Tony Baloney is just a name on the cigar, much like Rocky Patel. They get the cigar(s) made for them, then they go out and hawk it around. They don't actually make them themselves. Also, from screwing up relationships with factories, they have to find new places to make their product. Most of the time they use the line that they've moved to improve the cigar consistency, blah blah blah, but most times, it's because they left a ghost behind in a closet or they found someone to make it cheaper, thus increasing their profit margins with no regard to the quality of the cigar. I am not saying this is the case with the "re-released" XXO since I have not tried it yet. The Hoja XXO (original) was a cigar released by Hoja Cigars that had Tony Baloney's name on it, but was it made in the same Costa Rican factory as the old Bahia (and for that matter the old CAO L'Anniversaire lines)?
