The partnership between Topps and eBay looks to be very successful. Earlier today the week long sales of the exclusive eBay x Topps Garbage Pail Kids set ended. According to the sales counter on the ebay listing, the set sold a total of 1,937 copies. These are huge numbers for a GPK online set. The sales total puts this set as the second best selling online set after the first Tiger King set from earlier this year. (Untold Stories sold more units, but not complete sets.) Any way you look at it, this was a very successful venture for Topps. With sales this high, could we see Topps begin to offer online exclusives via eBay more in the future?
Tag Archives: Online Sets
Topps Launches Garbage Pail Kids Crash Gordon 40th Anniversary
Topps surprised collectors today with an online launch of Garbage Pail Kids Crash Gordon 40th Anniversary. The set looks to celebrate the anniversary of Flash Gordon. There are 10 cards in the set, 5 with a/b versions. 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 available for 7 days on Topps.com. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here is a checklist along with pictures of the cards.
•1A Crash Gordon
• 1B Flying Flash
• 2A Flush Gordon
•2B Dethroned Ming
• 3A Merciless Ming
• 3C Noah Mercy
• 4A Revolting Vultan
•4B Hawkman Hank
•5A Doctoring Zarkov
• 5B Handy Hans
Topps Reveals Print Run for Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays Aug. Week 1
It’s remarkable how consistent not only sales, but also the high and lower weeks have been with these weekly holiday sets. After ending yesterday, Topps revealed the print run for Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays Aug. Week 1. Sales for the week ended at 489 copies. Sales were down from the last week of July. This continues a trend of the sets selling well the last week of the month, but going lower to start the next month. Regardless sales overall remain consistent.
Topps Launches Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays Aug. Week 2
The summer of holidays continues. Today Topps launches Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays August Week 2. This week’s set contains 10 cards, 5 with a/b versions. Each set also comes with one light green parallel card. Sets can be purchased for $19.99 each 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 the cards.
•6A Decays Crew
• 6B Flesh & Blood Judd
• 7A Left Turner
•7B Lefty Louie
• 8A Relaxed Max
• 8B Rest Phil
• 9A Bumbling BEA
•9B Buzzed Bonnie
•10A Adam Bomb
• 10B Thrifty Theo
Topps Launches Exclusive eBay Garbage Pail Kids Set
Seems like a natural fit. For the first time, eBay is working with Topps to launch an officially licensed exclusive card set. Today Topps launched Garbage Pail Kids eBay set. The set features 10 cards, 5 new paintings with a/b versions. All the gags are parodies of all things eBay and trading cards. All artwork for the set was created by artist Joe Simko. The set is available for $19.99. Shipping is free. The set can only be purchased on eBay’s website via the Topps Vault page. The set will be available for 7 days. There is no word if Topps will reveal the print run from the sales. Here is a checklist along with pictures of the cards.
1A eBay Ray
1B Winning Bud
2A Leaky Lindsay
2B Messy Tessi
3A Nat Nerd
3B Clark Can’t
4A Outbid Betty
4B Loser Lisa
5A Sniper Sam
5B Trigger Finger
Topps Reveals Print Run for Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays July Week 5
Topps ended July on a high note for sales of their weekly holiday sets. After ending yesterday, Topps revealed the print run for Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays July Week 5. The set sold a total of 568 copies. This is over 100 more than any other week in July. It also continues a trend of the last week of the each month’s sales being higher, which is turning into an odd phenomenon. Can Topps continue the momentum until August?
Topps Launches Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays August Week 1
The fifth month of holidays sets has begun. Today Topps launched Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays August Week 1. This week’s set contains the usual 10 cards, 5 with a/b versions. Artists Joe Simko, Brent Engstrom, David Gross, Joe McWilliams, and Neil Camera painted a card for the set. There is also a light green parallel that comes with each set. The set is available for $19.99 or in a lot of 10 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 on sale for 7 days on Topps.com. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here is the checklist and pictures of the cards.
•1A Resting Eddie
• 1B Burnt Ernie
• 2A Hung-Up Howie
•2B Repelling Roper
• 3A Jack Strap
• 3B Brandhen Briefs
• 4A Fresh Breath Seth
• 4B Fresh Phil
• 5A Clowny CLARENCE
• 5B Funny SONNY
Garbage Pail Kids x eBay Exclusive Set on Tap for August
According to a magazine article in Den of Geek there will be an exclusive Garbage Pail Kids x eBay online set coming in August. Thanks to GPK collector Avo Jeknavorian for the pictures from the magazine he received in the mail. The magazine appears to be a special edition between Den of Geek and eBay. According the the magazine, the set celebrates buying and selling on eBay. All the artwork in the set was created by artist Joe Simko. The 10 card set will sell for $19.99 on eBay. The set will be for sale for one week starting the week of Aug. 10.
Topps Reveals Print Run for Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays July Week 4
After ending yesterday, Topps revealed the print run for Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays July Week 4. Last week’s set remained consistent with July’s results, selling a total of 466 sets. The set broke a 3 week trend of declining sales by being slightly higher than the previous week’s set. Collectors can expect the holiday sets to continue, as Topps has artists working on cards for Aug. now.
Topps Launches Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays July Week 5
This week marks the end of the fourth month of Bizarre Holidays sets. The summer long run of online sets doesn’t appear to be ending anytime soon. Today Topps launched Garbage Pail Kids Bizarre Holidays July Week 5. This week’s set contains 10 cards, 5 with a/b versions. Artists Brent Engstrom, Joe Simko, David Gross, and Neil Camera did the are for this week’s cards. The set also comes with one red parallel card. The set can be purchased for $19.99 or in a lot of 10 for $179.99. 10 x 14 posters of each card are also available for $19.99 each. Shipping is free when choosing the SmartPost option. The cards will be available on topps.com for 7 days. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here is this week’a checklist along with pictures of the cards.
•21A Chocolate CHARLIE
• 21B CHUCK Lot
• 22A JAY Lunch
• 22B TYE Grrrrr
• 23A Adam Bomb
• 23B Wingin’ It Wyatt
• 24A Boozin” Bruce
• 24B Best Friend Ken
• 25A Puckering Patty
• 25B Kissing Kenny
