1984 Topps Gremlins trading cards are a foundational base of merch surrounding the film at the time of its release, joining things like stuffed animals, lunch boxes and t-shirts primed for Polaroid posterity. Outside of being part of the Gremlins merchandising blitz, there’s not a lot to this set. But for those who grew up with the film or have become fans since, being a part of that push is exactly the draw.
1984 Topps Gremlins Checklist Details
The main set recaps the film and offers a little additional insight over 82 cards. There’s plenty of cute and just as much ugly through, paralleling the Mogwai and their transformation into terrorizing Gremlins. Of course, Billy, Kate and other Kingston Falls’ residents also make the cut.
Most of the checklist is dedicated to summarizing the film from start to finish. However, towards the end of the set, there are cards for artwork and one with lead stars Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates, who also had an iconic role in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Design wise, the set isn’t all that inspiring with bright yellow borders and a jagged inner frame that gives off an electric chaos kind of vibe. Depending on the depicted scene’s focus, there’s either a Mogwai Gizmo or Gremlin Spike icon along the bottom to lead into the caption. While the design isn’t all that creative, the enduring popularity of the film and the set has helped keep it in the forefront.
Joining the checklist are 11 stickers, which land one per pack. They all have either Gizmo or Stripe on the front with the tiled Gremlins logo running through the background. The reverse has a puzzle piece, a fairly traditional choice for Topps entertainment sets throughout the decade.
Topps returned to the Gremlins franchise with the 1990 sequel, Gremlins 2: Tee New Batch.
1984 Topps Gremlins Checklist
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Set size: 82
Cards per pack: 11
Packs per box: 36
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Base Set Checklist
82 cards.
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1 Title Card
2 A Special Gift?
3 The Old Oriental Man
4 Rand Peltzer, Inventor
5 The Mogwai
6 The Final Warning
7 Billy Peltzer
8 Co-Worker Kate Beringer
9 Nasty Mrs. Deagle!
10 At Dorry’s Pub
11 A Present from Dad
12 Introducing Gizmo
13 Billy’s New Friend
14 Gizmo’s Boo-Boo
15 Poor Little Gizmo!
16 3D Comics? Yeech!!
17 Best of Friends
18 Dad’s Latest Invention
19 Billy and Gizmo
20 A Splash of Water
21 More Mogwai!!
22 Unexpected Guests!
23 Devious Stripe!
24 The Nasty Prank
25 Gizmo’s Fears
26 Friend…or Foe?
27 Thoughts of a Mogwai
28 The Cocoons
29 Enter Roy Hanson
30 The Science Teacher
31 A New Discovery
32 The Caged Mogwai
33 (Un)controlled Experiment
34 Evil of the Gremlins
35 They’ve Hatched!
36 Their Home Besieged
37 Lynn’s Big Risk
38 Mashed Gremlin!
39 Stay Away or I’ll Spray!
40 Attacked!
41 The Inventor’s Convention
42 The Invasion Begins
43 Jamming Traffic!
44 Deadly Creatures!
45 Mrs. Deagle’s Fate
46 Scared Silly!
47 Crashing Through!
48 Terrified Victim!
49 Tracking the Gremlins
50 Sling-Shot Defense!
51 Racing against Time
52 They’re Multiplying!
53 Fury of Stripe
54 The Captive Kate
55 Saved by a Flash!
56 Kate’s Revelation
57 Along for the Ride!
58 A New Plan
59 The Gremlins Are Inside!
60 Trapped!!
61 The Unruly Gremlins
62 Blowing Up the Theater
63 One Gremlin to Go…!
64 Toy Department Peril
65 The Friends Separate
66 Stripe’s Last Stand
67 Brave Billy Peltzer!
68 Hidden Horror!
69 Gizmo Saves the Day!
70 Stripe’s Final Moments
71 The Good Guys Triumph!
72 Our Victorious Heroes!
73 Return of the Master
74 The Peltzers and Kate
75 Metamorphosis
76 Goodbye, Gizmo!
77 Artwork: Little Gizmo
78 The Frightened Mogwai
79 Artwork: Evil Stripe
80 Fiend on the Screen
81 The Young Performers
82 Checklist
Stickers Checklist
11 cards.
1 per pack.
1 Gizmo Pouting
2 Mogwai Stripe
3 Gizmo Confused
4 Gremlin Wearing Scarf
5 Gremlin Stripe
6 Gremlin Stripe
7 Gizmo in Car
8 Gizmo Illustration
9 Gizmo with Mouth Open Wide
10 Stripe Illustration
11 Stripe Model
