GPK X View Askew

[MattKC]

Haven't seen anything on this release - what are peoples thoughts?

https://www.topps.com/2023-topps-gpk-x-view-askew.html

Live now @ $50/per

2023 Topps GPK x View Askew
Snoochie Boochies! Join Jay and Silent Bob in collecting all new GPK characters inspired by some of your favorite View Askewniverse characters.

Complete the Kevin Smiith puzzle and Jason Mewes puzzle!

40 card base set

[tevans333]

Over $2 per card and no mention of parallels or autos?

[zworykin]

With basically no information, hard pass even if I were a bigger fan of GPK, VA, or both.

[finfangfan]

Checklist seems like all it is is a 40 card base set (20 cards with an A and B name) and likely no parallels.

[tomahawk]

I'm the exact target market for this, but I just can't justify $50 bucks with no sketch, parallel, or auto chances.

You'll probably be able to buy a full set for that same 50 bucks once this has been out for a little while.

[mjaredc50]

Top of the box says "Look for Exclusive Parallels"

[Rictor]

Needs autos and it would be awesome.

[tomahawk]

Originally Posted by mjaredc50

Top of the box says "Look for Exclusive Parallels"

I see that now. Boy, they've really gone out of their way to obscure what is probably the only selling point of this product for a large majority of those who might be interested. Well done, Topps!

[tomahawk]

Looks like Topps updated their site with the parallel list below:

Look for Exclusive Parallels:

Green: 1 Per Pack
Yellow: #’d to 100
Orange: #’d to 75
Blue: #’d to 50
Red: #’d to 25
Purple: #’d to 1
Printing Plate Parallels (CMYK) #’d to 1

[glassofwater]

you think this replacing the clerks 3 set that was announced?

[tevans333]

These were released to coincide with SDCC, they are also on sale at the show. We should at least start seeing them on eBay soon. Would be nice to know the odds or PR.

[Dukefett]

Originally Posted by tomahawk

Looks like Topps updated their site with the parallel list below:

Look for Exclusive Parallels:

Green: 1 Per Pack
Yellow: #’d to 100
Orange: #’d to 75
Blue: #’d to 50
Red: #’d to 25
Purple: #’d to 1
Printing Plate Parallels (CMYK) #’d to 1

I really hope they upload the odds. I wanna know if I'm expecting 3 greens per $50 box or what. That's really a ton of parallels for an online set.

[MotorboatJones]

Originally Posted by Dukefett

I really hope they upload the odds. I wanna know if I'm expecting 3 greens per $50 box or what. That's really a ton of parallels for an online set.

It says there is 1 Green per pack.

6 packs per box - 4 cards per pack

Look for Exclusive Parallels:

Green: 1 Per Pack

So, 6 Greens per box.

[jdandns]

2 for me.

Good luck, ....smokers!

[MotorboatJones]

I can’t get into this. Never heard of View Askew and, upon review of a few trailers, I am not missing much.

[jdandns]

It's very difficult for (ViewAskew filmmaker) Kevin Smith's humor to come through in trailers, particularly censored ones. I vividly remember seeing the "Clerks" trailer before the movie was released, and thinking, wow, this is a film festival darling? But sure enough, after seeing the actual movie shortly after, I saw what all the hubbub was. It was an instant classic and remains one nearly 30 years later.

[armyml]

LOVE Kevin Smith and the view askew universe. I'm 40 so I grew up with it. In for 10 my buddy and I will probably just end up ripping after we close the store.

[DioBrando]

Big fan of the View Askewverse, but kinda hate gpk so easy pass for me

[JaxSportsHub]

I just ordered 4 boxes.
Not sure if I am a glutton or liked the product, but it will be fun.

[Dukefett]

It’s being sold in San Diego at Kevin Smith’s Mooby restaurant takeover outside the actual Com Hall, I’ll pick one or two up later today if I can.

[Rictor]

Originally Posted by MotorboatJones

I can’t get into this. Never heard of View Askew and, upon review of a few trailers, I am not missing much.

Clerks and Chasing Amy are considered great films even by non-View Askew fans. They both received Criterion Collection releases, I believe, which is a badge of honor.

The rest of Kevin Smith's films are mostly a little too self-referential, full of inside jokes, and don't break any new ground. Dogma may be an exception.

That said, Mallrats, flawed as it is, has a special place in my heart because it's basically a love letter to comic fans. Chasing Amy stepped it up by having the main characters be comic book creators and having scenes take place at a comic con.

I've enjoyed Smith's work less and less as I've aged/matured (I saw his first couple films when I was a teenager) and as he's kind of gotten lazier and lazier as a writer and film maker. He does a better job when he directs TV shows, I think.

His problem is he's still telling the same dick and fart jokes at 52 years old. Like a lot of Gen Xers (of which I am one), he's never really grown up into an adult. I think he could have made a better film if he did a movie about aging (and his heart attack) and made it a stand alone story instead of Clerks 3. I think he's scared no one will watch his films if they don't take place in the View Askiewneverse.

[dd316]

Originally Posted by Rictor

Clerks and Chasing Amy are considered great films even by non-View Askew fans. They both received Criterion Collection releases, I believe, which is a badge of honor.

The rest of Kevin Smith's films are mostly a little too self-referential, full of inside jokes, and don't break any new ground. Dogma may be an exception.

That said, Mallrats, flawed as it is, has a special place in my heart because it's basically a love letter to comic fans. Chasing Amy stepped it up by having the main characters be comic book creators and having scenes take place at a comic con.

I've enjoyed Smith's work less and less as I've aged/matured (I saw his first couple films when I was a teenager) and as he's kind of gotten lazier and lazier as a writer and film maker. He does a better job when he directs TV shows, I think.

His problem is he's still telling the same dick and fart jokes at 52 years old. Like a lot of Gen Xers (of which I am one), he's never really grown up into an adult. I think he could have made a better film if he did a movie about aging (and his heart attack) and made it a stand alone story instead of Clerks 3. I think he's scared no one will watch his films if they don't take place in the View Askiewneverse.

Have you seen Red State?

[BlowoutBuzz]

One numbered parallel and that's it in one box I saw opened. Rest Green and base.

[tomahawk]

I loved Kevin Smith as a teen in the 90s, but his work has provided, let's be kind and say "diminishing returns" over the past 20 years or so. I don't think he's actually made anything very interesting since DOGMA.

No one will mistake him for a serious artist, but I do respect him as a businessman. His following has let him carve out a space to experiment with different models of releasing films (i.e. his J&SB reboot road show) and I appreciate him as a true independent spirit (really one of the very few) in the show business sphere.

That said, it does feel like he is married to the expectations of his fanbase, which exclusively revolves around lowbrow humor and/or (in the case of something like RED STATE) very low hanging sociopolitical fruit. I attended the J&SB Reboot road show that came near my home, and while it was entertaining to see Smith speak live (he's got an old school showman's gift of gab, to put it mildly) the audience was wholly comprised of guys in their 40s wearing grungy clothing and whooping and hollering at out-of-date references and d!ck jokes. It was a little depressing, and I don't think he's done much to find appeal with the younger generation, unfortunately. But the CLERKS through DOGMA is legendary!

[tevans333]

Originally Posted by BlowoutBuzz

One numbered parallel and that's it in one box I saw opened. Rest Green and base.

So if that is representative of the whole print run (it could've been a dud box), assuming 1 numbered card per box. Then The odds might be something like this:

Yellow 1:15.3
Orange 1:20.4
Blue 1:30.6
Red 1:61.2
Purple 1:1530
Plate C 1:1530
Plate M 1:1530
Plate Y 1:1530
Plate K 1:1530

Total print run of 10,200 boxes
1275 of each green
4590 of each base