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Since even after more than a year my blog posts won't generate on the site (though I've asked about it), figured I'd share this one in the forum.  

Based on the January Beckett being 1980s themed and the About the Cards guys giving their top cards and sets of the 1980s, I figured I'd offer up my opinions.  

Would love to see other blogger post about it!  

I LOVE THE 1980S!

-kin

My top 5 '80s sets are: 

1. 1989 Topps - love the swoosh design and clean looking cards;
2. 1989 Bowman - love the BIG cards and the nostalgia they bring to '50s cards;
3. 1988 Topps - the first set I bought when returning to the hobby, I have since broken it down and traded many of the cards for team sets or PC;
4. 1986 Donruss - there's someting about the blue borders that I find very attractive;
5. 1986 Topps - love the black border with the bold letering atop the cards.

My top 5 cards from the '80s:

1. '86 Topps Traded #11T Barry Bonds XRC - the first "expensive" card I ever owned;
2. '86 Topps #389 Glenn Davis - I hated seeing the Big Bopper traded to Baltimore;
3. '89 Donruss #561 Craig Biggio RC - he became my favorite all-time Astro after he retired;
4. 1988 Fleer Baseball All-Stars #34 Nolan Ryan - so many to pick from, but only as an Astro;
5. 1989 Topps #726 Dickie Thon - he was never the same after being beaned as an Astro, but this picture shows he bounced back and had a lengthy career.

Here are my choices...

Sets

1. 1984 Fleer
2. 1982 Topps
3. 1989 Upper Deck
4. 1985 Donruss
5. 1988 Topps Big

Cards

1. 1984 Fleer Update Kirby Puckett
2. 1987 Topps Mark McGwire
3. 1986 Topps Traded Bo Jackson
4. 1983 Topps Frank Viola
5. 1982 Donruss Kent Hrbek

My top 5 sets:

1. 1985 Fleer
2. 1983 Topps
3. 1982 Donruss
4. 1984 Topps
5. 1985 Donruss

Kari

Top 5 Favorite 80's Sets:

1. 84 Donruss

2. 89 Upper Deck

3. 82 Donruss

4. 86 Topps/Traded

5. 89 Topps/Traded

My Top 5 Single cards

1. 89 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr.

2. 82 Donruss Cal Ripken Jr.

3. 84 Donruss Dom Mattingly

4. 85 Topps Kirby Puckett

5. 89 Topps Traded Ken Griffey Jr.

I'll play!

Top five 1980s sets

1. 1981 Fleer
2. 1987 Topps
3. 1984 Donruss
4. 1989 Fleer
5. 1987 Fleer

Top five 1980s cards

1. 1984 Donruss Mattingly
2. 1982 Topps Traded Ripken
3. 1985 Topps McGwire
4. 1980 Topps Henderson
5. 1989 UD Griffey

I like the music from the 80's. But then I'm old any way.

Not old enough if you liked 80s music. Classic rockers like me held on to U2 to get us from the 70s through the 80s music with some semblance of normalcy. 

The 80's was far and away the greatest decade ever for music. Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, Survivor, Van Halen, Poison, Night Ranger, and so many others made up the songs that I consider the soundtrack to my life. Even Kiss, who is more known for what they did in the 70's, came out with some great stuff in the 80's. In retrospect, I think I enjoy 80's Kiss even more so than 70's Kiss (and I love 70's Kiss).

Thanks for sharing, everyone!