1975 Topps Mini's Distribution

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Doug---is this like a scavenger hunt ?

20 miles from Clear Lake...

[Lueth2048]

My neighborhood in suburban Cleveland was saturated with minis for a short time in 1975. It probably coincided with the arrival of two kids from the Bay Area who spent the summer at the house of a kid who lived down the street from me.

[ALR-bishop]

Those two kids probably really messed up Topps test distribution plan

[Lueth2048]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Those two kids probably really messed up Topps test distribution plan

In our neighborhood they did. We had no idea what the minis were and didn't like them when they showed up.

[Acollector]

I always wondered how rare the mini's are. It seems there are plenty of supposedly sealed wax boxes on ebay. I guess they are rare compared to the standard sized cards. The end price of the wax boxes for the mini's on ebay would suggest they are rare, but I've seen what to me seems like a lot.

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by Acollector

I always wondered how rare the mini's are. It seems there are plenty of supposedly sealed wax boxes on ebay. I guess they are rare compared to the standard sized cards. The end price of the wax boxes for the mini's on ebay would suggest they are rare, but I've seen what to me seems like a lot.

I wonder if the numbers are close actually. Given how may regular 75's were destroyed just by kids being kids and years later moms being moms and how many mini's were still sealed decades later, I'll bet the difference is not all that great.