Share your favorite mini

lawnmowerman

Let's see your favorite mini card and give some background as to why it's a special part of your collection. It can be any sport, modern or vintage.

Mine is the 1996 Playoff Trophy Contenders Emmitt Smith, Bam Morris Back to Back. It is near and dear to my heart for a few reasons.

1995-96 was a good time in my life. I had just moved out of my parent's house and into my own place. The Cowboys had just wrapped up their third Super Bowl in four years (a record at the time until the Patriots tied that mark). I met a girl that eventually became my wife. One of her favorite things to do was to go to Walmart, late at night and check out all the weirdos 😂

While at Wally world, we would go to the card aisle and I would let her pick the packs for me. After that, we would hit a local 24-hour diner, grab a bite to eat and open the cards in the booth. We ended up pulling a copy of the card shown in the pic. I still have it in my raw collection. Good times.

doubledragon

I stumbled into this thread by accident, but I'm glad I did. I enjoyed that story lawnmowerman! Also a very cool card.

lawnmowerman

Awesome. Appreciate that dragon

ZTarg

lawnmowerman

I knew Verne would make an appearance at some point. I just wasn't sure who would post him 🤣

Stone193

Hiya Matt

This one was a 30 buck trade that was sent in and came back a 9 - might have been my first "club" sub?

lawnmowerman

Hola Mike
Fantastic, baby faced Ryan

Kid4hof03

That's a great card, Matt and even better story.

I'm not exactly sure if these qualify, but I've begun to really like the 1972 Sunoco stamp set, while I'm not bothered by Topps' 1970's airbrushing, there is something great about seeing Cowboys of that era with the star on their helmets.

Redglobe

Wow, I remember getting them at the gas station with my dad and receiving them,and ultimately filling the stamp book full...wish I would'e kept it.

Redglobe

Nice remembrance,and fond memories.Thanks for posting them.

lawnmowerman

@Kid4hof03 said:

I'm not bothered by Topps' 1970's airbrushing, there is something great about seeing Cowboys of that era with the star on their helmets.

Fantastic Sunocos

As a Cowboys fan, I completely agree. However as a kid, I couldn't understand why the star was missing. It bothered me so much I actually took a blue pen and put stars on a few of the helmets🤣

Kid4hof03

One more from me, I'm a big Don Meredith fan, he doesn't have many cards so I really enjoy each one I get. This is a punched 1969 4 in 1 card.

lawnmowerman

@Kid4hof03 said:
One more from me, I'm a big Don Meredith fan, he doesn't have many cards so I really enjoy each one I get. This is a punched 1969 4 in 1 card.

Great Dandy Don! He was so underrated as a player that most people forget how great he was.

VoteDizzy

My card, but not my scan.
Living in Seattle and being a hockey fan, you can't overlook Marc Boileau. He spent 9 years in town, 6 as a player and 3 as a coach. Apparently he was a fan of the city as well as I read somewhere that his ashes were scattered in Puget Sound.

LarkinCollector

Pop 1, none higher and issued 43 years prior to the card used for him in the World Golf Hall of Fame Rookies, First Year Issue, or Early Key Card Set

KendallCat

@Stone193 said:
Hiya Matt

This one was a 30 buck trade that was sent in and came back a 9 - might have been my first "club" sub?

Mike - sweet 75 Ryan. Love that card and have not been able to find one. That is a beauty.

KC

lawnmowerman

@LarkinCollector said:
Pop 1, none higher and issued 43 years prior to the card used for him in the World Golf Hall of Fame Rookies, First Year Issue, or Early Key Card Set

Did you find that raw and grade it? Seems to me like a rare card that would take a bit of searching to find

LarkinCollector

@lawnmowerman said:

@LarkinCollector said:
Pop 1, none higher and issued 43 years prior to the card used for him in the World Golf Hall of Fame Rookies, First Year Issue, or Early Key Card Set

Did you find that raw and grade it? Seems to me like a rare card that would take a bit of searching to find

No, I stumbled across it already graded.

magicpapa

2005 UD Mini Jersey Collection
Signature Jerseys
Each Signature Jersey packed out as an exchange card, which expired July 14, 2008.

Odds 1:360

Stone193

Thanx Keith.

stevegarveyfan

Hey, it's a Garvey. What else am I gonna do?

3stars

Waiting for a Topps Micro to make an appearance.

akuracy503

magicpapa

I rear-ended a car this morning. So, there we were alongside the road and slowly the other driver got out of his car. You know how sometimes you just get soooo stressed and little things just seem funny? Yeah, well I couldn't believe it... he was a DWARF! He stormed over to my car, looked up at me, and shouted, 'I AM NOT HAPPY!'

So, I looked down at him and said, 'Well, then which one are you?'

krisd3279

You really need some sort of warning before I read these at work......

LarkinCollector

@3stars said:
Waiting for a Topps Micro to make an appearance.

Since no one else obliged ...

KendallCat

@1970s said:

@KendallCat said:

@Stone193 said:
Hiya Matt

This one was a 30 buck trade that was sent in and came back a 9 - might have been my first "club" sub?

Mike - sweet 75 Ryan. Love that card and have not been able to find one. That is a beauty.

KC

That means, "Please sell it to me asap!!!"

Usually yes but not in this case. I have it on my list but too many other things in front of it to pull the trigger on one. Heck I have had a Brett rookie in 8.5/9, Schmidt rookie in 8.5, 75 Ryan in a 9... on my lost for a while, but people keep selling Mantle cards and 70’s unopened and I keep buying them 😄

KC

lawnmowerman

@LarkinCollector said:

@3stars said:
Waiting for a Topps Micro to make an appearance.

Since no one else obliged ...

Wow... that's a wittle baby Larkin! I think this is my smallest Emmitt

LarkinCollector

@lawnmowerman said:

@LarkinCollector said:

@3stars said:
Waiting for a Topps Micro to make an appearance.

Since no one else obliged ...

Wow... that's a wittle baby Larkin! I think this is my smallest Emmitt

For those lacking space, the complete sets aren't much larger than a pack of Starburst

skrezyna23

krisd3279

Too mini to choose from