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Monday, May 2, 2016

Year: 1990

“ My all time favorite baseball set. Seriously, I love this design. A friend just sent me a box full of them, which I have not yet added to my collection here on the Database. ” -Billy Kingsley

“ I actually like these cards. The color scheme works for me, along with the fact, the card presents basic easy to read information. Kind of a shame how his life has gone, after his playing days ended. ” -engine614

“ Being a Mets fan, "Nails" was one of my favorites. A real sparkplug that energized the team. Rumor is he was a little too wild for the Mets, so they traded him. As for the card design, tops my list of ugliest designs. ” -C2Cigars

“ Despite all his natural athletic ability, Nails got an edge any way he could. One of a few about whom teammates would say "wouldn't want to play against him, but can't stand him as a teammate either". ” -dilemma19

“ Largely despised upon release, it has risen in favor in many collector's eyes. Not these. Almost looks like this could have been the follow-up to 1972 or 1975. Dykstra was a great player. Loved him with the Phils. A shame what's become of him post-baseball. ” -vrooomed

“ This is the first set of baseball cards I ever collected on my own. ” -wax_house

“ These cards smell the best. ” -carthage44

“ I have always liked this set. Many people have not. I can sort of understand since the bright color designs appeared to be totally random and didn't match up with the team colors. Hmmm I seem to recall a really popular now vintage set from the mid 1970s that was similar; random bright color designs that didn't match the team colors. Can you say Nine-Teen-Seventy-Five? Yeah I KNEW you could. ” -captkirk42

“ Back when cards were made out of cardboard....and we liked it. It's Topps, it's baseball, it's all good with me. ” -Kaline6

“ I really liked this set as a kid. Very colorful with a decent design. Set seems prone to poor aging due to the materials used. A lot of warping and cards sticking together. Luckily I've got thousands so I can stand to get rid of the damaged ones here and there. ” -Mitch

“ LOVE IT!!!!!! Another trip down memory lane............ ” -RoyalChief

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skrezyna23

Posts: 145
Joined: Jan 2015

Monday, May 2, 2016 1:20 AM
One of the most boring and ugly sets ever made. No idea how any of you like this look. Yuck! ------------------------------- http://koreancardboard.blogspot.kr/

FuriousGeorge

Posts: 72
Joined: Feb 2016

Monday, May 2, 2016 9:19 AM
A design reminiscent of the 1989 NKOTB set or some MTV release, it's so very 90's. Hate the design. The Frank Thomas error rookie is about the only saving grace.

RoundtheDiamond87

Posts: 808
Joined: Oct 2015

Monday, May 2, 2016 10:16 AM

The 1990 Topps set is truly awesome. It was a sharp contrast from previous releases leading up to 1990, but shared similarities with much older Topps sets such as: 1981, 1975, 1972, and 1960. After going back and looking at this set years later, I became fascinated by the design. The inner border actually matches the team colors (only the outer border is random). This is one of the last bubblegum card sets using the old-fashioned type of card stock.

The 1990 Topps master set contains quite a few add-ons such as: Topps Traded (x132), Topps Debut '89 (x152), Glossy Send-ins (x60), Glossy All-Stars (x22), Glossy Rookies (x33), and Award Winners '89 (x6). The set also contains numerous rookies and early cards for players like F.Thomas, S.Sosa, K.Griffey, C.Biggio, R.Johnson, T.Glavine, G.Maddux, O.Vizquel, R.Alomar, etc.

If you haven't looked through this set in a while, go back and take another look. It's truly a hidden gem in both design and content. You'll probably want to go back and upgrade your existing collection.

Edited on: May 2, 2016 - 10:20AM

rmpaq5

Posts: 2024
Joined: Nov 2014

Monday, May 2, 2016 6:34 PM
Hello all, new to these boards. I do remember over on Beckett a member had a "Worst Set Design by Topps" contest and this set "won.' About a year later he did the contest for best base set design by Topps...and this set won.

NJDevils

Posts: 6343
Joined: Sep 2010

Monday, May 2, 2016 6:51 PM
No team logo + no position = no good

muskie027

Posts: 692
Joined: Apr 2016

Monday, May 2, 2016 9:28 PM

I was an avid Topps collector from my start in 1986. This was the year I backed away from Topps. I started collecting it, but never really went all in because I couldn't get over the look. I started putting all my efforts into Fleer, Donruss, Score, and Upper Deck. I always disliked this set, and I only took a one year hiatus, as I got back into Topps in 1991. As I get older, this set is growing on me. I might need to go back and try to finish what I started 26 years ago.

rushrules

Posts: 37
Joined: Feb 2016

Monday, May 2, 2016 10:03 PM
Can't stand the design. Everytime I look at someone who is selling their kids cards its always this set. The Dude was fun to watch, he had a great series against the Braves and Toronto in '93/ Fun fact, my buddy was drinking w/ him and Dutch Daulton the night they got in the big crash.

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