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The Ammo Box is back!

Los Angeles, August 30 – Retailers are getting ready to receive new merchandise shown at the RTDA show, plus the return of one of the great cigar items of all time: the Belinda Ammo Box!

Abner’s World:
Helix is on sale this week, now part of the General Cigar empire. It’s a wonderful mild cigar that we ranked no. 3 among all such cigars on the U.S. market. The price was already accessible, but now it’s downright cheap:

> x 542 (5 x 42) was $43.25 for a box of 25, now $41.25, lowest in our survey;

> x 550 (5 x 50) was $47.50 for 25, now $44.95, and

> x 652 (6 x 52) was $53.50 for 25, now $49.95.

AtlanticCigar.com:
Atlantic is offering a unique Camacho sampler that’s a great way to try Christian Eiroa’s best-loved blends.

This four-pack includes one each of the Face-Off by Christian Eiroa (5 3/4 inches by 50 ring), a unique blend with tobacco provided by Litto Gomez of La Flor Dominicana; one Camacho Corojo 11/18 (a 6 x 54 perfecto that is hard to find in any case); one Camacho Corojo Monarca (5 x 50) with a hard-to-find maduro wrapper and a Camacho SLR Rothschild (4 1/2 x 50), also in maduro. Four difficult-to-find Camachos for $24.50, while they last.

BestCigarPrices.com:
Davidoff of Geneva introduced a modestly-priced line at the RTDA show offered in bundles of nine tubos (“3x3") or 16 cigars (“4x4"). BestCigarPrices has them now:

• 3x3 Tubos, at the lowest prices in our review:

> Churchill (6 3/4 x 48), nine tubos for $21.50, and

> Robusto (4 7/8 x 50), nine tubos for $20.50.

• 4x4 Bundles, the same blend as in the 3x3 Tubos, but without the tubes:

> Churchill (6 3/4 x 48) in the bundle of 16 for $33.50;

> Corona (5 x 43), 16 for $29.75;

> Figurado (4 3/4 x 48), 16 for $30.50;

> Robusto (4 7/8 x 50), 16 for $31.50.

Corona Cigar Company:
A limited time deal on the C.A.O. l’Anniversaire eXtreme line, with all sizes offered at $99.99 for the box of 20. These normally go for between $96.00 and $137.50 for the bigger sizes in our survey, so act now while they last.

Famous Smoke Shop:
Arthur Zaretsky must have brought cash to the RTDA (no wonder we never saw him!) because he’s first to list many new items, with stock arriving any day now:

• Ashton Sovereign, a new size, a 6 3/4 x 55 torpedo, offered in a box of 25 for $219.95.

• C.A.O.’s new Cx2 with Cameroon wrapper and binder:

> Beli (7 x 56), in the box of 20 for $207.00;

> Rob (5 x 52), 20 for $165.00, and

> Toro (6 x 54), 20 for $182.00.

• Camacho SLR Perfecto No. 2 (5 1/2 x 50), with a maduro wrapper, offered in the box of 25 for $108.95, lowest in our survey.

• Graycliff Espresso, on special for some five-packs, lowering prices from the outrageous to the simply ridiculous:

> PG (5 1/4 x 50), was $89.95 for five, now $61.95;

> Pirate (6 x 52), was $107.95 for five, now $79.95, and

> President (7 x 48), was $107.95 for five, now also $79.95.

• La Aurora, a brand of high quality which gets lost among the more heavily-promoted Dominican cigars:

> No. 4 (5 1/4 x 43), in the box of 25, regularly $50.95, now $45.95, lowest in our review;

> Cristals (6 1/4 x 41), in glass tubes in a box of 10, regularly $41.95, now $36.95, lowest we have seen.

• Master Blends 2 by Oliva, first to carry:

> Churchill (7 x 50), 20 for $179.95;

> Robusto (5 x 50), 20 for $161.95 and

> Torpedo (6 1/2 x 52), 20 for $197.95.

• La Tradicion Cabinet Series Perdomo Reserve Champagne in five-pack samplers, now $5 off; regularly $25.95-37.95, now $20.95 to 32.95. Best value is the “E” (6 x 54), now five for $26.95.

• Partagas Padre, a new size at 6 inches by 50 ring, in the box of 20 for $95.95.

Famous is also listing all of the Altadis USA wood mold sets we profiled yesterday. The Honduran sets for Gispert and Saint Luis Rey are $29.00 for ten robustos and $31.50 for toros. Maria Guerrero sets are $55 (robusto) and $60 (toro).

Dominican sets of 10 are available for H. Upmann Vintage Cameroon at $50 for robustos and $55 for toros; Montecristo White sets are $85 and $90 and Romeo y Julieta sets are $65 and $70.

Famous is also the first to list Romeo y Julieta tubos in jars:

> Churchill en Tubo (7 x 50), in a jar of 20 for $121.95;

> Clemenceau en Tubo (6 x 50), jar of 20 for $98.95 (by far the best deal);

> Rothchilde en Tubo (5 x 50), jar of 20 for $94.95;

> No. 2 en Tubo (6 1/8 x 52), jar of 20 for $121.95, and

> Romeos Court (5 1/2 x 44) in tubes, jar of 25 for $117.95.

J-R Cigars:
The Ammo Box is back! J-R’s stunning original use of a 30-caliber ammunition box converted for use as a humidor is back in production!

Each Ammo Cabinet holds 105 Belindas of 6 1/4 inches long by 45 ring (English Market Selection or maduro wrapper), priced at just $1.14 a cigar, not counting the box! At just $119.95, how can you resist?

J-R’s Lew Rothman has noted in the past that the boxes are the real problem and often have customs problems moving between Caribbean countries before ever getting to the United States. But the problem has been solved for now and the Belinda Ammo Box is back among us.

And the winner is:
Congratulations to Steve Mongro of Flushing, New York, winner of our “Register & Win” drawing for a savory bundle of 25 Felipe II Fusion robustos from our Perelman, Pioneer & Company humidors.

Up for your pleasure this week is a big blue box of 25 PUNCH Punch from Honduras. These are powerful cigars in the Punch style in a traditional Lonsdale shape of 6 1/4 inches by 44 ring, provided courtesy of General Cigar. It will be awarded in our drawing to be held on Sunday, September 3.

To enter, just click on the “Register & Win” tab above and fill out the required information. You must be 21 or older to win and all of our CigarWire subscribers are automatically entered for every drawing. Good luck!
~ Rich Perelman

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