Monopol is a Thompsons exclusive brand. Here is what they have to say about it:

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Please note that a bundle of 25 of these "noone-ever-heard-of-them, only-smoked-by-people-who-are-used-to-smoking-an-actual-dog-rocket" babies is only about $25.

Also, for that $179, you can get a much larger and just as crappy No-Name-Brand Chinese-Produced humidor that will hold 300 cigars! That's what I did. Now while I may have to charge the beads twice as often, I .....er,.....well, there isn't an upside, other than I got a lot of room for not too much of a price. Besides, you don't really want to pay shipping on 75 cigars that you may have to smoke because you feel guilty. You might even convince yourself they are "good", which would be a REAL tragedy. (Hell, they might even be good, but then, if they were, why haven't we heard of them and why haven't they been put on Top25Cigars.com? I mean Nicole Miller made it there even!)

Just some thoughts...