This a list with brief descriptions of Topps

Topps

The Topps Company, Inc., manufactures chewing gum, candy and collectibles. Based in New York, New York, Topps is best known as a leading producer of baseball cards, football cards, basketball cards, hockey cards and other sports and non-sports themed trading cards.-Company history:Topps itself was...

 trading card

Trading card

A trading card is a small card, usually made out of paperboard or thick paper, which usually contains an image of a certain person, place or thing and a short description of the picture, along with other text...

 products for 1986. All sets listed are standard size (2½ × 3½ inches) unless noted.

Base Set

The 1986 Topps set totals 792 cards and was issued in wax, cello and rack packs or factory sets. Subsets include Pete Rose

Pete Rose

Peter Edward Rose , nicknamed "Charlie Hustle", is a former Major League Baseball player and manager. Rose played from 1963 to 1986, and managed from 1984 to 1989....

 Tribute, Record Breakers, Turn Back The Clock, All-Stars, Team Leaders, Checklists, and Manager

Manager (baseball)

In baseball, the field manager is an individual who is responsible for matters of team strategy on the field and team leadership. Managers are typically assisted by between one and six assistant coaches, whose responsibilities are specialized...

 cards. 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. Size: 2.5 × 3.5 in.

There are two card #141's...The Bob Rodgers card #141 is supposed to be card #171.

Traded Set

The 132 card Traded set, issued in a factory sealed box, was printed in Ireland on white cardstock. The cards are identical in appearance to the base set except for T-suffixed numbering and are ordered alphabetically by player name. This set includes traded players and managers, and rookie

Rookie

Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of their sport or has little or no professional experience. The term also has the more general meaning of anyone new to a profession, training or activity Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of...

 cards. Size: 2.5 × 3.5 in.

Glossy Send-Ins

This set totals 60 cards and was available by mailing in the special offer cards found in 1986 Topps wax packs. The fronts have a glossy player photo while the backs say All-Star Set Collector's Edition and include the players name, team ,and position. Size: 2.5 × 3.5 in.

Glossy All-Stars

This set totals 22 cards and was available as an insert in 1986 Topps rack packs. The back says All-Star Game Commemorative Set and includes the players name, position and league. There are 11 cards each for the American

American League

The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...

 and National League

National League

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...

 All-Star teams. Size: 2.5 × 3.5 in.

Mini Leaders

The Mini set includes 66 cards and was available in wax packs. The cards vaguely resemble the base set and featured players that led various statistical categories. Size: × 3 in.

Topps Super

The Super set is a large size version of the base set totaling 60 cards. The players do not carry their corresponding number from the base set, rather they are renumbered 1-60. Size: ×  in.

Wax Box Cards

The "Box Bottom" cards were featured 4 to a box on the bottom of the wax pack boxes of 1986 Topps of which there were 4 different boxes for a total of 16 cards. They resemble the base cards except for a red top border instead of black and were lettered A-P rather than numbered. Size: 2.5 × 3.5 in. when individually cut out.

Other sets

Traded Mickey Mantle Bronze Metal replica of his first Topps card available to dealers who purchased a Topps Traded case. Size: 1¼ × 1¾ inches.
Gallery of Champions (12) This set is metal replicas of regular issue cards in 1/4 scale of twelve players. There are three variations: aluminum, bronze and silver. The Don Mattingly card has a fourth variation in pewter given to dealers who bought the set. The sets were issued in a velvet lined case. Size: 1¼ × 1¾ inches.
Tattoos (24) While there are twenty-four sheets, the set features 192 different players. The player images as well as the other baseball action images can be transferred. Size: 3-7/16 × 14 inches (sheet) 1½ × 2½ in. (player).
Stickers (315) The full color photos and are numbered on both sides. The back has info about an offer to order a complete 1986 Topps set or win a trip to spring training. There are playoff and World Series subsets. An album was also available to place the stickers in. Size: 2⅛ × 3 inches.
3-D (30) This set was printed on plastic with an embossed player picture. The player's name is across the bottom with the letters of the team name is at the top in a row of baseballs. The backs are blank except for two peel off adhesive strips. Size: 4½ × 6 inches.
Super Sample One sample card was produced of the Super set using the Eddie Murray card. The back stated 'Special Collector Sample Actual Product To Have Statistics Printed On White-Board Card Back.' Size: 4⅞ × 6⅞ inches.

Parallel Sets

In 1986 Topps issued Tiffany sets of the Base set and the Traded set in limited quantities only available as Factory sets.

Licensed sets

For the O-Pee-Chee sets that resembled the Topps issue see 1986 O-Pee-Chee

1986 O-Pee-Chee

-Base Set:In 1986 O-Pee-Chee licenced version of the Topps 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...

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Retail/Food Issues

These are sets issued by other companies in conjunction with Topps.

• Kay-Bee
  KB Toys
  K·B Toys was a chain of mall-based retail toy stores in the United States. It was founded in 1922 by the Kaufman brothers. K·B operated 605 stores in 44 U.S. states, Puerto Rico as well as Guam. It was privately held in Pittsfield, Massachusetts...
  
   33 card box set called Young Heroes of Baseball
  Baseball
  Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
  
  . Size: 2.5 × 3.5 in.
• Quaker Granola
  Quaker Oats Company
  The Quaker Oats Company is an American food conglomerate based in Chicago. It has been owned by Pepsico since 2001.-History:Quaker Oats was founded in 1901 by the merger of four oat mills:...
  
   33 cards issued with granola bars or mail-in. Size: 2.5 × 3.5 in.
• Woolworth's
  F. W. Woolworth Company
  The F. W. Woolworth Company was a retail company that was one of the original American five-and-dime stores. The first successful Woolworth store was opened on July 18, 1879 by Frank Winfield Woolworth in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as "Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store"...
  
   33 card box set. Titled Topps Collectors Series. Size: 2.5 × 3.5 in.

Base set

The football set contains 396 cards and was issued in wax packs and factory sets. The borders have a football field motif of green with white stripes. Subsets include Record Breakers, league leaders, Super Bowl, checklists, and Team cards. Size: 2.5 × 3.5 in.

Box Bottoms

This 4 card set contains team photos of the Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Rams, New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins, each participant in the NFC and AFC Championship games. Each card was printed on the side of regular issue wax pack boxes. The cards are lettered A-D. Size: 2.5 × 3.5 in.

1000 Yard Club

This set totals 26 cards and was issued as inserts in the football wax packs. The 'members of the club' are players who gained 1000 yards (914.4 m) or more during the season by rushing or receiving. Size: 2.5 × 3.5 in.

Stickers

This set totals 285 stickers some of which came in pairs. The fronts are white bordered with a shadow box frame while the backs has info printed in brown on white background. There are also two All-Pro foil subsets. An album was available for holding the stickers. Size: ×  inches

Base Set

The 1986-87 Topps hockey set totals 198 cards and was issued in wax packs. Below the player photo is the player's name, position, team name and team logo. The backs have career stats and highlights. Size: 2.5 × 3.5 in.

Box Bottoms

This 16-card set appeared as four different 4-card panels on the bottom of wax pack boxes. The cards are lettered A-P. Size: 2.5 × 3.5 inches individually.

Stickers

This is a 33-card insert set found one per wax pack. Dubbed the 'Hockey Helmet Stickers' there were included 21 stickers of team logos, pucks, and numbers along with 12 All-Star players. The backs are printed in blue and red over white background. Size: 2.5 × 3.5 in.

Garbage Pail Kids Series

The popularity of the Garbage Pail Kids prompted Topps to release four more series in 1986 along with several supplemental sets. The numbers of cards issued for the regular series not including variations are: 3rd - 82 cards, 4th - 84 cards, 5th - 80 cards, 6th - 88 cards. Size: 2.5 × 3.5 inches
The other GPK sets issued are the following:

• GPK Buttons (12) Size: ×  inches
• GPK Giant Stickers (15) Size: ×  inches
• GPK Posters (18) Size: 12 × 17 inches
• GPK Giant 1st Series (39) Size: ×  inches
• GPK 3-D Wall Plaks (12) Size: × 9 inches

Howard The Duck

This 99-card set is based on the movie Howard the Duck. There are 75 story cards with movie scenes on front and back. There is also a 22-sticker subset which are numbered but uncaptioned. The remaining two cards are a title card and a checklist. Size: 2.5 × 3.5 inches

Labyrinth

Labyrinth Bubble Gum came in plastic bags which featured one of five characters from the John Henson/George Lucas film. The character's name appears in a box next to the illustration on the back of the wrappers. Size: ×  inches

Little Shop Of Horrors

The wrappers of the Little Shop of Horrors set feature Audrey II declaring it as the 'New Hit Movie'. The set itself contains 44 sticker cards. The first 32 cards tell the story with photos and text. The other 12 cards form a puzzle. Size: 2.5 × 3.5 inches

Snotty Signs

This set features 24 different signs with humorous or gross statements. The signs resemble typical street style designs such as red octagons(STOP) or yellow triangles and diamonds(Yield). Size: " square

Snotty Signs Stickers

Topps issued a second Snotty Signs set this one containing 44 cards in standard size. The cards have 3 stickers on the front, one large and two small. The backs of the cards combine to form a large picture. Size: 2.5 × 3.5 inches

Sources

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