Lamy Safari Colours

[r1chard]

http://img.shop-pro.jp/PA01000/164/product/24360150.JPG?20101029134603

[USMCMom]

I've tried to locate the lime green one but, of course, they're not available anywhere.

[Marek Badzynski]

Yeah, lime green is the one I would like to get my hands on too... does Lamy ever bring back their Limited Editions back to marked as a "normal" issue?

[twdpens]

Yeah, lime green is the one I would like to get my hands on too... does Lamy ever bring back their Limited Special Editions back to marked as a "normal" issue?

 

Yes. Black was a special edition in 2007 but remained in the catalogue. White came out at the same time but production stopped in the same manner as other special/annual editions. However, white re-appeared in the standard catalogue for this year (2010).

 

Pink was a special edition last year (2009) but pressure from retailers meant that Lamy continued to produce the colour all through 2009 and 2010.

 

HTH,

 

Martin

[freewheelingvagabond]

What's the LOWEST you've paid for a Lamy? Outside of eBay - where some can be found at what I would call a reasonable price - how much? US sellers like to lurk near the $30 range. At least the few I've seen. Thanks!

 

 

The lowest I've paid for a Safari is $15 for each of two Safaris- cadmium yellow with black clip and the light blue with red clip in new old stock condition, no cartridge and two converters, and boxes with no paper, purchased at a brick and mortar store here in Mumbai, three weeks ago. From another shop the same day, I purchased two more for around $18 each, exactly same condition- NOS, without cartridge, without papers, with converters and with boxes, and the colours were Flame Orange with red clip and lime green.

 

 

Regards,

Anindya.

[Halden]

The lowest I paid was 21$ CAD shipping included from the writing desk (no affil)

[SnowLeopard]

Just thought I do a Christmas update 4 folks. I'm a Safari fan since it's beginnings. There are 2 new brighter yellow(s)... one with black clip+ nib, the other with silver clip+ nib to match> just until black clip stock runs it's course..then d/c'd to distribution channels. The > r, b, black, white,vista... all with silver, only the charcoal remains with black clip and nib...historic roots...here.The Swedish made for a dept. store?... I think,+ the new post FPN is a composite of white with red clip/and top button somebody most likely ordered for an overseas market to, most likely, turn a profit beyond the normal Lamy price structure...and a signed model...probably a one off or small number...no company note on sales of them to general public..that I've seen. Lamy will make up colors if u buy a certain target # of them...so I've heard...only from existing colors...most likely. For my money, only officially circulated pens from Lamy/Germany are of any interest to me.Oh...there is an older demonstrator not circulated to the US market with slightly different parts. Variants in the older pens ... incl. feed thicknesses& design, brass cap liner "padoobies" hexagonal and round, white composite stuff 4 cap liners of suspect durability, nibs marked& unmarked, section design changes for securing the converters( two Safari types one press bar & a twist), metal top buttons and Germany printed on them or not. So here's the lineup to date...

....Discontinued >Tera, Savan. green, white /charcoal/red/blue/yellow( darker mustard like)/gray/ demo( has black cap liner not silver& no silver "Lamy" on it & a brass fitting to hold liner in place) with black clips nib rings & buttons...pink/orange/lime with sliver clips and nibs...flame orange red clip/ bl nib... French blue with red clip and button+ black nib. New pens >2 brighter yellows black and silver clip/ nib models, red, blue, the white with gray button and ring, black,& vista all with silver clips and nibs...new charcoal like the older pens, and that does it. Note.. there is a slightly different flame( somebody's remake" ... been told) with orange plastic more on the order of the newer orange LE...the original flame has a different orange plastic color. I have them and use them all...with Noodler's ink...in every nib size including "A" marked nibs & those d/c'd?...and other variations black and silver. Dupli(s) not 4 resale. No co. affiliations of any kind.

Edited December 3, 2010 by SnowLeopard

[Robert Alan]

Just thought I do a Christmas update 4 folks. I'm a Safari fan since it's beginnings. ..

 

Thank you so much for sharing your research! BTW, one can still make a gray version by purchasing spare parts from LamyUsa.com. However, it would be at least twice the cost of a regular, current issue Safari (Lamy recently raised the parts' prices).

 

/Robert

[Violet]

Wonderful summary of the colors. BTW, gray ones (w/black clip) still turn up occasionally. I grabbed one off eBay earlier this year. No premium on the price.

[senorita]

I think the Lamy Safari looks very nice. I especially like the blue one and the blue one with the red clip.

[Kaweco]

One more: The Lamy Safari Winter Edition

http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/ab1/Thomasnr/WinterSafari1.jpg

http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/ab1/Thomasnr/WinterSafari2.jpg

[USMCMom]

One more: The Lamy Safari Winter Edition

http://i844.photobuc...nterSafari1.jpg

http://i844.photobuc...nterSafari2.jpg

 

LOL!!!!

[SnowLeopard]

Going out on a branch...if there's to be an LE for 2011...I'm down for a " sea-foamy green -blue...+ might be looking at a clip, button, &/or sealer ring color change. Maybe just maybe... a real shift in their conservative "jones" might breathe a new freshness into the line...to go along with February's price increases. One can still hope...can't one?

Edited January 13, 2011 by SnowLeopard

[Uffuffa]

I was interested to see the reaction to the link (previously posted above) to a selection of potential Frankenpens with red clips on a Japanese website (http://bundoki.com/?pid=13972849). I'm not sure about the yellow body and the red body with red clips but I can be fairly certain that the charcoal with a red clip is NOT a Frankenpen. This was recently released in Taiwan as a celebration of the 30th year anniversary of the Safari and sold exclusively in a department store/bookshop called Eslite as a true limited edition (limited to 250 of them). All of these fountain pens had fine nibs and each had a sticker that stated it was a limited edition written in Chinese (as opposed to a non-limited "special" edition). Here is a link to the bookshop's blog archive: http://blog.eslite.com/ntu/archives/3436 . You can see the charcoal with red clip at the bottom left of the poster and also near the bottom of the webpage. The pens came with a mini bottle of Lamy ink that were also limited to 250.

 

I wonder, therefore, whether the yellow and red versions were also not Frankenpens but instead sold as exclusives in small numbers elsewhere, but I am not sure as I've never seen an official advertisement for either release.

 

Also, it is worth including that there was a Japanese white with red clip released in December 2010 exclusively by Lamy Japan immediately before Christmas that is slightly different to the one photographed above, which was a special edition produced in unknown quantities and released earlier in the year. The limited version (same colour scheme) was released in a run of 1000 only in either F or EF nibs and individually numbered; each came paired with its own matching leather case which was also imprinted with the same number.

 

The rarest of them all however has to be the winter edition - brilliant LOL!!! (see above)

Edited January 25, 2011 by Uffuffa

[Uffuffa]

My apologies - I've just seen that the one on the Japanese website is a charcoal with red clip but the one on the Eslite (Taiwan) website is a shiny black with a red clip. Still is possible though that the charcoal/yellow/red ones with red clips might have been released in small numbers somewhere, likely pricey department stores, instead of created as Frankenpens.

[USMCMom]

I think the Lamy Safari looks very nice. I especially like the blue one and the blue one with the red clip.

 

My favorite, although I've never seen one in person and it's been discontinued, is the orange one and the lime. I've seen them on you-who-bay, but they're way out of my budget.

[SnowLeopard]

Bare in mind,... "frankenpens" can be created by those so dedicated in doing so. Red clips can be gotten from the French?> Lt. blue red clip model/ or a Joy with red clip....and then swapped onto another pen...of any color...red, blue, yellow, charcoal...hum....or created by the spray paint route for any other clip color. Why would Germany produce a colored clip when in 2010 they did away with the black clipped models sans the charcoal Safari?....probably for historical reasons. Shiny black caps with red clips already exist in a Joy's cap ..and perhaps caps R swapped with shinny black/ silver clip caps on the shinny black models. Unless one gets the release confirmation directly from Lamy.de/ or a vaulted contract seller....I wouldn't put much stock in actual pens...for 2011 and onward...especially at prices approaching a C-note...USD......further evidence that there are third party shenanigans. The last note, LE's can be made if you've got the $$ to produce a minimum run of a Safari. Usually...not the case unless you're a department store/Swedish offering...blue yellow clip...or the white /red clip .. supposedly...or rightfully for the Japanese market? Generally, the plastic color is not a new "color" ...just the clips are done differently. BBW.....just my take on what people have reported. I'd like to see the cap button on that white red clip number...to see if the top button is red too...and the sealer ring?...is it gray or black?....aye? If that white pen were all red fitted, cap, clip and ring..now that would be interesting.

Edited January 25, 2011 by SnowLeopard

[Ethereal Winter Wind]

We could get a FPN Limited edition

[SnowLeopard]

Ltd. run would probably be 200 pens...near the 4K$ mark...I'm not sure if Lamy, Germany would let someone create a new color...altogether,+ clip, top cap button, and rubber sealer ring.

Edited January 25, 2011 by SnowLeopard

[Alohamora]

heard that there may be a purple Al-star later this year...

 

Is the dark purple Al-star a limited edition or a regular production color?