Editing The Pen Addict 324/transcript (section)

== New Pen Introduction ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Now, they're really, really amazing. They tell great stories and they're great pens, but... The main event... Do you want to try this? Do you want to try this? Yeah. You attempt this. We're going to call it the Retro 51 Chiopino.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm-hmm.

'''Myke Hurley:''' As it says on the packaging, radiates colors and elegance. This is unbelievable.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Like, okay. So, it is gold furniture, right? Like, I don't know what material it is. It's probably not gold. But it's gold in color. And what are we going to call the body? What is this? What are we going to call it? Because it's important to name it correctly.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It is, and I don't know that we can do it correct justice because I don't know the actual definition of rodden. So, they're calling it seashell, but it's the effect, if you're familiar with fountain pens and the, what would you call that? Not translucency, but the, like the shimmer you get from rod shells and a pen.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The little pieces that are in those, like purple and blue and green colors.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. All the broken shell pieces lacquered into... A black background, typically. A black barrel. Mm-hmm. So, the material is rose gold, not obviously gold, rose gold finish. So, I'm sure that's over, like, their standard brass accent. Rose gold accents in a full, like, and this isn't like a strip of seashells around the barrel. It's literally the entirety of the barrel minus the nose cone and clip.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Big pieces, too. Not like, you see flax a lot, but these are huge chunks. Now, again, we don't know what the actual material is here. That is information that right now we don't have, but will probably be available after the episode has been released. But I don't care what it is. This thing is stunning. Like, I can't believe they've done this. Now, it comes with a price tag. It's $99, which I think is probably the most expensive Tornado popper. They call these the poppers, right? Is that what they're called?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't know the difference between the popper and the standard. I don't think this is a popper.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I can never remember, because when they introduced the one with the pressy knock on the pressy knock, that's a good way to explain it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, those are the popper. I think these are just the standard Tornado twist. Yeah, knurled twist top.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So I don't think it's a popper. So ignore, excuse me there. But this is without a doubt, like, it's got to be the most expensive one. But I understand why.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like, it's really, really good. Really good. Yeah, the first thing, when I opened up the email, I thought, oh my god, they did a little mermaid pen. That's what I thought. Because, like, the artwork, like, the font design and everything. And I was, like, all about this. This is, like, some cool under-the-water theme thing. Oh, what is this? And I was, like, whoa. It's a real, real stunning pen. I'm kind of shocked. Like, it's pretty crazy.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So chiopino is a fish stew originating in San Francisco, California. It's an Italian-American dish.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm-hmm. So there, the chat room says the shimmery shine word that I'm looking for is chatoyance or opalescence or mother of pearl. But you know that shiny shell material when you see it. That's what this is. And it's a lot of it. Like, all over, coated in this pen. It's pretty fascinating.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The whole way around.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm-hmm. All the way around. So that's the new limited editions. They're going to be available. I don't know. They're going to announce them this afternoon. And they'll be coming to retail pretty shortly thereafter. So once they announce them, they usually have them in retailers, like, later that week. I think is kind of the way it goes. So it should be cool. I think they'll be popular. All of them will be popular. I think three winners, as they usually do, Myke. They do good stuff.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. I don't know how they continue to.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm-hmm. One final thing we should mention, reading the notes that they sent us, these are not limited editions. These are numbered editions that are not limited. So I don't know. That's kind of a newer thing they're doing. So, like, I don't know. Certainly, they don't have as many of the Chiopinos made as the Vegas made. But I don't know that for a fact. That would be an assumption on my part. But that would make sense based on the price point and the difficulty of making it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. Yeah. Numbered. This was the term that Myke Dudek used, right?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, I call it open edition.

'''Myke Hurley:''' There you go. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's a good term.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But they're numbered. So they've got numbers on them. But they're not making, like, just 100 of them. Right. I don't really understand that, the numbering, if it's not limited.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But, yeah. Yeah. Who knows? Yeah. It's a confusing thing. Honestly.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Hey-ho. All right. Should we take a break?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Let's do it.