Editing The Pen Addict 612/transcript (section)

== Analog tools and their significance ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, I think it was like pen and paper and the analog tools we love so dearly.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes, there you go. There you go. You're a professional podcaster. So, throwing back as old as that phrase is my fascination for Retro 51, yours as well. You know, I don't buy near the amount that I used to. You know, I'll save myself for, you know, one or two a year I might get. So, last year, they started the Pan Am Airlines series with their vintage, like, 1960s-ish Hawaii artwork poster. And I was just like, oh, this is like one of, like, I'll be straight up with y'all. I have not used this pen, right? Like, I have not taken it out and given it a run. I have a Retro 51 pink robot sitting here on my desk. This is one that I made several years ago. And if I want to use a Retro 51, that's kind of the one I'm picking up. But I just loved this one so much. I was like, yeah, I'm going to go ahead and get it. And they've continued on this whole Pan Am series, right? They made the plane, right? The Pan Am Clipper, which those are always, like, super, super popular. And then they just launched, which is what I wanted to put in the show notes, is they just launched the London and Japan posters for, that go in this series as well, like, kind of match the Hawaii style. So, I don't know the exact dates or times or exact. This still looks like the 1960s type of artwork and poster. That's what I got it for. Yeah, for sure. Yeah, so, I didn't want to, there was really no reason for me to bring them up other than it's London and Japan, which is, like, two, like, really cool areas. And I always like these Retro 51s. And I like this artwork. So, what do you think about these?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I like the Japan one more than the London one. But they're both cool. I like the style. Like, it fits with the Hawaii. I think they've got to take the Pan Am Pen out of the lineup, though. I know that that's what it's for. Like, it is the Pan Am. But, like, it looks really weird to have that plane in this product now. It was less weird when there was just one poster. But now there's, like, three posters and a plane. It's like, what's the odd one out here? But I understand why it's there, because it is part of the license. But, like, I think that the poster pens are a better, just a better product for me, I think. They're more intriguing. Yeah, I think these are good additions. I will say, weird to me, Hawaii, Japan, London, that's not the same.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right. Right?

'''Myke Hurley:''' But, like, I think that is, like, it's the Americans' view of the United Kingdom. That it is one place, and that place is London. Although that is also the Londoners' view of England, to be honest. But, yeah, like, they should have done an England pen. Yeah, England, yeah. At least. But, yes, I get it. I get it. Because I understand maybe doing Hawaii, it's just Hawaii. Yeah. Because people are less familiar with the, like, you know, maybe you do a Honolulu, I don't know. Yeah, that would be it. It was surprising to me not to see, like, Tokyo. I think, like, Tokyo would have been better than Japan. Yeah. Because then you could also do, like, Kyoto and different aesthetics. But, yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right. Right. So, maybe these are just, like, literal from the poster catalog, right? Very possible. I'm guessing that they are. Very possible. Which makes, like, you know, the London one, yeah, it's a little bit corny. You know, it's the corniest of the three. But, like, it's cool. You know, it's taken off.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Hey, I found the poster.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I've actually found the poster. I just Googled Pan Am London poster. Okay. And it is the actual, I found the poster. So, yeah, they're basing them literally on old Pan Am ads. And there is one here that just says London. And it is, like, a bus conductor hanging off the back of a bus holding on to London. So, there you go. That's what that is, I suppose. Yeah.