2020 Garbage Pail Kids Sapphire Box Odds and Print Run

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The surprise launch of 2020 Garbage Pail Kids Sapphire is starting to hit collector’s mailboxes. We now have a look at the printed odds on the box, and wouldn’t you know it, Topps makes it as confusing as ever! Thanks to ebay user cardsarewhatwedo for sending along the odds and pictures of his box break. Each box contains 8 packs of 4 cards, wrapped in unmarked silver wrappers. There are unnumbered Dark Blue base cards in each pack. The odds are printed along the side of the box. For some reason Topps left off the odds for the Light Blue /99, and Green /50 parallels. The odds printed on the box are:

  • Orange 1:4
  • Gold 1:7
  • Purple 1:10
  • Red 1:20
  • Padparadscha 1:96

Now this is where it gets confusing. The side of the box says the odds are “per pack”. However, all the evidence suggests the odds are actually per box. Printed on the top of the box it says “2 Parallels Inside”. In addition, collectors breaking boxes today have all pulled between 2-3 parallels per box. When looking at the math and numerous box breaks, it’s apparent the odds printed are per box.

So let’s look at the print run. How many boxes did Topps make? Based on the odds being per box:

  • Orange 166 cards in set * /25 = 4150 total Orange cards * 4 odds = 16,600 boxes
  • Gold 166 cards in set * /15 = 2490 total Gold cards * 7 odds = 17,430 boxes
  • Purple 166 cards in set * /10 = 1660 total Orange cards * 10 odds = 16,600 boxes
  • Red 166 cards in set * /5 = 830 total Red cards * 20 odds = 16,600 boxes
  • Padparadscha 166 cards in set * * /1 = 166 total Padparadscha cards in set * 96 odds = 15,936 boxes

It appears there are right around 16,600 boxes produced of the set. How many parallels can a collector expect per box?

  • 34,030 total parallels in set / 16,600 boxes = 2.05 parallels per box

At 2.05 parallels per box, that comes out to right what is printed on the top of the box, “2 parallels inside”. So how many base cards are there?

  • Base Cards 32 cards per box – 2.05 parallels per box = 29.95 base cards per box * 16,600 total boxes = 497,170 total base cards / 166 cards in set = 2,995 per base card.

So there are right around 3,000 of each base card printed. While that seems like a lot it pales in comparison to the 45,000+ of each base card in Chrome OS3.

Topps Launches Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays Dec. Week 3

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Who doesn’t like a good crossword puzzle?Today Topps launched Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays Dec. Week 3. This week’s set contains 10 cards, 5 with a/b versions. The set also comes with one blue parallel 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 Milt Chocolate
•11B Cherry Phil N.
•12A Roasting Roy
•12B Suckling Sam
•13A Decorating Dave
• 13B Gratreety Petey
• 14A Cross Ward
•14B Puzzled Pete
•15A Flash Dwight
•15B Bright Bryce

Topps Shares 2020 Garbage Pail Kids Sapphire Checklist

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The first mystery behind the upcoming GPK Sapphire release has been solved. Today Topps shared with GPKNews the checklist for 2020 Garbage Pail Kids Sapphire. As advertised on the box, the checklist features every card from OS 1 & OS 2. All cards from 1a/b – 83a/b appear on the checklist, 166 cards in total. There are no inserts listed on the checklist. No other information on the set has been revealed by Topps. Its still  in known if there are unnumbered base cards, or any of the odds on the parallels. GPK Sapphire was first available to 582 Montgomery Club members last Monday, then sold out to the general public in less than 30 mins. the following day. There is also no information when the boxes will ship from Topps. For now, the checklist can be seen in PDF form here.

Joe Simko Highlights Next Artist Collaboration With GPK Nation

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GPK Nation has another full week of launches planned. Joe Simko is the next artist as part of their artist collaboration. Coming tomorrow, Tuesday, 12/15 at 1:00 PM EST will be the Roy Bot pin, featuring Simko’s artwork. Like previous pins, it will be limited to 200 copies. Then coming this Friday, 12/18 at 1:00 PM EST time, will be two new coins. The Hot Head Harvey and Roy Bot coins will also be limited to 200 copies.

GPK Nation also has an Adam Bomb Christmas ornament set to go on sale durimg Tuesday’s 1:00 PM EST launch. The ornament will be limited to 200 copies. It’s sure to be a busy week at GPKNation.

Topps Reveals Print Run for Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays Dec. Week 1

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December got off to a good start for the weekly holiday sets. After ending Tues., Topps revealed the print run for Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays Dec. Week 1. The set sold a total of 556 copies. Sales was almost 100 higher than the previous week’s set, and among the higher printed runs of the series. Can those numbers hold strong as the month continues?

Topps Launches Garbage Pail Kids 2020 Was the Worst! Week 1

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If there was ever a subject matter made for GPK, it is 2020. Today Topps launched Garbage Pail Kids 2020 Was the Worst Week 1. It looks like Topps will finish 2020 with another weekly set. The set contains 10 cards, 5 new pieces in a/b versions. Each 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 available 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 this week’s cards.

•1A Booger Bubba
•1B Oozy Oscar
•2A Horn Nate
•2B Murder Mike
•3A Zoom Zack
• 3B Unmute Luke
• 4A Off-Air Blair
•4B Ray Delay
• 5A Unaware UPTON
•5B Distract TED

Work Begins on 2021S1 Garbage Pail Kids Food Fight Sketches

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Update 2/18: Removed Dustin Graham, added Neil Camera and Dave Dabila.

It’s beginning to look a lot like…sketches? Sketch artists for Topps will have a busy holiday season as they will see visions of GPKs dancing in their heads. Work has begun on the sketches for 2021 Series 1 Garbage Pail Kids Food Fight. Not only has Topps increased sketches artists for the set, but sketches per artist have also increased. Deadlines are always tight, and this release is no exception with sketches due back to Topps by 1/15/21. With the popularity through the roof for GPKs, Topps has increased the number of sketches each artist is being asked to do. Each artist is being asked to complete 65 regular, 20 die-cut, 5 loaded puzzle, 4 panoramic, and 4 Tryptych sketches. This is an increase across the board, except for Loaded puzzle sketches.

Topps is going with a pink and green color scheme for the sketches with this release. The sketch fronts once again feature green banners. The nameplate on the regular sketch is white. The backs are all pink with various OS characters. Regular sketches feature Junkfood John, Panoramic sketches have Fat Matt, while the Triptych has Slimy Sam and Babbling Brooke. In addition to the traditional garbage can die-cut, is a egg shaped die-cut for the food themed set.

The total number of sketch artists for this set will be higher than 2020S2 35th Anniversary. 52 artists completed sketches for the 35th set. Topps has decided to add a number of new artists to the lineup for the new set. So far 50 of the 52 artists from the 35th set have confirmed they are doing sketches for the Food Fight set. Set to return are; David Acevedo, Simone Arena, Rö García Astorga, Quinton Baker, Bobby Blakey, Emma Burges, John Brewer, Neil Camera, Nik Castaneda, Pat Chaimuang, Daniel Contois, Jasmine Contois, Sobot Cortez, Jeff Cox, Jason Crosby, Vincenzo D’Ippolito, Dave Dabila, Joey Fitchett, Dave Gacey, Shane Garvey, Patrick Giles, Kelly Greider, Jason Heil, Lowell Isaac, Robert Jimenez, Karl Jones, Rickey Kipfer, Mike McHugh, Rory McQueen, Chris Meeks, Lily Mercado, Rich Molinelli, Victor Moreno, Barry Nygma, Jay O’leary, Darrin Pepe, Todd Rayner, Cathy Razim, Chad Scheres, Brent Scotchmer, Bekki Jane Sharp, Anthony Skubis, Brandhen Snyder, Matt Steffens, Mike Stephens, Gregory Tilson, Greg Treize, Magnus Von Robotsson, Gavin Williams, and Clinton Yeager. Two artists, Simon Jacobsohn and John Monserrat have declined the invite for the set. Topps is adding a number of returning or new artists to the lineup for this set. Fan favorite artists Floyd Sumner and John Cebollero are all returning to GPK sketches after taking a break. Topps is also adding Andrew Artz, Robert Ball, Slippa Chervascus, Adam Dobrzeniecki, Erik Muller, Nik Muggli, Justin Olson, and Mark Parisi, who will be making their GPK sketch debut. This brings the current confirmed sketch artist total to 60 so far. This article will be updated as any additional artists come forward.

After just a couple of months off collectors will be back busting packs again soon 2021 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 Food Fight is set to release on Feb. 24th, 2021.

Topps Launches Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays Dec. Week 2

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A busy last few days of launches doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Today Topps launched Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays Dec. Week 2. This week’s set contains 10 cards, 5 with a/b versions. The set also comes with one blue parallel 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.

•6A Chris Mess
•6B Sandy Claus
•7A Brainy Janie
•7B Jenny Genius
•8A Ringing Roger
• 8B Bell Barry
• 9A Vinnie Violin
•9B Fiddley Dee
• 10A Prime Nate
•10B Mechanic Cal