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Best set of year

My arbitrary determination of the best mainstream set of each year since 1981:

1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991 
1992
1993



Total tally so far:

Topps - 6; Upper Deck -3; Stadium Club - 2; Donruss - 1; Fleer - 1

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