Editing The Pen Addict 521/transcript (section)

== Negative Feedback ==


'''Brad:''' Like, let's, let's get this out of the way. I don't love this at all. Like style wise. No, this is rough. This is, this is again, like. I like the idea of it.

'''Myke:''' Just another, uh, minus for the AL star crowd. Do you know what I'm saying? Like, this is what you get.

'''Brad:''' Like, well, remove the pen from this imagery. Just put the pen on the desk. We're in good shape, right? Like, this is a very, very aggressive marketing. I don't like it, bro.

'''Myke:''' I don't, no, even the pen. I don't like it. It's too chaotic. Like, I don't understand why you've put these two things together. It just makes no sense to me. Why is it glossy red and fluorescent yellow? Like, why are you doing that? I don't get it.

'''Brad:''' I will, I will buy this pen. Like, I don't. You're a maniac. Well, no, I don't buy the all-stars usually. If I do, I buy them to give away. Like, I think I kind of want to try this one. Even though I don't enjoy it as much as the Safari. The Lamy's, you know, along with this release, they're releasing the Smurf Safari, re-releasing the Smurf Safari. It's a bright blue barrel with a red clip. I'm sure you've seen pictures of that in the past. So they're doing a re-release at the same time. I didn't grab the image of that one because I don't think it's as compelling to me. But it's a, I guess it's along the lines of the, what, the terracotta and savannah green reissues that Safari did before they're reissuing the, what I call, and most people call the Smurf one. It's, it's, it's, that's really, really what it looks like. But, um, and apparently these are coming, you know, late summer, early fall type of timeframe. So, moving and shaking Lamy. Like, this is more Lamy news than we normally get, right? Like, outside of Asia.

'''Myke:''' The blue with the red clip. I will buy that. Yeah, I've only had one of those. And every time I used to see it at pen shows, I was always jealous. Like, that is a good looking Lamy Safari.

'''Brad:''' Yeah, it's a classic. Like, it's one of the, like, the OG classics, like, up there in, like, in the top three, top five of, you know, limited edition runs that they've done. And it's.

'''Myke:''' I found an eBay listing for one for $600. What? Sorry to this person who's not now going to make.

'''Myke:''' I'm going to put it in the show notes just in case people want to see it.

'''Brad:''' Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I have a little issue with that. Like, I'm not going to totally, like, bang the drum. It's like, if they're putting the effort to reissue, just make me something new. Like, I'd rather just keep making a bunch of new colors. They have infinite colors. Look at this frigging thing they made. Okay.

'''Myke:''' They've done it, and look at it. You know what I'm saying? Okay.

'''Brad:''' I got one reissue and one, like, acid trip. This is an acid trip. Yeah.

'''Myke:''' They basically split the team in half. One, like, half went and, like, went on a vision quest, and the other just got dealt through the archives.

'''Brad:''' Oh, man. I'm happy. I'm happy this exists. You know? It's right up my alley. Like, it could not be more of a me pen. And believe me, I was getting tagged as soon as, like, these images showed up. It's like, oh, Brad. Oh, Brad. Oh, Brad. I'm like, yeah. Give it to me. Like, this is great. I love this. So, I am actually looking forward to purchasing this pen and getting an idea of what they're up to here.

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'''Brad:''' I'm half tempted to buy like the five pound bags sometimes. Sorry, I'm continuing the trade ad here. Okay. They do the bulk stuff too. And it's like, yeah, you find a good one. It's like, give me the bulk. Give me the bulk. Give me all of it.

'''Myke:''' I know I'm going to like it. Just give me it.

'''Brad:''' All right. Give me all of it, Myke. Field notes. Field notes time. Great Lakes. Great Lakes edition dropped yesterday. This is a Tuesday release. I appreciate them updating their schedule to get it before the show. It's usually Wednesday or Thursday after the show and then we wait a week. But we got this a little bit prior to the show. So I'm pretty happy about that. So Myke, I'd like to let you go first on these America-centric field notes editions that you love so much. Go. So wait, am I giving you my opinion or am I guessing yours? Oh, yeah. What do you want to do? Yeah. Okay. Well, I just guessed yours. I'm like, yeah, you're like, it's fine. It's, you know, go USA. And, you know, I appreciate that. And like, it looks good. It feels good. I'm sure it's completely fine. I don't, you know, you know, where's, you know, my Loch Ness Monster one.

'''Myke:''' You hit it exactly for me. And I know that you're going to be super into it, you know, USA all day. That's probably Doughty. And you love the blue. You love the blue, right? And that there's five of them. I actually do really like personally that there is a sixth if you're a subscriber. Yes. I think that's a smart way of doing it. Whereas all of them.