1985 Topps or 1987 Topps?

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maybe its a generational thing but the rare times i hear cards discussed it's a debate between '85 Topps and '87 Topps.

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Poll Results

Option	Votes
1985 Topps	8
1987 Topps	2

― sanskrit, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 02:14 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.freewebs.com/baseballcards123/1985%20Topps%20620%20Dwight%20Gooden%20RC.jpg http://www.baseball-almanac.com/baseball_cards/samples/1985_Topps_Super.jpg http://daveconcepcion.com/images/cards/1985_Topps.jpg

― sanskrit, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 02:14 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.freewebs.com/baseballcards123/1987%20Topps%20320%20Barry%20Bonds%20RC.jpg http://www.thrill22.com/Albums/1987/album/slides/1987Topps.jpg http://www.baseball-almanac.com/baseball_cards/samples/1987_Topps_Tiffany.jpg

― sanskrit, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 02:14 (sixteen years ago)

The 1987 Topps Set was the first and only complete set I ever owned.

― ^^potentially not true at all, sry^^ (Z S), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 02:20 (sixteen years ago)

1985 clearly seems better looking to me, though.

― ^^potentially not true at all, sry^^ (Z S), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 02:22 (sixteen years ago)

way before my time but i wish i could go back and get a complete mint set of the '71 and '73 topps sets.

http://www.sportscardfun.com/topps-Ryan.jpg
http://www.beckett.com/images/pgitems/268210101.jpg

i love those grainy '70s game shots.

― ('_') (omar little), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 02:25 (sixteen years ago)

i kinda like the '83 topps as far as that decade goes. pretty clean lines, kinda remind me slightly of the '73 topps.

― ('_') (omar little), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 02:26 (sixteen years ago)

Wasn't '85 (one of) the year(s) Topps printed "blow-up" cards, like three times the normal size?

― Andy K, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 02:34 (sixteen years ago)

I def had that Clemente card

― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 02:52 (sixteen years ago)

Andy K wow totally forgot about blow up cards, not sure if that's real or a co-hallucination. i remember topps trying out punk style button pins for top five players of each team, but that might have been '86.

― sanskrit, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 03:08 (sixteen years ago)

oh an since this thread will most certainly go into derail, let me add this find of the last minute: http://baseballcardblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/casey-at-bat.html

― sanskrit, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 03:09 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Thursday, 25 February 2010 00:01 (sixteen years ago)

I think the 81 Donruss was one of my favorite year of cards. They went to the white board paper, which made the pictures seem brighter and you could more easily read the stats on the back.

http://www.checkoutmycards.com/CardImages/Cards/184/457/09F.jpg

― earlnash, Thursday, 25 February 2010 02:07 (sixteen years ago)

The 72 set is cool. It's kind of psychedelic for baseball cards.

http://www.sportscards4all.com/store/images/72%20T%20ROSE.jpg

― earlnash, Thursday, 25 February 2010 02:09 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Friday, 26 February 2010 00:01 (sixteen years ago)

The 1987 Topps Set was the first and only complete set I ever owned.

ditto

― mookieproof, Friday, 26 February 2010 01:48 (sixteen years ago)

I've got about 20 of those Barry Bonds cards

― calstars, Friday, 26 February 2010 04:26 (sixteen years ago)