They were widely available here on the west coast to kids buying cards. I see more minis than regular 1975 cards at shows in my home area still, probably because of this. Made the set really easy to build. My dad, who was 13 in 1975, said he bought several boxes worth (the most of any set he had) of the minis because he was aware at the time that they were some kind of regional issue and people elsewhere had the regular size cards. He doesn’t remember getting any of the regular size that year or if local retailers carried both. All memories are subject to error, but there’s some anecdote.
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