I stopped in a shop in wilmington, NC on my way back to Chapel Hill from Myrtle beach last weekend and saw a box of DPG Invictos (Blue) with a strange new carolina blue and cream band. I asked the owner and he said that was the only band he had ever seen on the cigar, but I have smoked many more than my fair share of these and never seen this band. Any clues?

Sorry I didn't take a picture - camera was MIA at the time.
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The new Blues have a lovely new band. Much fancier and nicer looking than the old ones. As for the B&M owner, either he has some memory problems, he hasn't been in business for too long or he hasn't stocked those cigars until recently.
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:-) The new band looks much better IMO. I think it was changed a few months ago, so the shop owner must have a bad memory.
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Is this the band you are talking about?
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Yup... the new ones look sharp, but I am glad I have enough of the old ones to have as a history piece. :-)

By the way here is a pic of the old style bands from some of the lanceros I have:

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and the new one I copied from CI:

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Damn beat me to it lol... I am gonna have to get some of the firecrackers with thew new bands one of these days...
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Hmmm cool!
I just ordered some from Joe Cigar last week or week before that had the old band.

Like the new one better, looks nice!
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Question is, how did I miss the Blues on Joe???????? I have been waiting for them to come up for months. :-)
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Thats it!

I knew you guys would come through! Thanks!

Now to get some of those firecrackers... :-)
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Got to say....those do indeed look rather tasty and the size would be just about perfect in the cold weather to sit on the porch with a nice cup of coffee! Going to have toget me some of those!! :-)
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Do the new bands still have the flags on the side? I always liked that feature.
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What vendors carry the Firecrackers and what are the size specs on them? What do they cost per box?
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Well it wasnt hard to miss them because I just happened to catch them on Joe at like 12:30am eastern time one night before bed. Grabbed 20 of them for $69 and the next morning when I got to work they were already gone.

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Where do you find those little Firecrackers?
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You guys need to talk to Bao and see if he can hook ya up... I never thought I would say this... but Bao knows things... :-):-)
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Talk to Bao and prepare to be hurt :-)
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Here:
http://www.2guyssmokeshop.com/Don+Pe...recracker.html
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I really love the new band!
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