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Originally Posted by JollyElm
Hey Steve,
It's possible that other people had them in their neighborhoods, but with me and my family and friends amassing thousands of 1975 cards in Queens and Long Island, we never came across a single 'mini.'
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I'd always just thought that my local convenience store in Dalton, Ma. (A thriving metropolis of about 7500 at the time) was serviced by a supplier that also handled NY.
That makes me wonder if the wholesaler was more upstate somewhere like Albany. Pittsfield makes about as little sense as Dalton for a test or limited release.
Perhaps complicating it slightly is that the shop owner had some "connections" since he got busted by the FBI for selling football cards....So maybe the minis didn't come through a traditional wholesaler at all.