Editing The Pen Addict 451/transcript (section)

== Feedback on Episode 450 ==


'''Myke:''' Anyway, that's exactly the right way to start a show. Last week, big episode, episode 450. We got lots of great feedback. I enjoyed putting it together. It was a fun time.

'''Brad:''' It was good. It was, number one, when companies started replying to us, then that was, that was funny. Like a Johto reached out and was like, hey, that was funny. Like, and then, you know, I've had some other people talk to me, you know, behind the scenes about it. And it was like, oh, that was fun. It was really cool to put that together. It was fun to kind of run through that. And we're still getting commentary about it, which I appreciate because we put like a lot of work into that. And that was, it was fun to do. So now it makes me like, should I get back into like aggressively kickstarting again, which that's not going to happen. But I, I just enjoyed the whole idea of the show running through the goods and the goods and the bads. And it was just a fun look back because it ran, you know, such in sync with the podcast as a whole, right? That's what made it good. Like we, it was basically a running thread from when we started, um, was not far after, uh, Kickstarter started. So it was, it was good to do, but thank you all for all the great feedback. It was, it was awesome to read. Speaking of which all the Kickstarters, Myke, I just wanted to give a quick knock co Kickstarter shipping update. I have shipped through backer 200. This is for the wax canvas cases. The feedback has been great for people who have received there. So thank y'all for that. Keep that coming. You know, let me know your thoughts on the cases. Um, there was like 530 backers maybe. So I'm not quite halfway there yet, but, uh, I should be past halfway before the week is out. And yeah, that's kind of the pace I'm going at. And I need to kind of ramp that up, Myke. Right. Because next week we're going to talk about another product. I'm going to have to start shipping, which is the, the spoke fountain pen release is going to be next week. So we'll save. Well, like ready to go. Yeah. Huh? Okay. Like it's go time. I'd love to get one, but you just never sent anything to me. It's questionable. Questionable. Maybe now when I sent, start selling the fountain pens, I'll send you your roadie. That's probably the move. Well, I will also want to couple it with a fountain pen. So, you know, maybe I'll have a six month delay or something. Yes. Yes. So like, I think now's the time to ship the roadie to you. And then we'll just put the fountain pens just on the ledger somewhere. Yeah. That sounds about right. If I, if I actually buy one, will it force you to send it to me? Yes. Okay. So maybe I'll just cancel the order. Maybe I'll just cancel the order. Grease the palms. Mm-hmm. Over at the spoke company. So I have a wheel. Grease the wheel. Get it. There you go. Um, we'll do a full breakdown of what we're doing next week, um, for next week's show. So plan on that. Uh, that'll be like a half episode of the madness that, that we're trying to, uh, put forth out into the world. It is going to, it's a little bit crazy, but it's, it's good. It's, it's, it's okay to be a little bit crazy and do things that, you know, other companies don't really do. And that's kind of what we're setting out to do here. So stay tuned for that. I teased the, a single fountain pen that I made through all the parts of the fountain pens that I've received so far on stream yesterday. So if you want a teaser of that, you can go to, uh, um, the Twitch stream. You can catch the VOD, which is twitch.tv slash pen addict. Or you can go to the pen addict YouTube channel and see a replay of it and see what I built. I'm maybe that's why I'm in a good mood, Myke, because it's awesome. It looks really good. I'm very happy with it. So that's the deal. Um, and as coincidence would have it, launch day is going to be actually podcast day next week. So I'll be a little bit, uh, a little bit harried. Uh, I'm looking at, I'm looking at the video right now. That's a good looking pen. Yeah. It's fun. We like to have fun with this stuff. Right. So it's like exactly what I want to use. Yeah. Right. And we've talked about this a hundred times over the nearly decade we've been doing this. Like I make the things I want to use and yeah. And then hopefully you like them too. Yeah. It looks, but this is, this is even going to be like, this is going to be very different from a lot, what a lot of people are used to. People who have been following me, teasing the prototypes kind of know what they're getting into. But for people who haven't seen it, I think they're going to be surprised with a couple of the, a couple of the things that we're doing with this pen. So, and I look forward to the feedback from that. So there you go. I have some feedback for Kaweco, Myke. Is that okay?

'''Myke:''' Yes. I would love to hear it.

'''Brad:''' You're still looking at the pen, aren't you?

'''Myke:''' I was.

'''Brad:''' Just wait. I'll take some pictures of it when I get the official spoke pen nib in, which should happen today. So that's what I'm waiting for. That's why I haven't done like Instagram pictures because I don't have the proper nib. I have a nib that fits. They take a Govo number sixes. But until then, let me, let me have a conversation with Kaweco. I think we need to just chat about their new procedures for naming their special edition pens, right? We covered this, what, a month ago, a few weeks ago about how, hey, good idea naming all your special editions collection and getting rid of all these machinations that they were trying to put in place with regional naming and stamping the name, you know, on the, on the pen, you know, rest in peace, Paladin Evergreen. I'll miss you. Rest in peace, Golden Espresso. I'll miss you. But that experiment ended quickly. They're just going to go with straight up collection, Myke, on the limited editions, except this first one. Except this first one where they apparently got to, forgot to tell the factory not to stamp sport on, on the, on the, on the sport model and put collection on it. It's hilarious. Like this is no big deal whatsoever, but I get so much pleasure and joy from this. How did you find this? Someone, someone tweeted me.

'''Myke:''' So basically it's a link to Goulet pens and there's a couple of different images on the page. The renders or like, well, clearly very, like very much the official images from Caveco say Caveco collection, but the pictures, which I would assume have been taken by Goulet, the product page say Caveco sport on the side. So something got messed up here. I mean, we'll have to see when they, I guess when they, if they haven't already started shipping, like landing with people for all we know, that's a prototype or something. And sure. They didn't stamp it correctly. So if anybody buys one of these, um, Brad's probably already bought one. I wouldn't be surprised. No, no. Okay. If anybody buys one of these, the lavender ones, we want a picture of the side. Does it say sport or collection on it? Because now it's, it's all over the map.

'''Brad:''' So they've started showing them in the, uh, pen attic slack. And I think they're, I think they're getting both. I know there's definitely been some sports.

'''Myke:''' Oh, it says, it says on the Goulet page. No, some pens are engraved Caveco sport and others Caveco collection. Our stock is mixed. And unfortunately we are unable to honor special requests. So they must've gotten a bunch of questions about it. This is so funny.

'''Brad:''' I love this so much. This may, this is why I want to do a podcast. I don't care what, you know, about using the stuff. I want to, I want to see when companies do goof ups like this. Cause it, it really doesn't matter. But the lead up into, Hey, this is now what we're going to do. And me thinking, Hey, this is a great idea. And then they did this straight up butcher it right out the gate. I love it.

'''Myke:''' That's so strange. Especially cause it's like a sense of like a new product launch type deal, right? Like new branding. You would assume that they would be all over it, but I don't know. Maybe the samples that Caveco got, I mean, we've, we've all had this. Anyone that's made stuff has had this happen. The samples that Caveco got like sent to them from the factory or whatever, or whoever was signing it off said one thing. But then when they went actually went out to the distributors, someone messed up.

'''Brad:''' Yeah. And I'm thinking like, I don't want to say like it's in house, like, I don't know for sure, but I mean, I think they're their own manufacturer kind of thing. Right. So I could be, could be mistaken on that. Yeah. It's just funny because of what you said, like the importance they put on this at the jump, and then just goof it up in the right, in the beginning. I love it. It's funny. So now we're going to have to, we need to count, Myke. We need to count which one's going to be rare. This is like those, it's like a collectible error card or something like that. Right. So like, is the, is, did they only make 10% sports? Is that the rare one now? And is that one going to go secondary market for a bajillion dollars? Right. I don't know. I don't know, Myke. It's just, you know, maybe this is, maybe this is Caveco's. Maybe they did it on purpose. Maybe there's a conspiracy theory. Now people have to buy multiples. So now they have two, one that says sport, one that says collection. Maybe this is big pen with the conspiracy going on.

'''Myke:''' Well, this is how you get it. Maybe they did it on purpose. This is how you make it more valuable.

'''Brad:''' This is why we do this show, Myke. This is what I care about the most.

'''Myke:''' Someone needs to make an NFT of this, Brad. That's the thing. That's what you got to do now.