Safaris on parade!

[diplomat]

While we are eagerly waiting for the new 2009 colour, I took my Safaris together and made some family shot:

 

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/6723/dsc9450dv7.jpg

 

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/7474/dsc9454ty6.jpg

 

And this is the queen of the lot: a NOS stickered Savanna in the original box:

 

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/6831/dsc9456za7.jpg

 

Out of them, only the Savanna is a 1st generation Safari (thanks to woody for his great work on how to tell a Safari from another!), the Alpin and the Yellow are Third, all others Fourth.

 

 

Ciao,

 

 

 

 

[jbbreau]

Fun stuff!!

My favorite color is the white with the metal clip.

[Rena]

Savannah is very hot for a cool pen. If I had all those colors, I'd be mixing and matching barrels, caps and sections — there's something about seeing a grouping of Safaris that triggers this in me. If I could pick only one, I would choose the blue with red clip, and that is what I did when I got mine. Nice and cheerful pictures.

 

 

[RayMan]

Cool pics!

[ehdtstudios]

What are some ways we can tell them apart?

When can we find out what the new colours will be?

 

-ev

[bphollin]

Very nice, Diplomat! The NOS Savanna is impressive :clap1:

 

I'm partial to the gloss black and my wife likes the lime.

[GeorgeP]

Very nice! I'm right on the verge of committing to collecting the full safari color range myself. How many colors are you missing there? The only ones I can think of are the terracotta and the blue w/yellow clip, plus the AL range. Does anyone here have a complete collection?

Edited January 27, 2009 by GeorgeP

[zquilts]

The Savannah and the Burnt Orange would have been my teo favorite colors - too bad I did not know about the pens then !

[QM2]

Great display! The green one wins first prize of course!

 

Mine are a bit less cheerful. Here are almost all of them:

 

http://queenmargot.com/lamy_bw1.jpg

 

http://queenmargot.com/lamy_bw3.jpg

[gregamckinney]

Please excuse the poor picture, but here is my mostly complete collection. I'd say this is complete, less the truly exotic ones.

 

http://www.gergyor.com/images/lamy-safaris-jan09.jpg

Not sure where my black textured pen got to. It isn't in the picture.

 

I believe I lack:

- Safari demo

- Itoya AL star

- "Bastian Schweinsteiger" Al star

- At least one or two "finish" variations (gloss vs matte)

 

Best Regards, greg

Edited January 28, 2009 by gregamckinney

[Rena]

Greg,

 

Bottom right two pens — is that a difference in finish on the Savannah? And I LIKE that blue with yellow clip quite a bit!

 

 

Please excuse the poor picture, but here is my mostly complete collection. I'd say this is complete, less the truly exotic ones.

 

http://www.gergyor.com/images/lamy-safaris-jan09.jpg

Not sure where my black textured pen got to. It isn't in the picture.

 

I believe I lack:

- Safari demo

- Itoya AL star

- "Bastian Schweinsteiger" Al star

- At least one or two "finish" variations (gloss vs matte)

 

Best Regards, greg

 

[Rena]

I've been typing Savannah, but now I see it should be Savanna. Oops.

 

 

[ehdtstudios]

Hey everyone,

 

Can someone let me know what a NOS sticker is?

And maybe take a stab at my question above?

 

thanks

 

-ev

[diplomat]

Hey everyone,

Can someone let me know what a NOS sticker is?

And maybe take a stab at my question above?

thanks

-ev

 

Ev, sorry for my nerd language! NOS means "new old stock" referred to a pen that is sold years after the production time but untouched. The sticker (in this case the F indication on the barrel) is a "proof" that nobody used the pen.

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

[diplomat]

Very nice! I'm right on the verge of committing to collecting the full safari color range myself. How many colors are you missing there? The only ones I can think of are the terracotta and the blue w/yellow clip, plus the AL range. Does anyone here have a complete collection?

 

I am missing the Terracotta, the Swede and the Orange Flame between those I could reach sooner or later.

But the Orange flame is on its way from USA to me! thanks to a kind FPNer...

 

I have a Joy and an Al-Star but I try to keep away from them... I don't want to enlarge this field, not yet at least...

[diplomat]

Great display! The green one wins first prize of course!

Mine are a bit less cheerful. Here are almost all of them:

 

Please excuse the poor picture, but here is my mostly complete collection. I'd say this is complete, less the truly exotic ones.

Not sure where my black textured pen got to. It isn't in the picture.

I believe I lack:

- Safari demo

- Itoya AL star

- "Bastian Schweinsteiger" Al star

- At least one or two "finish" variations (gloss vs matte)

Best Regards, greg

 

Queen and Greg: thank you for sharing your collections!

 

QM2: that range of colours is absolutely in your stile. Now you should chase the black LE and the Alpin...

Greg: when I saw the Yellow pen it looked like orange and I thought: oh no! not another! - then I understood....

Great display of treasures: will you start to get the Joys as well? that pink clip is really attracting! I'd like the demo too.

 

Ciao,

 

 

[rickyriz]

Very nice!!!

 

I love black and grey ones, but wellow and lime are so little scamp!!

 

the Savanna is GREAT!! A perfect color match.

 

Thanks for sharing.

[gregamckinney]

Greg,

 

Bottom right two pens — is that a difference in finish on the Savannah? And I LIKE that blue with yellow clip quite a bit!

 

No, same finish, just the poor quality picture + jpg compression. One is a RB - the one with what looks like a blacked-out ink-view window.

 

The blue with yellow clip is the one made for a Swedish department store (IIRC.) I paid almost as much for that pen as for the early green and orange pens. Now, I'm glad I did, though- I think those are sold out.

 

Regards, greg

[teebo]

I do not have one yet but am thinking of getting a couple of Safaris. They just scream 'LEGO PEN' to me. :roflmho:

 

Todd

[ProsaicParadise]

Seeing these Lamy collections is inspiring!

 

I think if I was going to get excited about tracking any one of those down, it would be the blue with yellow clip... that is fantastic.