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Notwithstanding official announcements and/or informal heads-ups from some individual retailers (much) earlier in the year about increases to retail pricing of Platinum pens in the regional markets in which they operate, … It appears Platinum in Japan has very recently taken down its product catalogues from its Japanese and English language web sites, while they update the documents to reflect the changes to (at least) pricing of ‘entry-level’ #3776 Century models with either gold or rhodium trim and plain, single-colour (i.e. black, Bourgogne, Laurel Green, Chartres Blue, and Chenonceau White) AS resin bodies. Links to the catalogues I posted not even a week ago now return HTTP error 404; and looking at the model numbers, the gold-trimmed models are now PNB-15000 instead of PNB-13000 (which implies the ex-tax price has gone up to ¥15,000 from ¥13,000), and the rhodium finish (or “silver trim”) models are not PNB-18000CR instead of PNB-15000CR. Note: The pricing is shown on the Japanese version of the product pages.

After having waited close to 3 months from the initial order, the #3776 black in black with UEF was delivered to my home yesterday. As there is no stock available at the time of ordering, Platinum handled this as an order-on-demand. So, my #3776 black in black was fresh off Platinum's production. The slip seal and the friction closing of the cap are similar to the rest of #3776 Century line models. The nib is what this pen separates from the rest. I looked it with my loupe and the tines are in perfect alignment and the tip of the nib is created only an experienced craftman can do. I don't believe any Western companies can do this in house. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/YS2003/IMG_4742_zpsf9de800a.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/YS2003/IMG_4743_zps00eb27b5.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/YS2003/IMG_4744_zpsd5939445.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/YS2003/IMG_4745_zpse75cfc56.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/YS2003/IMG_4746_zps0e265639.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/YS2003/IMG_4747_zpsea965a6d.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/YS2003/IMG_4748_zpsb39cb47e.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/YS2003/IMG_4749_zpsf434521f.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/YS2003/IMG_4750_zps291782ae.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/YS2003/IMG_4751_zps668df9e7.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/YS2003/IMG_4752_zps28278a59.jpg