Hello again

[illilli]

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

LINK

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...

[WOXOF]

Based on the lack of information and reviews for the monopoly cigars, I would recomend a different approach to starting up your collection. Usually if they are offering up a smokes/humidor combo, one or both of them aren't selling very well. I would buy a decent humidor(it doesn't have to be top-of-the-line) and some heartfelt beads. Then once you get it seasoned, start stocking up on some cigars. There are a lot of known value cigars that you can get for 2 bucks or less that will probably put those monopoly cigars to shame.

I personally have a set up similar to illilli's, but I'm about to add a small coolerdor for boxes.