parallel 1/1. The card can be purchased for $19.99 each, 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 on Topps.com for 3 days. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale.
Topps today begin teasing their next online Garbage Pail Kids set. According to the official GPK Facebook page, GPK Valentine’s Day will be coming this Thursday, 2/10, to Topps.com. Snooty Sam is shown decked out in his Valentine’s best. The card appears to be a red heart parallel card, suggesting that the set might an an On Demand set, similar to previous year’s releases.
GPK Collectors will need to remain patient for the next retail release, 2021 Series 2 Garbage Pail Kids Goes on Vacation. Topps updated their release calendar today, officially moving back the set to March TBD. Originally set to release in Sept. 2021, the previous date listed for the set by Topps was Feb. TBD. Topps has seen most releases delayed over the last year plus due to the high demand for trading cards, and the Covid pandemic. GPK continues to take a backseat as Topps prioritizes other more profitable products. GPK Chrome OS 4 remains with a March TBD date on the latest calendar.
3000toys.com has the mock-up pictures for Greenlight Garbage Pail Kids Series 4 diecast cars. Thanks to collector Paul Lewis for the heads up! This is the first look at what the latest toy car series will look like. All accompanying cards are also pictured, including the brand new artwork done by Joe Simko, Tangled Tim. Once again collectors can search for the limited Green Machine parallel cars. The cars are currently set to be released in the May/June timeframe.
• Hound Doug – 1955 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 60
• Warren Out – 1975 Jeep DJ-5
• Leather Heather – 2021 Chevrolet Silverado ‘Lifeguard on Duty’
• Tow Mitch – 2021 Ram 2500
• Rocketing Rocky – Topo Fuel Altered
• Tangled Tim – 1993 Jeep Cherokee
