A Horrible Fake

[stunod]

How many f-up can you spot on this horrible fake. I will start with, since you can’t tell from pic that the Habanos sa HECHO EN CUBA on the bottom of the box is stamped, not burned in.

[NSXCIGAR]

Well, the warranty seal and Tabacuba seal might be genuine. And the Habanos sticker. Maybe the box itself could be?

I've always found it perplexing how the fakers print up their own stickers and labels instead of just using the materials from existing boxes.

[cfc1016]

"Edicion Limitada 2003" plus "PEL ENE 18". THAT gave me a good chuckle. Who knew they were still turning out 2003 ELs in 2018?!? ?

[Bijan]

11 minutes ago, NSXCIGAR said:

Maybe the box itself could be?

Not unless the cigar name is a sticker. It's supposed to be spelled exhibicion I believe.

[stunod]

Bijan, close it should say NO 2 not #2, but there’s more. A big one 

[Bijan]

1 minute ago, stunod said:

Bijan, close it should say NO 2 not #2, but there’s more. A big one 

Oh yes that too. But it's also a c not an s, right?

[NSXCIGAR]

1 hour ago, Bijan said:

Not unless the cigar name is a sticker. It's supposed to be spelled exhibicion I believe.

The sticker is homemade. Who knows what's under it. I guess the bottom wood isn't genuine, so the entire box must not be. That's a lot of unnecessary work. 

 

1 hour ago, Bijan said:

Oh yes that too. But it's also a c not an s, right?

They're trying to duplicate the 2004 EL Hermosos No. 2...I think. There is no Exhibicion No. 2. Either way, total disaster.

[Bijan]

1 hour ago, NSXCIGAR said:

The sticker is homemade. Who knows what's under it. I guess the bottom wood isn't genuine, so the entire box must not be. That's a lot of unnecessary work. 

Probably hard to source empty Romeo y Julieta double corona dress boxes.

 

1 hour ago, NSXCIGAR said:

They're trying to duplicate the 2003 EL Hermosos No. 2. There is no Exhibicion No. 2. Either way, total disaster.

Oh ok there was a 2000 exhibicion no 2.

[stunod]

Bingo, 2000 Limited Edition 

[NSXCIGAR]

1 minute ago, Bijan said:

Oh ok there was a 2000 exhibicion no 2.

Yes, I always forget about the 2000 releases. So not as egregious as I thought, but still pretty bad. 

[Colt45]

21 minutes ago, cfc1016 said:

Who knew they were still turning out 2003 ELs in 2018?!? ?

Just trying to cover all the bases 

[Paladin865]

A totally ate up attempt

[chris12381]

2 hours ago, Bijan said:

Probably hard to source empty Romeo y Julieta double corona dress boxes.

 

Oh ok there was a 2000 exhibicion no 2.

Yeah but...'exhibision' ?  That's not a Spanish word...  

[Bijan]

53 minutes ago, chris12381 said:

Yeah but...'exhibision' ?  That's not a Spanish word...  

Yeah I already said that twice above

I was just responding to someone who said there was never an Exhibicion no. 2 release.