Garbage Pail Kids has always thrived on parody, and Topps' newest online-exclusive series leans straight into that tradition with a theme built entirely around ridiculous competitive events. Garbage Pail Kids: Bizarre Competitions treats the entire release like a satirical sports meet, complete with over-the-top event names and characters.
Rather than a single one-off drop, Topps structured the release as a weekly series running six weeks, sold exclusively through Topps.com. That format changes how collectors should approach it compared to a standard single-release GPK set.
Here's what's confirmed about pricing, structure, and how to think about building a collection around a six-week online exclusive.
The series keeps GPK's signature gross-out humor intact while building the checklist around parody competitive events, exaggerated, ridiculous takes on sports and contests rather than a straightforward set theme. That gives the artists room to lean into visual gags tied to a specific competition premise each week.
For longtime GPK collectors, the format is a familiar one: a themed micro-series that uses a single running joke as the connective tissue across the whole checklist, rather than a scattered mix of unrelated character gags. Topps has used similar themed micro-series before, but tying the entire six-week run to a single premise gives Bizarre Competitions a more cohesive feel than a loosely connected checklist would.
That cohesion also makes the series easier to market week by week, since each new drop can lean on the same competitive-event framing instead of introducing an unrelated joke every time. For collectors, that consistency makes it simpler to guess what kind of card is coming next, even without official spoilers ahead of a given week's release.
Instead of releasing everything at once, Topps is rolling Bizarre Competitions out weekly over six weeks, sold exclusively through Topps.com. That means new content drops on a schedule rather than all at once, which rewards collectors who check in regularly instead of waiting for a single release day.
A staggered weekly format also means completing the full run requires paying attention over more than a month, not just showing up once. Missing a week's drop could mean relying on the secondary market to fill a gap later on.
Topps priced individual sets at $19.99, with a bulk option available at $189.99 for a lot of 10 sets. That bulk price works out to a modest per-set discount for anyone planning to build multiples, whether for personal collecting, trading, or resale.
For most collectors focused on completing the six-week checklist for themselves, buying individual weekly sets as they release is the simpler approach. The 10-set lot makes more sense for collectors thinking about extras, gifting, or a larger reselling strategy.
Selling exclusively through Topps.com instead of retail shelves changes the availability pattern collectors should expect. There's no random pack-hunting at a local store, the entire release lives online, which means print run and demand at the moment of each weekly drop determine how easy or hard a given set is to secure.
That also means secondary market pricing can move quickly once a specific week's set sells out on Topps.com, especially for the more visually memorable parody characters in the checklist.
It also puts more responsibility on the collector to track the release calendar directly rather than relying on a retail employee restocking a shelf. Setting a reminder for each weekly drop date is a small habit that makes a real difference over a six-week run, since Topps has not signaled that any sold-out week will automatically get restocked once demand outpaces the initial print run.
Treating this like a single purchase misses the point of the format. A complete Bizarre Competitions collection means tracking six separate weekly releases and deciding early whether you're buying one set per week or committing to the bulk lot option from the start.
Collectors who wait until week five or six to start paying attention often find the earliest weekly sets already selling above the original $19.99 price on the secondary market, so getting in from week one is the more reliable path to a full run at retail pricing.
Keeping a simple running checklist, noting which week's set you've already purchased, also makes it easier to spot a gap early rather than discovering a missing week only after the full six-week series has already wrapped up. That small bit of organization matters more here than it would for a single-release set, since there's no single box to tear open and confirm everything is accounted for at once.
GPK cards get handled, traded, and displayed more casually than a lot of sports card releases, but the artwork-driven satire of Bizarre Competitions is exactly the kind of checklist collectors want to keep in sharp condition for future value. Standout pulls from each weekly drop belong in a 3x4 toploader card holder rather than loose in a box.
For the rest of the run headed into a binder for easy browsing between weekly drops, perfect fit sleeves keep the cards protected from edge wear without adding bulk, which matters when you're stacking six weeks' worth of sets together.
It's a weekly online-exclusive series running six weeks.
It's sold exclusively through Topps.com.
Individual sets are priced at $19.99.
Yes, a lot of 10 sets is priced at $189.99.
Chasing a full six-week run means keeping every weekly drop protected as it arrives, so stock up early from EVORETRO's card supplies collection before the next set goes live on Topps.com.
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