Ellipse Mechanical Pencil

[RegDiggins]

I recently posted on pen history forum to see if anyone could give me production figures on the Ellipse mechanical pencil, without much success. I wonder if the MP collectors on this Parker forum might be better informed. According to the Parker pen collector site this MP was only made for 12 months from 2001 until it was discontinued with the rest of the Ellipse range in 2002. I assume the production numbers would be quite small which may account for the ludicrously high prices which are being asked for this pencil.

 

Are there any records of production from Meru for this period ???