Editing The Pen Addict 388/transcript (section)

== Desk Setup Discussion ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, there's only two more episodes of this year because we're taking Christmas week off.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Right. So is that two more or three more? Because we're not going to record on Christmas Day. Right. So it's Christmas week, yes. Are you sure? You sure? I might need a break. I won't even be in the country. Oh, okay. Then never mind. I'm not good to you. Well, speaking of Christmas, it's too bad that these Rotring 600 colors are not available until February of next year because they would have been at the top of my Christmas list. Our gift guide episode last week has received rave reviews, Myke. I'm not afraid to give ourselves a pat on the back for that one. It was a joyous episode with Yumi and Anna, and I got a lot of great feedback on that. I cost myself some money. And, you know, I mentioned that we would talk about these soon. So I wanted to get your feedback on this image that was sent to me on Twitter from a Japanese pen store about this launch of red and blue barrels for the Rotring 600. Give me your thoughts on this.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I adore the red one, and I don't know why. Like, I feel like usually I would gravitate maybe more to the blue, which is a great blue, but there's something about the red, especially because, especially because they didn't change the Rotring red. Right. So all of the markings are Rotring red, like the bright red, and then they have a more muted red for the rest of the barrel, which is just like a strange decision, but the right decision. And I think it looks really great. I want one of these, so I will be keeping my eye out for when they officially launch. And it is a shame that they're not a holiday gift, especially the red one for the holidays that have been perfect.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Right, right. I'm on the opposite side of the ledger. I like the red. Some people had problems with the red for the exact things you were saying that you liked.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's what I think it's a bad decision to have done it, but I like it because I know that people would not like that for good reason. You don't see the branding anymore. They're the same color, but I think it looks fantastic.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Right. The idea is red ring. Like, that's what you expect to see on a Rotring, and I don't dislike it. Like, some people just dislike it, and you love it. I'm fine with it. Like, it's an okay decision. The blue one, on the other hand, I am super in love with.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, I feel like I would probably end up getting both of them, because I bet I'd see the blue and be like, oh, that's true. I've got to get it. But, like, I would buy the red sight unseen.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. Yeah, the only thing I can't quite figure out. So, this is, like, a Japanese PDF from Rotring. And I can't tell if this is the retail price that they list down at the bottom of the page. They list for one number is 3,000 yen. Then they have a 10% number that says 3,300 yen. And that's about the retail price of the 600, just the standard 600. It's like $30 ballpark. You know, give or take a few bucks, depending on where you buy it. So, if they're the same retail price, even better. But I certainly won't profess to know exactly what those numbers mean. But that's kind of the ballpark that they currently sell in. Some people were commenting that the black pencils and pens, there's also a ballpoint. The ballpoint is also part of this set as well. And it looks like there's a box where you could actually buy a pen and pencil set. But the black ones I see on the page, some people were saying those were green. And there was some type of translation somewhere in this page, which I cannot read, that alluded to the fact that it might be a green. Do you see any green in that? I see green in that. It's black. You do? Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It is a very dark green. And the compression in the image is not helping. But now you've said it, I see that as green. Plus, that makes more logical sense that there would be a third color here, not black. Because why would they show the already available black pen on this category page? Yeah. You've got a red special, a blue special. Without showing the silver. Why would you not do a green? Apparently, Tony in the chat room says somebody in Slack translated it and said it was green too. Okay. Which is, you know, I mean, that's probably all you need. But that looks like a very, very dark, almost British racing green to me.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. I bet that's going to look better in person. If it's green. I'm probably going to win a four or three of these, Brad. I'm not going to lie. Well, you can get the 0.5 in one, the 0.7 in another, and then the ballpoint in a third. So there you go.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I would get three mechanical pencils because I'm not interested in the ballpoint because I love them as mechanical pencils.

'''Myke Hurley:''' If I get more than one, I will get the ballpoint model. That's cool.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I think it'd be a nice set to get all three colors and like that'd be a good set. I bet they won't sell that, but I wish that they would.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. Yeah. That'd be cool. So good. I love these and they've been rolling around the internet for a while, but we just hadn't had a chance to talk about them. And yeah, we're going to need those. So if they're available in Japan only, we will be calling in some favors, but I hope they're worldwide.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'd be surprised if they were Japan only.