That sounds like an amazing bargain. The Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur III was my daily smoke in the ’90s—they were about $80.00 for a box of twenty; Padron was a two dollar stick back then.
I had a box of 1993 8-5-8’s that lasted me up until a few years ago! I still have some pre-boom El Reys, I think. And that $7 box of Rothman Dog Rockets, which are actually pretty good little coronas!
I went into my archives and dug out some stuff from the ’90s that I thought you might enjoy. Here’s a J&R Alternatives Catalogue from when I used to shop at their 45th Street location. I’m including some catalogues from 1995 and 1996 from some places that will be familiar to many of you.