Editing The Pen Addict 267/transcript (section)

== Japanese Vendors ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes. So now that you say that, I don't know if we're getting any Japanese vendors at this show, like bung boxes come before, uh, Nagasawa, uh, Kobe came last year and they always have like those unique things. I know bung box is not coming. I've been talking to them, uh, here recently and they mentioned that they weren't. But I don't know what the vendor list looks like to where you can get something really crazy. Um, you'll be fine. You'll be able to find plenty of normal, crazy Sailor stuff there. Um, yeah, but yeah, really, I'm just kind of wondering if any of the Japanese vendors are coming.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That was limited and has some kind of like really cool and different to it. Right. So that would be, you know, that would be really interesting. I want to see what that looks like.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Um, for me. I don't know. I don't have that one thing. Like the one pin I've wanted to buy since Chicago, um, friend of the show, Dan Don has a coned minimalistica. I discovered that that's one of the most perfect pins for me. I just haven't pulled the trigger to order it online. It's pretty expensive. Um, there's not going to be one at the show. That's just kind of the pin that I'm waiting for. And I think it's like around 400 bucks or so. Um, that's like at the top of my shopping list, even though I probably won't be able to get it here. It's one I've got to order. So it would have to be something that would catch my eye. Like you're saying, if I find some, I'm always on the lookout for vintage pilots and sailors and, and things like that. So that's always on my shopping list. And if I find some good, you know, unique sailor pro gears, like you're talking about something different that you can't get here, that would be on the shopping list. As far as new products, there's nothing that's screaming my name to purchase that, you know, it's at the number one thing on the shopping list. But you know, I can always, I always tend to find something in DC. I've come away with some cool stuff from that show before that I wasn't necessarily planning on, on getting, but I don't know that there's one thing that I'm shopping for, um, that I must come away with this year. So we'll see.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Sounds good to me. Sounds good to me. I'm very excited, Brad. I am. I am too.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You, you've got actually talking to you has got me more excited. I've been up and down and up and down. I'm ready to be there.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Look, this is like, look, it's going to be hard work. It's going to be real busy. There's a lot of unknowns, but we're going to have a good time.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, no doubt. You know, like this is like the, um, the pen shows, even though this is like a short flight for me, I always say I can sleep on the plane on the way home. You know, um, I tend to, uh, you know, I'm one of those people that needs my sleep. So I don't like, you won't see me at 3 a.m. wandering around the hallway, but, um, you know, this is one that's worth, you know, staying up late, talking to people and working hard during the day, work hard, play hard, Myke. And, uh, you know, we'll recuperate after.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That sounds good to me. That sounds good to me.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. All right. So you want to knock out a few ass TPAs before we, uh, go finish packing for DC? I think so. All right. So I got this question. It wasn't officially hashtag, but it was added at me on Twitter. And I wanted to address this because it's something I've been talking about and been working on. So Jessica wants to know, why is there not yet an official pen addict ink?