Editing The Pen Addict 388/transcript (section)

== Rotring Product Speculation ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. And the imagery, like the image that it's taken from just lists rotring.com, like the base site, not the regional site. So I'm hopeful, even though they're not listed on the US site. You can't find any information about these.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It looks like somebody's catalog, right?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yes, exactly. Exactly. So that wasn't the only Twitter link. This is me catching up on all the Twitter links that I get sent and then like, and then have to scroll back through to remember, oh yeah, I wanted to talk about these things. This one, Myke, did you see this link from Retro 51 about the eBay sale of the Boeing tornado pen?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, I sure did. So there was, they took a screenshot and said that a new record was shattered for a Retro 51 sale on eBay. The previous record was for $1,200 as the most expensive that they'd found. This was two Retro 51s sold for a total of $6,100. Did you buy them? Was that you? I cannot confirm. No, it wasn't me. Of course it wasn't me. Jeez. I mean, why? So they are Boeing special editions, like a white and blue acrylic, two of them in the original, where they have the original tubes. I don't know why anybody would spend that amount of money. Right. It's crazy.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But that makes my conversation about when we found the original pen addict one sold for $400. That looks like child's play now. Maybe that guy was smart in buying it at the time and he's going to go dunk on this Boeing set one day and set the all time world record. So yeah, this is crazy. Come on, right? It's crazy. So much money. I don't get it. I don't get it. Yeah. The first thing when I saw them, I was like, wow, is that some like pen makers, like acrylic pen that they made and just slapped the Retro 51 around it. But no, it's like a, it's like an official Retro Boeing type of thing.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' My assumption is they acknowledge that it was real by tweeting about it, right? Absolutely.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yes, exactly. They would know what they built in the past. So it just, it just, I'm just curious. Like, I'm just curious about this pen now, not for any other reason than it's just, it's almost like a freak show now, right? You can't, you can't help but look at that price and go, what is happening here? So I wonder if this next one.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Maybe I need to bust out the drawer, right?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. Bust out the drawer and, you know, make some vacation money or something like that. You might with this, this next link you put in there. I hadn't seen this before. What is, what is this link you put in here?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' The, it's an exclusive Retro 51 for the retailer Hyatt, which I'd never heard of before. And they're like, like an art supply company, but they sell kind of everything. It's called the Great Glamour. It's very clearly a Great Gatsby riff. And it's very beautiful. 300 rollerballs, art deco style, with brass accents. There's like a black and white stripes, they say, over a matte brass material. Twist top, there's normal polished brass accents, number along the top ring. I think this is a beautiful Retro 51. I have attempted to order this. The Hyatt's website leaves a lot to be desired.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Apparently, I paid for it, but I'm getting free shipping, which I don't think is accurate. So we'll wait and see for them to come back to me on that one. Because they are doing free shipping. But my assumption would be if you lived in America, which I do not. It let me buy it. It let me say I was from the United Kingdom, but never updated my shipping. So I will wait to hear from Hyatt, I am assuming, to pay for my shipping. But I have ordered one, because I think it's one of the better looking Retro 51 specials that I've seen this year.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's a perfect addition, right? It's executed flawlessly. Like, it's not for me. I would never buy this pin. It's not my style. But for what it is, it's 100% perfect, right? I think it looks great.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And I'm really intrigued. How heavy is it going to be? I think that's going to be interesting. It's made of brass.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, I don't think it's going to be that much heavier.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No, but it will be different.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It'll be different. And that's what I'm excited about.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I like, because my collection is so large at this point, I'm now into the, like, I just want different ones. Like, ones that are interesting and weird to me, in some ways. Like, what was the one with the rotten-looking shell? Do you remember that one?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Chiopino.