We were excited to unbox our allocation of the new Santa Cruz Garbage pail Kids collection. Santa Cruz have put together something special in keeping with the Garbage Pail Kids phenomenon which swept school playgrounds internationally. This Topps cards craze happened here in the UK but a few of us who grew up in the 80’s also remember them becoming contraband and getting banned from our schools because of some over zealous parents. This made growing your collection a lot tougher and has cemented this part of our childhoods in our memory banks. The video above explains the collection but let us break it down visually. Just like the iconic Randy Colvin all of these are bagged up so you don’t know what you are getting. This is a limited release so what you receive is special whatever happens. Here is an overview of the collection…
The first 7 from left to right are the first of the limited boards they have released. They are 8.25″ x 31.8″ and all feature the character Adam Bomb as well as his other incarnations ‘Hazardous Hand’ and ‘Radioactive Rob’. The first 7 vary in their rarity. Just like the trading cards there are some holy grail pieces out there and you never know what you’ve got until you open the pink bag. Each board comes with a trading card and limited edition sticker. You will notice the 8th board with question marks. This represents the Background boards which are all 1 of a kind…
They have made just 40 of these! Each one has a custom coloured, hand done background with Adam Bomb on top, if you get one of these you are incredibly lucky. This is where the want/got playground swaps will really come into effect as people try and narrow down their ideal board. But they haven’t stopped here, even more limited are the artists boards…
There are only 24 of these! These were all created by Santa Cruz affiliated artists namely Jimbo Phillips, Tallboy, Pitchgrim, Horsebites, Suzanne Fiore, Keith Haupt, Aye Jay, Esayde, Pseudo5, Bart Saric, Tyler Emanuel, Lucas Musgrave, Ted Cocuzza, Ben Raney and Funeral French. If you get one of these you have absolutely smashed it. We have some of these ready to go, they will be released at 10am on Monday 9th October. Get your funds in order before then and be quick to avoid disappointment. Due to their nature these boards are non-refundable. Check back in with us on Monday and good luck with your pick.