Oliva Blue bands

[bballbaby]

OK, a picture on an earlier post got me wanting some of the original Oliva Serie O cigars...the ones with the blue cloth bands. I believe eodcole posted that bonitacigars had them.

So i cal em up, and indeed they do. i'ts the Ole size, whcih is 4 3/4 x 50. Not exactly my size of choice, i'd much prefer the torp

But, what i am wondering is if Oliva ever produced that same blue band series with a blue PAPER band, or was it always the cloth band?

The chick, Blanca, at bonitas didn't necessarily make me feel certain it was the same cloth band. I asked if it was cloth and she said yeah, the box says oliva bb. She did say it was the Ole size, whcih is a real size.

i'm skeptical but i'd love to score a box of those original cloth bands, regardless of the size

:help:

[Tegu]

The only blue bands I remember were cloth, I dont remember seeing any paper blue ones, I think I still have the box my blue bands came in, I will look and see what it says on it, I thought they were serie O Bold or something.

[bballbaby]

I've found some info on them, i believe they were called the Oliva "O" Classic. God i really want some of those. The boxes came in a kind of toilet bolw shape. I saw a picture of one but i can't find the cigars themselves...yet.

I'm on amission

[Volusianator]

I've got two boxes from the original release, one torp and one robusto, how many do you want?

[Volusianator]

Like these? :thumbsup::eyebrow:

[StogieHokie]

Like these? :thumbsup::eyebrow:

Those look good! How much were the oles bballbaby?

[Halon]

http://www.indulgecigars.com/cgi-bin/cp-app.cgi?pg=prod&ref=fdolivochsam


TYLER

[bballbaby]

Those look good! How much were the oles bballbaby?

Somthing like a $135.

I'm still lookin...hard.

Thanks for the help guys.

[Volusianator]

http://www.indulgecigars.com/cgi-bin/cp-app.cgi?pg=prod&ref=fdolivochsam


TYLER

WOW, I've never been able to find these online. I may need to order more.

[Halon]

Just FYI, I think that the Oliva Serie O cigars are the exact same thing as the cloth-banded Oliva O cigars. I think they just re-packaged them.


TYLER

[bballbaby]

Like these? :thumbsup::eyebrow:

Damn you wade! I'm jsut trying to figure out if you had that picture already taken and very close by, or if you went and took a picture of these then posted it...if so, you need a job! :hysterica j/k

[Proud Bear]

I didn't know that Oliva even made something like that.....

Bear

[Volusianator]

Damn you wade! I'm jsut trying to figure out if you had that picture already taken and very close by, or if you went and took a picture of these then posted it...if so, you need a job! :hysterica j/k

Naw, I just took it, I'm quick with resizing on Photoshop so I thought you'd want to verify if they were the same.

Tyler, I've had the Serie O's and didn't think they were the same at all. I think Oliva touts them as the same, but I didn't think the blend was anywhere near close. Oh and thank for ruining my trade I was working on with bball, I had him almost convinced that we should trade one Opus for one Oliva and he was just about to bite damnit! :eyebrow::dunno::hysterica

[Halon]

I believe you on the Os being different blends -- I've just read a few posts that made me believe they were re-packaged.

And sorry for messing up your trade!


TYLER

[smokinghole]

I may have to get on the horn with them and order a box of Torano and the Oliva today! I am committing this as my last week of cigar buying while I'm here. Unless it's a small 5 pack or something but no more boxes.

[BadBrad]

Those look great!

[jwintosh]

Naw, I just took it, I'm quick with resizing on Photoshop so I thought you'd want to verify if they were the same.

Tyler, I've had the Serie O's and didn't think they were the same at all. I think Oliva touts them as the same, but I didn't think the blend was anywhere near close. Oh and thank for ruining my trade I was working on with bball, I had him almost convinced that we should trade one Opus for one Oliva and he was just about to bite damnit! :eyebrow::dunno::hysterica

i'll be your huckleberry!! which opus are you going to send??:peace:

[Volusianator]

i'll be your huckleberry!! which opus are you going to send??:peace:

You're a funny man my friend.

[jwintosh]

:yes: :razz:

[daniyal]

Those are some sexy looking sticks

[vperlman]

... Tyler, I've had the Serie O's and didn't think they were the same at all. I think Oliva touts them as the same, but I didn't think the blend was anywhere near close...
Yup, what he said.

[smokinghole]

http://www.cigarplace.biz/index.cfm/a/catalog.cigarbrand

They appear to be a paper band but they are the blue band and solid wood box.

[bballbaby]

So during my search for these aged cigars, i sent the Oliva family an email via their website. I was asking if there was any where that i could dfind the Oliva "O" with the blue cloth band. Jose Oliva responded with this:

Hello Gale,

Thank you for contacting us. The cigar you are looking for is available almost anywhere. It is now known as Oliva Serie O Maduro. We changed the packaging on the cigars over two years ago, but the blend never changed.
Thank you again.


Best regards,
Jose R. Oliva

[vperlman]

... We changed the packaging on the cigars over two years ago, but the blend never changed... Best regards, Jose R. Oliva
Well, maybe the blend never changed, but the flavor sure did! :scratchhe

[Volusianator]

Well, maybe the blend never changed, but the flavor sure did! :scratchhe

Amen to that.

[CWS]

Two years can make a big difference in a tobacco crop. May be same blend diff leaf.