2020 Topps Garbage Pail Krashers Teach GPKs How to Drive
It took 35 years, but the Garbage Pail Kids have learned how to drive. 2020 Topps Garbage Pail Krashers combines classic GPK characters with Kustom Kulture artwork in the vein of Rat Fink and the card maker’s own 1980 Weird Wheels set.
Garbage Pail Krashers is another online-exclusive release under the broader Topps On-Demand umbrella. Sets were slated to available for one week starting August 27 but they sold out within a couple of hours.
A full set of 21 cards is part of each set purchase. It starts with a header card and proceeds to have ten additional gags. These combine some of the most well known original GPK characters with an appropriately designed car. Instead of the usual two-name approach to the checklist, one is for the character and the other is for the car. The backs for cards #1-9 form a puzzle of the header (#10 shows the finished puzzle). Cards 11-19 make a Leaky Lindsay puzzle with the final card back showing it in full.
The first ten cards appear in a trio of chase forms. Rough Art are two per set. These feature early drawings by Joe Simko, the artist behind Garbage Pail Krashers. License Plate Backs are also two per set.
Finally, there’s ten Posters. Measuring 5 x 7 inches, there’s one in each set.
Sketch cards are available but they’re a bonus in every other set.
2020 Topps Garbage Pail Krashers at a glance:
Cards per set: 25 (plus 1 poster)
Set size: 21 cards
Release date: August 27, 2020
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What to expect in a set:
- 21-Card Base Set
- Artist Roughs – 2
- License Plate Backs – 2
- Posters – 1
2020 Topps Garbage Pail Krashers Checklist
Base Set
21 cards.
1 Atomic Bomber
2 Dual Fuel
3 Greaser
4 Curse Hearse
5 JawBreaker
6 Snot Rod
7 Chiller Coffin
8 Taggin’ Wagon
9 Trash Thrasher
10 Barf Bucket
11 ADAM Bomb
12 Beasty BOYD
13 Greaser GREG
14 Grim JIM
15 Iron Jaw AARON
16 Leaky LINDSAY
17 Nasty NICK
18 New Wave DAVE
19 Trashed TRACY
20 VALERIE Vomit
Header
License Plate Backs Checklist
10 cards.
2 per set.
1 Atomic Bomber – DET N8R
2 Dual Fuel – Cr33p Cide
3 Greaser Crzn – 4 Brzn
4 Curse Hearse – 2 L8 4U
5 JawBreaker – TRP J4W
6 Snot Rod – NIDA TI5HU
7 Chiller Coffin – NECK BTR
8 Taggin’ Wagon – GRAFFY T
9 Trash Thrasher – TR5H LUVR
10 Barf Bucket – BLAARRGH
Rough Art Checklist
10 cards.
2 per set.
1 Atomic Bomber
2 Dual Fuel
3 Greaser
4 Curse Hearse
5 JawBreaker
6 Snot Rod
7 Chiller Coffin
8 Taggin’ Wagon
9 Trash Thrasher
10 Barf Bucket
Sketch Cards Checklist
1:2 sets.
Artist list TBA.
5 x 7 Posters Checklist
10 posters.
1 per set.
1 Atomic Bomber
2 Dual Fuel
3 Greaser
4 Curse Hearse
5 JawBreaker
6 Snot Rod
7 Chiller Coffin
8 Taggin’ Wagon
9 Trash Thrasher
10 Barf Bucket