Cheap Wax Wednesday Box Breaks: 2002 Donruss Super Estrellas Baseball
2002 Donruss Super Estrellas Baseball is printed completely in Spanish. This set was actually released mostly in Latin America and parts of the United States with high Hispanic populations. Because of that, there aren’t a ton of these boxes lying around anymore.
The base checklist includes 150 cards, the last 50 of which are a subset called Novato (beginner). They’re short prints. I didn’t actually feature any of the Novato subset here as I didn’t pull any notable names.
The inserts are where this one gets really cool, in my opinion. First, there is a 5″ x 7″ mini poster fin every pack. The other four insert sets look great. All feature Spanish titles, foil fronts, and great designs.
If you come across one of these boxes at a reasonable price, I say buy it. I got lucky and found an eBay auction that ended cheap.
2002 Donruss Super Estrellas Baseball Box Break
Cards per pack: 6
Packs per box: 24
Price paid: $18
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Paquete 1:
Troy Glaus, Eric Chavez, Rickey Henderson & Sammy Sosa Estrellas (one in every 12 paquetes)
Also in paquete 1, a Frank Thomas Posters de Jugadores. I won’t show all of the posters, which come in every pack, just a select few.
Paquete 2:
Sammy Sosa, Jose Vidro, Derek Jeter & Mariano Rivera Nacion de Origen (1:4 paquetes)
This insert is easy to translate, “Nation of Origin.” Twenty Hispanic players are featured on the checklist.
Paquete 3:
Frank Thomas, Orlando Hernandez, Raul Mondesi & Todd Helton Poder de Cuadrangular (1:6 paquetes)
Plus a Cal Ripken Jr. Poster de Jugadores
Paquete 4:
Ichiro Suzuki, Curt Schilling, Barry Bonds, Greg Maddux & Alex Rodriguez Estrellas (1:12 paquetes)
The “Stars” insert checklist features just five players.
Paquete 5:
Jeff Bagwell, Manny Ramirez, Andruw Jones, Jim Edmonds & Elmer Dessens Nacion de Origen (1:4 paquetes)
Paquete 6:
Moises Alou, Fred McGriff, Jermaine Dye & Randy Johnson Precision de Lanzamiento (1:12 paquetes)
Paquete 7:
Craig Biggio, Kazuhiro Sasaki, C.C. Sabathia & Luis Gonzalez Nacion de Origen (1:4 paquetes)
Paquete 8:
Mariano Rivera, Pat Burrell, Barry Larkin & Nomar Garciaparra Estrellas (1:12 paquetes)
Paquete 9:
Jorge Posada, Tom Glavine, Adrian Beltre & Orlando Hernandez Nacion de Origen (1:4 paquetes)
With an Ichiro Poster de Jugadores
Paquete 10:
Jason Giambi, Nomar Garciaparra, Pedro Martinez & Shawn Green Poder de Cuadrangular (1:6 paquetes)
Poder de Cuadrangular translates to “Home Run Power.”
Paquete 11:
Darin Erstad, Ivan Rodriguez & Manny Ramirez Nacion de Origen (1:4 paquetes)
Paquete 12:
Kevin Brown, Todd Helton & Pedro Martinez Precision de Lanzamiento (1:12 paquetes)
Paquete 13:
Edgar Martinez, Mark Mulder & Geronimo Gil Nacion de Origen (1:4 paquetes)
Paquete 14:
Hideo Nomo, Scott Rolen & Edgar Renteria Nacion de Origen (1:4 paquetes)
Plus a Griffey Poster de Jugadores
Paquete 15:
Roger Clemens, Kerry Wood, Omar Vizquel & Alex Rodriguez Poder de Cuadrangular (1:6 paquetes)
Paquete 16:
Lance Berkman, Vladimir Guerrero, Bobby Abreu, Chipper Jones & Ismael Valdez Nacion de Origen (1:4 paquetes)
Paquete 17:
Barry Zito, Randy Johnson, Ken Griffey, Jr. & Roger Clemens Precision de Lanzamiento (1:12 paquetes)
This one is kind of funny, as the direct translation to English is “Launch Accuracy.”
Paquete 18:
Tim Salmon, Miguel Tejada, Bernie Williams & Orlando Hernandez Nacion de Origen (1:4 paquetes)
Paquete 19:
Jeff Bagwell, Manny Ramirez & Ivan Rodriguez Estrellas (1:12 paquetes)
Paquete 20:
Jim Edmonds, Andruw Jones & Bernie Williams Nacion de Origen (1:4 paquetes)
With a Vlad Poster de Jugadores
Paquete 21:
Moises Alou, Shawn Green, Fred McGriff & Luis Gonzalez Poder de Cuadrangular (1:6 paquetes)
Paquete 22:
Craig Biggio, Larry Walker, Mike Piazza & Vladimir Guerrero Nacion de Origen (1:4 paquetes)
Paquete 23:
Alex Rodriguez, Carlos Beltran, Albert Pujols & Greg Maddux Precision de Lazamiento (1:12 paquetes)
Notice the positions feature some different names. Shortstop in Spanish is Campocorto (CC).
Paquete 24:
Gary Sheffield, Mark Grace, Roberto Alomar & Vicente Padilla Nacion de Origen (1:4 paquetes)
Lastly, the Alomar card back — completely in Spanish.
This was an eBay steal from a couple years back, and it was definitely a fun rip. Based on the paquete (I am going to have a tough time calling them anything else from here on out) odds, this box had a few extra tougher inserts. No complaints here. This release is definitely something different and that is always welcome/ Also, all of the inserts, with their foil fronts, look nice.
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