2019 Topps Garbage Pail Kids x NYC Takeover Checklist

2019 Garbage Pail Kids x NYC Takeover was sold as 2019 Topps On-Demand Set #18, with New York City-themed art by Joe Simko. It debuted at New York Comic Con on 3 October 2019, then went on sale on Topps.com on 7 October 2019 for a seven-day window, to 14 October. Topps reported 1,211 sets sold. Each set held the 20 A and B name stickers, one C name, three Green Border and two Pink Border parallels, with a sketch card in about one set in two; sets bought at the convention also came with a NAT Nerd promo card.

What's in the checklist

• Base: 20 stickers, 10 subjects with A and B names, numbered 1a to 10b
• Parallels: Green Border (three per set) and Pink Border (two per set), not serial numbered
• Inserts: C Names 1c to 10c, a third name for each subject, one per set
• Sketch cards: about one in two sets, by 16 artists, listed by artist

Grading considerations

The card number is printed on the front; match the number suffix and the printed name, since the A, B and C names share the same art, then the border colour for the parallels. Several subjects reuse names from other GPK sets (NEW WAVE DAVE, KIM KONG, UP CHUCK), so confirm the set from the NYC art and the card back. Check centering, corners and edges, and inspect the surface under angled light.

Sources and caveats

Topps' original product listing is no longer online and no Topps checklist PDF was found, so this checklist was assembled from secondary checklists and published card images, cross-checked against each other. Names are as printed on the cards where images were available; 4a is SPLIT KIT, which one list spells "Spilt". Sketch artist names follow the artist list Topps posted with the online sale. It is not clear whether the 1,211 sets include those sold at the convention, and one secondary list gives a much smaller figure for the convention allocation. The convention-only NAT Nerd promo is not listed because its card number has not been confirmed.