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Garageboy
I'm curious if finding these are still possible, especially in the orange color. Thanks!
FarmBoy
QUOTE (Garageboy @ Aug 31 2008, 08:02 PM) *
I'm curious if finding these are still possible, especially in the orange color. Thanks!

The A101 and CA101 pens do tend to turn up. The plastic is a bit soft so they often have scratches. The A (aero-fill) series seem to be harder to find than the CA (cartridge) series. White is particularly hard to find. If you get a CA101 plan on reusing the cartridge--that is what I do when I decide to use one.

Todd
jimg
I still seem to see quite a few A101s on ebay . About a year ago I bought a group of 6, NOS with stickers, in black ,light blue and grey

I have not seen an orange one in the flesh ("in the plastic"?), but I hope that I will someday.
Brian Anderson
White with the red dot on top is perhaps the hardest to find, dare I say rare. Next to that would be the dark blue version. The rest of the colors are fairly easy to find, most often in the cartridge version. I find the A101's are pretty nice bang around pens and great for travel since every part unscrews and is practically unbreakable by fumble fingered TSA folk.

Enjoy!
Brian
EventHorizon
So far, I have only the A101 in my collection and it was from a fellow FPN member but as jimg stated, they do pop up on E-Bay once in a while.
Garageboy
Thanks! I gave away a rusty orange one and want to see if I can find a Cartridge one. Thanks!
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