Who out there remembers their first ever box/bundle purchase? It would interesting to see what everyone started with!

After a few months of buy singles from a local B&M I bought myself a box of Sanch Panza double Maduro quixote’s. I still remember smoking my last one. It was heartbreaking lol
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Arturo Fuente Chateau Fuente Maduro... $16 (1981)

Peace of the Lord be with you.
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La Aroma de Cuba robustos in 2001 or so.
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Monte 4's while visiting London probably 12 years ago, don't know what I paid but I'm guessing it was too much. I think I gave more of those away than I smoked, but I'm pretty sure I still have a couple singles buried somewhere
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First box purchase was Macanudo Hyde Park back in 1993 (back when I thought keeping them in a ziplock bag in the refrigerator was the right thing to do :-))
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I believe it was a box of Bauza Jaguars. That or Hoyo de Monterrey’s from the local JR’s store.
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My first box was some Punch Rare Corojo Figurados.
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At one point Bauzas were excellent smokes, buttery and nutty.
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Perdomo la tradicion Maduro robusto. I believe I paid around $85 on special at CI around 2003. I was amazed with that cigar. At that time I hadn’t seen or tasted anything like it. It felt like silk between my fingers.
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AF Cuban Coronas. 1992, $24 delivered.:-)
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Bruce, you reminded me that I split of bundle of Don Mateos with a coworker in the mid 90s and kept them in the refrigerator. No big deal, because they were amongst the worst cigars I've ever smoked right from the start. :-)
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Funny you bring up perdomo with that type of reaction. Because the first box I bought that ever really WOWED me. Was a box of Lot 23 maduros. Wish I had one right now. Can’t afford them now, but damn I loved them
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Arturo Fuente cuban corona
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Such a good cigar. I should revisit those.
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Alec Bradley Tempus(terra novo)
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Nat Sherman Timeless No.2 from CBid. My NC journey lasted about 2 weeks until my first S.H.I.T. herf :-)
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I can't remember ever buying a full box of NC's I always just bought a hand full of whatever at a time. But I do know the first CC box I bought was Cuaba Divinos from the little LCDH in TJ before they closed it. :-)
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Thompson 25 cigar sample with humidor.

They were terrible.
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RP 1999 Churchills. I loved those things when I first started smoking. Haven't had one in years.
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Mmmm Divinos! Haven’t had those in a while. I’ve heard recent production isn’t great. What’s your opinion?
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