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Devildog1Devildog1 Posts: 931 ✭✭✭✭✭
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 Well actually two boxes. Should have put this in the what did you get today thread but I am pretty stoked about these.  Now I forced myself to make a coolador tomorrow.  Between these the opus x me and @matkn293  box split plus what I have and the buying binge I have been on I am loaded up.  Back on topic.
what was your first box purchase?

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    matkn293matkn293 Posts: 3,565 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Oliva Melanio v. Still one of my favorites. 

    Life is too short to smoke bad cigars!!!

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    jarublajarubla Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Tatuaje lancero sampler. I cannot bring myself to break the seal, lol
    “There’ll be two dates on your tombstone and all your friends will read ’em but all that’s gonna matter is that little dash between ’em.” -Kevin Welch
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    SleevePlzSleevePlz Posts: 6,249 ✭✭✭✭
    I think it was a box of Arturo Fuente Solaris.
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    Bob_LukenBob_Luken Posts: 10,016 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cuesta-Rey, Stanford's Cameroon Reserve, Pyramid # 9.
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    bandyt09bandyt09 Posts: 4,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
    La Gloria Cubana Serie R #5 Natural in January 2008. Still have 2 cigars out of it left.
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    PatrickbrickPatrickbrick Posts: 7,734 ✭✭✭✭✭
    matkn293 said:
    Oliva Melanio v. Still one of my favorites. 
    Me too!!
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    Lee.mcglynnLee.mcglynn Posts: 5,960 ✭✭✭✭
    Padron 85 maduros couldn't help myself 
    Money can't buy taste
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    CharlieHeisCharlieHeis Posts: 8,167 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Man O War Ruination. FTW.
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    smoke_em_if_you_got_emsmoke_em_if_you_got_em Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cigar.com Brazilian label...minus the box. They sold me 20 singles for the box price since the boxes were not in stock @ the time. 
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    jarublajarubla Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭✭✭
    smoke_em_if_you_got_em said:
    Cigar.com Brazilian label...minus the box. They sold me 20 singles for the box price since the boxes were not in stock @ the time. 
    So...you had a Brazilian, 20x?

    Ouch


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    skydiverDskydiverD Posts: 2,713 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Still haven't bought a box yet!  LOL. Just call me Mr. 5'er. One of these days, one of these days...   :D
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    twistedstemtwistedstem Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mine was a box of Obsidian double perfectos .Still have the box!


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    ol_smokey1ol_smokey1 Posts: 26 ✭
    The local B&M was going out of business this past summer so a lot of goodies were on sale. My buddy and I split a box of artuto fuente gran reserva maduros. Boy was that a let down! I only was able to smoke 2 because they were dried out. Tried bringing them back up to humidity to no avail. Only arturo fuente I've had and I was pretty disappointed I wasted so much money. It's a shame but I can't bring myself to buy another fuente after that. Sorry for being such a downer haha! Hope your purchase treats you well
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    matkn293matkn293 Posts: 3,565 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sorry to hear your issues. I myself have had no issues with any fuente line. I am wondering if the B&M had something to do with it. 

    Life is too short to smoke bad cigars!!!

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    Usaf06Usaf06 Posts: 10,974 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would definitely blame the b&m over AF
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    kaspera79kaspera79 Posts: 7,257 ✭✭✭
    Usaf06 said:
    I would definitely blame the b&m over AF

     I agree here.  I've smoked far more Fuentes cigars than any other cigar line, and never had a bad one.  I'm talking hundreds. Perhaps the B & M slipped in the attentiveness of the conditions the cigars were being stored in, it would be unfair to blame AF for that.
     

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    peter4jcpeter4jc Posts: 15,408 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I haven't had a cigar that was totally dried out, since I've only been smoking/storing cigars for 18 months, but I was under the impression that given enough time and proper humidification cigars could be brought back to life.  ?
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    ol_smokey1ol_smokey1 Posts: 26 ✭
    Ah, I wasn't trying to imply that the fuente line constructs poor cigars--I whole heartedly agree it was most likely the B&M who neglected proper care/storage.  I was simply saying because of the experience, I haven't bought one since, which is a shame because I've heard a lot of great things.  Those H. Uppmans always catch me first though..

    I tried for about 6 months, but I just couldn't bring any life back to them.  It's not a big deal...you win some, you lose some.
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    The3StogiesThe3Stogies Posts: 2,652 ✭✭✭✭
    Always remember your first box, or boxes, lol.  Actually I bought 2 as well, 5-Vegas Classic and MOW Virtue.  Had never smoked a premium before just jumped in with those.
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    Amos_UmwhatAmos_Umwhat Posts: 8,429 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My First box?  Oh my goodness, I've no idea, that would have been > 30 years ago.  My first box here was either Perdomo Reserve Maduro (?), no longer made, or Gurkha Park Ave., which led me to a number of regrettable Gurkha purchases.
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    Dark_RoastDark_Roast Posts: 1,070 ✭✭✭
    My first box was AF 858 maduro. I was single living in Orlando FL in an appartment all by myself and I smoked every single one inside. Ah those were the days!  
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    No_one21No_one21 Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭
    UC UNDERCROWNS! Man I was so anxious getting a box, and I knew that no matter what I could always pick up an undercrown and enjoy it. Worth having 20 of them, and I got a great deal.
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