Editing The Pen Addict 562/transcript (section)

== Introduction of the Pilot 743 pen and its availability. ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' I've never owned a 743 because I don't even know that they were always available in the U.S. market, just the model. But the model is mostly coming just, you know, black and gold trim. I think they have a couple of other random editions they've done in the past. Maybe a brown one? I can't remember. But I will do a review of this eventually. It's not going to be, like, at the top of the review list, but I'm going to use this a bunch because I really like it. And I'm very happy with it so far. They did a good job.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I'll be interested to see when you do the review, like, more of, like, a – more on, like, how it differs from the other models. Like, what makes the 743 an interesting model itself? Like, why does it even exist?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes, that's the review of this pen. Yeah, cool. So I'm going to spend some time using it before I do that. So this isn't one I'm going to rush into at all. So I want to figure it out a little bit and where it falls in line with some of the rest of the pens. I did another unboxing on stream last week in preparation for a review that was going to run this week, and that was of the Lamy Neolab digital pen. You and I have talked about this in the past. We've talked about many –

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm sorry. I have to stop you. Oh, hit me. Go. This is something that I knew needed to be on this show. So you know me. You know how I feel about the by, you know, like, X by X, you know, something by something. Okay, sure. They did it right here, right? Lamy X Neolab. Lamy by Neolab. That makes sense. Neolab made the thing, but it's Lamy branded. A couple of days ago, I was on a bus, and I went past, like, a bar or something or a store, and it said Hennessy, right? That's the alcohol, you know? I actually don't know what Hennessy is. It's like a cognac. Cognac, I think. It said Hennessy X Ginger. Now, what it was trying to tell you is that Hennessy and Ginger is a good combo. Okay. But what it is saying is that Hennessy is made by Ginger is what that is saying, right? Hennessy by Ginger. Now, just – there's another thing. Like, you could just rotate the X, and it's a plus, right? And that means and, you know? Like, it's right there. You don't need – doesn't everything have to be X? Also, how are people saying this? Are they saying – like, is someone in a marketing department saying, walking around, oh, we have our new campaign. It's called Hennessy X Ginger. Like, what does that mean? What are you saying? If you're saying and, then put and. Yes.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's the end of my rant.

'''Myke Hurley:''' No. I think that's a very – It annoys me. It annoys me.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's a very valid rant. At this point, it's a Hennessy plus Ginger equals awesome is what they're trying to, like, get you to. Yeah. But it's just completely broken in how they're trying to get there. Also, it just looked bad, right?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because it was like they had the whole, like, the Hennessy logo, right? Mm-hmm. And then it just said, like, X Ginger in, like, a crappy font. Yeah. Yeah. And it's just kind of like, why?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Why are you doing this? Yeah. I'd be thinking, like, is Ginger, like, a bar? Is that, like, some fancy bar? Like, that we need to, like – Okay. Yeah. I'm with you. All right.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So – That's what I have to say.