Which was inspired by the Habano EL band(which has been used since 2000-2001 ish) :)
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The Siglo Reserve cigars that have been floating around are a blatant knock off of a cc marca, and there's another NC out there using a shield design on their bands that is damn near identical to a Ramon Allones band, too. I don't mind a bit of traditional design to give a cubanesque feel, but I hate seeing obvious rip off's.
I'm sure we can find at least 20 more, nothing new.
http://i1335.photobucket.com/albums/...psbv548eqw.jpg
http://img.cigarsinternational.com/l...s/p/cs-pd8.jpg
Also, there are countless NC bands that borrow heavily from other NC bands, so it's not just a "fake cuban" type of thing.