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Update: Topps today launched 2026 Garbage Pail Kids Valentine’s Say set. Topps released the missing info left out of their teaser page from last week. Both single box and cases options weee offered at 2:00 PM EST. Cases showed sold out immediately, while single boxes sold out within five minutes. Box structure was must like last year’s Valentine’s set. Boxes contain three 8-card packs, while cases contain 10 boxes. Boxes were priced at $60, and cases at $600. Each pack has 6 base cards, 1 red heart parallel, and one “hit”. A hit can be a sketch card, foil parallel, C Name, GPK Comic, or Black Heart variation.

Topps also released odds for the set. You can find the odds in PDF here. Sketch odds remained the same as last year at 1:9 packs (1:3 boxes). Based on the parallel odds there should be 13,850 packs, or 4,616 boxes available, making production up slightly over the 2025 Valentine’s set. Topps also revealed the sketch artist checklist. A total of 29 artists did sketches for the set. All were GPK veterans, no rookies this time. You can find the artist checklist on PDF here. Base card artwork was done by Brent Engstrom, Joe Simko, David Gross, Joe McWilliams, Neil Camera, and Mike Stephens.

Is that love in the air, or just garbage? Today, Topps announced their 2026 Garbage Pail Kids Valentine’s Day online set. The yearly tradition continues. The blending of online and hobby sets continues as for the first time, Topps has posted a teaser page on their website for the upcoming set. The website advertises there will be a 50 card set, 25 new characters with a/b versions. Much like past Valentine’s sets, there will be parallels and inserts to collect as well. The base cards will have parallels versions in Red Heart (Unnumbered), Pink Heart Foil (/50), Baby Blue Heart (/25), Yellow Heart (/10), Black Heart (/5), and Gold Heart (1/1). Inserts will be C names (25 cards), GPK Comics (10 Cards), and Black Heart Variations (10 Cards). Topps also mentions there will be sketch cards. Topps did not reveal how the cards are being distributed, but collectors should assume they will be in packs. Topps did upload the checklist to their website already for the set, you can also view it here. No odds or pricing has been revealed yet. The set goes on sale on Topps’ website next Thursday, 2/12/26 at 2:00 PM EST, just in time for Valentine’s Day.

Last week was all about GPKs being a menace! Topps offered 10 cards throughout the week celebrating all

the big pop culture things in 2025. The company finally has revealed the print runs for 2025 Garbage Pail Kids Media Menace cards 1-10. Here’s the rundown for how each card sold.

• 1a – Six Severin – 3,191
• 2a – Robbin Museum – 1,494
• 3a – Chicken Jackie – 1,863
• 4a – Losing Lincoln – 2,067
• 5a – Cole Play – 1,986
• 6a – Cap n Katy – 1,554
• 7a – Sricky Nicki – 1,436
• 8a – Fighting Fred – 1,452
• 9a – Cheesy Chad – 1,496
• 10a – Nuclear Neo – 2,038

Another excellent round of sales results online GPK cards. Despite the higher prices for individual cards, collectors continue to show up to purchase the latest releases. This finishes off the releases for 2025. Topps is sure to be back on 2026 with plenty more GPK.

The end of the week, means the end of the menace for this year. Today Topps launched 2025 Garbage Pail Kids Media Menace cards #9 & #10. These are the final two cards of the series for this year. Card 9a, Cheesy Chad, celebrates the story of the Charizard shaped Cheeto that sold in auction earlier this year for more than $87k. Card 10a, Nuclear Neo, has Adam Bomb as Neo the cleaning robot. Both of today’s pieces was done by artist Smokin Joe McWilliams. Collectors who purchase these cards also have the chance of receiving a short print “b” name card, (9b – Red Hot Ryan and 10b – Adam Bot), or a Gold Border version /25. Cards can be purchased for $8.99 each or in lots of 5 for $34.99, 10 for $59.99, or 20 for $99.99. Cards are available for only 48 hours on Topps.com. Shipping is free when choosing the economy option. Print run will be revealed after the end of the sale. Here are pictures of today’s cards.

The gorilla is on the loose! Topps today launched 2025 Garbage Pail Kids Media Menace cards #7 & #8. Card 7a, Sticky Nicki, celebrates everyone’s favorite TikTok mashup song. Card 8a, Fighting Fred, finally answers the question who won win 100 men or 1 gorilla. Both of today’s cards were done by artist Brent Engstrom. Collectors who purchase these cards also have the chance of receiving a short print “b” name card, (7b – Locked Lisa and 8b – Tor illa), or a Gold Border version /25. Cards can be purchased for $8.99 each or in lots of 5 for $34.99, 10 for $59.99, or 20 for $99.99. Cards are available for only 48 hours on Topps.com. Shipping is free when choosing the economy option. Print run will be revealed after the end of the sale. Here are pictures of today’s cards.

Don’t get caught at a holiday party like it’s a Coldplay concert! Today Topps launched 2025 Garbage Pail Kids Media Menace cards #5 & #6. Card 5a, Cole Play, gives us Nasty Nick at a Coldplay concert. Card 6a, Cap’ N Katy, focuses on Katy Perry’s time as an astronaut. Both of today’s cards were done by artist Neil Camera. Collectors who purchase these cards also have the chance of receiving a short print “b” name card, (5b – Dead Eddy and 6b – Putrid Perry), or a Gold Border version /25. Cards can be purchased for $8.99 each or in lots of 5 for $34.99, 10 for $59.99, or 20 for $99.99. Cards are available for only 48 hours on Topps.com. Shipping is free when choosing the economy option. Print run will be revealed after the end of the sale. Here are pictures of today’s cards.

The second day of cards celebrating the top things in pop culture this year is upon us. Today Topps launched 2025 Garbage Pail Kids Media Menace cards #3 & #4. Card 3a (Artist-Joe Simko), Chicken Jackie, parodies the chicken jockey craziness in theaters from the Mindcraft movie. Card 4a (Artist-Neil Camera), Losing Lincoln, is mourning the death of the penny. Collectors who purchase these cards also have the chance of receiving a short print “b” name card, (3b – Chucky Jockey and 4b – Ending Abraham), or a Gold Border version /25. Cards can be purchased for $8.99 each or in lots of 5 for $34.99, 10 for $59.99, or 20 for $99.99. Cards are available for only 48 hours on Topps.com. Shipping is free when choosing the economy option. Print run will be revealed after the end of the sale. Here are pictures of today’s cards.

The menace is back! Topps today begin teasing the year end 2025 Garbage Pail Kids Media Menace online set. The set celebrates all the wild and wacky events from pop culture in 2025. Similar to last year’s set, Topps will launch two cards per day all next week, 12/8-12/12. Cards will be sold individually on Topps.com. Collectors who purchase will have the chance to receive a short print “b” name or Gold Foil card as well. Be sure to check GPKNews each day next week for launch information on the cards!

Earlier this week, Topps revealed the print run for the recently released 2025 Garbage Pail Kids Rock & Roll Hall of Lame set. The set sold a total of 2,085. Sales were down nearly 400 from the previous year’s Hall of Lame set. Despite that, sales over two thousand for a GPK online release are excellent numbers. The Rock Gods can rest easy now until next year.

After ending a week ago, Topps has finally released the print run for 2025 Garbage Pail Kids Oh the Horror-ible week 6. The set sold 3,157 copies. Those are excellent sales numbers to finish off the series. That was the second highest week of sales, and was 400 higher than week 5. Every year the horror series is the most popular for collectors, and this year that proved true once again.

Rock on! The yearly tradition of celebrating Rock & Roll’s best continues. Topps today launched 2025 Garbage Pail Kids Rock N Roll Hall of Lame online set. The set goes hand and hand with this weekend’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The base set contains 10 cards, 5 new characters with a/b versions. Each set purchased also comes with either a Rock Record Insert, Gold Foil Rock Record /25, or a SP Rejected Rock Star, New Wave Dave. Sets can be purchased for $19.99 or in a lot of 10 for $189.99. Shipping is free when choosing the economy option. Sets will be available for 7 days on Topps.com. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here in the checklist along with pictures of the cards.

• 1A Silly CYNDI
• 1B Loud LAUPER
• 2A Twisted TY
• 2B Chubby BUDDY
• 3A OSCAR Outcast
• 3B Alien ANDRE
• 4A Garden GARY
• 4B Sound SAUL
• 5A Jittery JOE
• 5B Rocker COCKER

Short print subjects:

• 1A New Wave DAVE
• 1B Graffiti Petey