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1987 Topps Hockey Complete Set - $100 (Anaheim)
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Overview:
• Set Name: 1987-88 Topps Hockey
• Total Cards: 198
• Card Size: Standard (2½″ × 3½″)
• Manufacturer: Topps Chewing Gum, Inc. (U.S. release)
• Parallel Set: O-Pee-Chee (Canada) — nearly identical design but 264 cards and bilingual text.
• Design Theme:
• Simple white border
• Team color banner at bottom with player name and position
• Team logo in upper-right corner
• Classic ’80s Topps card stock with slightly rough backs
Distribution & Packaging:
• Wax packs: 7 cards + 1 stick of gum
• Display boxes: 36 packs per box
• Factory sets: None officially sold by Topps that year
• Printing: U.S. (Topps) and parallel print runs for Canadian O-Pee-Chee
Key Cards:
• Wayne Gretzky. #53
• Mario Lemieux. #15
• Patrick Roy. #163
• Luc Robitaille (RC). #42
• Adam Oates (RC). #123
• Bill Ranford (RC). #13
• Rick Tocchet (RC). #2
Other Rookie Cards:
In addition to the “big four” (Robitaille, Oates, Ranford, Tocchet), these players had first-year Topps cards:
• Esa Tikkanen #7
• Greg Paslawski #10
• Ulf Samuelsson #23
• Mike Liut and several role players debuting after brief call-ups
Subsets & Checklists
• Team Leader Cards (6) – show team scoring/goalie leaders
• Checklists – #197 and #198
• No All-Stars or Inserts – Topps kept the design simple in 1987; inserts appeared later in the decade.