Editing The Pen Addict 185/transcript (section)

== Lamy Colors ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, is that cool by you? Oh, of course it is. Yeah. So, the first thing is the new Lamy colors. And they got, they announce them so early. Like, some of these aren't even until the summer of 2016. But they always do an AL Star Special Edition, the aluminum barrel, Safari shape. And then they do a Safari Special Edition every year. And people, the first one I saw was the AL Star, which is charged green. And just about every pin person on the planet had a conniption. Because this is, like, their fifth green Special Edition color in a row. And it's getting kind of annoying at this point.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Why? Why are they doing this? I don't get it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But you could take, like, a photo of, like, the last five years of Special Editions. And they just, and line them up together. And they're, like, about one shade off. One of them is, like, really, really green. And they range from, like, chartreuse to, like, bright green. And it's, like, ridiculous. So, everyone was, like, having a nut over this. And I was, too. I was, like, this is just stupid. It made me so mad. Except they never do the AL Star in green, right? That one's always been orange, blue. I don't know. They've done some, a bunch of different colors with that one. They've never done a green one that way. All those safaris are green. And then, like, the very next day, here comes the safari image. And it's this dark purple. They're calling it dark lilac. With a black clip and a black nib. And people just, like, forgot everything about the charged green AL Star. And went, like, crazy for this. And rightfully so. Because we've been asking for a purple for years. Because they don't vary the lineup. The last variance, I think, was aquamarine in the safari. I don't remember when the pink was. But it's always been some kind of apple green chartreuse. And it's just this consistent theme. And it's like, you are killing us, Lamy. Come out with a purple. Just like Pelican was. Everyone was clamoring over Pelican doing a special edition Edelstein ink of the year. They always pick another gem to do. And they would never do purple. And I don't know. Maybe it's because it's so obvious and everyone wants it so bad. And it would just frustrate people every year. And so they finally come out with this dark lilac safari. And I know you're not a big safari guy. I am. I've already decided that. I wouldn't say that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I love the safari. I don't use it much now.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. You have a healthy respect for the safari. You just don't really use the safari.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. But see, my difference between you and the safari is the safari is the pen that I tell people to get as their first founding pen where you tend to go metropolitan.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That blows my mind.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think it's a better start than the metropolitan.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I used to say that. I used to say that. But I've already someone. I forget who it was on Twitter. I don't have it pulled up right now. And they're just like, well, now I have to decide how many to buy. That's how it is with this pen. That they finally released a purple. And it looks really, really good. It's not. I can't wait to get it. It's how many am I going to buy? This is going to. This will probably be. I don't know. They don't release numbers. And they sell these by the tens of thousands. I'm sure. They're always available for months and months and months. Sometimes they take forever to sell out. But I imagine this is going to sell out pretty well unless they really ramp up production. It's not that limited. These aren't, you know, like they're making 100 or 300, 500 of them. They're making. They have to be tens of thousands of these because they sell them in literally every retailer. You know, in their network. And it's a huge worldwide network. So what do you think about this pen?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think the black nib is the nice touch about all of it, to be honest. I mean, the purple color is nice. Like it's different. Yeah. And, you know, purple is a good color for this type of thing. I think I can't think of lots of these types of things that are in purple. But yeah, I think that the black furniture, as you would say, is the nicest part about it. It sets it off. It might be.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. It's really good. They pretty much nailed this one. You know, I always look forward to the Safari special release. But this one's the first one I've been excited, like legitimately excited for, for years. And you only have to wait till the summer 2016 to check that out. Will you get more than one? Will I get more than one?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Probably. But it would be, if I did, it'd be like, it'd be two. It wouldn't sound like I'd buy five of them. I don't buy these things to collect them and save them for later kind of thing. You know, there's no point in that. So, but I might buy two because I might actually keep one of these. And I don't normally keep one. Keep one. You know, one of the Safaris. I just use them because they're pretty cool. And, you know, it's just a good writing pen. Every time I use the Safari, I always remember how much I like the Safari. You know, it's just a good pen. So, so we had some other pen release news that I thought wasn't going to release yet, but it turns out it has. I take it you've seen the Twisby VAC news. You bet. Twisby VAC Mini, I should clarify, because the Twisby VAC 700, I am not a fan of. FYI, we're ticking people off in the chat room, which is exactly what I planned on. What are we doing? Oh, they're like, get over the pen talk. What's the news? All right. Okay. Yeah. So, working as intended.