The mini card is an interesting animal. It exists as something distinct from the base set. And because it is "different," it brings out all of our idiosyncrasies as collectors (and we sure have a lot of them anyway). Collectors choose to go in so many different ways with minis. Some refuse to acknowledge their existence. They just don't want them messing up their 2-by-3 world. Some collect only tobacco minis and I'm willing to bet that before this recent outburst of 1975 Topps-style minis began in 2011, some didn't know there was any other kind of mini besides tobacco minis. Some collect only certain kinds of minis. That would be me. I collect tobacco minis -- Allen & Ginter only, please -- and the original 1975 Topps minis. I also collected the Topps Lineage '75 mini tribute cards until I completed that set . But I draw the line on all other minis that are out these days. They don't interest me and it's gotten to be too much of a good thi...
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