Famous Nic 3000

[MajorCaptSilly]

I have a bundle of torps that are about 1.5 years old. I really like them. I don't go back 6 years on these but about 3 years.

MCS

[MarkinAZ]

Originally Posted by Silound

So I dug out a few of these from the bottom of my cooler recently. They're at least 6 years old (the last time I ordered from Famous), and they're still every bit as good as I can remember...

I think you can consider yourself fortunate S. I remember smoking a couple of robusto' from that time period, and they were very enjoyable cigars. There's a story behind that early batch of cigars that were destined to become a particular brand of cigar, I believe they were called "Series X" made by United Tobacco for Oliva. The Fuente' had an issue with the "X" as they had the "Opus X" and there appeared to be trademark infringements. Thus, the Series X did not make it onto the market under that name.

Now, I'm kinda shootin from the hip, but I'm sure there may be a few hardcore veterans here with a more accurate picture regarding the early release of the Famous 3000 series...

[Cigahs]

They're still the same cigar with the same blend. Changes in taste may be attributed to newer tobacco crops.

Oliva used to make a cigar for Erik Espinosa & Eddie Ortega (United Tobacco / EO Cigars). The brand was simply called 'X'. Due to similarities with 'Opus X', the Fuentes built a case and killed the brand.

We (Famous) picked up those cigars and re-packaged them. The rumor goes that they were re-banded as N3Ks. We can live with the rumor but that doesn't mean it's true.

[SvilleKid]

Originally Posted by Cigahs

They're still the same cigar with the same blend. Changes in taste may be attributed to newer tobacco crops.

Oliva used to make a cigar for Erik Espinosa & Eddie Ortega (United Tobacco / EO Cigars). The brand was simply called 'X'. Due to similarities with 'Opus X', the Fuentes built a case and killed the brand.

We (Famous) picked up those cigars and re-packaged them. The rumor goes that they were re-banded as N3Ks. We can live with the rumor but that doesn't mean it's true.

And a damn good job Famous has done in maintaining these as a very affordable bundle cigar that has kept it's original profile and taste through the many years!