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Sunday, November 3, 2019

Year: 1987

“ I like this set however I think they could have found a better photo of Mr. Moreland. ” -chvlDm

“ I don't think I own any 1987 Fleer, I know I don't have any Glossys. How this escaped me back in my early collecting days, I don't know. ” -muskie027

“ I miss the days of one parallel for a set and easily identifiable. You look at glossy vs. regular and it is obvious in a moment, which is which. ” -davidhandberry

“ Against all my instincts, I love this series. The blue frame is soothing, and I like the way the top of the player stands out from the picture into the frame. I like the back, too. Cards need to provide complete stats on the back, and this one does. Overall, the design is a bit simplistic, but it works very well. Maybe the simplicity is what is so nice about it. ” -georgecf

“ I know I'm probably in the minority, but in my opinion this was the best looking Fleer set of the 1980's. Not to mention that they were impossible to find on store shelves in 1987. ” -DocOso

“ This has always been one of my favorite fleer designs. Saying that, I have always hated the glossy version because it isn't easy to tell it apart from the regular. ” -YoRicha

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Lyrical Kees

Posts: 142
Joined: Aug 2015

Sunday, November 3, 2019 12:07 PM
Collecting was a lot simplier then, as there weren't 25 different inserts or 20 parallels for that matter

OogaBooga

Posts: 212
Joined: Dec 2016

Sunday, November 3, 2019 12:59 PM
I always thought it one of the easier sets to differentiate between base and glossy....the feel,the look when you angled to the light..looked like someone sprayed a clear-coat of awl-grip on`em.....

captkirk42

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Joined: May 2011

Sunday, November 3, 2019 2:47 PM

I like the design and love the regular base set, I'm not that big into the Glossy/Tiffany parallel sets anymore. When they first appeared in the early 1980s yeah I liked them alot, but like everything else with trading cards since the mid 1980s it was overdone, and now I rarely think about these things. When one appears in hand I'm a bit bummed that I only have the glossy version and not the flat base.

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hckydv7

Posts: 2
Joined: Jun 2012

Sunday, November 3, 2019 6:50 PM
I have this Glossy set but after 20 years on the shelf I opened it only to find all 660 cards where not even cut square. Boo.

orcish1982

Posts: 37
Joined: Oct 2016

Sunday, November 3, 2019 6:51 PM
This is one of my favorite sets of all time. I used to match packs for fun at a local card shop, and I've got thousands of these cards. ------------------------------- "I may not be a great athlete, but I think I'm a real good football player" - Steve Largent

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