Editing The Pen Addict 577/transcript (section)

== Disney-themed stationery ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Speaking of volume, let's talk about something with not a lot of volume. This is sent in to us by Daniel, who says, here is a pen exclusive to Toya. It is the Disney 100 capless. Only 300 pens will be made and available. So it's Disney's 100th this year. Did you know this?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I did not know that. 100 years of Disney this year.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So you're going to see a lot of this stuff, Brad. Gotcha. A lot of things are going to be around. And this is a Steamboat Willie pen. It's like a white pen with like very subtle printing on it. It's got to be $500 or so. Which I think is a pretty good price for something that's going to be so limited. But yeah, this is, it looks cool. I've got to say.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, what I find interesting about this is, again, back to the business brain working, is how big a Toya is to be able to pull off a pilot plus Disney collaboration that only they get.

'''Myke Hurley:''' How do you bring these two together? How did they manage this? And now you said that. It's like, yeah, how did a Toya, who did this come from? You know what I mean? Like, did a Toya bring these companies together? Did like Disney speak to Pilot and then Pilot spoke to a Toya? You know what I mean? Like, how did this happen? That's fascinating.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So that's all I see when I see this product. Like, it looks cool. This, like, giving the popularity of Disney characters, even in Japan, in the Vanishing Point and the size of a Toya, this would be like an instant sellout at any price. But it's kind of wild. I like it. It's pretty subtle.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's pretty subtle. Do you know what's funny to me? Like, this is no shade in any direction. All right? I'm just saying. Yeah, leave the shade to me. So this is like $400 or something, right? Okay. Can you imagine how much this product would cost if it was the same product, but made by, like, Montegrappa?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, I was thinking ST DuPont, but yes. Right?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Like, if this was an American brand, this thing would be like $1,000, even like the same kind of idea.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, for sure. For sure.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But I hope to see that. I want the Mickey Chaos pen. You know what I mean? Give me it. Give me it. Could you imagine? Give me it. Why not, man? Give me it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Do some Mickey Chaos. Yeah, baby. I want it. Give it to me. Get on it, Montegrappa.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Honestly, if Montegrappa have not worked this out, I don't know what's going on. You know what? Like, if they don't have some kind of Disney pan coming out this year, like, I love you, Montegrappa, but you failed, right? Like, you do so many, right? Like, I would be flabbergasted. I don't think they've done any Disney stuff yet.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So who knows?

'''Myke Hurley:''' They do Warner Brothers stuff, but I haven't seen any Disney stuff from them, but like, yeah, they seem to have a Warner Brothers deal because they got like Batman and they did Harry Potter and stuff like that. But like, come on, you know?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' HBO deals. So they have some of that stuff. So yeah, we will keep an eye on that. But yeah, that's all I think back to when I see this pen is like, how did this meeting happen to make this pen exist? That's what I want to know. I don't care about the pen. And I want to know how it came into existence. So that's what fascinates me.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. Talking about great pens. Yeah. Talking about beautiful design. Let's take a moment to thank one of our sponsors of this week's episode, and that is Enigma Stationery. Enigma Stationery offer unique items made from in-house designs alongside top brands and hard to find imported products. Starting today, they are offering a limited online pre-sale of their newest exclusive pen, Special Edition No. 8 Fogged In. Fogged In was made by Rich Paul at River City Pen Company using his Elliott model as the base. The inspiration for the pen was a photo of the Golden Gate Bridge partially covered in fog. They created three new materials to represent the foggy waters of the bay, the bridge, and the fog itself. This pen is sick. Not only can you go to Enigma Stationery's website, I'll tell you the URL in a minute, but you should also go to their Instagram because they put a little video of fog together. Yeah. Super good.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I can't let you get through this because I keep giggling. I can't stop watching the video.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So good. Really good. This is a real beauty. I gotta say, this is an excellent looking pen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So not only is it a cool looking pen when you're writing with it with the blue and the red section and the fog colored cap, but when you have the pen capped and you can see the red peeking through, the concept really stands out when you see the pen capped and then you get into it and uncap it and get to writing with it. I'm fascinated by this whole thing. Really great job. Let me tell you. Between Enigma and River City.

'''Myke Hurley:''' More people, this should be a thing, right? Yeah. The cap is its own part of the design, right? Which I think is rare. Caps seem to usually just take on the form of the body, but this is like, the cap is its own unique design element that changes the visual of the pen when it's capped from when it's uncapped. It's like the fog rolls in and then when you use it, the fog goes away.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I mean, there's plenty of two-tone and three-tone pens, but to have the concept of the fog and the cap being the fog and you bring it in the fog, like I'm just, again, I'm completely fawning over this. I think it's great.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Unbelievably, and I think dangerously, this edition will only be 30 pens. In total. So if you want one, act fast. It will be featured at Enigma's San Francisco pen show tables, where you can get yours for $180 and it includes the choice of your number six nibs. So head down to the San Francisco pen show and find Enigma Stationery from August 25th to 27th, where you'll find Fogged In, along with other exclusive pens and so much more. For those who can't make it to the show, do not worry. New items will arrive on their website by August 30th. Go now to enigmastationery.com slash penaddict for the limited online pre-sale of the special edition number eight Fogged In. To get it while you can, remember, just 30 of this awesome pen are available. Use promo code penaddict at checkout and you'll receive a free gift and discounted shipping on orders of over $40 or more. That is enigmastationery.com slash penaddict with the code penaddict. I will put a link in the show notes for that info. A thanks to Enigma Stationery for their support of this show and RelayFM.