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11-11-2009, 07:00 PM | #21 |
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Re: Famous Nic 3000
Since I started buying them the price has creeped up every year since the bandless edition first came out . And they are still a great cigar . The only special I ever saw with them was the inclusion of a free bundle of Nic 1000 Churchills . Very plain but my Bro in-law loves them 1000's . If you buy a bundle and don't like them I'm sure they would be easy to sell here .
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11-11-2009, 07:08 PM | #22 |
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There's a lot of old chatter about this brand on the old Club Stogie now Poofda.com or something like that.
Go back and search for the rumored history of the original 3000's. Interesting stuff and really good cigars. Can't comment on the latest blend if it's the same or not. At the price point they're worth a shot.
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11-11-2009, 08:12 PM | #23 | |
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Why is this? Clearly, an altruistic vendor makes no rational sense. No, I feel it is more a free advertising ploy. They get so much free press in the cigar community, it's like free Famous commercials? Hype stick? If you say so. They sure blow Gurkhas and Graycliffs out of the water imho, so I guess it all depends how you define hype stick.
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11-11-2009, 08:22 PM | #24 | |
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When the description of a cigar reads: "One of the most talked about cigars on the internet...." that equals hype IMO... I could be wrong... And maybe we describe hype differently, which is fine... I have never seen a Gurkha or Graycliff add say that... |
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11-11-2009, 08:25 PM | #25 |
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I don't think they are hype sticks. They have been producing these for many many years and for a while they were always in stock as the demand wasn't that high. They sell out faster and faster simply because people talk and word spreads about how good of a smoke these are and word gets around. As far as bundled cigars I think these are one of the best and priced fairly well for a bundled cigar unlike some other shops that still charge $6-$7 for what esentially is a house brand/bundled cigar. Yes, the taste will change from year to year slightly. It's to be expected as the taste can change slightly with each crop. You will see this even with high dollar smokes and if you happen to pull a 2 year old stick and compare it with a stick that you bought a few days ago they will taste different. Different crops and one has been aged. These used to be a part of my regular rotation a few years ago but than I moved on to other things. I did recently smoke a newer release and I still think they are a great cheap smoke.
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11-11-2009, 08:30 PM | #26 | |
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11-11-2009, 09:13 PM | #28 |
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Re: Famous Nic 3000
The original ones were unbanded Olivia Serie X that were dumped after Fuente sued them (thanks Carlos) & they couldn't be sold as Serie X.
They were very nice cigars. I haven't had any of the ones Famous had produced after the first run ran out, so I can't say if they're different or not.
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11-11-2009, 11:30 PM | #29 |
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I guess I must have misunderstood what you meant by hype stick. I typically think of smokes like the Nub as being hype sticks where they were all people were talking about and everyone thought they were the best thing since sliced bread but yet they hadn't been released yet which made everyone nuts and start calling and seeking them out release day and also on the far end of the spectrum I consider Opus and Anejos albeit great smokes as hype sticks. Everyone wants them, most enjoy them but they can't be had all the time due to limited release dates controlled by the manufacturer(IMHO to create hype) and the retailers that do get them know this so in turn a bunch then double the mark up because they can and because people will still pay it. I honestly don't think the Nic3000s fit into this category. IMHO, its only the serious cigar smokers who typically know about them and seek them out. The average consumer who typically would help the hype machines for smokes like the Nub, LE Tats, Opus etc don't typically know about the small but very enjoyable bundle/house brands.
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11-12-2009, 06:00 AM | #31 |
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11-12-2009, 07:09 AM | #32 | |
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11-13-2009, 07:32 AM | #33 | |
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I've had several of them side by side and thought they were exactly the same cigars. A couple of others who tried them thought the same. When you compared them, you compared the first run 3000s with X that were still available in a few places at the time? The sizes were the same as Olivia had produced for X and they were box pressed, which the X were but which a bundle would typically not. They also came out at the time when Olivia would have been getting rid of them if they didn't plan on just naming them something else. Proof, no.
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11-13-2009, 07:45 AM | #34 | |
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I have compared the X series to Original Release 3000's in each vitola. I still have some X series. I have done vertical tastings and they taste very different to me. Maybe it's aging, or different crop from different fields, who knows? But they tasted different to me. Lookwise, they are similar, but a lot of different cigars look the same.
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11-13-2009, 10:33 AM | #36 |
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as for the ""most talked about on the internet"" review...
Famous was OVERRUN with Internet and phone call orders for the Nic3K What was it caused by? the Internet Cigar Boards. PERIOD. No advertising can compete with word of mouth. |
11-13-2009, 01:41 PM | #37 |
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Re: Famous Nic 3000
Got a 5 pack of the torpedo size about a month ago. Looking forward to trying them in the next coming months. I'm assuming these get better with age, but they can't be all that bad fresh right?
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11-15-2009, 09:39 PM | #38 | |
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11-30-2009, 05:05 PM | #40 |
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I just bought 20 of these so here's hoping they're great.
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