MEGA Review III Signup & Voting

[buzz]

Alright fellas, the dust has settled and the nightmares I was having (involving Mangyrat) have ceased…
time for MEGA Review III!

So, one of our esteemed members offered up the suggestion of having the review series be done on a single manufacturer, using cigars varying in prices. Just a second…

Ok, here we go (read in a girly voice):

I had an idea that I'd like to throw out to you guys. What if we were to review a brand from top to bottom? For example, let's take Oliva. We could do the following:
MBIII
Serie O-G-or S
FdO's...either originals, or the other varieties.
Add in the myriad other products that Oliva makes for others and you have a crap-load of cigars in a wide range of prices. Even if you stick to only Oliva labeled cigars....pretty nice $$ range of sticks.

This could be done for a heck of a lot of brands. LaAurora.....Fuente......Camacho....Tat.....Padron ....etc.

Anyway, I thought it would be interesting.

(back to manly voice)

Let’s give it a shot - here are the steps:

1. Respond in this thread and state what your vote is for the manufacturer including the specific cigars and their approx. prices
2. Registration is closed after 1 week or 15 participants
3. Votes are tallied and the manufacturer determined (as well as specific cigars)
4. Prices are determined and list of review options is posted (alfa, bravo, charlie, etc.)
5. Once you decide which option you want, payment is sent to me
6. Once I receive your payment, I send you your review cigars (this time with the DC #s)
7. Let the cigars rest in your humi for a week or so, take precautions to avoid crazy ex-girlfriend issues
8. Fire em up and burn em down (one at a time), take pictures if you can
9. Submit your review (I will PM you the link for the online review form)

And here are the rules:

1. No Kinky Friedman cigars
2. You need to be a participating member in good standing, there is no minimum post count, but I will defer to the FOGs for questionable participants
3. Payment must be received before I send your sticks - unless I know you... intimately
4. Freebies will be distributed fairly or if the math doesn’t work out evenly, they will be randomly sent to participants (I won't keep freebies for myself)
5. Follow the timeline (will be posted once determined)
6. You MUST participate in the contest (see below)

But wait, there's more:

Ok, let’s do a little side-contest. The winner will receive a buzz sampler, which may or may not include a Kinky. Each participant MUST submit a cigar-related drawing, sketch, photo, painting, sculpture, rendering, or anything else that is artsy fartsy. Create your masterpiece, then scan it or take a picture of it and send it to me. I’ll create a forum-wide poll for “Most Interesting Cigar Artwork”.

This is your chance to show off your skills (or lack there of). And I don’t want to hear any pansy excuses of “I’m not an artist, wah wah” – if you want to be in the MEGA Review, you need to man-up, borrow your daughter's paintbrush set or modeling clay and get to work. I mean, come on – it’s just a stick with some squiggly lines coming from one end. It doesn’t have to be good, but it does have to be created by you. Artwork submissions must be PM’d to me by the end of the reviews (will show on timeline).

Now, I’ll be out of town from Aug 25 – Sept 3, so depending on how fast we decide on the manufacturer you will receive your sticks before Aug 25 or after Sept 3.

This should be excruciatingly fun!
-Buzz

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Participants:
Buzz, Abyr, Mangyrat, cigarsarge, Irish79, heftysmokes, badwhale, EGQ, Tdre977, MrPlatypus, ashauler, kevin7, Mizicke5273, Daigz, Eville

Votes:
[8] Carlos Torano
[7] Arturo Fuente
[3] Camacho
[1] Perdomo

Lineup:
Option Name . . . . . . . T . R . V . C . D . Price . Participant . Paid. DC#
Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . $32.37. EGQ . . . . . YES . 9405 5036 9930 0314 0539 44 (Received)
Porsche Carrera GT. . . . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 2 . $34.17. cigarsarge. . YES . 9405 5036 9930 0314 0539 20 (Received)
SLR 722 McLaren . . . . . 1 . 1 . 1 . 2 . 2 . $38.41. Daigz . . . . YES . 9405 5036 9930 0314 0503 32 (Received)
Bristol Fighter . . . . . 1 . 1 . 2 . 1 . 2 . $39.37. Abyr. . . . . YES . 9405 5036 9930 0314 0503 25 (Received)
Lamborghini Murcielago. . 1 . 1 . 2 . 2 . 1 . $41.81. buzz
Bugatti EB110 . . . . . . 1 . 1 . 2 . 2 . 2 . $43.61. Eville. . . . YES . 9405 5036 9930 0314 0502 88 (Received)
Jaguar XJ220. . . . . . . 2 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 2 . $44.17. Mizicke5273 . YES . 9405 5036 9930 0314 0539 13 (Received)
Pagani Zonda F. . . . . . 1 . 2 . 2 . 2 . 1 . $48.10. MrPlatypus. . YES . 9405 5036 9930 0314 0539 37 (Received)
Ferrari Enzo. . . . . . . 2 . 1 . 2 . 1 . 2 . $49.37. heftysmokes . YES . 9405 5036 9930 0314 0502 71 (Received)
Gumpert Apollo. . . . . . 1 . 2 . 2 . 2 . 2 . $49.90. kevin7. . . . YES . 9405 5036 9930 0314 0502 64 (Received)
B-Engineering Edonis. . . 2 . 1 . 2 . 2 . 1 . $51.81. Tdre977 . . . YES . 9405 5036 9930 0314 0502 57 (Received)
McLaren F1. . . . . . . . 2 . 1 . 2 . 2 . 2 . $53.60. ashauler. . . YES . 0309 3220 0000 1524 4841 00 (Received)
Koenigsegg CCX. . . . . . 2 . 2 . 1 . 2 . 2 . $54.70. Irish79 . . . YES . 9405 5036 9930 0322 3394 12 (Received)
Bugatti Veyron. . . . . . 2 . 2 . 2 . 2 . 1 . $58.10. Mangyrat. . . YES . 9405 5036 9930 0315 9200 85 (Received)
SCC Ultimate Aero . . . . 2 . 2 . 2 . 2 . 2 . $59.89. badwhale. . . YES . 9405 5036 9930 0314 0503 18 (Received)

T = Tribute 2004 Torpedo Maduro ($219.95 for a box of 22)
R = Reserva Selecta Torpedo 6.25x52 ($125.80 for a box of 20)
V = Virtuoso Maestro Churchill 7x50 ($129.95 for a box of 25)
C = Cameroon 1916 Robusto 5.5x52 ($105.95 for a box of 25)
D = Dominicos Robusto 5x50 ($44.95 for a bundle of 25)

Timeline:
Wed Aug 25 - All payments received and all cigars sent out to participants
Aug 26 through Sept 7 - Buzz on vacation with the wifey - don't bother him, he is still in "honeymoon mode"
Fri Sept 17 - Review due for Dominicos Robusto
Fri Sept 24 - Review due for Cameroon 1916 Robusto
Fri Oct 1 - Review due for Virtuoso Maestro Churchill
Fri Oct 15 - Review due for Reserva Selecta Torpedo
Fri Oct 22 - Review due for Tribute 2004 Torpedo
Tue Oct 26 - Artwork submissions due (PM to Buzz)
Wed Oct 27 - Contest poll posted
Wed Nov 3 - Contest closed, winner selected, prize sent

| REVIEWED:.... | .D. | .C. | .V. | .R. | .T. | ART |
| Abyr......... | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | - Done!
| ashauler..... | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | - Done!
| badwhale..... | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | - Done!
| buzz......... | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | - Done!
| cigarsarge... | .X. | .X. | .O. | .O. | .O. | .O. | - IOI
| Daigz........ | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | - Done!
| EGQ.......... | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | - Done!
| Eville....... | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | - Done!
| heftysmokes.. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | - Done!
| Irish79...... | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | - Done!
| kevin7....... | .O. | .O. | .O. | .O. | .O. | .O. | - MIA
| Mangyrat..... | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | - Done!
| Mizicke5273.. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | - Done!
| MrPlatypus... | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | - Done!
| Tdre977...... | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | .X. | - Done!


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