2021 Topps Chrome Garbage Pail Kids Sapphire Edition Checklist

2021 Topps Chrome Garbage Pail Kids Sapphire Edition is the online-exclusive Sapphire version of the Chrome Garbage Pail Kids reissues of Original Series 3 and 4, with the 1986 artwork on blue Sapphire chromium stock. It was the second GPK Sapphire Edition after the 2020 set and, although labeled 2021, went on sale at Topps.com in September 2022: Topps lists the box as available from September 20, 2022, with the public sale opening September 22, 2022. Boxes hold 32 cards.

What's in the checklist

• Base: 170 cards numbered 84a to 166b, each number with an A name and a B name. Numbers 125b, 149b, 158b and 164b each have two different B names, so the set has 83 A names and 87 B names.
• Parallels: Aqua Sapphire /99, Fuchsia Sapphire /75, Green Sapphire /50, Orange Sapphire /25, Gold Sapphire /15, Purple Sapphire /10, Red Sapphire /5 and Padparadscha Sapphire 1/1, all paralleling the full base set.
• Inserts: none on the Topps checklist.
• Autographs and sketch cards: none on the Topps checklist.

Grading considerations

Match the full card number and the name printed on the card: 125b, 149b, 158b and 164b each exist with two different B names. The Sapphire parallels are serial numbered, so check the stamped number against the color. Sapphire chromium shows print lines, scratches and fingerprints, and chrome edges and corners chip easily, so inspect the surface and edges closely.

Sources and caveats

• Topps: 2021 GPK Chrome Sapphire Edition checklist (PDF)
• Topps: 2021 Garbage Pail Kids Sapphire Edition product listing

The card list follows the Topps checklist, and the parallel ladder, box configuration and on-sale date follow the Topps product listing. Names are as printed on the checklist; HALF-NELSON is printed there split across a line as "HALF- NELSON". Pack odds are not listed because Topps did not publish them.

Other Sapphire Edition checklists: 2020 Garbage Pail Kids Sapphire Edition, 2023 Chrome Garbage Pail Kids Sapphire Edition and 2024 Chrome Garbage Pail Kids Sapphire Edition.