Just think about it ... 1987 Topps Baseball ...

[Brewer Andy]

For those who collected the entire set, do you remember the last card that you needed to complete it? Mine was Chuck Tanner, who was pictured as the Braves manager.

Andy Hawkins

 

[nosterbor]

5,000,000 cases, they were EVERYWHERE. You could get a pack in a vending machine in a mens room in Vegas.

 

[Bill Menard]

My favorite card to see in a pack of 87 Topps was #124, Ray Fontenot. Those that busted this stuff, think about it... and you'll remember why!

 

[notjomommasclint]

My grandmother and I probably kept the Summerfield KS IGA in business for a whole summer with our purchases of 87 topps. Both the base packs and the packs of the league leaders. My personal favorites from that set are the Will Clark and the Mark Mcgwire!

 

[fsulevine]

It does bring back some great memories. That is probably my favorite set of all-time. I started collecting in 1984.

 

[sfnorton]

Still have about 15 unopened boxes laying around somewhere.

 

[trauty]

For those who collected the entire set, do you remember the last card that you needed to complete it? Mine was Chuck Tanner, who was pictured as the Braves manager.

I really can't recall, which is strange (probably because I'd opened half a case by mid January 1987). I remember my final card from the 1980 Topps Football set was Rick Upchurch. 1981 Topps baseball was George Brett. 1982 Topps Stickers was Mike Easler, and 1986 Topps baseball was Steve Kemp.

 

[Mudcatsfan]

I remember pulling my first ever Mattingly and it was a 1987 Topps.

I grew up in Ft Lauderdale, and the Yanks were the local spring training team.

I wondered why he looked so COLD in the card. I got him to sign it in Spring Training 1988

 

[Mudcatsfan]

Think about this...........

This guy is considering playing next year at age 49.

 

[srstetler]

As a high school student there was something empowering about going to a checkout counter and saying I wanted to buy the whole box of 1987 Topps not just a pack or two. I would look at the cashier thinking I found this incredible deal in their store because I used the local hobby store pack price as a baseline. When I pulled checklist cards I’d wondered who would make the mistake of writing on them and ruin the investment. There were so many great players in that set and, yes, I chewed the cracked gum.

 

[Bill Menard]

Think about this...........

This guy is considering playing next year at age 49.

No fair... that's from the traded set

 

[Bill Menard]

When I pulled checklist cards I’d wondered who would make the mistake of writing on them and ruin the investment.

:lol: Hilarious (to me anyway!)!!! :lol:

 

[BBCgalaxee]

I think I could tell 5-10 stories just on this set and collecting it as a kid.

 

[autocut]

Always loved the design.

 

[Sean_C]

Actually, it's not (card #227). Maddux was in the traded set, not Moyer.

1987 Topps really is a great set, and has been since it was released. The sheer number of them produced is staggering though. I know that I've probably busted at least 100 vending cases of it over the years, as it was a staple at the card store I worked at in the 90's.

Think about this...........

This guy is considering playing next year at age 49.

No fair... that's from the traded set

 

[Liberate Baltimore]

I remember reading somewhere that enought cards to create 10,000,000 sets were produced.

 

[ThoseBackPages]

there were also 17 cards per wax pack. highest number of cards per pack of wax i do believe

 

[olerud363]

A big time rookie class made 1987 a great year.

Sure, they aren't worth crap, but great memories trump modern day value to me.

Well said. This is probably why the set remains so popular to this day! Myself, I only have 1 measely complete set each of '87 Topps and O-Pee-Chee, but the woodgrain is by far my favorite design of the 1980's.

The one '87 Topps memory that stands out for me is actually from around 1990. I can remember at a local mall card show trading the '87 Topps Will Clark for a '90 Upper Deck John Olerud. Those were the days!

 

[JEBJJA]

We made fun of Nate Snell of the Orioles and Mike Laga of the Cardinals. Those guys were the worst. And Laga had an airbrushed uniform on. I also knew the sequence back then of how you can get a McGwire and Mattingly. I had over 30 of each from knowing the top card on the cello pack. I guess I was a pack searcher original at 12 years old....lol