Just posted on Facebook tonight.

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About the boxes.. As in the past, 666 dress boxes of 13 will be released to the public, each of the Unlucky 13 retailers will receive 31 dress boxes. The remaining 263 boxes will go Johnson’s other accounts. The dress boxes will ship first to the Unlucky 13 and then to the other retailers in the middle of the month.
In addition, there will be 4,500 plain 10-count boxes, making this the largest Monster Series release of all-time with 53,658 cigars being released. Johnson is known to keep some back for charity and other purposes, but this is the first time the Monster Series has gone over 40,000 cigars, let alone 50,000.
Pricing for each cigar is $13.00 per cigar meaning the dress boxes carry an MSRP of $169.00 and the plain boxes $130.00. The cigars are no different, although the plain boxes traditionally have cigars wrapped in cellophane. The dress boxes routinely fetch upwards of $400.00 on the secondary market within weeks of the release.
As has been the case for the last few years, accessory-maker S.T. Dupont will also be making a special lighter for the release.

And the "Unlucky 13" retailers are:

Buttheads Tobacco Emporium
Danbury, CT
203-792-4327

Prime Cigar and Wine Bar
Boca Raton, FL
561-613-6130

Town & Country Cigar Bar
Euless, TX
817-358-8862

Havana House
Akron, OH
330-664-1655

Fine Ash Cigars
Avondale, AZ
623-444-7230

Union Cigar Society
Seattle, WA
206-805-0866

Liberty Tobacco
San Diego, CA
858-292-1772

Atlantic Cigar Co
Folcroft, PA
570-476-5730

Don Francisco Cigars
East Brunswick, NJ
732-432-4099

Humidor Pipe Shop
Huntsville, AL
256-539-6431

Tobacco Shoppe of Midland
Midland, MI
800-618-7679

Cigar Master
Boston, MA
617-266-4400

Leesburg Cigar and Pipe
Leesburg, VA
703-777-5557
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well i know i am going to be on the look out for at least one dress box hopefully two if i can get my hands on them. one one dress and one non-dress. see whats happens. :-)
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Let the games begin. And the haters start posting. In 3....2.....1...
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Gimmick!
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Gimmick that works. Yeah capitalism!
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Its working think they have done so many Halloween cigars. if it works don't break it.
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I personally have liked them all except the Wolf man.
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I have only had a Mummy. Enjoyed it.
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wolfman just needs a nice single barrel select to go with it. Or maybe i get to drunk to care how it tastes :-) :-)
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Don't forget the Mountain Dew and a dollop of peanut butter in your whiskey. :-)
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Of course it works! People eat this $hit up all the time. I've got nothing against it either. Are they using special tobacco for this cigar?
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PEANUT BUTTER?!?!?!?! :-)
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Not sure yet. I hope so but I'm not holding my breath
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Already had one don't waste your money, way over hyped!!















BrB updating my sns account....muahahahaha!! :-):-)
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Supposed to be pretty stout this year. I like the size and so far I have not been disappointed in the Monsters except for the Drac I also look at it this way. If I get some and decide they're not in my wheelhouse I know I will have no issues finding them a new home and recouping most of my money back depending on how many I either smoke or gift before putting them up.
I got lucky and managed to score a dress and non-dress box. Hopefully the retailer get's what he's expecting and I don't find a credit when I go online and check my credit card transactions.
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The stores Ive called are 85% doing the in store sales.. Glad I live in San Diego!
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Yeah, look at the bright side...they've GOTTA be better than the mini monsters. :-)
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I have to admit, although I don't smoke ncs anymore, I still fall for this "Monster" series. I started with the Franks and it's just been a tradition of mine to try one each year. Although, they have been disappointing, it's just something I do.

I may have missed it, when will these be released?
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Middle of the month, though they try to shoot for the Unlucky 13 to get em on the 13th and everyone else a week or so later
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Looking to get my hands on a 5er of these...a few to smoke and a few to add to the collection (for later enjoyment). I will wait, since this is the largest Monster release to date. These should be readily available in a month or so.
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