Editing The Pen Addict 472/transcript (section)

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'''Brad:''' All right, Myke. I'm a little concerned about two things. One, that you haven't brought this up. But I'm also, too, thinking, did we bring this up? And what this is, is the Pilot Pokemon collaboration of Pilot's Sterling Silver series. Which they've done for a while. They make this great series of pens that's extremely reasonably priced for what they are. And they're usually, like, they've had, like, animals in the past. Or, like, you know, Secura flowers. Or different patterns. It's etched into these silver fountain pens. And I saw one of my friends. Goes by the name of Havoc Rose. on the Twitter and on the Twitch. So Miranda is big into fountain pens, really likes the Japanese-style fountain pens that I love. So we get along very well.

'''Myke:''' I enjoy Miranda very much on Twitter because they work in the video game world. There's actually a couple of people now in the video game world that have recently... Miranda's one, Nicole Carpenter's another. People that have kind of come into our sphere. But what I like about Miranda is she is the executive editor of guides, so video game guides. And very frequently you'll see her create physical guides that she works from of the games, which are then turned into the digital versions for IGN. I think I saw her doing bullet journals for Animal Crossing and stuff like that. I just think it's amazing the way that they... bring this stuff together.

'''Brad:''' So Miranda's a legit superstar, right? Yeah. She is awesome, with a capital A. Yep. So we talk about pens, and I follow her, and she shared this pen. She's like, I'm just going to read her. Tweety says, I'm now the incredibly proud owner of this Pikachu fountain pen, number 68 of 100. It's going with me to the grave, which I think is fantastic. And I couldn't help but think about you, Myke, and what you thought of this pen. And if we had discussed this before, for some reason it's kind of ringing a bell, but the more I look at it, maybe not, huh?

'''Myke:''' No, we've never spoken about this. I didn't know about this pen. I don't like it.

'''Brad:''' Yeah? Why? The silt, just the... It's like, it's out there.

'''Myke:''' No, I mean, out there, I'm into.

'''Brad:''' Yeah.

'''Myke:''' There's just... I don't think they've done enough. So this is actually part of a range of three products that Pilot and Pokemon have worked on together. They have a partnership. I don't know if the partnership is limited to these three products, or if there's going to be more. So they have a Pikachu version, a Charizard version, and a Rayquaza version. For Pokemon people, I don't know why Rayquaza is in this list of three. It seems a bit much to me, like, you know, but nevertheless, that's just kind of where they are. Maybe I've missed a thing in the Pokemon discourse. These things are $600, and they are sterling silver, right? And they have an integrated nib into a resin grip section, which I enjoy the look of. I just think that this product deserves color. And that's what I don't like about it. If this was like, if this had some color in it, I would get one. I mean, I am a very proud owner of the Lamy Pikachu. Right.

'''Brad:''' I have two of those. Right. Which is bright, and the box talks to you in squeaks.

'''Myke:''' And that's the kind of thing that I dig, right? Because to me, that's what these products, like, should be. Like, it's Pokemon, it should be color. It's a very nice looking pen. I bet it is a fantastic writer as well. But this one, this one for me, would be purely acquiring it for collections sake. And for that kind of money, I wouldn't do it. Especially considering it is a limited edition product. And there might be people that want it more than me. And feel a bit guilty about just picking one up for the sake of having it.

'''Brad:''' Yeah. And see, I, it's funny that as someone who didn't grow up with Pokemon, I actually love this pen. I think the execution is perfect because it is throwing that traditional pilot slash Japanese artwork that has the subtle detailing in there without screaming at you. Right?

'''Myke:''' Let me tell you what I want. I want an Arushi Makai Pokemon version of a pilot pen.

'''Brad:''' Do you know how well that would sell? Even if it's like $2,500, $3,500. Yeah. It would, it would sell out.

'''Myke:''' Fly out of the door over a pilot. I'll tell you that right now. Yeah. Yeah. I can understand that. I can understand what you mean. There's just a, it has too much of a like official office pen for me.

'''Brad:''' You know?