Topps has finally officially announced the next GPK retail set, 2024 Garbage Pail Kids Chrome 7. The set was originally planned to launch in Aug. 2024, but was pushed back internally multiple times. Perhaps coming out in 2025 actually makes the most sense, because everything collectors knew about GPK Chrome sets is changing. The new chrome set is larger with additional parallels and insert sets. And would you look at that, there are sketches in Chrome! These major changes are just the beginning of what Topps has in store for 2025 for the Garbage Pail Kids brand as it celebrates its 40th anniversary.
The base set once again is 100 cards, made up of the 84 original cards from OS 7, (251a/b – 292a/b), along with 16 new cards, 8 subjects with a/b versions, done by current artists Joe Simko (1), Brent Engstrom (3), Joe McWilliams (2), and Neil Camera (2). Once again there are a number of parallels for the base set. Refractor 1:2, Prism (Hobby Only) 1:2.5, Negative (Hobby Only) 1:3, Magenta (Hobby Only) 1:5, Purple (Hobby Only) 1:7, Speckle /299, Aqua /199, Blue Lave /149, Green /99, Blue Wave /75, Gold /50, Orange /25, Red /5, Superfractor 1/1.
There are two new Hobby only insert sets that will be randomly inserted into packs. Where Are They Now will feature OS 7 characters in updated versions from 2024. Khrome Krashers Features GPK characters in off road cars, previously the Krashers sets were released as online sets. Krashers cards will also have many parallels; Aqua /199, Green /99, Blie Wave /75, Gold /50, Orange /25, Red /5, and Superfractor 1/1. There will once again be artist autographs of some of the base cards. Besides base autos, there are also parallels; Gold /50, Red /5, and Superfractor. C Name cards will also be making a return as a Hobby only insert. Finally, there will be sketches! Sketches are advertised as falling 1 per Hobby case. GPKNews will have more information on the sketches in the coming days.
Thanks to Ryan Holland for posting the Hobby sell sheet, Here are pictures of the sell sheet. 2024 GPK Chrome is set to be released 2/14/24.
