Base Set

In 1986 O-Pee-Chee

O-Pee-Chee

The O-Pee-Chee Company, Ltd. was a 20th-century Canadian confectionery company that produced candy until the mid 1990s. The company, based in London, Ontario, was originally owned by the McDermid family . The company was later owned by Frank Leahy and then, sold to his son in law, Gary Koreen...

 licenced version of the Topps set

1986 Topps

This a list with brief descriptions of Topps trading card products for 1986. All sets listed are standard size unless noted.-Base Set:...

. It was basically identical to the Topps set, however it only had 396 cards instead of the 792 in the Topps set and had the Topps branding replaced with O-Pee-Chee branding. The cards were printed on lighter grey cardstock, featured bilingual backs, and some had added traded lines. Player cards had a picture in the middle, the upper 1/4 of the background was black (with the rest being white), the team name appeared across the top, the player name appeared across the bottom, and the player's position appeared in a small circle in the corner of the picture. Manager cards for the Montreal Expos

Montreal Expos

The Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 through 2004, holding the first MLB franchise awarded outside the United States. After the 2004 season, MLB moved the Expos to Washington, D.C. and renamed them the Nationals.Named after the Expo 67 World's...

 and Toronto Blue Jays

Toronto Blue Jays

The Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball team located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball 's American League ....

were issued, but for no other teams. The Topps logo was covered over with a white box with black outline featuring the O-Pee-Chee logo. Size: 2½ × 3½ in.

Hockey

The 1986-87 O-Pee-Chee Hockey set was basically identical to the Topps set of the same year, however it had 264 cards instead of the 198 in the Topps set.
The set was issued in wax packs. Below the player photo is the player's name, position, team name and team logo. The bilingual backs have career stats and highlights. Size: 2.5 × 3.5 in.
The key rookie card of the set is Patrick Roy (#53). Other notable cards are rookies of John Vabiesbrouck (#9), Wendall Clark (#149), second year cards of Mario Lemieux, and Al MaCinnis and of course the Wayne Gretzky card of the set.