I know this thread is almost a year old. However, I wanted to say that as someone who is new to cigars the relentless pace of releases coming out is off putting to me at least. The consistency of a brand is lost, either it won't be available or it will be different in a year. Combine this with the marketing and hype and it is just difficult to find something new and reliable. It has somewhat reduced the number of brands that will even garner my consideration.