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As the awards season continues, so does the online GPK sets. The latest set was based on this year’s Grammy awards. Today Topps revealed the print run for 2018 Garbage Pail Kids The Shammy Awards online set. Topps missed offering the set prior to the awards show, and instead sold it the week after. While many collectors will come out for the holiday themed sets, there is a lukewarm response to the awards sets. The Shammys was much the same as the total print run for the set hit 120 copies. This is the lowest online print run in the last few months, since the final award set of 2017. Topps is sure to have more awards themed sets in the way. However with Valentine’s Day next week, will Topps show GPK collectors some love?

Awards season is in full swing, and Topps is continuing their awards sets. Today Topps released 2018 Garbage Pail Kids The Shammy Awards online set. Topps did things a little different this time, releasing the set the day after the awards show. The 10 card set, (5 a/b versions), feature parodies of various music acts. The art for the set was created by David Gross and Brent Engstrom. The set is available for $27.99. Free shipping is available in the US via the SmartPost option, or for $10 internationally. 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 and pictures of the cards.

• 1a: Lil Doozy Bert/1b: Pierced Ira (Artist: Brent Engstrom)
• 2a: Tyler Created/2b: Crea-TOR (Artist: Brent Engstrom)
• 3a: Overkill Kendrick/3b: Overloaded Lamar (Artist: David Gross)
• 4a: Lady Shawl Shawl /4b: Vegatari Anne (Artist: Brent Engstrom)
• 5a: Born to Ron/5b: E Street Rand (Artist: David Gross)

Topps closed out 2017 with their now customary Christmas themed set. It took a while, but Topps is finally getting around to revealing print run information. Today Topps revealed the print run for 2017 Garbage Pail Kids Holiday Set. The set featured 10 GPK cards, (5 a/b versions), and 5 Wacky Packages cards. The GPKs in the set were painted by artists Brent Engstrom and David Gross. Despite pleas from collectors, for the last few online sets of 2017 Topps has reverted to including both GPKs and Wackys in the same set. The decision was sure to have an effect on total sales of the sets. This year’s set sold a total of 207 copies. This marks the end of a very busy year for GPKs from Topps. Topps has already hit the ground running with the first online cards of the year. 2018 is shaping up to be another big year for online GPK offers.

In what is now a yearly tradition, Topps started out 2018 online sets by jumping back into the awards pool. Today Topps launched 2018 Garbage Pail Kids Golden Groans Awards online set. The 12 card set features 6 new pieces of artworks, (in a/b versions), that is based off of this weekend’s Golden Globes award show. After going back to mixing the holiday online sets with Wacky Packages, today’s set features only GPK cards. The set is available for $29.99 as a complete set only. Shipping is free via the SmartPost option in the US, while international shipping is $10. It will be available on topps.com for 7 days. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here is a checklist and pictures of the cards.

1a: Two Fisted Tommy/1b: Disaster Artemis (Artist: Brent Engstrom)
2a: Shape Of Walter/2b: Help Mia (Artist: David Gross)
3a: Confused Kyle/3b: Detached Dougie (Artist: JungHwa Im)
4a: Dwight Walker/4b: Icy Issac (Artist: Brent Engstrom)
5a: Terrible Tonya/5b: Knocked Out Nancy (Artist: Brent Engstrom)
6a: Gary Odd Man/6b: Unwrapped Winston (Artist: Brent Engstrom)

It’s beginning to look a lot like a GPK Christmas Holiday! Today Topps launched 2017 Garbage Pail Kids Holiday Set. Once again, Topps has decided to combine GPKs and Wacky Packages into the same set. The 15 card set contains five new pieces of GPK artwork in a/b versions, as well as five Wacky Packages. The Christmas themed GPK cards were completed by artists Brent Engstrom and David Gross. The set is available as a set only for $34.99. Shipping is free in the US, or $10 internationally. 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 a checklist and pictures of the cards.

1a: Christmas TORY/1b: ELLA-Tric – Artist: Brent Engstrom
2a: KRIS Kringe L./2b: Old Satan NICK – Artist: Brent Engstrom
3a: BECK the Halls/3b: JESS the Tree – Artist: David Gross
4a: RUD-Off/4b: Red Light Dist-RICK – Artist: David Gross
5a: Flatulent Frost TY/5b: Deli-KATE Snowflake – Artist: David Gross
6. Kringles
7. The Shelf on the Elf
8. Orna-mentos
9. Noëlco Beard Trimmer
10. Rud-X

Did collectors show up to purchase all the turkey and trimmings they could handle? Today Topps revealed the print run for 2017 Garbage Pail Kids Thanksgiving online set. For the first time in months the set consisted of both GPKs and Wacky Packages. Collectors decided that didn’t matter as much, and still showed up for the holiday set. The set sold a total of 188 copies. While being much less than it’s Halloween counterpart, it’s still a lot higher than previous awards related online sets. Look for Topps to continue the holiday theme later in Dec. with a Christmas themed set.

As the holidays approach, Topps is continuing with its tradition of online holiday sets. Today Topps launched 2017 Garbage Pail Kids Thanksgiving online set. After spitting the brands for the past few months, Topps decided to return to offering GPK and Wacky Packages together. The set consists of 15 cards, 5 New GPK pieces (a/b versions) and 5 Wacky Packages. Artwork in the set was created by artists Brent Engstrom, David Gross, Neil Camera, Joe McWilliams, Robert Jimenez, and JungHwa Im. The set is available for $34.99. There is no bundle discount available this time. Shipping is free in the US, or $10 internationally. The cards are available on Topps.com for 7 Days. Topps will reveal the print run at the end of the sale. Here is the checklist and pictures of the cards.

• 1a: SAMMY SNOOD/1b: DIRK Dangler – Artist: Brent Engstrom
• 2a: ANDY Corn/2b: Corny CANDICE – Artist David Gross
• 3a: Turkey CAL/3b: Hapless HUNTER – Artist: Neil Camera
• 4a: Basting BART/4b: Leggy LENNY – Artist: Smokin Joe McWilliams
• 5a: GARY Gravy/5b: Poured POLLY – Artist: Robert Jimenez
• 6. Butterbrawl – Artist: Smokin Joe McWilliams
• 7. McSnoremick Turky Gravy – Artist: David Gross
• 8. Bruised Yams – Artist: Brent Engstrom
• 9. Lippy’s Punk In Pie Mix – Artist: Smokin Joe McWilliams
• 10. Turkey Taffy – Artist: JungHwa Im

Topps was in a revealing mood today as they have now caught up on Print Run reveals for all their online sets. Today Topps revealed the print run for 2017 Garbage Pail Kids Halloween online set. The 20 card set was based on characters from popular horror movies. The artwork proved to be right in the line with what collectors were looking for. Despite the larger set and higher price point, the set sold 272 copies. Those numbers are higher than any other online set in months. GPK collectors have shown that if the artwork and content are good they will spend the money.

Almost a month after the set was sold online Topps finally released the print run for 2017 Garbage Pail Kids Fall Comic Convention online set. The 12 card set was sold during the week of this year’s New York Comic Con. The set ended up doing much better than previous online sets, even beating the GPK Classic set. The final print run for the whole set was announced as 187 copies sold. GPK collectors have shown over the years that cards based on comic characters are popular.