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Intended to eventually step into the role previously held by the Disg-Race to the White House election cards, the set appeared sequentially, often offered in daily batches of a few cards at a time alongside political releases like Trumpocracy. Each sticker was printed to order based strictly on customer purchases during a 24-hour sale window.

Individual cards cost $9.99 on Topps.com, but buyers could order lots of five for $29.99, ten for $49.99, or twenty for $79.99, with daily multi-card bundles priced at tiers like $24.99, $34.99, or $44.99 and shipped through SmartPost. The set introduced characters such as MARIAH Meltdown, Split Ice SHEL, and Bot BEZOS alongside Wacky spoof items like Hawaiian Punk, Homemade Slime Science Kit, and The Leggo Bootman Movie.

The artwork rotated through several illustrators across the run. Card 58, Rampaging Ryan, was the first finished painting by artist Simone Arena, while card 51 was illustrated by Engstrom and card 52 by Simko, with Im contributing art for card 32.

Card 1, Mariah Meltdown, opened with 306 copies sold, but later releases often struggled to match that pace, with card 17, Spilt Ice Shel, posting 164 copies, card 58 moving 185, and the Wacky parody Turfs Movie Poster reaching 216. Demand could still rally for familiar pop properties, as Past His Prime demonstrated by moving 268 copies, but Kit E. Pool managed just 88 sales. The daily offerings finally ceased with card 91, Ceiling-Destroying Diana, which closed its run with 185 units. It closed out a contentious chapter in Topps history.