Baseball cards we’re getting high prices for Hall of Famers
and great Players. Basketball, Football, and Hockey were cheaper
alternatives to find great Players at bargain prices that people
could afford.
Basketball was getting better TV coverage as Michael and the
Bulls were exciting to watch.
Card companies realized basketball was for real and collectors
are showing interest.
Two companies tried to join Fleer and Hoops. One succeeded and
one did not.
1) Action Packed was a football card producer and took a shot
at basketball with a prototype card. They did not get a license
to produce basketball cards. Finding the prototype is difficult
commands a decent price if you can find one.
2) SkyBox did receive the opportunity to produce cards and they
came up with at the time a computer generated background that
was colorful and pretty cool.
Under the regular card size format, this year produced some of
the first horizontal pictures on cards of Michael. Nike did produce
a horizontal card in 1985 which is modeled after the “Jumpman”
Logo, however it was oversized and does not fit in my frames that
I display my cards in with the other regular sized card I have
in my collection.