:-k

A long time ago (2011/2012) this was AJs top of the line, and routinely sold for $8 to $10ish each..........at auction, and for much more through regular channels.

I was gifted one back then, that had a nap on it........smoked it........great cigar!

But they were out of my price range, so I forgot about them.

So as I was doing my hunting thru cbid yesterday, I see this lot, and just for chits and giggles I put in a “low” bid.

I was shocked to see that I had won one of the fivers.

So I did a bit of searching, and sure enough, the Armada appears to be a $3ish cigar now at auction.

MSRP is still $20??............and the “regular” prices at all the usual places are stupid.

Strange...............sorta Gurkha like...

So, I’m guessing it’s safe to assume the Armada is now just a run-of-the-mill MoW.

At $2.40/ea, I probably overpaid...

#-o

Ya.....thanks.......heh heh

#-o

Not a bad mooch there...

A 3 buck stick that smokes like a 20 dollar stick on auction that no one is bidding on is not a sleeper?

Ha!

=d>

If they’re awesome, I’ll lie, and tell you they suq.

If they suq, I’ll tell you they suq.

Man of Farts?? Don’t smoke those.....pm JadeRose, he loves em

Haha, that seems to be the consensus around here.

I never had the early Armadas when they were actually $20, but I've had a number of the later ones (2015, 2016, 2017) at varying age points, all between 1 and 3 years of age at time of smoking.

Some were too tightly packed and hard to draw, others burned crooked and were hard to keep lit, others drew and burned fine, but were pretty unremarkable, and actually IMO not as good as most of the rest of the MoW line. For example, I'd take the standard, original MoW over any of the Armada specimens I've smoked so far.

Amazing $20-worthy cigars they were absolutely NOT. At least, not the ones I had. Maybe the OR (original release) were much better, I don't know.

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Thanks Puddin, I knew I could count on you to verify my overbid!

Did a bit more research, and yes, burn/draw issues are mentioned........frequently.............#-o

De cow don't lie, mon!

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So you're saying they're just standard AJF cigars.

Exactly