Dunhill - a Leafy Menthol Lights

Just before I wind up December month Dunhill bLoG,

I'd like to share this very special limited issue

of the menthol Lights. Nothing great about it,

just a cigarette in a bigger box than usual.

One retail shop I frequent gave it to me andprobably

there could be a leaflet/card or a premium inside.

And closing off in remembering the December showcase banner!

Thanks for your visits! See you next year then! .'-}

Dunhill Wallet pack

Dunhill like other cigarette companies, has regular Limited Edition packs.

That's why collectors are always around for grabs!
And I mean they really grab them fast!
Some smokers hardly get a chance to collect them or even have a glance of it!

Thus, this hobby is nothing too strange about but unique!

This Wallet twin pack of 20's has been an earlier product before the D360

This really was a special design on the packaging!

Dunhill and Marlboro are the 2 brands with the most products in the market

that I have collected, so, January 2011 showcase will still be Dunhill but

it will mostly be based on it's special issues.

So, do drop by soon for more!

Meanwhile, have A Happy and Prosperous New Year!

D360 Platinum Collection

Well, I am not too sure if this D360 is known as Platinum

but this was a very limited edition package that came with

a USB speaker for the notebook at a very special price.

Well, nothing great about paying for it as at that time

we get to buy one similar USB speaker at about that price too!

It's just a marketing gimmick, but as for me,

it's the special package for my collection!

 

The following is the open view of the box. 

Actually there were 3 flavors to this issue but I only bought one. 

There isn't any point of having 3 USB speakers though 

the thought was there at that time. 

I suggested to the Esso/Mobil Gas Station guy who regularly keep 

special boxes for me to collect for me if somebody happens to throw 

away a box, but that seems quite impossible.

Have a pleasant day!

And still, Merry Christmas!

D360's Premiums

As Dunhill progressed with it's new brands,

of course they will not forget about rewards!

This was the heavy metal cast iron ashtrays for the D360 range!

The following is the only lighter special premium pack I had, i think!

Well, b'cos this is the only pix I could retrieve!

The lighter is quite special actually. Nice box too, yes?

Have you collected any one of them?

Hope you eNjOyed the view!
Merry Christmas!
Drop by for more!

D 360

Well, since the launch of the round-edged box pack,

more flavors from Dunhill has emerged till this very day.

One that began was the D 360 which has 4 flavors to it's credit.

The Red full filters, Green menthol, Blue lights and Silver ultra lights.

Since it's release into the market, D 360 has some premiums

that was being retailed too. 

These were the 3 favorite flavors that came in a design set 
for the word Dunhill. The word Dunhill is also embossed on the box.

I also had the pleasure of owning this display stand, given to me by
one of a coffee shops I frequent at an Industrial Estate.

More of Dunhill's special premiums on next bLoGs. 
I'll be seeing you then! eNjOy the view

and have a pleasant Christmas!

Dunhill's 3 Basic Blends

Just before the reign of the round edged boxes of the D 360

these are the 3 basic flavors of Dunhill.
The addition of their menthol green & lights in blue!

Following pix shows the 14 stick packs.

Of course they are quite well received by their loyal smokers!

But, I think the light on that blue wasn't as good as the white box!

See you soon! Have a pleasant day!

Dunhill - the 1st White!

For over a decade, this has been the first time that a new box 

was re-invented and introduced. It came first in their Lights flavor,

a white box packing! Yes, round edges as we all see in many 

other brands nowadays.

From then on, other flavors of Dunhill slowly surfaced in the market -

the Lights went into blue box & the Menthol came out in green. 

And of course then there is the Menthol Lights in the later stage.

This rounded edged box later was produced under the name D360.

Will post that release in the next bLoG.

See you around soon!

ps - oh, and to my dismay, when I looked for this pack for a snap,

I found that there's only this box around! Wonder if this is the only one I've collected!

I'm still searching for more of it! Can't imagine that I once smoked this!

Dunhill - 100 years!

So, Dunhill has been around for over a decade now.
100 years and counting!

Well, this has been my collection for the 100 years issues -
that's in 2007.
The twin packs special also includes the menthol flavor.

Here is the top view and you can see that the new D360 range
is also in this special issue, promoting it's new packaging box.

There were some other special issues around that time too.

I'll need to do some adjustments from the shots later!
100 years in the industry is something to celebrate about!
Do pop by soon!
Thanks for coming by again!

Dunhill - 40 years in Malaysia

A very special occasion celebrating 40 years of Dunhill original full filters 

in our country, Malaysia and probably in Asia.
You can read it from the print on the box loud & clear.
"Thank you MALAYSIA!"

Close up details of the twin box package - it's a sliding plastic casing!

The special leaflets. 

Thanks for dropping in. Have a pleasant day!

And, come back for more!

Dunhill : Origin

What an item to start than it's original range of tastes - the red full filters.

It's a time when Dunhill have not penetrated the market with other flavors yet! 

Well, these are the main packaging since the earliest of times!

From right, the 7, 10, 14 to 20 sticks and the twin packs for 14's and 20's

The tall box contains 2 packs of 20's.

And I also collected the carton box pack for the 20's. 

Hope you will eNjOy it's series of products for this whole month!

I can assure you of DUNHILL's wide range that has gone by!

Showcase of November 2010

Time was a constraint and that wraps up our showcase.

Here is the November month's banner of KENT for keepsake.

But like the rest, there will be some untold range at any time 
should a thought or a product comes up! So, keep a close watch!

Thanks for your patronage!

Do drop in again some time! :-D

Next month - DUNHILL : Origin!

KENT's 3 Menthols

Well, in my last bLoG a couple of days back, 

I mentioned the 3 menthol flavors - Futura, Neo & Infina.

This is a special collectible pack that contain twinpack of each filters.

And it includes a premium of a slim handy lighter!

The actual pack ( this is the FUTURA twinpacks )

And this is the elegantly printed front cover of the box.

Hope you eNjOyed this bLoG!

Do drop by again!

KENT's Menthol hardpack

At the time of revival of KENT from Peter Stuyvesant,

they had the only hard pack - menthol flavors.

This has been the special carton box that i ever collected 
on these 2 filters - regular full filter ( Peter ) & Futura menthol.

This you won't get at retail stores.

It was given to me by a coffee shop that I frequent at a place

called Mount Austin, at an Industrial area of the same name.

A close-up view of the hard pack Futura ( flip side )

The other 2 more cool menthol filters are {-
NEO for Super Cool and
Infina for Ultra Cool.
These 2 filters will be on my next bLoG.
Hope you eNjOy the view! Come back for more!

KENT's revival from Peter

Yes, KENT has been off the market for a certain period of time.

I was having the impression that it will never surfaced again!

And so, it happened again but this time,

it's as if a merge it has emerged from 2 players!

Now, the new image of KENT began from

the switch of Peter Stuyvesant's soft packs!

Yes, Peter Stuyvesant has always been in it's soft packs for ages!

Close up on it's first re-introduction of KENT into the market and making formal
that the soft pack of Peter Stuyvesant is switching to KENT.

The later issues slowly switched Peter's name on top and KENT as the new barnd.

and later totally becomes what you see today, dropping off the Peter image on the box.

This booklet has been a special gift from a retailer who is so kind to keep it for me.

You can't purchase it from anywhere!

However, from this twinbox pack ( rear view ), you will be notified from the cigarette 

itself that you are still smoking a Peter Stuyvesant cigarette. Yes, this is to keep

those loyal smokers from loosing interest that Peter is lost forever!

I should say it's a special tribute to Peter Stuyvesant!

This is the new look of KENT soft packs now!

This is the new look of the soft pack KENT you see now!

Thanks for dropping by and have a pleasant day!

KENT Lights up your Life!

Well, KENT will also never leave itself out of premiums

especially lighters! This has been a very special and

bulky box with a very heavy refillable metal lighter!

The plastic box casing blends well with the lighter's shape!

I should say the lighter is very nice and handy but 

just too heavy to carry around and keeping in the pocket!

The package came with 2 packets of either 1, 6 or 9 filters.

And this special ergonomic design is very striking!

This has been about their only one time package that gives

away such prestige! I hardly come across nice looking lighters

from them for years now!
Have a pleasant view!

KENT's 1, 6 & 9 Special

This Special Limited Edition metal casing set

dwells deeper into the filters of 1, 6 & 9.

The theme tells you all KENT has to offer!

"Open up to an Infinitely smoother wOrLd!"

The packings looks awesome!

eNjOy the view!

The Fallen KENT

Since KENT has been picked as the cigarette of this month,

we take some moment in remember the old KENT,

once fallen even after painstaking time taken to have

many of the precious premium gifts! 

Well, they do have many gifts which I have collected, 

including very special earpiece FM radios!

I couldn't find the pix of any 20's box in my archive, 

so I have posted the 7 stick sets instead.

These were the long gone 7 stick packs. 

It once had a plastic pack that holds 3 flavors together, 

selling as a set. As we now know KENT comes in flavor

of 1, 6 and 9 filters.  It has always been their identity.
At the fore front is a promotional  leaflet and a card.

Until my next post on more of KENT's journey in my collection 
and knowledge, here's me wishing you a healthy living!

Showcase of October 2010

As we fold up October, let's remember the

And we welcome KENT for the month of November 2010

Sporty MILD Seven

It was the time when almost everybody was fighting to get

a piece of the sports sponsors and MILD Seven had

successfully came up with this tin package and

it's special limited edition release.

To me it was their best shot at the industry on sports, 

at least during that time ( 2007 ) 

eNjOy the view!

 The following special limited sports issue 

( also in tin case but pix printed on cover )

came earlier before the new logo was implemented

See you soon on another spisode! 

Thanks for dropping by!

Smoke safe if you are!

MILD Seven Origin

MILD Seven has been around for as long as others.

And I remember the Koreans I met, love Mild Seven 

and they always puff only half the stick!

These are the beginning look of MILD Seven 

long before the new ERA.

It's origin of the Originals Charcoal filters and Lights.

The Lighter side of Mild Seven

Just before I wraps up this month's showcase ciggy,

the MILD Seven, here's one of the special gifts.

Yes, a simple but cool looking lighter

from this new packing that came with it's 14 sticks

A limited issue for this gift, limited period only!

Above pix shows the breakdown of the special packaging for this gift pack!
Below was a very old but special gift pack - 3 vivid colors exchangeable casings for the lighter!
And neatly placed in a aluminium casing.

Hope you eNjOy the view! See you around!

MILD Seven once No. 1

Well, after some time of considerations,

I suggested to myself on writing up on

the current month's Showcase of the Month instead of 

on the following month.

So here goes MILD Seven.

It has been No.1 in Asia.

Sometimes I just wonder who really is number ONE, do you?

Anyway, that's what it says on it's card.

They can't be self-proclaimed, can they?

That was said In 2008 anyway. 

A year where it produced this new logo - it's transition.

And it's packs in hologram.

And the special counter display set ( 14 stick packs ) is the  

Showcase of this month!

Close up view from the special limited edition pack of 20's

MILD Seven, well-carried by it's charcoal filters fame

Hope you like the view!

I'll be writing on MILD Seven before the month

wraps up for another showcase for November.

And I have not given a thought as to which ciggy yet!
I'll be seeing you soon!
Thanks for dropping by!

A SALEM Family Special

This gift pack reminds you of the SALEM Family, in brief!

It's the one & only wooden box set I got during a street promo.

Definitely a Limited set! Hope you like the view!

Smaller Side of SALEM

The New Directive Policy has confirmed that only 20 sticks of 

cigarettes are to be sold over the counter.

This marks the end of the last of the smaller packs for SALEM

The 14 sticks and not only we remember this last pack 

but also once upon a time when there were the 10 & 7 sticks!

eNjOy the memories!

The SALEM 10 stick packs

and the long out of shelves 7 sticks below

TOUCH Me Not!

Yes, it's the original TOUCH of SALEM

 Brought back to life by the competent Marlboro

with it's new 7.1mm slimmer stick

 

which is now marketed as  

TOUCH pack Marlboro!

So, who is Touchy Feely now?