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1988 Topps Dave Palmer
This a list with brief descriptions of Toppstrading card products for 1988. All sets listed are standard size (2½ × 3½inches) unless noted.
Baseball
Base Set
The 1988 Topps set totals 792 cards and was issued in wax, rack (42 cards plus 1 All-Star Game Commemorative card), jumbo packs, vending boxes or factory sets. Subsets include Future Stars, Topps All-Star Rookies, Record Breakers, Turn Back The Clock, All-Stars, Team Leaders, Checklists and Manager cards. Player cards had a thin colored line separating the white border and player photo. The team name appeared in color at the top of the action photo and was often hidden behind a player's head, giving a three-dimensional appearance. The player's name appeared in a colored trapezoid that ran from the bottom border to the right border. The player's position did not appear on the front of the card. Size: 2.5 × 3.5in.
Traded Set
The Traded set totals 132 cards and was issued as a factory set. The cards are identical in appearance to the base set except for the thinner, white cardstock and lighter colored back. This set featured traded players and managers, extended rookie cards, and the U.S. Olympicbaseball team. Size: 2.5 × 3.5in.
Glossy Send-Ins
This set totals 60 cards and was available by mailing in the special offer cards found in 1988 Topps wax packs. The fronts have a glossy player photo while the backs say All-Star Set Collector's Edition and include the players name, team, and position. Size: 2.5 × 3.5in.
Glossy All-Stars
This set totals 22 cards and was available as an insert in 1988 Topps rak packs. The back says All-Star Game Commemorative Set and includes the players name, position and league. There are 11 cards each for the American and National League All-Star teams. Size: 2.5 × 3.5in.
Mini Leaders
The Mini set includes 77 cards and was available in wax packs. The cards vaguely resemble the base set and features players that led various statistical categories. Size: 21⁄8 × 3in.
Glossy Rookies
This set totals 22 cards and was available as an insert in 1988 Topps jumbo packs. The back says Rookies Commemorative Set and includes the player's name, position and team. The cards slightly resemble the Glossy All-Star set. Size: 2.5 × 3.5in.
Topps Big
This set totals 264 cards issued in three series of 88 cards and was available in wax packs. Comic style career highlights are featured on the back. Size: 25⁄8 × 33⁄4in.
Wax Box Cards
The "Box Bottom" cards were featured 4 to a box on the bottom of the wax pack boxes of 1988 Topps of which there were 4 different boxes for a total of 16 cards. They resemble the base cards except for having a career highlight on the back instead of full statistics and a light blue border instead of white. The set is lettered A-P rather than numbered. Size: 2.5 × 3.5in. when individually cut out.
UK Minis
This "AmericanBaseball" set has 88 total cards and was issued in wax packs for the United Kingdom. The backs feature explanations of plays and definitions of baseball terminology. Size: 21⁄8 × 3in.
Parallel Sets
In 1988 Topps issued Tiffany sets of the Base set and the Traded set in limited quantities only available as Factory sets. A Tiffany set was also available of the UK Minis set.
Other sets
Traded Duke Snider Bronze Metal replica of his 1955 Topps card available to dealers who purchased a Topps Traded case. Size: 1¾ × 1¼inches. Gallery of Champions (12) This set is metal replicas of regular issue cards in 1/4 scale of twelve players done in three variations: aluminum, bronze and silver. The Mark McGwire card has a fourth variation in pewter given to dealers who bought the sets. The sets were issued in a leather velvet-lined display case bearing the title in gold embossed letters. The aluminum sets were cello wrapped. Size: 1¼ × 1¾inches. Campbell's Richie Ashburn Tribute Sheet A sheet of 12 cards of Richie Ashburn were issued in conjunction with a stadium promotion honoring the Hall Of Famer. The center of the sheet has a 5" × 7" portrait with his complete major league statistics on the back. The cards are reduced in size and are over an American flag background. Size: 10 × 14inches (sheet). Stickers/Stickercards (313/67) The stickers feature either one full player photo or two half size individual photos. The back is another player card. The sticker set has season highlight, All-Stars, World Series and Future Stars subsets. A 36-page album was also available. The stickercards had 66 players and one checklist. The cards say 'Super Star' at the top and have the player's name and stats in a box at the bottom. Size: 2⅛ × 3inches/1½ × 2⅛ in.. Coins (60) The fronts have a full-color photo with the player's name, team, and position in a red and white banner with gold stars at the bottom. Edges are crimped in silver, gold and pink. Backs are silver and show the coin number, player's name and personal and statistical info in black lettering. Size: 1½" diameter. Sports Shots Portfolios (130) Some of Topps' 1988 regular issue cards were reproduced as large cardboard folders with pockets for storage on the interior of the folder. Size: 9½ × 11¾inches. Cloth Experimental (121) This test issue featured the regular issue card fronts printed on heavy textured paper. The backs are blank and some of the cards say 'Sample Only Not For Sale'. Size: 2½ × 3½inches.
The 1988 football set contains 396 cards and was issued in wax packs and factory sets. Subsets include Team leaders, Record Breakers, league leaders, Super Bowl, and checklists. Size: 2.5 × 3.5in.
Box Bottoms
The box card set has 16 cards that were found on the bottom of regular issue wax pack boxes as a four card panel. The cards feature two players per card of NFL stars who won awards when in college. The cards are lettered A-P. Size: 2.5 × 3.5in. (individually)
1000 Yard Club
This set totals 28 glossy cards and was issued as inserts in the football wax packs. The 'members of the club' are players who gained 1000 yards or more during the season by rushing or receiving. The back of the cards list the total yardage gained by the player in each game of the season. Since the 1987 season was shortened by a strike the figures on the backs of the cards are projected. Size: 2.5 × 3.5in.
Stickers
This set totals 285 stickers some of which came in pairs. The fronts are red bordered with an inner frame of yellow footballs and are numbered on both sides. There are Super Bowl XXII and All-Pro foil subsets. An album was available for holding the stickers. Size: 21⁄8 × 3inches
Sticker Backs
The backs of the stickers featured another color player photo with 'Superstar' written at the top. There are 67 offensive players in this set. The player's name appears at the bottom with the card number as × of 67. Size: 21⁄8 × 3inches
Ice hockey
Base set
The 1988-89 Topps hockey set featured 198 English only cards printed on grey card stock. The player's name is 'pinned' at an angle to a panel above the player's photo and is accompanied by the team logo. The backs feature career and playoff stats, and game winning goals and highlights from the previous season. Size: 2.5 × 3.5in.
Box Bottoms
This 16-card set appeared as four different 4-card panels on the bottom of wax pack boxes. The cards are the same design as the base set except for being gray bordered. The players in the set are team scoring leaders. The backs are printed in purple ink on an orange background. The cards are lettered A-P. Size: 2.5 × 3.5inches individually.
Stickers
This is a 33-card insert set found one per wax pack. Dubbed the 'Hockey Helmet Stickers' there are included 21 stickers of team logos, pucks, and numbers along with 12 All-Star players. The backs are printed in blue and red over a white background. Size: 2.5 × 3.5in.
Football(soccer)
Saint & Greavsie The Saint n Greavsie All Star Football collection contains 207 subjects. Duplicate numbering on some cards brings a total of 264, however the album for placing the stickers in has only 207 spaces. The set was distributed in the UK in 4-card bubble gum packs with 48 packs to a box. The set is made up of stickers and puzzle cards. There are two sticker sizes of which there are 66 small and 141 large. Size: small- 2.2 × 1.5in. (55 × 39mm); large- 3 × 2.1in. (77 × 54mm)
Non-sport
ALF
In 1988 Topps released a second card set based on the TV show about the creature 'ALF' also known as Gordon Shumway. This 77-card set is divided up into 44 story cards, 22 Bouillabaseball cards, and 11 stickers. Size: 2.5 × 3.5inches
This 66-card set is similar in spirit to the 1962 Mars Attacks set, however instead of a threat from another planet these villains came from the distant past. There are 55 cards with artwork fronts and newspaper style backs. There are also 11 stickers each depicting a different dinosaur and 'biographical' information about it on the backs. Size: 2.5 × 3.5inches
Fright Flicks
This is a 101-card set that covers 15 different horror movies. The first 90 cards in the set have color photographs with humorous captions in red over a white background while the backs are yellow and green with a story below a drawing of a monster. The last 11 cards are stickers with puzzle piece backs. Size: 2.5 × 3.5inches
This was the last year of GPK releases for the U.S. until 2003. Foreign sets would continue to be issued well into the 1990s. A 16th series was planned for 1989 but was never issued. The number of cards issued for the four series released in 1988 not including variations are: 12th - 82 cards, 13th - 80 cards, 14th - 80 cards, and 15th - 80 cards. Size: 2.5 × 3.5inches
Growing Pains
Topps made a 77-card set based on the TV show Growing Pains. The story cards, of which there are 66, have white borders with photos inside a house styled frame. The 11 sticker cards feature photos of each of the cast. The backs of the stickers combine to form a large cast photo. Size: 2.5 × 3.5inches
Hot Hunks
These are 7 large pin-up stickers of popular young actors. The names of the actors do not appear on the stickers rather the large paper wrappers they came in feature all of the head shots of the subjects along with their first names. Size: 4 × 6inches
Neighbours
An Australian issue based on Channel Ten's long running TV soap opera. The set has 66 cards with photos in a film strip style frame. The card backs are blue and offer brief text or cast info.
Pee Wee's Playhouse
The 'Pee Wee' set is a 123 count set of diversified offerings. Most of the cards have silly artwork while other items have screenshots from the show. The different subsets are: 'Tattoo Sheets' (12) 3-3/16" × 5¼"; 'Picture Cards' (33) standard size; 'Stickers' (44) standard size; 'Wiggle Toys' (12) 1¾" × 2"; 'Activity Cards' (22) 3⅛" × 5¼". This set was issued in Fun Packs with 3 Picture cards and 1 each of the other subsets. Size: various
Roger Rabbit
This set totals 154 cards and is based on the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit which featured a live action/animation combo. The set is made up of 132 cards and 22 stickers. The cards have a film clip border on the left side and are captioned below the picture. The card backs offer brief text over an artwork sketch of one of the characters. The stickers have puzzle backs that combine to form one of two puzzles. Size: 2.5 × 3.5inches
21 Jump Street
The Fox television series '21 Jump Street' was captured on 44 sticker cards. The fronts have publicity shots tilted slightly with red frames over a brick background. The backs are either puzzle pieces or have biographical info. Size: 2.5 × 3.5inches
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The company Topps joined the sports cards market in the 1950s becoming a rival to Bowman. After competing with each other for five years Topps bought out Bowman in 1956. Competition still remained however, in the form of Parkhurst hockey cards. Topps produced cards of the United States-based National Hockey League teams while Parkhurst covered the Canadian teams. Topps had produced multi-sport photo cards prior to 1950, namely the 1948 Topps Magic Photos but each set was very small and not considered a major set. This trend was consistent with their first baseball and college football issues: the 1950 Feltbacks resembled college pennants; 1951 Magic football included a scratch-off game on the reverse; Red/Blue Backs intended to be a card game; Connie Mack/Current All-Stars are foldable stand-ups. It was in 1952 that Topps released their first truly major card set. In the autumn of 1951, Woody Gelman and Sy Berger, then a 28-year-old veteran of World War II, designed the 1952 Topps baseball card set on the kitchen table of Berger's apartment on Alabama Avenue in Brooklyn. The 1957 Topps set featured dimensions of 2½ by 3½ inches which has become known as the standard card size. Below is a list with brief descriptions of Topps trading card products for the 1950s.
Despite a brief attempt by Fleer to sign baseball players in 1963, Topps continued its reign as the only major baseball card manufacturer in the United States. On the other hand, Football had more than one professional league in operation, allowing for competing companies to co-exist by producing a major national set for each league. Topps was able to produce National Football League sets from 1960 to 1963 while Fleer issued American Football League sets. Topps then began producing AFL sets from 1964 to 1967 while Philadelphia Gum issued NFL sets. Before the end of the decade Topps revived their basketball issue after a ten-year hiatus. The following is a list with brief descriptions of Topps sports card products for the 1960s. All cards listed are standard size(2½ × 3½ inches). Exceptions are noted.
The 1970s saw Topps go largely uncontested in the sports card market. The decade featured full runs of baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. Aside from issues like Kellogg's cereal premiums which ran throughout the 70s there was not much in the way of major national card manufacturers to compete with. Topps maintained its license agreement with O-Pee-Chee in baseball and hockey. The company would have significantly more ground to cover given the growth of the professional sports leagues during the decade. Major League Baseball added four new teams in 1969 and two in 1977; the National Football League added two teams in 1976; the National Basketball Association gained three in 1970, one in 1974, and the American Basketball Association picked up one in 1972; the National Hockey League acquired two teams in each of 1970, 1972, and 1974. Soccer also made the Topps roster in the 70s, producing English and Scottish 'Footballers' for distribution in the United Kingdom. Domestic soccer was not to be forgotten with a North American Soccer League sticker set in 1979. The following are trading card sets issued by Topps in the 1970s. All cards listed are standard size. Exceptions are noted.
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