GREENLIGHT COLLECTIBLES

Collectors...start your engines!! In January, 2019 GREENLIGHT TOYS confirmed the rumors about a partnership with Topps, and released the first bits of news about their exclusive line of Garbage Pail Kids Diecast cars!

From their website (http://www.greenlighttoys.com):

"When GreenLight was first exploring partnering with Topps & GPK we quickly learned the demographics of GPK collectors were identical to that of GreenLight’s thus making a perfect match to bring these two collector worlds together"

During the initial stages, or product image teases and info leaks, there was a lot of speculation as to whether or not the product would prove to be appealing to collectors; but Series 1 was widely-praised when it was released in August, 2019, and almost immediately followed with news of an upcoming Series 2. To date there are nine different Series for collectors to track down!

This page provides detailed pictures and information about the Garbage Pail Kids 1:64 Diecast cars from GreenLight

PACKAGING

Each car comes in a clear-plastic package containing: (1) 'Peelable Sticker' and (1) 1:64 diecast car

Image leaks during the product design phase show that Adam Bomb was the character originally used as the 'product mascot', only to be changed to Junky Jeff/Stinky Stan (OS1 22ab) for the final packaging design

SERIES LINEUP

GreenLight has released/announced a total of nine different Series. Each Series consists of six different diecast cars, with each car coming with a collectible sticker card

GreenLight shares detailed flat artwork for each series prior to their eventual release. These images are not fully-rendered final artwork, rather rough images designed to share the color patterns and overall design of the cars (and often a peek at the Garbage Pail Kids card accompanying each car)

Click the images above for hi-res versions

Roughly a month after teasing the lineups with the design mockups above, GreenLight would release images showing rendered designs of the cars. These images were still labeled as 'pre-production' and 'subject to licensor's final approval', but ultimately were a solid representation of the finished product

Click the images above for hi-res versions

GREENLIGHT EXCLUSIVE CARDS

Each Series consists of five pre-existing GPK characters and one new GreenLight exclusive character (for a total of six cars per Series). As mentioned above, each car is packaged with an exclusive sticker card. The cards included with the cars are identifiable by a 'GL Exclusive' stamp by the namebar. There have also been a number of promo cards handed out at SDCC. Below are images of the exclusive sticker cards to date:

CHASE CARS

In addition to the 'base' cars released in each Series, collectors also had the opportunity to hunt down the 'Green Machine' chase cars. These vehicles differ from the standard vehicle release and are extremely rare. GreenLight doesn't provide exact numbers on availability, but it is believed that only 2% of a production run are produced as 'Green Machines'

The Chase vehicles for Series 1 - Series 5 have metallic green wheels:

The Chase vehicles for Series 6 are metallic silver:

The Chase vehicles for Series 7 are metallic green:

EXCLUSIVES

Over the years GreenLight have released a number of different 'EXCLUSIVE' vehicles. Whether it's a special car independent of their Series releases...a special car for a ComicCon...a unique one-off for a retailer...etc. - they are all listed below:

- In 2021 GreenLight released their very own 'hauler'...which is easily their biggest GPK release to date. Measuring almost a foot long, this unique item came in both a Standard (RED) version, and a Chase (GREEN) version, and was not part of any 'Series'

- Also in 2021 GreenLight partnered with retailer FYE to release an exclusive Volkswagen Van with card. The packaging was consistent with their Series releases, however the card does not have the 'GL Exclusive' stamp on the namebar

- During their appearance at SDCC in 2023 GreenLight handed out exclusive stickers to visitors of their booth. The two diecut stickers featured characters from their releases alongside photos of the accompanying cars. GreenLight also handed out a number of cards at their booth over the years (see the gallery section above)

- At SDCC 2024 GL released an exclusive Ford Bronco. It was packaged similar to their regular releases but included SDCC text. There were two versions of this release: a Standard (Green) version, and a Chase (Grey) version

- To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Garbage Pail Kids, GL released an exclusive Truck at SDCC 2025. It was packaged similar to their regular releases, and did not include SDCC text. There were two versions of this release: a Standard (Green) version, and a Chase (metallic) version

GREENLIGHT CHECKLISTS

At this point it is pretty clear there are a lot of items to track down when trying to complete a Garbage Pail Kids GreenLight collection. Below are two printable checklists (both with and without images). Click on the thumbnails below to open the printable checklists

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