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'''Brad Dowdy:''' And they're looking at a release in February. So some sites do pre-orders. Some will just release them when they have them in stock. And yeah, the news is starting to spread. I'm thrilled with this. I think it's going to be great. I like the fact that they're the same standard price as the traditional Safaris have always been. There's no price increase, which it would be valid. In this particular case. So thank you, Lamy, for holding that line. I think that's pretty cool.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Question.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' On these. I don't think that people would feel this way, but I wonder anyway. Do you think that there is any kind of like frustration amongst collectors?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That was kind of what I was alluding to in the beginning. Yeah. In this exact, very specific case, I would say no. Yeah. Because I don't know anyone that has them. Like there's so few. But even if you did. If you did, you still have. You still have the original version. Especially if you have the original boxes and packaging. They had some unique boxes back then and packaging. If you had all that, I think it's still an extremely special edition. Does it maybe take the luster off it? Maybe a little bit. But that's from someone who wasn't going to buy the original anyway. Right? Someone who wasn't going to pay. Like we found one online yesterday that is actively for sale. One of the green ones for $750. And it has a cracked cap. Like that's how hard these are to find. They just don't exist. So I don't think the collectors would be too upset. Right. Especially if you have the full packaging. It doesn't lose its luster at all, I don't think.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because you still have the.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You still have the original, right?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like if for some reason I was that person that decided. Like I'm this Uber collector. And one of the great pens that I want in my collection. Is the original Lamy Safaris. I would be 100% still like willing to pay. If I could track down like that mint condition. You know, 1980 release. With the packaging and stuff. And pay like a large premium for that. Despite these new models being out.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, because the reason that they're like sought after. Is not because of what they look like. It's because they're old and rare. Yeah. And reissuing them doesn't change the rarity. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. And it was the first safari. Like you can't say that about these. You can say these are the colors of the first safari. But they're not the first safaris. And that's a big gaping chasm of a difference.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. Let's take a break. And thank our first sponsor of this week's episode. And that is Pen Chalet. They sell authentic, amazing roller balls, fountain pens, ballpoints, mechanical pencils, and so much more. And they sell from your favorite brands in order the types of products that you're looking for. They also sell lots of extras. You can get inks and converters, pen holders and carrying cases from Pen Chalet. And they stock brands like Pelican, Estabrook, Lamy, Pilot, Namiki, Sailor, Kaweco. So everything you're looking for, go to Pen Chalet to try and find it because they're always adding new products. Every month they're adding new styles of pens. They're adding lots of different accessories. And they do great discounts on them as well. Every two weeks they're doing great discounts which you can go and pick up. Pen Chalet have fast and reliable customer service. They do free shipping on orders of over $50 in the United States. And they also sell internationally with very reasonable shipping rates. Shipping's great too. That Estabrook that I ordered two weeks ago arrived today. Which is kind of funny really because I've just been having, just like everyone, shipping is a nightmare right now. So I was very surprised it showed up. We're going to talk about that. Yeah, we're going to talk about, that's the topic for later on in the episode. Pen Chalet have low prices on high quality pens and offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee. So go to penchalet.com and click the podcast link at the top of the website and enter the password penaddict for this week's special offer. And to get the code that you need to save 10% on anything at any time at Pen Chalet. What has caught your eye this time, Brad?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' There's something in here that I don't recall seeing before being available. On Ron's Pen Chalet Pen Addict page. And it's the Caran d'Ache 849 Claim Your Style Ballpoint Pens. Those are generally pretty expensive. You know I love the 849. I have my own 849. And, you know, they aren't inexpensive pens to begin with. But the Claim Your Style Editions even have a premium. Just like the Nespresso Editions have a premium. Anything above their stock level 849s is at a, for Caran d'Ache, is still a pretty good premium. And this is a discount on the Claim Your Style Edition 2 colors. Which I don't have any of those colors yet. I have one of the Edition 1 colors, which I love. Which is one of the reasons why I wanted to pursue making one myself. And it's odd. Not odd. It's good to see a discount on those. Because you rarely see it. So if that's something you're interested in. Also the Conquerant Duraflex with its flexible nib has been pretty popular. It's an inexpensive way to get into, you know, kind of a soft, a little bit more flexible nib. And the Diplomat Esteem Mad C. I have seen pictures of this. And I keep looking at it going, what is this pen? What is this pen? It's at a really, really crazy good price point right now.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's a wild looking pen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, very unique stuff. You know, I like my bright bold color. So it's no doubt that these stand out to me.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Ron did also want us to mention a Retro 51 that they have had available. But I think it's sold out now, which is a Retro 51 Hubble, which was an exclusive to Pen Chalet. So when we were talking a couple of weeks ago about the belief that we'd seen the last general Retro 51. There would still be some exclusives coming out, which I guess is clear in the backlog. This is one of them. And it was on sale, but I think it's gone now.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, it was only 500. What's the distance here? I'm going to get it wrong and I'm going to get yelled at. Let me pull it up. 547. 547 kilometers high. So there were 547 issued. I love the design of this one. I didn't order it. I don't know. It's very nice. But it's got the different color nose cone. It's different color hardware on the front end and the back end. And you don't see that very often. So I think that's a really, really unique look. Obviously, it was going to sell out very quickly. So I love it. But too bad it's already gone by now.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The space ones have always sold fast.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's kind of what they do best, right? The way they design their pens, space, aerospace, anything mechanical. They look like rockets anyway. Yeah. Anything mechanical is just always, always looks exceptional. And having almost like a window into space on the front end and the darkness and depths of space and the things you see with the panels and hardware of the machinery of the telescope. I don't know. It looks awesome. Like if I was into this, that would be an insta-buy.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But not. It isn't because you can't.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It has launched and it will not be returning from orbit.

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right, Myke. I'm going to talk about this article. It's like one of those things that I have balance. I was like, should we talk about this? Should we not talk about this? And the answer is always to talk about it. And this is the 87 best pens, Blaze It by Strategist UK. Myke, 87 best pens by Strategist UK. If this sounds familiar, Myke Hurley, did you know that we had covered the Strategist US version of their top 100?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I remember this.