1975 Topps Mini's Distribution

[billyb]

It was my belief that Topps targeted the 75 mini's in just two states, Michigan and Washington, so it makes sense that in the bordering states of Michigan and Washington also were able to pick up some cases to sell, probably from dealers from the two states. Northern California and Ohio were probably the most recipient of the spillage of the stock.

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by billyb

It was my belief that Topps targeted the 75 mini's in just two states, Michigan and Washington, so it makes sense that in the bordering states of Michigan and Washington also were able to pick up some cases to sell, probably from dealers from the two states. Northern California and Ohio were probably the most recipient of the spillage of the stock.

I think some small % of mini distribution can be attributed to which jobbers they used as well. I suspect they used their three main non-NY distribution centers to test 98% of the run and then had some small, controlled releases of it, much like a normal test issue.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by billyb

It was my belief that Topps targeted the 75 mini's in just two states, Michigan and Washington, so it makes sense that in the bordering states of Michigan and Washington also were able to pick up some cases to sell, probably from dealers from the two states. Northern California and Ohio were probably the most recipient of the spillage of the stock.

Western Mass is a long way from either for spillage.

Steve B

[brob28]

Originally Posted by billyb

It was my belief that Topps targeted the 75 mini's in just two states, Michigan and Washington, so it makes sense that in the bordering states of Michigan and Washington also were able to pick up some cases to sell, probably from dealers from the two states. Northern California and Ohio were probably the most recipient of the spillage of the stock.

I can confirm some of the "spillage" made its way to the northwest Chicago suburbs. I was 7 at the time and ended up with some.

[doug.goodman]

90 miles north of San Francisco, and 750 miles south of Seattle (with Oregon in the middle) the only 1975 cards available were minis.

Doug

[ALR-bishop]

Doug---is this like a scavenger hunt ?

[JollyElm]

I was at a show in a suburb of San Francisco on Saturday, and the dealers there mirrored what Doug said. They told me that all they had in 1975 were minis. The regular sized cards to them were the rarities, not the other way around.

On Long Island, we didn't have minis at all and the first time I ever saw one was some time in the 80's.

[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