With no mainstream set for the first film, 1989 Topps Back to the Future Part II gave the franchise its first major foray into trading cards. It’s a standard release with no real surprises, but its place in history and the endearing popularity of the trilogy has helped make it popular.
1989 Topps Back to the Future Part II Checklist Details
The 88-card base set takes collectors not only into the movie but the year 2015. The world had changed in some ways but not in others. Hoverboards are a thing and Jaws was apparently still churning out the sequels. It’s a straightforward recap of things, summarizing key part of the story into trading card snippets.
While looking into a possible future, the design is very much one from 1989 with red and yellow gradient fronts and plenty other little things going on. 1989 was a time of bright colors and general tackiness so it fits even if it looks dated today.
Complimenting the base set are 11 stickers, one of which is in every pack.
I’m sure if Topps could go back in time they would have visited the 1985 original. Instead, collectors have to look to the scarce and small 1985 Kellogg’s Back to the Future set that was only available in Canada or Panini’s sticker collection.
1989 Topps Back to the Future Part II Checklist
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Set size: 88 cards
Cards per pack: 10
Packs per box: 36
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Base Set Checklist
88 cards.
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1 The Return of Marty McFly
2 Onward, To the Future!
3 The DeLorean Takes Off!
4 Tomorrow’s Mission Today!
5 Hill Valley, 2015
6 The New, Improved Town Square
7 A Peek Into the Future
8 Wonders of Tomorrow
9 Future Shocks
10 Incredible, Isn’t It?
11 A Must for Nostalgia Freaks
12 Check This Place Out!
13 Hello, Anybody Home?
14 Griff Makes the Scene
15 Griff’s Criminal Plan
16 Makeshift Escape!
17 The Pit Bull Brigade
18 Hoverboarding Marty!
19 Here Comes Trouble …
20 Whew! That Was Close!
21 Yeeeeoooowwwwww!!!
22 Griff Is Fully Foiled
23 A Timely Idea
24 Purchasing the Past
25 Returning to Town Square
26 The Times They Are A’Changing
27 Mission (Somehow) Accomplished!
28 The Capture of Jennifer
29 Biff’s Outlandish Scheme
30 Follow That DeLorean!
31 Jennifer Is…Home?!
32 Marlene Comes To Call
33 Future Family
34 A Possible Paradox?!
35 Stealing Some Time!
36 I Want My F-TV!
37 Marty McFly Junior
38 Spotted By Jennifer
39 Marty McFly, Age 47
40 A Peekaboo from Guess Who?
41 Doc Has His Hands Full!
42 Back from the Past
43 What Could Be Wrong?
44 Mr. Strickland Takes Aim
45 This Is Nuts…!
46 Everything’s Different—!
47 The Whole Town Has Changed!
48 Tannen’s Henchmen
49 A Family Squabble
50 Mom…and Dad?!
51 Where’s George McFly?
52 Dear, Departed Dad
53 Biff Hits the Jackpot!
54 Doc Brown’s New Plan
55 Mad, Murderous Biff
56 Not This Time, Tannen!
57 The Rescue
58 Back in ’55
59 Marty in Disguise!
60 Biff Is Scorned!
61 Biff’s Mysterious Benefactor
62 Another Way To Travel!
63 A Familiar Scene
64 Retrieving the Almanac
65 Their First Kiss
66 Go, Marty, Go!
67 Man In the Shadow
68 Somethin’ Weird’s Going On…!
69 Seeing Double!
70 When Time Trippers Collide!
71 Saved By Doc (Again!)
72 Burning the Almanac
73 Good News!
74 More Good News!
75 Western Union Delivers!
76 Trapped In the Past!
77 Marty’s Original Escape
78 No…Not Again!!
79 Next Stop…1885!
80 The Once and Future Car
81 The Spider Car
82 Scat Hovercraft
83 Taxi Cab
84 Retrofitted Ford prototype
85 Twin Turbo-Charged Prototype
86 Cafe ’80’s (Interior Set)
87 Michael J. Fox Is Marty McFly
88 Until Next Time…!
Stickers Checklist
11 cards.
1 per pack.
1 Delorean
2 Marty Talking in Walkie Talkie
3 Marty in Front of Delorean
4 Marty, Einstein and Doc Brown
5 Doc Brown
6 Marty Close-Up
7 Old Marty
8 Doc Brown and Marty Looking Out
9 Marty and Doc Brown Looking at Each Other
10 Marty Sitting on Delorean Hood
11 Delorean Flying
