Cheap Wax Wednesday Box Breaks: 1993 Topps Stadium Club Series 2 Football
1993 Topps Stadium Club Football was split into three releases. Series 1 and 2 feature 250-card checklists, while High Series was available only as a 50-card box set. Back in 1993, Stadium Club was considered a super premium set. Imagine comparing these cards to the high end sets coming out today? Luckily, the images are crisp with the “High Definition Photo Technology” that Topps was touting.
This set is fairly simple. There is one parallel, 1st Day Production, that signifies just that. These land once per box. Super Team inserts are also one per box. There is also a Jerry Rice record breaker card that is a bit tough to find, inserted once in every 101 packs.
1993 Topps Stadium Club Series 2 Football Box Break
Cards per pack: 14
Packs per box: 24
Price paid: $12
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Pack 1 highlights:
Deion Sanders MC & Desmond Howard
Pack 2:
Cornelius Bennett
Bennett was drafted second overall in the 1987 NFL Draft.
Pack 3:
Junior Seau
Pack 4:
Michael Strahan, Herschel Walker & Roosevelt Potts DP
Pack 5:
Merril Hoge
Merril has a unique middle name, DuAine.
Pack 6:
Emmitt Smith MC, Anthony Miller & John Randle
Pack 7:
Ken Norton
Pack 8:
Sterling Sharpe MC & Ray Crockett
Crockett just looked too cool here to not show him off.
Pack 9:
Barry Sanders MC & Lawrence Taylor
Pack 10:
Shannon Sharpe, Joe Montana, Morten Andersen & Leroy Butler 1st Day Production (1:24 packs)
Pack 11:
Thurman Thomas MC, Ronnie Lott & Carl Pickens
Lott made 10 Pro Bowls and was named an All-Pro six times during his Hall of Fame career.
Pack 12:
Brett Favre MC, Jim McMahon & Drew Bledsoe
Pack 13:
Ken Norton & Brett Favre MC
Pack 14:
Herschel Walker
Walker rushed for 1,070 yards in 1992, his first season in Philly.
Pack 15:
Irving Fryar
Pack 16:
Steve Young MC & William Perry
Pack 17:
Desmond Howard, Deion Sanders MC & Reggie White
Deion is clearly preparing to return a kick or a punt here. He did rack up five return TDs while playing for Atlanta.
Pack 18:
Derrick Thomas MC & Jake Reed
Pack 19:
Junior Seau & Anthony Miller
Pack 20:
Emmitt Smith MC & Emmitt Smith Dallas Cowboys Super Team Card (1:24 packs)
Since the Cowboys won the Super Bowl in 1994 (1993 season playoffs), this Super Team card could have been redeemed for a 500-card Stadium Club set featuring gold foil Super Bowl logos. Unfortunately, the redemption expired on June 1, 1994.
Pack 21:
Mo Lewis & Willie Roaf DP
Pack 22:
Randall Cunningham MC & Marcus Allen
Pack 23:
Sean Gilbert
Sean must be celebrating one of his 42 1/2 career sacks.
Pack 24:
Steve Young MC & Irving Fryar
Lastly, the Marcus Allen card back. I have said it before, and I am sure I’ll say it again — I dig the Rookie Card images on the backs.
This could have been a really nice box back in 1993. Sure, a LeRoy Butler 1st Day isn’t a name to be super excited about but the Cowboys Super Team card would have been a winner. At the time, the estimated value of the redemption set was $100.
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