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== Platinum Star Wars Pens ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. So, first off, the only webpage I have found is a Japanese language Platinum webpage. Is there any other information that is of use? No. Pricing?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' The pricing's at the bottom. They're $330 USD. I'll have to check. They're around $300 each because I think, what are they, 33,000 yen? Something like that. So, I'll look. But you can translate this page. It does do some translations in Google Translate. But not a lot because a lot of it's, you know, just flat files that are presented on there. So, but yeah, at the bottom. Yeah, there it is. 33,000 yen. So, they're $300-ish US dollars.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, yeah, I've gone through this whole thing publicly. We did it on stream one day. It was a blast to do. And in my opinion, there is a whole heck of a lot to say about this page. But I've said a lot of it. So, I'm going to let you talk.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm really pleased they're doing this because we've asked Platinum to do stuff. Right? So, they're doing something. I'm happy that they're doing something. Right? Like, the 3776 is a great pen. It could be pro gear level if they just, you know, like in the sense of like in the conversation as much. If they just did stuff with it. Right? Because it is an absolutely fantastic pen with an even better nib. We spoke about it a bunch of times on the show. So, I'm happy to see them doing something that's interesting to push this pen out to more people. There are six of these. And three of them are like, ah, you were so close though. And the other three are pretty cool.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' There are some genuinely bad design decisions in this set.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yes. Just like very bad. So, I assume that we are agreeing that the may the force be with you printed on the cap or don't underestimate the force printed on another cap ruins what is otherwise fantastic pens. They are really terrible.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Those two in particular.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Why did they do that? So, it's like a Darth Vader one and a Luke Skywalker one. Luke Skywalker one is white and it has a blue line on it to represent the blue lightsaber. The Darth Vader one is black and it has a red line on it to represent the red lightsaber. They look amazing. But then they have this printed on the cap. And it's like, why? And then like the other one is the opening scroll, which just looks ugly on a pen. But I can accept that one because it's fun. Right? And like that's the thing that exists in the Star Wars universe. The text of don't underestimate the force, just like that's not printed anywhere. Then there were three other pens. The Darth Vader pen, a Darth Maul pen, and a Kylo Ren pen. Which, they basically have visual, you know, tie-ins to the characters, right? So, like, either Darth Vader's face and also kind of like evoking the grill of his mouth or Darth Maul's kind of face paint. And Kylo Ren's like mask, like the way that the kind of face grew and his mask goes. Those are three really awesome pens. I really like the Kylo Ren one because it's super subtle. It is very subtle.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That one I go back and forth on.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I like it. And they all have Star Wars written on the cat band. But like I'm so mad at them over the Luke Skywalker one. It is like a frost, like ice, snow white pen with an awesome blue lightsaber like line on it. And they completely ruined it by putting the text on that cat.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like so close, but so far. On both that one and the Darth Vader one, they did not take the lightsaber imagery anywhere near far enough, right? It could be the lightsaber pen for those two. They could have done that. They could have done the handle or the hilt. This is a racing stripe.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I will just say that if they just had the caps blank, I would still love these pens because it's like I like the subtlety of it. And also the nibs are amazing, by the way.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I almost want to get one just for the nibs. So let's not leave that out. They are the single best part of this entire series.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Every pen has a customized nib for the pen itself. And like, oh, it's... They're glorious. The nibs are glorious. They're freaking amazing.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But yeah. Oh, I really love them. There's just a huge letdown on the opening scroll and the Vader and Skywalker.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But like the opening scroll one, I can accept it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I accept it. That one makes me giggle, honestly. It's like this is dumb, but in a hilarious way.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But it's funny and like I would own that pen, right? Like I don't think I would buy it, but I would be happy to own it. You know what I mean? Right? But like I'm almost tempted to try and see if I could get the Luke Skywalker one and like remove the... Well, that's how bad it looks.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It looks like a lottery scratcher print on it is what it looks like. It's not going to wear well. It's such a huge letdown on that pen. And the Vader imagery looks like the Affliction t-shirts from like 10 or 15 years ago. I'm not totally down on that one. I love them all. And the Kylo Ren one's growing on me for its subtlety. But the nibs are amazing.