2023 Topps Garbage Pail Kids: 2023 Was the Worst looks back on some of the year’s biggest news stories. They weren’t necessarily the biggest as far as impact on the world. Rather, “big” is determined more by how viral they went. It’s like the Garbage Pail Kids are holding up a mirror to us to show us some of the dumb things that grab our attention.
And Topps was more than happy to charge $9.99 a pop.
The complete set consists of 11 cards. Rather than bundling them together, cards were sold individually on Topps’ website over the span of a week from December 11-15. Each day had two cards except the last, which finished things off with three. Each card was available for 24 hours with print runs determined by the number ordered.
This is the rare Garbage Pail Kids release that has no A/B name variations.
A small chase element exists as well. An Unhappy Face parallel was included randomly in orders at a rate of 1:5 cards.
2023 Topps Garbage Pail Kids: 2023 Was the Worst Checklist
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Set size: 11 cards
Release date: December 11, 2023
Base Set
11 cards.
1 NOAH Writing – 432 copies
2 Grimm ACE – 623 copies
3 Outer STACY – 447 copies
4 Ridiculous NICHOLAS – 456 copies
5 Menacing MARGOT – 704 copies
6 Emergency EMILIO – 450 copies
7 Heatwave DAVE – 435 copies
8 ADAM Sphere – 530 copies
9 Clearin’ SHEERAN – 560 copies
10 Unsavory AVERY – 460 copies
11 Past Time PAT – 530 copies
Unhappy Face Parallels
11 cards.
1:5 cards.
1 NOAH Writing
2 Grimm ACE
3 Outer STACY
4 Ridiculous NICHOLAS
5 Menacing MARGOT
6 Emergency EMILIO
7 Heatwave DAVE
8 ADAM Sphere
9 Clearin’ SHEERAN
10 Unsavory AVERY
11 Past Time PAT
