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== Introduction of the Tactile Turn 8-bit edition inspired by video games. ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' The new tactile turn edition for spring 2023 is called 8-bit. And it is taking inspiration from video games. I would say it is a slightly mixed inspiration, which I'll get to in a minute. But, like, overall, visually, it appears to be taking color design and inspiration from the NES. And they have imagery on their website. It's the same. So, I picked one up because this is an obvious one for me. It's like a gray body with a darker gray finial and tip. Nose cone. Nose cone, yeah. Bright orange clip. And the button to retract the pen, like the knock, I guess, is bright red. It says reset next to it, just like an NES. I picked up the short model. Okay. And I have mixed feelings. This is the perfect size. I prefer the G2 refill.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's the challenge I have with tactile turn. Yeah. Is figuring out which size I like. So, I think the short is my favorite size. Yes. The short is the Parker style refill. Yeah. Right. And so, I have, like, the Jetstream refill that I like. You know, you can get Fisher Space Pen. You can get a few other random things. But you have to go into the standard to get kind of, like, your classic gel refills, like your G2 pilot juices, things that fit that. The standard's a really big pen, right?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Standard is too big.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Standard's too big. And then they have the mini, which fits the G2 mini refills, which just come in 0.7 millimeters, right? So, you're even more limited. I know that's going to be too small for me. I know that's going to be too small for me. So, here's what I did, Myke. I have talked to them. They reached out to me to send me one to review. I have asked for a slim barrel in the standard size. So, this is a new kind of option. And I'm going to see if that is the answer to your dilemma and my dilemma as well.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't think it's a weight thing for me, though. It's length. It's too long. It's a big, long pen. That's my issue. It is. So, that's it. But I really like the design and this pen is awesome. The one thing that I said, like, the clip, I don't understand the design of the clip.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, like... What is that from? I thought that was, like, the cartridge ridges. They weren't orange.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't think it's from anything. And that's the part. This is the part where I think they've fallen down. So, the design on the website says, borrowing from one of the most iconic gaming accessories of all time, we deep engraved a ray gun design on the clips before hitting them with orange Cerakote. I can't tell exactly what they are emulating. Maybe it's the NES...

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's not the Duck Hunt gun, right?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think it might be the Duck Hunt gun, but the gun wasn't orange.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No, but it had those lines on it. Oh, you know what? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' This is one of those things where I think it was a market difference. Yeah, okay. I see what they're doing. I know the Duck Hunt gun is gray, but I can find here the Duck Hunt gun is orange. It's an orange Duck Hunt gun. This is just one of those things. Like, I don't know if you know, but, like, in Europe and in the US and Japan, the coloring is different for a lot of early Nintendo products. Gotcha. And so I was more familiar with the gray Duck Hunt gun than the orange Duck Hunt gun. Yeah. Ours were orange. So, yeah. Then retract what I said. It's awesome. They did a really good job. Yeah. It's great. And, like, the packaging is awesome. They've got a picture of it on the site. It looks like the castle from Super Mario. And they include a little coin in each pack. Yeah. A little one-up coin. They did really good on this one. Oh, they put a game. They made a game. That's hilarious. I just found it. Like, halfway down the page, they built a little game you can play. I'm playing it now where I'm a pen and I'm shooting stuff. Nice. Why not? Why not? Why not?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Why not? So, yeah. I will have one here in a couple weeks. So, I will test it out.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm destroying pencils. I like this. They got my hands on what I'm doing. Kill the pencils. Pencils. Boo.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. I really... They nailed this. And I know they make knives too, right? They have the tactile knife. I'm just putting it out there. Please make a knife in this style too. Yep. I will dig that so bad. I've been wanting to get one of the tactile knives for a while and I just haven't gotten one yet. Right. Please make one that looks like this.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's the ticket. I think that would be perfect. That's kind of like all the right colors, the right styles, the right ridges, everything. I think everything would be good on that. Yeah. You could really dial that up. That'd be great.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I dig it. For me, what sold it like 100% is the reset with the red button. I saw that first and I was like, I'm buying NetPen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I thought the reset is what actually threw me off for a minute. But the more I thought about it, the more I really enjoy it there. I was like, do I really want that text there on there? But that is actually how you reset the pen. That is what you do to reset the pen. Yes. Very smart. I'm 100% in on it. 100% in on it.

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. Shout out of the week. I can't believe. I know. I can't believe I have not. This, like, might have should have been the first shout out. And watch out that I've done it before. But, uh, I don't think I have.

'''Myke Hurley:''' We've definitely shown them out before. Like, long time ago.

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'''Myke Hurley:''' Most definitely. All right, Myke.