'87 Topps was the first set of cards I collected. Every week, with my one dollar allowance, I would buy two packs at 40 cents a pop at the Burger Dairy store on the corner of Kern and US-31 in South Bend, Indiana.

The packs came with a stick of pink gum which I usually threw away without chewing because it was not good gum.

The cards, on the other hand, are legendary. The wood border, the many iconic images, and the players' names written in the perfect font.

My current theory for why the wood border is ideal is that it makes you feel like you're looking at posters hanging in someone's basement rec room. It's homey.

I owned almost all of the ‘87 Topps set, including each of the four cards below. I might have these four cards lying around somewhere still, but I'm not sure.

If you collected ‘87 Topps, I hope you enjoyed the trip down memory lane. If you never did get your hands on a pack, I hope you will now clearly see that ‘87 Topps is the best set of cards ever made.