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'''Brad:''' Yeah, lots of platinum, platinum action on the page today, which I find interesting that it's a lot of the standard platinum lineup, right? Like the core barrel designs, the standard black and the bourgone and the chartreuse blue and things like that. And different levels of, okay, you have your basic one, your basic black with the gold trim. Like that's a crazy good price on that. And then the platinum 3776, same pin, but with rhodium trim is just more expensive by default. And then that's discounted as well. And then you go all the way up to like having those models, but with a music nib, which is another premium. So different levels of the platinum 3776 all discounted into some really, really good price points. So definitely check that out. And then there's a whole list of other pins, you know, there's Visconti and Cross and Conklin and just a whole slew of other good deals you should check out while you're over there.

'''Myke:''' All right, so one last time, go to penshalet.com, P-E-N-C-H-A-L-E-T.com and use the password penaddict when you go to the podcast link at the top of the website to feast your eyes on these amazing deals. Our thanks to Penshalet for the continued support of this show and RelayFM.

'''Brad:''' We got some new stuff to talk about. I mean, the Lamy was new. The Jetstream Edge was sort of new. It was a new review, but we got some new things that are either just launched or launching soon. First up, Myke, Rotring 600 Colors. Remember last year how we fawned over the blue and red and the camo green, I guess is what they called it, and how much we enjoyed them and I thought they were fantastic. They have come back, Myke, and they, next year or late this year, they're going to launch the Rotring 600 Pencil. It looks like pencil only this time. We'll see. I don't have all the details. Rose gold, pearl white, and gold, all with like a metallic type finish. What do you think, number one, about these colors, and number two, about Rotring now coming back the second year in a row with new colors for the classic 600 lineup.

'''Myke:''' Big thumbs up on the colors in general.

'''Brad:''' Huge, yeah.

'''Myke:''' Why not? Right? And the colors they've chosen this time, it's an interesting selection.

'''Myke:''' Like, their rose gold doesn't look like rose gold to me. It just looks like rose. It's an awesome pink. Yes, it's pink. It is not rose gold. At least from the images.

'''Brad:''' Like, in these pictures, yes.

'''Myke:''' I mean, yeah, so, I mean, there's a bunch of pictures from your second stationery where, really, the rose gold is just, is pink. White is an interesting, like, to do like, like metallic pink, gold, and then just white, what looks like a matte white. It's not.

'''Brad:''' It's an interesting trio. It's not. I had the same question, and if you go to the close-up shot, you can actually tell that it's metallic, like a pearlescent white.

'''Myke:''' Okay.

'''Brad:''' Like, you can imagine. I like all three of them.

'''Myke:''' I like all three of them. I think they're all good, good options. They're very different to the first set, but it's, you know,

'''Brad:''' it's all good. Yeah. I think they're great. Yeah. I agree with everything you said. You know, they're five or six years late on the, the rose gold, white, gold trim trend. Yeah. But they've never done this before, so like, okay, like, I'm fine with that. I would, I would be even more into this if the white was actually matte. That was my number one question. I was like, ooh, is this a matte or a flat white? And it's not. I was so excited. Like, I'm still excited for it, but I think like, I would go for pink now over the white. Just if, if the white was a flat, it would definitely be the white. I like them. I think the gold is going to do exceptionally well. That's a very classic color. And it's a, it's a strong gold. It's like not too yellow. It's almost more of a brownish yellow, which I think is going to play, play, play really, really well with that market. So I had a friend, friend of the show, Evan, who's big on the road rings and went to go look at these and try to order some. They were up on Amazon Japan and he was mentioning there was no ballpoint version. Like last year, we got the ballpoint version. That's what I was alluding to in the beginning. So it might just be pencils. And you know what? I'm okay with that. If I would never think the ballpoints would do as well as the pencils. I happen to like the ballpoint, but you know, so are we going to see this every year now? I hope so. Probably. Next year. So last year, we did the pattern, Brad. Yeah. Two's a pattern. Last year, we did the darker, you know, more classic primary colors. This year, we did some of the metallic, you know, hype colors. And I hope next year we get some like crazy bright, like almost not quite neon-y, but I want to see some real, real bright stuff next year. I want to see some, you know, purples and yellows and lime greens. And if they're going down this path, they need to, let's see something a little bit really, really out of line on the tradition of Rotring. Because this company is no longer, this is not the Rotring your parents used anymore. So let's modernize it and let's go for it.

'''Myke:''' So this next link, I have not opened this.

'''Brad:''' All right.

'''Brad:''' Let me tell you what it is while you open it. This is the Sailor, this is the new Sailor King of Pen in Mandarin yellow. So this looks like the, the main King of Pen for this year. it just came out mostly, I've seen it on European sites right now, I think mostly is where I'm seeing it. So it's your standard 1911 King of Pen. And I just, I, it's not like any type of color of the year, but I just call it the color of the year when they do like the singular King of Pen. This is the mainline release, right? Not, not a regional or anything like that release. This is like the 1911 King of Pen release for the year. And, okay, go.

'''Brad:''' And done.

'''Myke:''' I don't think it's yellow enough.

'''Brad:''' Oh, I think the color is fantastic, but.

'''Myke:''' I don't know. I don't know. So I'll tell you why. I mean,

'''Brad:''' it's no tangerine.

'''Myke:''' Take, if you take a look at the grip section, you can see the, the feed through the grip section.

'''Brad:''' So there is a percentage of translucency in the barrel. Which I don't agree with. If they made it solid, like the tangerine that you and I both love and some of the other colors. Yep. It would land better because once you put the converter with a dark ink in the barrel, you're probably going to see that too.

'''Myke:''' Mm-hmm.

'''Brad:''' But, I mean, you're, you're bearing the lead here though, really, Myke. And, and you know what I want to say.

'''Myke:''' What?

'''Brad:''' Oh, the price? It's almost $1,000.

'''Myke:''' Yes,