My personal collection currently has a box of each:
Partagas Serie D No.2
Partagas 8-9-8 Varnished Cabinet
Trinidad Coloniales
Ramon Allones Specially Selected
Bolivar Royal Coronas-ordered

I am slowly building a CC collection at the rate of a 1-2 boxes a month.

Posted below is my wish list, and I would be interested in your opinions as to what items should be taken off or added.

I am trying to keep the first orders to around $200 a box, and will get the higher dollar stuff once my wish list is acquired.

Por Larranaga Petit Coronas SLB CAB
Cohiba Siglo VI SLB
San Cristobal La Fuerza
Cuaba Exclusivos DELETE
Quintero y Hermano Brevas
Rey Del Mundo Choix Supreme
Fonseca No.1
Trinidad Robustos Extra
Juan Lopez Seleccion No.1 SLB
La Gloria Cubana Medaille D-Or No.2 (July 2002)
Montecristo Especial No.1 SBN-B NEW
Saint Luis Rey Serie A
Vegas Robaina Don Alejandro
Partagas Lusitanias
Partagas Serie P No.2
H.Upmann Magnum 46 SLB
Punch Royal Seleccion No.11 SLB NEW

I will edit list from time to time with changes. I must go pick up dinner for now, but will check back. Thanks to everyone.

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nice collection so far bama. you have a nice wishlist, but i would change a few on your list,,JMO

cuaba....dont like this marca.
LGC MDoR2..i like the 1's bettor
monte 1...monte especiales 1 or 2
VR DA...i dont get this cigar, and why its as popular as it is. try a RAG or punch
mag 46... punch RS 11

again, just my opinion..more to try, partagas SDC 1/2/3 PCE and shorts , diplo 3, SLr regios, HDM le hoyo series and epicure 1.

nice purchases bama and nice wishlist. There are at least a couple of boxes on your list that are over $300 nevermind $200 (Siglo's and VR Don Alej's)

Here are my thoughts/opinions -->
PLPC's are a delightful small smoke, get a cab of 50 while they are available.
Juan Lopez No.2's are my fave robusto, maybe swap them for the No.1s on your list.
I prefer the SLR REgios to the Serie A's/
The SC La Punta is a lovely torpedo, never tried the La Fuerza.

Enjoy the browsing/shopping, its part of the cigar-fun!

Yes, some on the list are well over $200, and they are intended to be later purchases. I plan to acquire a nice variety of smokes in the $200 and under a box first, and then go for more premium items next.

I will be researching everyones ideas and making changes. My wish list are cigars that I have never smoked, and so have no experience with. They seemed interesting for one reason or another. I do plan to alter the list, even drastically, based on yalls feedback.

Thanks for any input!

Nice collection and list.
Partagas P2s I find very nice.
Seem to be smoking well, even young.
You should be able to get those for around $200

Hi AnRyan,

I sent you an e-mail a short while back, did it reach you?

Hi Harry,
Never got to me which is odd, I just checked the link, it seems fine.
Try it again.
I'll be online again tonight.

No worries it must have gone astray. I've resent it, nothing at all urgent.

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Harry,

Got your mail, sent you a reply, hope it helps.
Sorry I missed your last one, it went to the bulk mail folder and I rarely check that. I don't need enlargement.

1.PL londales..German edition
2.MC Robusto LE2006


3.you might want to limit your yearly purchase to 1 order with all the crazy "homeland security" busts going on...

I'd leave the Cuaba on the list, just finshed a box of those and was quite happy with them. Age your choix supremes and you will be happier. Without doubt, add the Romeo y Julieta Ex. No 4s, Montecristo Edmundos and Bolivar Royal Coronas. Not sure about the Quintero's, Fonseca's and personally I would take a Bolivar over the San Cristobal or the Robainia. Cohiba Siglo IIs and III's along with MC#2 and Upmann No 2's are can't miss cigars too. (He says while puffing a Siglo III.)

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Originally posted by Dr. Wu:
I'd leave the Cuaba on the list, just finshed a box of those and was quite happy with them. Age your choix supremes and you will be happier. Without doubt, add the Romeo y Julieta Ex. No 4s, Montecristo Edmundos and Bolivar Royal Coronas. Not sure about the Quintero's, Fonseca's and personally I would take a Bolivar over the San Cristobal or the Robainia. Cohiba Siglo IIs and III's along with MC#2 and Upmann No 2's are can't miss cigars too. (He says while puffing a Siglo III.)

Not sure what happened, but the Bolivar Royal Coronas was on my mental list. I'll add it to the official one. Glad to here about the cuaba's, those just sounded interesting when I read about them.

I would like to hear personal experiences with the low end cubans like the Fonseca's. I thought they could make a good everyday, almost yard gar type option within the CC family. But they may cross the line of better NC options for the money which is a real possibility.

Thoughts..

I am working my way through a sampler of some double corona sized cc's. The Vegas Robaina Don Alejandro was not that impressive. Last night I had a Punch double corona and it was better than the VRDA IMHO. I don't know if a larger sampling size would result in different results. I am somewhat new to cc's and am enjoying them tremendously so far. Do any of the more experienced members have some recommendations on good double corona size smokes.

My Yard Gar = Partagas Petite Corona Especiales for CC or La Aroma de Cuba Corona Minor or Pyramid.

I've only had one Cuaba - it was a Generosos and I wasn't impressed. It was puny compared to the other belicosos in my sampler and tasted somewhat boring and slightly bitter.

Updated with new orders. Thanks for everyones input. I am willing to bet I am missing something good, so please let me know. Thanks

What sort of operation are you using to store/maintain all those cigars?

Storage right now is a combination of a large humidor cabinet, desk top humi, and a 140qt cooler. Each are packed nearly to capacity. My new office is going to have a fairly large walk-in humi of 6 x 10, which will take care of the long term needs.

I plan to post the photos of the walk in project as it goes along, and take suggestions from participants.

From some of the replies, I think some people are confusing the "wish list" with the cigars I already have. I clearly state which cigars I have, and the rest are prospective purchases. I have a ton of non-cuban cigars, but plan to focus on the cuban cigars for a while.