Author Archives: GPKblog

Garbage Pail Kids Cheap toys were introduced in 1986.  The toys were small plastic / rubber figures.  They were sold with “crummy candy” in a small green plastic “garbage bag.”  The bag also included a checklist. There were two series … Continue reading →

In early 2011, spanning a time frame of approximately two months, eBay seller ‘nakedrabbits’ listed a large amount of Garbage Pail Kids on eBay.  At any one time there are approximately 15-18,000 listed on eBay for the search term Garbage … Continue reading →

Lately Topps has been using a lot of borrowed ideas from their Wacky Packages brand on the Garbage Pail Kids.  Evidence of this would be the Wacky Packages Flashbacks that were released in 2008, 2 years before the GPK Flashbacks … Continue reading →

Dollar Tree stores have been stocking Garbage Pail Kids Flashback 2 Packs in their card sections.  How can this be you say?  Well since every item in the Dollar Tree store only costs $1, Topps has made special 4 card … Continue reading →

Topps released the Garbage Pail Kids Flashback 2 in late February 2010.  The GPK Flashback 2 release consists of mostly Original Series (OS) GPK cards reprinted with really ugly borders, a few Lost GPK cards (from the U.S. 16th Series … Continue reading →

Adam Bomb is the most iconic Garbage Pail Kid of all time.  He graces the front of countless U.S. and Foreign packs/wrappers, boxes, posters, advertisement literature, etc.  Here I will post all of the U.S. and Foreign Adam Bomb cards … Continue reading →