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	'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I didn't think I would be this exasperated this quickly. Even though like I came out of exasperation last year, I was like, okay, I'm fine to start talking about these again because between like all the price increases, which are fine. Like, I don't know. That's, you know, you got to do what you got to do. And the releases, like I was burnt out at the end of last year and I was like, okay, they're just... It's not going to stop. So, I'm just going to lean into it and like I've just... I've overdone it. So, moratorium for 2023 on new sailors. We'll see if I can... We'll see if I rescind this at some point or have any exceptions. But I feel like a moratorium is an order after what we've seen in the last couple of months from their release schedule. How do retailers afford this? Like, I don't get it. I don't know. I don't know. That's why I'm not in retail because it hurts. It hurts my brain. It hurts my wallet. It hurts the bank account. Like, I'm just so confused.		'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I didn't think I would be this exasperated this quickly. Even though like I came out of exasperation last year, I was like, okay, I'm fine to start talking about these again because between like all the price increases, which are fine. Like, I don't know. That's, you know, you got to do what you got to do. And the releases, like I was burnt out at the end of last year and I was like, okay, they're just... It's not going to stop. So, I'm just going to lean into it and like I've just... I've overdone it. So, moratorium for 2023 on new sailors. We'll see if I can... We'll see if I rescind this at some point or have any exceptions. But I feel like a moratorium is an order after what we've seen in the last couple of months from their release schedule. How do retailers afford this? Like, I don't get it. I don't know. I don't know. That's why I'm not in retail because it hurts. It hurts my brain. It hurts my wallet. It hurts the bank account. Like, I'm just so confused.

	'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, I wanted to relate this to the Pilot Decimo, which we talked about last week from my Atlanta ~~Penn~~ Show haul. We talked about I finally got my Decimo. And I'm sitting there in that review clamoring for more Decimos, right? So, can I say I want more Decimos and less sailor releases? And I think that's fair to say. Just like I want more... I want a colorful Lamy 2000 while I want less sailors, right? Those two things can coexist. So, the Decimo I bought was part of 20 Decimos that they released in 2020. Like, it was a big release for Pilot in Japan only. And, you know, that was kind of an outlier for Pilot, right? To do that. Where the difference with sailor is it's the norm, right? They could release 20 pens this month and 20 pens next month and 20 pens the month after that. It's like, oh my gosh, that's a lot of pens. Where Pilot did this was an outlier. And I'm asking this for what I'm asking out of Pilot is I would like to see a little bit more Decimo love outside of Japan is, you know, what I'm asking for in the review of the Decimo. So, I talked about the Decimo. Do I like it better than the Vanishing Point? It's hard to say. I mean, I love them both. I'm, you know, I'm trying to let the new shine, the new shiny new toy, you know, off the Decimo and just keep using it and keep seeing what I think about it and see if I actually have a preference over the narrower Decimo barrel versus the Vanishing Point. Like, I think they're both going to be pretty equivalent and pretty good. The issue was we kind of only had Vanishing Point choice over here. I would like some more Decimo choice was the extent of my review, if you even want to call it that. It was more, I called it a stump speech. I was trying, I want more Decimo options outside of Japan, like in our market. But I get that one of the things I always say refers to Lamy, refers to Sailor. Like, I can, it refers to Pilot, like I can talk about all this stuff and say what I want. I will always defer to the brands they know better than me, right? I can still say, like, what I want, what my dream pin would be, what my dream scenario would be. They still know better than I do. I'm just a guy that talks about pins on the internet, right? So, like, they know. They have the numbers. They have, you know, they have the ideas on that. But I can still hope and wish that we get a little bit broader release for something like the Decimo limited edition. Why can't we have one Decimo limited edition a year outside of Japan? I feel like that's fair, right? Asking Lamy for an orange and black PVD-coated clip, Lamy 2000. That's unfair, right? Asking Pilot for a singular limited edition Decimo outside of Japan every year. I think that's fair. I think that's a fair ask. I think it's reasonable. So, anyway, that's my follow-up to the incoming. Well, you just said Pilot did 20 Decimos in 2020. It's like, yeah, I know. But they don't have a history of doing this every year or every month. So, there we go, Myke.		'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, I wanted to relate this to the Pilot Decimo, which we talked about last week from my Atlanta Pen Show haul. We talked about I finally got my Decimo. And I'm sitting there in that review clamoring for more Decimos, right? So, can I say I want more Decimos and less sailor releases? And I think that's fair to say. Just like I want more... I want a colorful Lamy 2000 while I want less sailors, right? Those two things can coexist. So, the Decimo I bought was part of 20 Decimos that they released in 2020. Like, it was a big release for Pilot in Japan only. And, you know, that was kind of an outlier for Pilot, right? To do that. Where the difference with sailor is it's the norm, right? They could release 20 pens this month and 20 pens next month and 20 pens the month after that. It's like, oh my gosh, that's a lot of pens. Where Pilot did this was an outlier. And I'm asking this for what I'm asking out of Pilot is I would like to see a little bit more Decimo love outside of Japan is, you know, what I'm asking for in the review of the Decimo. So, I talked about the Decimo. Do I like it better than the Vanishing Point? It's hard to say. I mean, I love them both. I'm, you know, I'm trying to let the new shine, the new shiny new toy, you know, off the Decimo and just keep using it and keep seeing what I think about it and see if I actually have a preference over the narrower Decimo barrel versus the Vanishing Point. Like, I think they're both going to be pretty equivalent and pretty good. The issue was we kind of only had Vanishing Point choice over here. I would like some more Decimo choice was the extent of my review, if you even want to call it that. It was more, I called it a stump speech. I was trying, I want more Decimo options outside of Japan, like in our market. But I get that one of the things I always say refers to Lamy, refers to Sailor. Like, I can, it refers to Pilot, like I can talk about all this stuff and say what I want. I will always defer to the brands they know better than me, right? I can still say, like, what I want, what my dream pin would be, what my dream scenario would be. They still know better than I do. I'm just a guy that talks about pins on the internet, right? So, like, they know. They have the numbers. They have, you know, they have the ideas on that. But I can still hope and wish that we get a little bit broader release for something like the Decimo limited edition. Why can't we have one Decimo limited edition a year outside of Japan? I feel like that's fair, right? Asking Lamy for an orange and black PVD-coated clip, Lamy 2000. That's unfair, right? Asking Pilot for a singular limited edition Decimo outside of Japan every year. I think that's fair. I think that's a fair ask. I think it's reasonable. So, anyway, that's my follow-up to the incoming. Well, you just said Pilot did 20 Decimos in 2020. It's like, yeah, I know. But they don't have a history of doing this every year or every month. So, there we go, Myke.

	'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's how I'm feeling about all this stuff right now. So, it's good stuff. Like, I feel overall, and this next link is something that I normally wouldn't put in the show because it's just like a singular pin. And I don't always just do every singular pin review or every, like, new release news. But I think we're in an interesting place where we're getting a lot more customization and a lot more interesting, highly specific releases. And I'm talking about the Benu Alluring Anime Pin. Like, my jaw dropped when I saw this. Not that my jaw dropped for wanting it, but that it exists in the first place. That they made a choice to design this pin. And I think it came out amazing, despite it, like, it's not for me whatsoever, right? But I think this is more interesting than our 101st sailor release of the year. Am I wrong? Or I don't know. I don't know what you think about this.		'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's how I'm feeling about all this stuff right now. So, it's good stuff. Like, I feel overall, and this next link is something that I normally wouldn't put in the show because it's just like a singular pin. And I don't always just do every singular pin review or every, like, new release news. But I think we're in an interesting place where we're getting a lot more customization and a lot more interesting, highly specific releases. And I'm talking about the Benu Alluring Anime Pin. Like, my jaw dropped when I saw this. Not that my jaw dropped for wanting it, but that it exists in the first place. That they made a choice to design this pin. And I think it came out amazing, despite it, like, it's not for me whatsoever, right? But I think this is more interesting than our 101st sailor release of the year. Am I wrong? Or I don't know. I don't know what you think about this.

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{{Infobox podcast transcript
| name = The Pen Addict
| number = 559
| title = Overbooked My Brain
| date = April 12th, 2023
| hosts = [[Brad Dowdy]]<br>
[[Myke Hurley]]
| guests =
| link = [https://www.relay.fm/penaddict/559 Episode 559]
| audiolink = [https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thepenaddict/The_Pen_Addict_559.mp3 Audio Episode 559]
| length = 59
}}

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