Your Favorite Donruss Sets from 1981-1991

[JustinD]

For me, simply because of the memories, it's 1981 all day.

I remember my excitement at having two more brands hit the market and honestly completely ignoring the 81 Topps release so I could just buy Fleer and Donruss.

A close second is the 82's for having the first in the series San Diego Chicken card that my young self thought was awesome, lol.

[midmo]

Originally Posted by JustinD

For me, simply because of the memories, it's 1981 all day.

I remember my excitement at having two more brands hit the market and honestly completely ignoring the 81 Topps release so I could just buy Fleer and Donruss.

I agree. I was 10 years old and that was my second year of collecting. It was super exciting when the new brands came on the scene.

After that I'd go with 1984 for quality. The Mattingly is still one of my favorite cards from that era.

[bobsbbcards]

It's 1990 for me.

[PowderedH2O]

I lived in the West Palm Beach area in the mid 1980's. I had no problem finding Donruss in the stores. I had boxes of 1984's, 1985's and more. I loved the 1985's. I still do actually. I loved the 1981's when they came out. They were colorful, as opposed to the rather bland 1981 Topps. Of course, the card stock, printing quality, and card distribution was awful. But, I was a teenager, so I didn't care. I guess I would rank 1985 the best, and a tie with 1981 as my favorite, but mostly for nostalgic reasons. I would rate 1988 Donruss as one of the worst sets ever. Ugh!