Editing The Pen Addict 618/transcript (section)

== Lamy Pens ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like, it would be like a cream or a light tan. And it's like, yes, okay, maybe that's not really. I mean, they could have just gone. I might have even accepted almost brown, like, just from like a coconut shell perspective.

'''Myke Hurley:''' This is more fun though, Brad.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' This is a killer. Like, this is like, if I'm in the design lab, and I talk about this all the time, if I'm in Lamy's lab, this is something I'm putting together, right? And now, I have quickly gone from, do this Lamy, do this Lamy, do this Lamy. It's like, whoa, whoa, whoa, Lamy. Too much. What are we doing here? Are you going to make me, like, put a moratorium on you, like, sailor, where you're introducing, like, literally all the safaris? Now, we have a quarterly Lamy Safari limited edition, like, I'm not saying they're doing this. What is this for the monkeys, Paul? Like, Lamy, I want you to do more of your designs. Yeah, no, not like that. Every story weeks, there's a new one. Yeah, this is literally a no, not like that. Like, you got what you asked for. No, not like that. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, Brad, this is, look, praise be to Mitsubishi Pencil, you know? Like, that's what's going on here. It's obviously the only way to assume what is happening. You know, praise be to Mitsubishi, we now have some interesting Lamy Safaris.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, so here's the thing. When the Pink Cliff and Violet Blackberry came out, I bought one of each, right? Like, that's kind of what I do. Like, one of each, like, fountain pen, rollerball, ballpoint, whatever they offered. And, you know, go through them, kind of review them, and then literally give all of it away, and I'll keep, like, one safari, whichever safari I like the most, I'll just keep. So I kept the Pink Cliff one because I like the matte barrel color. These are glossy. Both of these are glossy, by the way. It's hard to tell in some of the pictures, but there's some close-up pictures. These are definitely both glossy barrels and glossy grips, if people were wondering. I have ordered zero of these so far because, like, now I'm just like, well, yeah, what's the rush, right? They have clearly shown that in the span of four months, they're willing to just, like, overload the shelves with these colors. And I think both of these colors, I like these better than the Pink Safari and Violet Blackberry. Pink Cliff and Violet Blackberry. There's too many names here.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But, like, I'm, you know, I'll probably pick up, like, one or two of these. You know, maybe the Pina Colada Ballpoint. You know I love a good ballpoint. Right.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And so, yeah, like, it's super interesting. It's weird to me that they added the pencil into both of these as a huge part of their lineup because, again, the pencil is the least functional Safari, right? If you don't, like, pencil.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't like the knock that they have made for the pencil. It looks cheap. I feel like they could have done a better job there.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, because the knock on the ballpoint is killer. It should be that. It's a smash. It's a smash little accordion-looking piece. Yeah, and the pencil, the hang-up with the pencil is they insist on using the triangle molded grip section, which should not be on pencils. I fully believe that pencils should not have molded grip sections the way people rotate a pencil, right? The pencil forces you to rotate unless you're a Kura Toga because they get edgy, right? You get a flat spot. And so, having a triangle grip section on a mechanical pencil is no bueno in my opinion. So, anyway. So, like, I'm sitting here. I love everything about this. This is exactly what I want Lamy to do. And now I'm just on edge. Like, in three months from now, like, what else is going to happen? Are they going to make me eat my lunch or eat my words?

'''Myke Hurley:''' You know that? This is such a hilarious... You've begged and begged and begged for them to do exactly this. And now they've done it. You're like, I don't know, man. I don't know. This is all over.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, honestly, what I've begged for is translucent vistas. That's what I've been begging for. Or not...

'''Myke Hurley:''' Not only are you going to get that, you're going to get translucent every pen now, right? Like, that's what's going to happen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, that's okay. So, now there's going to be a lot. So, this is an interesting time to be me.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Hilarious.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Because there is a balance in the force, right? And, like, once you feel this disturbance, it's like, oh, no. Are they becoming what I hate?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, there may be more evidence for this. Once again, praise be to Mitsubishi Pencil. We now have a Lamy and Ink House Hong Kong collaboration for a very special-looking Lamy as well that you put in the show notes.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, along the lines with what I mentioned, as I was doing my research and just kind of poking around, kind of getting the scope of what Lamy has just done with the Pina Colada and Cherry Blossom, I run across a more limited edition store edition from Ink House, which I believe, yeah, Hong Kong. So, they're in Hong Kong. And we have seen over, I would say, like, the last five years or so, we've seen Lamy Safaris and some All-Stars appear in the Asian market as either, like, they've done a regional All-Star before. They did that red one with the yellow translucent grip. That was, like, Asian market release. And then they've done some store exclusives. Like, I have a Safari that was only available in Atoya in Japan. Then they have another one. That was a gray one that I got. Then there's a green and gold one here that's been recent. And now these ones that are, and we've obviously seen the Pokemon ones, right, that were hugely popular. All these special editions. They were with Ink House as well. Yeah, with Ink House. So, this is, like, I guess we could call this a classy upscale edition. Yeah. Even though it's still a Lamy Safari, but they have done these add-ons. I want to say, like, this is killer. Yeah. Like, I am madly in love with both of these pins.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It looks like the Lamy body is textured, too, a little bit. Or maybe it's just the photography.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's probably, it's a matte body. Let me look at the blue one here. Like. Yeah, so it's blue. So, these are matte bodies. The blue one's matte for sure. Let me look at the white one.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Some of the shots, it looks like it has a more intense texture than usual, but maybe it's just the photography.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. No, that's the matte. That's the matte finish. The white is the same way. The white is also matte.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, yeah. Like, so this is. It's store exclusive, right? And, man, do I love. I like these more than the.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Me, too.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Than the Pina Colada Cherry Blossom.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, me, too.