Our Cunning Plan to Become THE Garbage Pail Kid Reference and Price Guide

If you’re among those who didn’t witness their old Garbage Pail Kids tossed in, well, the trash, then congrats! Your collection is awesome!

And hobbyDB is THE home for all things GPK when it comes to documenting said awesome collection.

Fans and collectors will find close to 10,000 Garbage Pail Kids items on hobbyDB (9,989 to be exact and make you Brainy Janies happy).

hobbyDB is also the only site where every one of the thousands of GPK characters has its own page  –

Forever GPK executive Ira Friedman concurs  –

“Prior to venturing out on my own and co-creating Craniacs in 2023 with artist extraordinaire Joe Simko, I worked at Topps for 32 years. During that time I had the privilege to oversee GPK’s product development product activities and later was responsible for all the licensing and merchandising tie-ins for toys, comics, books, calendars, cereals, hot sauces, candy bars and so much more.

After being a part of the GPK universe for longer than anyone at Topps, it is personally incredibly exciting to see all that hobbyDB is doing to showcase, share and provide this wonderful community with a comprehensive, unique and immersive GPK experience.”

Thanks, Ira, for making so much Crud…  and thanks to the likes of Andy Goodman and Matt Oddweiler, who tirelessly worked to establish the GPK database on hobbyDB!

But the job is not yet done. There are still an estimated 2,000 cards, figures and lots more to add to the guide and, thanks to hobbyDB Squad members such as Trevor Rockholt, aka Havok211 – aka our own Super Manny – we’re becoming more accurate every day.

The next step is to become the most complete GPK price guide, a hub where you can track the value of your entire GPK collection and beyond.

Missing are –

Major Retail/Hobby Releases

• 2017 – Series 2 – Battle of the Bands
• 2019 – Series 2 – Revenge of Oh, the Horror-ible!
• 2020 – Late to School
• 2020 – The 35th Anniversary
• 2020 – OS3 Chrome
• 2021 – Food Fight
• 2022 – Book Worms
• 2022 – OS4 Chrome
• 2022 – OS5 Chrome
• 2023 – GPK Go On Vacation
• 2023 – Intergoolactic Mayhem
• 2023 – OS6 Chrome
• 2024 – Kids At Play

Online Releases

• 2014 – Comic Con (SDCC) and Comic Con (NYCC)
• 2016 – The Shammys, The Not-Scars, Rock & Roll Hall of Lame, Riot Fest, Best of the Fest, GPK Halloween, GPK Thanksgiving, GPK Christmas, Prime Slime Trashy TV: Summer Preview, Fall Preview, NYCC and Prime Slime Awards.
• 2017 – The Shammys, The Not-Scars, Rock & Roll Hall of Lame, The Golden Groans, Riot Fest, Best of the Fest, The Empty-V Awards, Summer Time TV, Summer Comic Con, Fall Comic Con, GPK 4th of July, GPK Halloween, GPK Thanksgiving, GPK Christmas, Prime Slime Awards, GPK Classics, Presidential Inaug-Hurl Ceremony, Trumpocracy the First 100 Days, Trumpocracy 2, Comedy of Comey and GPK Network Spews.
• 2018 – The Shammys, Rock & Roll Hall of Lame, The Golden Groans, GPK Valentines Day, GPK Easter, GPK 4th of July, GPK Memes, and Summer Comic Con.
• 2019 – The Not-Scars, Valentines Day is Gross, Scratch and Stink, GPK x NYC Takeover, We Hate the Holidays and 2019 Was the Worst.
• 2020 – The Shammys, The Not-Scars, GPK Mr. & Mrs. (Valentines Day), Rock & Roll Hall of Lame, Beyond the Streets, Disg-Race to the Whitehouse, Bizarre Holidays, Gross Greetings, GPK x eBay, GPK x Crash Gordon, Garbage Pail Krashers, Tiger King, 35 Years of Untold Stories, Untold Stories: Halloween, GPK Kitchen Food, 2020 Was the Worst, and OS1 and OS2 Chrome Sapphire.
• 2021 – Bizarre Holidays (continued from previous year), The Shammys, Funny Valentines, Zoom Mishaps, GameStonk, GPK x Complex Set 1 & 2, Garbage Pail Krashers Series 2, Oh, the Horrible Set 1 & 2, Beyond the Streets Series 2, and 2021 Was the Worst.
• 2022 – Rock & Roll Hall of Lame, Valentines Day – Disgusting Dating, We Hate the 90’s, We Hate the 80’s, Taste Buds Series 1 & 2, Garbage Pail Krashers Series 3, GPK x MLB Series 1, International Trading Card Day, GPK x Clash of Clans, 2022 Was the Worst, and OS3 and OS4 Chrome Sapphire.
• 2023 – The Not-Scars, Rock and Roll Hall of Lame, Valentines Day is Canceled, We Hate the 70’s, Prime Slime Trashy TV, International Trading Card Day, Garbage Pail Krashers Series 4, GPK x View Askew, Oh, the Horror-ible, 2023 Was the Worst, and OS5 and OS6 Chrome Sapphire.
• 2024 (so far) – The Not-Scars, Putrid Poetry (Valentines Day), GPK x MLB Series 3, Game Over, International Trading Card Day, Dressed to Grotesque, and Oh, the Horror-ible!

We’re always on the lookout for dedicated fans and experts to help with this endeavor (both adding those missing cards and price points). That’s where hobbyDB Squad members such as Havok211 play a big role. If interested, follow this link to see how you can join in on the fun as a member of the hobbyDB Squad!