What are your favorite oddball, regional, and test issues from the 80's?

11235813 · July 17, 2008 5:26AM

I was a teenager during the eighties, so I collected a lot of stuff besides the regular issues back then....

Some of my favorites were/are:

1981 Fleer Star Stickers
1984/1985 Topps 5x7's
1985 Donruss Action All-Stars (the year with the black borders)
1986/1987 Donruss Pop-Ups
1988 Topps Bigs
1988 Topps U.K.

DavidPuddy · July 17, 2008 5:28AM

Call me crazy, but I dig the Topps Super 5x7 cards.

billwaltonsbeard · July 17, 2008 5:34AM

I always liked the Mother's Cookies issues. They came with rounded corners already, which was cool.

Brian48 · July 17, 2008 5:35AM

<< Call me crazy, but I dig the Topps Super 5x7 cards. >>

OK. You're crazy

I like the food issues, like 7/11 coins or the Kraft Mac & Cheese.

CDsNuts · July 17, 2008 5:56AM

These were actually not 80s, but I had a lot of fun hunting down these 1991 Crown All Time Orioles sets. They came in 3 series of perforated sheets and had people lining up at Crown gas stations every time a new set was released.

blades3 · July 17, 2008 5:59AM

I got into all those food issues. Nestle, Kraft Mac and Cheese, Wonder Bread...whatever it was, our family had six years of supply. I liked the Granny Goose sets too. And the cards that were on the back of a wax box from Topps too.

Ironmanfan · July 17, 2008 6:02AM

<<

These were actually not 80s, but I had a lot of fun hunting down these 1991 Crown All Time Orioles sets. They came in 3 series of perforated sheets and had people lining up at Crown gas stations every time a new set was released. >>

Not that anyone cares but since 1991, I've been hunting down the players in this set for autographs and thus far, I've gotten 421 of them signed (the set was like 504 cards although approx. 50 were deceased prior to issuance)...Latest addition was the elusive Drungo Hazewood.

Back to your regularly scheduled program........

yankeeno7 · July 17, 2008 6:06AM

1980 Laughlin Famous Feats. From what I understand, they were distributed by Montgomery Wards as complete sets and also in Sportscard Collectors sets that came with album, pages, and other misc cards. Love this set....

Estil · July 17, 2008 6:10AM

Well, it's really 1990, but my favorite is the Starlight or Long John Silvers 40 card set. I remember getting those when they came out back when I was 10 years old! Very nice colorful borders. And don't forget the 1986 True Value set too.

lawnmowerman · July 17, 2008 6:13AM

I like the 1988 BK Florida Gators issue. This particular card is a counterfeit but looks identical to the real one.

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mkg809 · July 17, 2008 6:18AM

The Quaker Chewy cards. I still have an uncut sheet somewhere.........

mtcards · July 17, 2008 6:40AM

I love all the little boxed Toy Store/Drug Store sets

fur72 · July 17, 2008 7:26AM

I like the larger cards Donruss made.

Estil · July 17, 2008 8:14AM

You guys don't mind the fact I cheated and picked a set from 1990 do ya?

Anyone else like the LJS set as well?

yankeeno7 · July 17, 2008 8:22AM

<< You guys don't mind the fact I cheated and picked a set from 1990 do ya?

Anyone else like the LJS set as well? >>

50 lashes with a wet noodle. But then again, maybe that isnt a punishment for you.

lawnmowerman · July 17, 2008 8:26AM

<< 

<< You guys don't mind the fact I cheated and picked a set from 1990 do ya?

Anyone else like the LJS set as well? >>

50 lashes with a wet noodle. But then again, maybe that isnt a punishment for you. >>

Freakay

bishop · July 17, 2008 8:38AM

1985 Topps Minis...regular back, blank back and red back
1982 Topps Blackless
1984 Topps Encased
1989 Topps Big Heads
1980 Topps Test Coins

bobsbbcards · July 17, 2008 9:16AM

Bishop's list + the following:

1980 Topps Pepsi-Cola All Stars
1982 Fleer Test
1986 Sportflics Prototypes
1988 Topps Cloth
1984-1989 Topps Gallery of Champions....okay, 1990 and 1991 too

I also loved the 44-card Fleer boxes at the various drug stores. Best time I had in the '80s was collecting these buggers (in the card world at least).

skilow · July 17, 2008 9:28AM

I loved the LJS set. They even made posters out of the card design.

digicat · July 17, 2008 9:59AM

I love the Mother's Cookies issues.

frankhardy · July 17, 2008 10:05AM

This is probably my favorite from my Cardinals collection - 1988 Topps Experimental Cloth.

Here are the 1985 Minis that Al mentioned.

What are your favorite oddball, regional, and test issues from the 80's?

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