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== Retro 51 Liftoff ==


'''Joe Crace:''' Okay, you got to explain why because there's not many retrofitters. Retro 51 no-brainers that I've thought about for you. And the Retro 51 liftoff that was just announced, and for those who hadn't seen it, it's a space shuttle. It's a retro space shuttle pen that they launched in a limited edition last week. Limited edition of 500. I thought you'd be first in line. What's up?

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's a really good looking one, but I'm not a space guy, really.

'''Joe Crace:''' But you're a Retro 51 guy, limited edition guy. I mean, I'm pretty sure they're gone already. I mean, there's only 500 available.

'''Myke Hurley:''' They are from Goldspot.

'''Joe Crace:''' Yeah. Yeah, so I got the, I mean, I got the, I think I got the shipping notification for mine. I definitely ordered this one. I think this one's stellar looking. Oh, it looks amazing.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It really, really does look amazing. I just haven't.

'''Joe Crace:''' But you're, well, you're also British. Do y'all even have a space program?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yep.

'''Joe Crace:''' Oh, really?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Do you not remember the European launch recently? No, no. No, you wouldn't. Not big coverage over here. You Americans.

'''Joe Crace:''' You know what? Y'all have those bounce houses that get sucked up by the wind shears, right? And then lift off into space, right?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Just because it's getting close to Independence Day, you think that this is okay. Let me tell you something. This is unacceptable. Joe, I'm sorry you have to hear this. He's showing off. Yeah.

'''Joe Crace:''' This, this pin is totally acceptable though. I'm a, I'm a big fan of this. And our cohort, Mr. Stephen, Mr. Stephen Hackett was all over this. He, he, when the, when the first sighting of this pin came up, he was, you know, texting me immediately. Where can I get this pin? Because right now he was at the SpaceX launch. He's a big space nerd. He was at the SpaceX, I should say, failed launch yesterday. Or was that this morning? I guess it was yesterday. Um, so yeah, he was, he was all over this pin and I know a lot of people are, and, uh, it, it looks really good. I'm anxious to get this one.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I can see this one selling out in a day.

'''Joe Crace:''' Yeah. I don't, people have been asking me where to get them now and I don't know. So if anyone has any, uh, secret stash out there, um, gold spots out of stock.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Farney's is out of stock and I've just bought one from penboutique.com, which I've never heard of before.

'''Joe Crace:''' Yeah. They're good. They're legit.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' They're, they're, they also have very good deals on, um, limited edition inks. They're, they're my, they're my go-to source for limited edition Montblanc inks and stuff like that. All the secrets. The Andersons might get a few of those retro 51s and they typically order a couple, at least a couple of limited editions.

'''Joe Crace:''' Cool.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. I just went by Google. I mean, these guys don't have great shipping prices, but hey, ho, it's on the way now.

'''Joe Crace:''' That's been tough. I know that came up a lot in the Slack channel this week that, um, the shipping to the UK was, uh, nearly the cost of the pen. Cause these are not expensive pen, which was, what's makes them, uh, you know, very sought after and then, and they sell out real quick.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, I hope you're happy now. I bought one.

'''Joe Crace:''' I think that's a good purchase. I, this just looks like you. I just thought this would be you regardless. Um, of, you know, whether you're, you know, I, I don't know. I just thought, man, Michael, Michael liked this one. And I was, I was very wrong. I'm rarely wrong about your tastes. And, uh, I missed the boat on that one. I will admit. You weren't wrong. Okay.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Like I, I like it. I do really like it. I think it's great looking, but I did. I just didn't buy it immediately. And then I was kind of just fine with letting it go.

'''Joe Crace:''' Yeah. No, I hear you. I hear you. I still, out of the limited ones that I have, I still use the vintage surf more than any. That's been my favorite retro 51 release.

'''Myke Hurley:''' No, I love the, the, uh, the swish basketball.