1987 Fleer minis and more

I've often documented my love of early 1980s Fleer. So many fun and quirky photos in the 1981-1985 years. By 1986-1988 they were definitely getting more professional in their composition but there was still a fair amount of personality. From 1989 on, at least until the late 1990s, their photos got very boring. 

I had the 1986 Fleer mini set but not the 1987. These sets are interesting because they are completely different photos from the base set. For $5 for a lot with a full set, I was glad to scoop it up.

Here are the cards that I found most interesting. Going through the set it seems that Fleer intentionally went for close-ups for the mini-format cards, perhaps thinking the player would be hard to see in an action photo. There are a few action photos but they are closely cropped.

  

There was also advertised a 1991 Pacific Nolan Ryan set. It wasn't exactly a full set though. I had most of it already but I imagine I will still need a few after sorting. Will have lots of extras for trade.

 

I was able to put together this cool sequence though. 

  

There were a few other random cards in the lot as well. That Turf Warriors card is textured, I guess to feel like real turf.