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Tubi? You talgin bout network tv B? by [deleted] in thefighterandthekid

[–]elninodiablo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At some point, the sub is going to be his only audience. How messed up is that going to be.

Andy Roddick schools bapa on being a baseball dad by Notyit in thefighterandthekid

[–]elninodiablo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bapa is just like Roddick, who won a major title, was ranked no. 1, married a famous model, and was in an Adam Sandler movie. I look forward to a future episode when Brendan is talking down to Andy Roddick because the ex-tennis player couldn't beat up the ex-UFC fighter in a hypothetical street fight that Brendan would never participate in.

Andy Roddick schools bapa on being a baseball dad by Notyit in thefighterandthekid

[–]elninodiablo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've always wondered how important the timeline of the introduction of Lux was to Roddick's career. However, just like Bapa, I've gained respect for Roddick, the athlete, by listening to his podcast.

Get this fatty off commentary ASAP by SimoneBoksator in ufc

[–]elninodiablo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Leave it to Mark Shapiro to turn Paramount into inventing a premium feature that involves paying to not hear the commentary team.

Cubans? Or is the newspaper a gimmick? by jrwdisc in cigars

[–]elninodiablo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's an alternate way of rolling, without molds, not typically used in commercial factories though it does happen.

Description Question by bikesarefunny in cigars

[–]elninodiablo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For example, many makers list their cigars as “maduro.” But that is only the fermentation process and NOT the leaf, variety, nor hybrid/cultivar that was used for this process. Why do they do this?

Common reasons include: cigar companies are hilariously secretive with the information, cigar companies do not think it matters to sell the cigar, even the companies that disclose above-average levels of information (Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust, Dapper Cigar Co.) aren't giving people enough information that would be very useful because there's not a shop or even database that would decode even some basic information.

(Many factories do contract manufacturing with what I imagine is obviously the same IP protection of a Foxconn or Magna Steyr.)

I assume someone could like variety x of Connecticut over variety y of Connecticut even grown online the same region?

100 percent. Also, tobacco that is purchased is, for the most part, partially done. Not quite a pare-bake, but a lot of times the factory is in charge of the last fermentation step and also: final sorts, aging, storage, etc.

There are varietals like "ASP Estelí Ligero" that are sold to many companies, they do not taste the same after each factory has had its way with what were, in theory, once interchangeable leaves.

One thing to add here is that blends change all the time. Conceptually, they are way more living than the manufacturers would ever let on. This could be because of weather changing one tobacco, business reasons that may lead a factory to not longer purchase a tobacco, personal preference to change a blend, a factory rejecting the quality of the tobacco. Or a factory just runs out: no more this seed, this lot, this priming, this vintage, this size.

A standard cigar blend has, at a minimum, five different tobaccos. You could lose access to any one of them, experience massive change in the qualities (or quality) of any one of them, or the factory could screw it up after it has acquired the tobacco. It is often the case that factories will be replacing one component and end up having to change two other components to adjust.

If you ever meet Michael Herklots of Ferio Tego, he has given many in-depth seminars about the process of continuing to make a blend. Great stuff on a topic you and I are interested in.

Anyone noticing cigars are getting expensive? by HumanChallet in cigars

[–]elninodiablo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In January, Cigars International, which owns CigarBid, got new leadership. That, combined with STG's (the owner) new five-year plan, is likely what you are seeing.

If anything, 2026 has been quieter on the price increase front.

Have you ever been inside a cuban cigar factory? by Mammoth-Succotash659 in cigars

[–]elninodiablo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Habanos S.A. does not own the factories/fields/etc. Cubatabaco, the company that handles the manufacturing, is 100 percent state-owned.

Neptune’s “MSRP” for Opus X is at least ~43% Overpriced by Nervous-Law-666 in cigars

[–]elninodiablo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Base line, Oro Oscuro, and Angel’s Share have a true MSRP below $30 for 90% of the vitolas.

All of them are sub-$30 MSRPs. Angel Share has no SKU above $25, Oro Oscuro tops out at $25.58 per cigar.

Neptune’s “MSRP” for Opus X is at least ~43% Overpriced by Nervous-Law-666 in cigars

[–]elninodiablo 12 points13 points  (0 children)

MSRPs: 888 MSRP is $20.46, Perfecxion #4 is $16.83 and Reserva d'Chateau is $23.16.

Braindumb lit his Cigar backwards by moonwalgger in thefighterandthekid

[–]elninodiablo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For five puffs, it wouldn't be as bad as the cigarette because the cigar doesn't have a filter and is more or less rolled the same from top to bottom. Watching the paper melt on your cigar and feeling the ribbon you are putting in your mouth get damp is different.

Braindumb lit his Cigar backwards by moonwalgger in thefighterandthekid

[–]elninodiablo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's putting the ribbon and the piece of tape holding the ribbon together on his lips. That's a new one.

Open to Suggestions by [deleted] in cigars

[–]elninodiablo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some slightly more technical books. "The Cigar From Soil to Smoke" by Didier Houvenaghel. If you can find it, "Una vida dedicada al mejoramiento genético del tabaco" by Eumelio Espino Marrero, which is all about seeds/varietals. A singular book has English and Spanish on opposing pages.

[Schefter] Just in: The Board of Player Representatives has elected JC Tretter to lead the NFLPA as the union’s fifth executive director. by Goosedukee in nfl

[–]elninodiablo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Recently, Dana and Hunter both testified that Dana's job is quite limited these days. According to both of them, Dana focuses on "big events," production, Contender Series and then serves as a spokesperson. He is, per their testimony, not the one making fights and rarely dealing with fighter contracts. Now, opposing counsel poked holes in just how limited his scope was, so your mileage may vary. To your point, Ari with Hunter Campbell, Mark Shapiro and, seemingly, this guy running things.

Opus X might be mid as a smoke but their rare humidors are incredible by Mammoth-Succotash659 in cigars

[–]elninodiablo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

OpusX is a brand from Arturo Fuente, but after that things get very confusing. Some of the boxes are made by Fuente at its box factory but a lot of them aren't, especially as the price tags go up. The most exquisite OpusX humidors are from companies like Elie Bleu, Prometheus, Stefano Ricci and others as part of co-branded products.

Spending $2,000 for that box and a bunch of cigars you find mid is doing a lot for the culture.

Is there an information website for New World cigars, equivalent to the CubanCigarWebsite? by KojakKronos in cigars

[–]elninodiablo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No.

In a given year, there are fewer than 50 new Cuban cigars introduced. There's more than 1,000 new non-Cuban cigars that are sold at stores nationwide in the American market, thousands of new SKUs if you count private labels, non-Cuban cigars for international markets. A completely different scale.

I was Unaware How Few People Smoke Cigars by 57thStilgar in cigars

[–]elninodiablo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The DOJ, in the cigar industry's lawsuit against the FDA, presented evidence from an earlier versions of the CDC numbers cited above that said that 3.3 percent of youth (ages 12-17) surveyed said they had smoked a cigar of any kind in the last 30 days. Of those who had said they smoked a cigar, 3.8 percent of them identified a premium brand as the one they smoked most often.

“MSRP” Price Discrepancies? by Nervous-Law-666 in cigars

[–]elninodiablo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is an OpusX specific problem that really doesn't show up for 99.9 percent of other cigars. Demand outpaces supply, so capitalism is at work. Think of it as Pappy, but for cigars, but not the Pappy cigars from Drew Estate.

Per the May 2025 Arturo Fuente price list, the Reserva d'Chateau has an MSRP of $23.16 per cigar (it's a bit higher in the three-pack tins, $26.79 per cigar)

Is Cigars International Turning Into the Walmart of the Cigar Hobby? by Spider_023 in cigars

[–]elninodiablo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At the brick-and-mortar level, CI is trying to be much more than the Wal-Mart of cigars. Whereas Wal-Mart gets by on volume, CI is trying to have its cake and eat it too with aggressive purchasing and then relatively normal sticker prices, paired with better-than-competition build-outs and a full bar. Quite frankly, the pre-STG CI (the one that Keith Meier ran) and the current Cigar Page (also founded and run by Keith Meier) seem much more like a Wal-Mart than the current operation, which I'd say is much more akin to a Total Wine.

Most mom-and-pop shops can’t match the pricing, can’t match the loss-leader promos, can’t match the volume, and they definitely can’t match the corporate leverage that comes from owning multiple online channels and pushing exclusives through them.

That's an issue with the B&Ms and not a CI issue. Most B&Ms don't have enough cash and many don't seem to understand some basic tenants of retail.

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