Originally Posted By gsd1983:
Are you talking about the PCA releases or just one you’re look g forward to in general?

Originally Posted By DirtyHandsRob:
The only new cigar I know about is Warfighter Tobacco's Night Shift. But Warfighter is the only cigar company I pay attention to, so I'm biased.

Still haven't tried the Night Shift yet tho.

Originally Posted By User55645:
Not sure which OpusX you like, but cigarplace has the Oro Oscuro for ~$27/ea. I just put an order in, last night, for some Fuente's, Drew's, RP's, and Oliva Nubs.

Originally Posted By gsd1983:
Rob’s a horrible shill.

Full disclosure, I’m the Ops guy for Warfighter and I’ve known Rob for probably close to 10 years now.

If you’re after a sampler we have a 10-pack that is one of everything we make in a toro.

Originally Posted By gsd1983:
Rob’s a horrible shill.

Full disclosure, I’m the Ops guy for Warfighter and I’ve known Rob for probably close to 10 years now.

If you’re after a sampler we have a 10-pack that is one of everything we make in a toro.

Originally Posted By DirtyHandsRob:


You definitely should.

My favs or 50cal, especially the Garrison, Heroes Sports and Victory. Dumpster fire is a good any time smoke.

If you listen to their podcast, they might mention a discount code.

Originally Posted By gsd1983:
Rob’s a horrible shill.

Full disclosure, I’m the Ops guy for Warfighter and I’ve known Rob for probably close to 10 years now.

If you’re after a sampler we have a 10-pack that is one of everything we make in a toro.

Originally Posted By DirtyHandsRob:


Freedom Friends Podcast. I use Google Podcasts.

Now back to regular scheduled thread.... What else is new out there?

Originally Posted By 68MUDSTUD:
What cigars are you waiting for? I thought maybe we could build somewhat of a list of when certain cigars come out, maybe along with where to find them. Without posting the full list from halfwheel.

I'm guessing that yearly coffin sampler box thing comes out around halloween, where is the best place to get it? What has come in it in years past?

I'm waiting for the next opusX release, and hoping it's terrible so I don't have to buy more at 33+/stick.

Originally Posted By 68MUDSTUD:
$3K?!?! wow. where did you find out about the opus/padron?

Originally Posted By USMCSGT0331:
Start with something from their Hemingway series and their Anejo series. This is where their company gained many followers, I'd stay away from their cheaper lines of cigars (unless it's the Gran Reserva Sungrown Flor Fina 8-5-8, that's a classic Fuente cigar). See what's in stock at your local shop and choose a size that you prefer. If there's a Hemingway Between The Lines, or an Anejo Shark 77 on the shelf, buy them and enjoy! Those are 2 classic Fuente cigars that I've always looked forward to seeing in stock.

From there, grab some cigars in the Don Carlos Anniversario series (not the regular Don Carlos line), those cigars are fantastic! Boxes of the Don Carlos Eye of the Bull and Eye of the Shark hit dealers shelves about a week ago. See if there's any in stock at your local shops. Anything Don Carlos Anniversario is great, they started out as a limited edition back in 2006 (I think I have one of the original '06 humidors), but they're now regular production.

Here's a good Don Carlos sampler:

https://www.coronacigar.com/arturo-fuente-don-carlos-edicion-assorted/

You can also try the Casa Fuente and the Lost City cigars. Casa Fuente cigars used to only be available at their store Casa Fuente in Las Vegas, but they're now available in brick and mortar stores. The Casa Fuente cigars are a special blend, the most sought after vitola is the Phantom (lancero). I'm not really a fan of this line, but there's lots of people who enjoy them. Try out a few Casa Fuente cigars and see if you enjoy them.

The Lost City has a cool story behind them. A movie was being filmed at the Fuente plantation, but it was the off season for growing. They decided to plant some tobacco in order to have plants growing for the movie scenes. Instead of trashing everything after filming was complete, they decided to harvest the tobacco and try to make cigars out of it. To their surprise, the tobacco and subsequent cigars were fantastic! The original release of the Lost City was made from that years crop, and they've been growing it ever since. I've been smoking the Lost City cigars since that original release, they're a nice change of pace from the regular Opus X line. These are limited production, but they're available at Fuente dealers. Like the Casa Fuente, the most sought after vitola is the lancero. I don't think they've rolled any of those 2 lines of lanceros in a while, it's been years since they've released them in that size. If you stumble across any Phantoms, buy them!

There's also a cigar that Fuente has had a hand in, but isn't part of any of their cigar lines, it's the God of Fire cigars. The God of Fire line of cigars is fantastic, I highly recommend trying them! Like some of the other series, this one started out as a limited edition cigar from the humidor maker Prometheus. Eventually the God of Fire became a regular production or limited production cigar, so you can usually find it in brick and mortar stores. Definitely try a few of these, you might like them. Their original release was awesome, the humidors were unbelievable. They made 100 Prometheus humidors with a glass door that's hand etched/carved that features the god Prometheus having his liver eaten by an eagle! I have 2 of the 5 colors that were released for this humidor, the red sycamore and black macassar. I'd love to find a blue humidor to add to the collection, but in almost 20 years I've never seen one.

Fuentes flagship cigars are the Opus X. They have a ton of different versions these days: regular Opus X, Forbidden X, Lost City, Oro Oscuro, Angel's Share, Dubai Exclusivo, 20th Anniversary, 25th Anniversary, Toy Maker, etc. The most sought after are the ones that are completely nonexistent, like the 25th and anything Toy Maker. I've always enjoyed the Forbidden X line, those are Opus X cigars that have been aged in empty calvados casks. Forbidden X are excellent cigars, definitely try them!

Also, back around 2008, Fuente teamed up with a company to bottle the calvados with a compartment in the bottle for a limited edition Forbidden X cigar. For the first time we could try the calvados with the cigar that's aged in the empty barrels! Unfortunately, there's some kind of laws against packaging alcohol and tobacco together, so it was only available for about a year. I went though dozens of bottles and drank a ton of it at the God of Fire dinner in '08, lol. I still have 1 unopened bottle with booze and cigar intact, to me it's absolutely priceless. If you ever come across one of these bottles, buy it, they're extraordinarily rare and not many still exist.

What you want is a sampler pack or singles. Ask your local shop when boxes will be coming in, and grab a few sticks to try. Also ask when the holiday sampler packs will arrive. The sampler packs can be really good and you can try 5+ rare cigars for a few hundred dollars (and they come in a very nice display box).

You can get the samplers produced by Fuente, the boxes they come in are extremely nice and look great in the humidor or on display. Holts is sold out of the Opus samplers, but they will be back in stock at dealers at some point, they are released every year. This company also has some God of Fire and Lost City samplers available. Check around and only buy from reputable shops online, there's a lot of places that overcharge for the limited edition stuff.

https://www.holts.com/samplers/all-cigar-samplers/fuente-fuente-opus-6-assortment.html

Compare those prices to the ones available here:

https://cococigars.com/product/arturo-fuente-opusx-heaven-earth-6-cigars-sampler/

As you can see, Holts is sold out of their 6 cigar sampler at the MSRP of $260, Coco has 3 of the the same samplers available for $460 ($200 markup). These samplers are released every single year, so there's absolutely no reason to ever pay over MSRP for them! Just have patience and talk to your local shops. Get on any wait lists if possible and find out when they have any shipments coming in. You can also sign up for "in stock" notifications for some online stores, but I've always been able to get anything I wanted from my local shop, so I don't buy much online. If you don't have any large Fuente dealers in your area, then you're stuck with the online option.

Or you can find a company that makes their own sampler packs, these don't come in a box, this is just a selection from whatever boxes the store has on hand. Here's an example of a sampler that's put together by a cigar shop:

https://www.thecigarthief.com/product/flashy-fuente-sampler/

Again, only buy from well known stores, there's a lot of "fake" stores online with everything super rare in stock and at below MSRP prices. Stay far away from any online stores that are too good to be true! If they truly have rare stuff at unbelievable prices, the cigars would be constantly sold out. These stores are scams, beware of them.

I hope this helps! There's tons of Fuente cigars and many lines that I haven't discussed. Hopefully this helps you start your journey into Chateau Fuente!

Here's my basement bar with some extremely rare humidors:

https://i.imgur.com/99x2MDJ.jpeg

Originally Posted By baize82:
RoMa Craft has a new one, the name of escapes me
HVC Golden Hot Cake
Perdomo 30th
DT&T Polpetta now that they’re gonna be regular production

Originally Posted By 68MUDSTUD:
I emailed Tatuaje and asked if they were doing a monster mash this year, and they said no... but they did tell me this...

"Regarding the Monster series, we release a new Monster cigar every October.  This year is The Face and it's a big 6 3/8 x 56 San Andres Maduro wrapped cigar. The Monster Mash was a release we did in 2021.  There are no plans to release another for awhile but you may be able to find some boxes online still. "

Originally Posted By D_Man:
Sucks about the monster mash, hopefully they do the advent calendar for Christmas again this year, I loved those small vitolas.

I do have my local shop holding a box of the Face re-release for me though.

Originally Posted By User55645:
The 14 cigar monster mash sampler (not the skinny set) can still be found.

Eta: Says in stock

Opus7

As is the case with the Opus5, a total of 300 Opus7 travel humidors are scheduled to be released: 150 will ship in November 2023, while the remaining 150 will arrive in May 2024.

Fuente Fuente OpusX BBMF Natural
Fuente Fuente OpusX BBMF Maduro
Fuente Fuente OpusX El Escorpion Natural
Fuente Fuente OpusX El Escorpion Maduro
Fuente Fuente OpusX Purple Rain
Fuente Fuente OpusX Rare Black Torpedo
Fuente Fuente OpusX Tauros the Bull Maduro
MSRP: $474

Production: 300 Total Boxes

Release Date: November 2023 & May 2024

Originally Posted By 68MUDSTUD:
It seems I posted a bit too early, upon reading the rest of the article, it looks like Opus 8 and lost city carlito's A will be out the same time! im in for two boxes of each. fuck it!

Originally Posted By TXBO:


Where do you buy your Opus X?

The only place I have been able to find complete boxes in stock is cigarcountry.com.....and they're proud of them.

Originally Posted By 68MUDSTUD:

I just bought a box of lost city from tampasweethearts.com. plus a bunch of other stuff. Also snagged a couple from Fox from their email Friday afternoon.

Originally Posted By gedeon:
Plas40 code for 40% off at hilands cigars in Scottsdale.  I thought it was too good to be true and asked my close friend who just took over the AZ market for Perdomo if he had been to Hilands yet.  He said Perdomo dropped them for brand damaging discounts.  I fo’d!  Will post a pic if all goes well.

Originally Posted By 68MUDSTUD:
I am super excited for the Opus5,7 and 8 to come out, as well as the boxes of purple rain, BBMF, rare black, Big B, scorpio, el escorpion, etc. I am refreshing tampasweethearts website and tobacconistofgreenwich website at least twice a day, and i am on email lists on cigar country, and pleasantsmoke for them.

If anyone finds any leads, please let me know!