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== Holiday Season Products ==


'''''Brad:'''   All right. So Lamy's been busy. I guess all this stuff is getting ready for the holidays, right? The Neolab thing launched, like, it looks like a few weeks ago, maybe in August. And it was completely off my radar.

'''''Brad:'''   So, yeah, I guess they're getting these few products out here for the holiday season. Twizby's up to something, Myke. They're always up to something.

''''Myke:'''  And I think you're coming around now on our friend the Twizby swipe.

'''''Brad:'''   I have. I have.

''''Myke:'''  This is the spring-loaded pen. The pen of all the springs. Spring-loaded pens.

'''''Brad:'''   Yeah. I was... So the reason why I've come around on it after actually being able to use one for a while is the spring thing isn't a selling point. It's just a good pen, right? Like, it's a good pen independent of the spring. The spring is extra.

''''Myke:'''  The spring isn't a selling point. The spring is a necessity, I think, for them to get their design to work for whatever reason. I don't think they sell the spring on this one. Like, the Twizby Go, the spring is the selling point, which is why the pen's clear. On the swipe, the body isn't clear. So I think it's just the way that they've engineered it. They need it. I don't know.

'''''Brad:'''   But Myke, we're in a global pandemic of people dropping pens. We need the spring. It's mandated that we use the spring.

''''Myke:'''  When people say we're still in a pandemic, that's actually what they mean? Yes. It's the pen dropping is the real problem in modern society today.

'''''Brad:'''   But no, now that I've got it in hand, I've got the spring in there, I've got the cartridge in there. It doesn't matter. It's just a legitimately good pen, right? And that's what I wanted to see when I got it. Like, spring, you know, just forget about the spring. Like, it's fine. It's in there. It's whatever. You never see it again. Like, you'll see it again, you know, when you refill a cartridge or the converter. It's just a good pen. So after using that, I felt that way. Most of the reviews coming out on it are very, very positive. And like, every time I'm seeing it now, like, I'll comment and refill. Like, when I do my ink links, I do a little bit of commentary with them. And I'm always complimenting just this pen being like, it's a good pen. And I think this is going to be, like, I was mentioning the Lamy Zivo before. This is going to be, like, their next platform pen. And little did I know it was going to be this soon, right? And by platform pen, I mean a pen that they're going to keep in the product lineup and keep iterating on it either in colors or tweak to the design, but keeping the, like, in this case, the swipe as the pen, right? So what they did is we saw it on Instagram from a friend inky.rocks on Instagram. They posted a picture of two China-only colors in a green and an orange barrel. And, like, that's what I was just saying this weekend in refill. My quote on a review, TWSBI swipe review, was, yes, it's good. Good enough that I'm looking for TWSBI to jump on the next color releases or even a tweaked version to sooner rather than later. Well, we got our colors and they're just going to run with it, Myke. Like, this, they found out quickly that this was a good pen. People liked it. And now they have, you know, pushed the go button on it. How much is it?

''''Myke:'''  25-ish. Yeah, so good for 25. Yeah. I think this is maybe one of the first pens in a long time that I think could take a big chunk out of the Safari market.

'''''Brad:'''   More so than the Eco. I agree with you, right?

''''Myke:'''  Yes, more than the Eco.