Your opinion - Most overhyped cigar line?
 

Its slow on the boards today, but there are a lot of viewers, so lets have some fun. In your opinion, what is the most overhyped cigar line and why? No need to be offended if someones favorite stick shows up here, we all have different tastes! Ill get it started:

Most overhyped cigar: NUB
Why: Paying full price for half of a stick, didnt live up to claims in marketing, average cigar, and marketing materials in B&Ms were ridiculous (full size cardboard NUB cutouts with tiny brochures attached).

What is your take?

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IMO, most NC boutique brands are over-hyped.
Tat, Viaje, Nub. The list is endless. At least Tats are decent cigars. Nubs are clown cigars.
To say nothing of the stoopid gimmicky names of some of these new cigars. My Uzi Weighs A Ton? One Shot One Kill? Gimme a friggin break.

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Drew Estate products in my opinion are all show and no go.

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Cohiba.

Viaje limited releases may be over hyped. but I'd be lying if i said the skull n bones mystery release isn't one of the best Damn non-Cuban cigars I've ever smoked.

I'll also add any of the super big ring gauge cigars. i gag a little every time i hear a cigar referred to as a behemoth.
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Isn't there some 700 dollar Gurkha going around that reviews very poorly?

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For me, it's Ilusione. I feel like I have given them a fair shot, but I've never had one that I liked, or even finished.

And Nub, obviously.

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Now you're giving someone an idea! :banger

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My local b&m has a thing for Gurkha and RP, I think both of those brands could go away and the world wouldn't be any worse off. The most hyped cigar I've had in a long time is that awful Romeo thing that for some reason seems to be flying off the shelves.

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Tell us how you really feel. :r

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http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/a...4a55092ca8.jpg

These guys. One trick pony. And not a very good trick. Huge marketing budget for one cigar though.

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It would be Cohiba for me. Pricey and the flavor and burn of the cigar doesn't warrant paying that much for them.

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You took the words clean out of my brain!:tu

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Gurkha and RP

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...No, just no.

My most opinion on the most over rated would be any NC Cohiba. They're good, but not nearly worth the price.

Also Ghurkas are obviously at the top of the list as well.

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Ghurkas. fo sho

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His Majesty's Reserve! Not only is it a Gurkha, but it's apparently infused with an entire bottle of St. Louis XIII Cognac....:pu

Here's the link if you wanna by a box...only $15000!

http://www.cigar.com/cigars/viewcigar.asp?brand=456 <--no affiliation

But in all seriousness, I personally feel that Gurkha, 5 Vegas, and Acid are way overrated, but don't deliver. Then again, these companies gotta be doing something right since they sell like crazy.

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behikes or bhk's or whatever...they may be a good cigar or they may be a bad cigar...i dont know never smoked one...but certainly the most (over)hyped cuban cigars in decades.

derrek

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"Let's all pick a cigar we don't like and trash talk it a little."

Seems like an awfully negative thread... I for one see several cigars listed above that I enjoy.

I don't have any problem with a company using creative marketing to increase sales. Everyone has different tastes, overhyped to you may be just what someone else enjoys.

Remember that not so long ago we were in the boom and brands and ad strategies were much more verbose or hyped-up than now... I mean, seriously, go back and look at some of the old cigar ads from the 90s, many of them would have you believe by simply smoking a cigar, you could just go ahead and climb out of your yacht and onto your private jet.

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CC: Cohiba, wasn't impressed with the Siglo (IV or V, cant remember) I tried, nowhere near the hype they get

NC: Between regular Opus(as I haven't had the pleasure of trying any of the rarer stuff) and, because while they can be great with proper age, I see no point in paying $15+ on a cigar I'm gonna have to sit on at least 3 years before it gets decent(I do smoke them fresh out of losing patience and to remind myself why they need the time); and Liga Privadas, while I love the No. 9s, the T52s are horrid, as are the FFPs(which I picked up one more to revisit, lets hope 3rd time is the charm), not to mention the sheer lack of availability of them. I understand if you want to keep the production small, but don't go giving every one and their mother an account and making them damn near impossible to be found.

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Any Cuban stick, IMHO. Boring.

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Interdasting. Even the ligas and undercrowns?

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This for me as well. Guess it all goes back to "smoke what you like, like what you smoke".

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Looks like it would taste about as good as my dogs turd... Glad I never saw these in stores...

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Personally, I have to say Gurkha, Yes there are some decent lines like the Spec Ops, but they have so many lines and so much market saturation I am weary of trying any of their sticks I haven't read closely on for fear of spending my money on a stick with little to no taste...

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Any NC

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Trinidad.

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A good cigar can be overhyped. Like ninja said, lots of cigars I have enjoyed taking a beating, but a cigar can be good, yet still be over-hyped.

Recently for me it has been the Tat mini-monsters. Much ado about nothing.

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Gurkha, Nub and Rocky.

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Agreed they seem to be all hype. I probably had ten in the last three years and not got one yet. I'm not saying a good Cuban doesn't exist but I'm having doubts.

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Liga #9 are OK, T-52 sucked, and Undercrown was the best of the 3 but still not worth the price. When I can get a box of 601 Blues for $70 give or take and DPG JJ Maduros Beli's for $114, both of which I like better than the Undercrown no way I'd pay that much for a box of Undercrowns.

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:hm

care to share with me the source?:salute::salute::salute:

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you can go on famous's cigar monster/name your price right now and get a box for 65 shipped

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I agree Tom about the mini monsters. Just aren't doing anything for me. Very boring smokes.

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Yes,it's insulting to me.But I guess somebody buys them.
Has anyone here ever had or tasted one?

<crickets>

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Yep, that and CI/Cigar.com has them on sale often for $35-37.50 a 10 pack.

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Understood. Thanks.

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thank you doug and taylor!

so sorry for hijacking this thread...

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Gurkha His Majestys' Reserve...EricF brought one to Doms herf last year and we did a PPP with it. I actually took two puffs and would have been mad as hell if I had bought that stick. Total garbage!! :2

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10 whole Cubans? Oh, yeah, write them suckers off!

:noon ;s

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AGREE, thank you Mac... To each his own... :ss

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Don't y'all dare say anything bad about CC's now. The muckety mucks will get out their torches and pitchforks! :tg

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Any of the grape flavored cigars are overhyped. It's a very artificial grape taste.


MCS

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No, it seems that the only cigars "in general" (i.e, not a specific brand) that are getting badmouthed are Cubans. :tg :tg

Sincerely,

An Apparent "Muckety Muck".

So much for "smoke what you like, like what you smoke", huh? :rolleyes:

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Because one might prefer to smoke a particular over another does not necessarily mean that cigars they dont like are "over-hyped" Many "serious" cigar smokers do not smoke Macanudo's but they are still among the best selling cigars in the industry. Rocky Patel has built an empire bringing his cigars to the masses. Today it is chic to bash the boutique makers such as Jon Drew, Pete Johnson and Dion Gioloto. All have their haters and followers. Same with some of the mid level producers like AJ Fernandez, Dr. Cuenca and many others. As very there are very few outlets for advertising all the "hype" comes from other cigar smokers. As long as they are enjoying what they smoke what's the big deal? :2

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Well I did say "I'm not saying a good Cuban doesn't exist but I'm having doubts".

It is harder to get a Cuban than scoring a dime bag in the USA. So I can only go buy what I've experienced but with the all hype I would have thought I'd have a decent one by now. I'll keep trying to sample when I can.

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First, there is no overhyped Cuban apart from perhaps Cohibas. Remember, glowing reviews and hype are two different things.

Which leads me to Viajes and Illusiones. Viajes would be great if the blenders would learn that too much ligero is a bad thing. Illusiones just don't do it for me, but they're not as hyped as most.

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Awesome. More for me. :)

But please, keep me updated on the latest tat release. I LOVE chasing those pj le's... ;)

Disclaimer: I've been drinking.

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Hey Peter,
The new Tat Mummy is out. Tom is looking for a single.

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Shoulda got the saints and sinners VIP membership like I did. I have 6 dress boxes in the humi. They're my yardgars. I've found they light best with a $100 bill.

Suppose I could sell one of em.

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guys,
let get back to the real topic here...(sorry for the offtopic before)

Your opinion - Most overhyped cigar line?

the main thing is your opinion..doesn't matter right or wrong...
and we don't need to bombardie or educate other people to follow our perception or opinion...

if a person perception/opinion about cuban cigar is not same as your perception... so be it... everybody is free to express what they feel and think...

the way i saw it.. there is no problem about "Let's all pick a cigar we don't like and trash talk it a little."...because it your own opinion...

the problem is when somebody start to defend their favorite cigar or not following their taste...

this is free country....
free to think the way we want and free to express it the way we like it...
smoke what your like,like what your smoke...

so i suppose there is no problem when somebody expressing their thought... suits you or not... doesn't matter...

because its our own opinion....rite?

xxxxxxx

so back to the topic,
yup i do think that nub cigar is over hyped even i do like nub cameroon... same goes to room 101 regular line... the way they market it its like a superstar cigar... but i think camacho corojo is wayyy better for my palate...