2009 Limited Edition Vanishing Point

[Hennypenny]

My red LE VP arrived yesterday -- and is it ever RED!! I was shocked at first, but am liking it more and more -- it's vivid red, just like the orange was vivid orange. No mistaking it for the regular red...

 

The case is textured and has a darker shade in it -- kind of like a black and red tweed. Also nice.

 

HP

[Keng]

HP, congrtas is in order for being the first? to get the LE VP. Pls post some pics.

[jlepens]

My red LE VP arrived yesterday -- and is it ever RED!! I was shocked at first, but am liking it more and more -- it's vivid red, just like the orange was vivid orange. No mistaking it for the regular red...

 

The case is textured and has a darker shade in it -- kind of like a black and red tweed. Also nice.

 

HP

 

 

Congrats! Waiting for mine from World Lux.

[Hennypenny]

Here is the red case -- so you can see what I mean about it being "tweedy". I'm going to have to take pics of the pen itself in a different light - the ones I got make it look orange. I'll go off and do that now.

 

BTW, mine is #318. HP

[Hennypenny]

OK, here's the best I can do -- the red and the 2007 orange VP's side-by-side, so you can compare. I'm not entirely happy with the way the colors show up in this lighting, but I don't have time to set up the light tent right now.

 

BTW, the red does not seem to be "metallic" -- in the way the orange is. But it's a nifty color! HP

[kushbaby]

My red LE VP arrived yesterday -- and is it ever RED!! I was shocked at first, but am liking it more and more -- it's vivid red, just like the orange was vivid orange. No mistaking it for the regular red...

 

The case is textured and has a darker shade in it -- kind of like a black and red tweed. Also nice.

 

HP

 

I got mine last week. When I opened the box, I almost dropped it.

 

It's really, REALLY red!

 

[Hennypenny]

My red LE VP arrived yesterday -- and is it ever RED!! I was shocked at first, but am liking it more and more -- it's vivid red, just like the orange was vivid orange. No mistaking it for the regular red...

 

The case is textured and has a darker shade in it -- kind of like a black and red tweed. Also nice.

 

HP

 

I got mine last week. When I opened the box, I almost dropped it.

 

It's really, REALLY red!

 

 

 

Have you been able to photograph it? My pic made it too orange-y ... it's definitely RED. HP

[kushbaby]

My red LE VP arrived yesterday -- and is it ever RED!! I was shocked at first, but am liking it more and more -- it's vivid red, just like the orange was vivid orange. No mistaking it for the regular red...

 

The case is textured and has a darker shade in it -- kind of like a black and red tweed. Also nice.

 

HP

 

I got mine last week. When I opened the box, I almost dropped it.

 

It's really, REALLY red!

 

 

My photography skills are terrible, but I will try. I have an orange LE and the regular, deeper red, so I will try to include those in the photo. It won't be until this evening or tomorrow, though...

 

Have you been able to photograph it? My pic made it too orange-y ... it's definitely RED. HP

[kushbaby]

My red LE VP arrived yesterday -- and is it ever RED!! I was shocked at first, but am liking it more and more -- it's vivid red, just like the orange was vivid orange. No mistaking it for the regular red...

 

The case is textured and has a darker shade in it -- kind of like a black and red tweed. Also nice.

 

HP

 

I got mine last week. When I opened the box, I almost dropped it.

 

It's really, REALLY red!

 

 

 

Have you been able to photograph it? My pic made it too orange-y ... it's definitely RED. HP

 

OK, here it is in the sunlight. I think this turned out better (though it still doesn't quite compare to seeing it in person).

 

The top pen is the "regular" non-LE red with rhodium trim (purchased here on FPN!)

The second pen from the top is the 2009 VP LE in vivid red

The third one down is the VP LE in orange

The bottom one is the "regular" VP in yellow.

 

(These are all my VPs - see a theme here? Gotta get me a mandarin yellow one one of these days...)

 

Edit: The eyes play tricks on you when looking at it next to the orange one, I think. Try to cover up the orange one, and only look at the top two pens, then you can appreciate that it's RED - I think some of the orangey bit comes from optical illusion... Maybe...

Edited August 22, 2009 by kushbaby

[mikerph]

Got mine last week, its bright Red!!!!

[Chinanico]

Got mine today,

 

Sorry the pics are a bit grainy, I took them quickly and didn't quite have the lighting I wanted, but the color is rendered rather realistically (even if slightly on the darker side because of the grain, the balance is OK), definitely red and not orange

 

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k41/chinanico/Pen/VPred1.jpg

 

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k41/chinanico/Pen/VPred2.jpg

[Chinanico]

Definitely red...

 

Outside pic

 

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k41/chinanico/Pen/VPredout.jpg

 

In direct sunlight, it is true it makes it slightly more orange but still very red, I think...

 

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k41/chinanico/Pen/VPredsun.jpg

[kushbaby]

Excellent pics!!!

 

[Calabria]

I think your pictures are excellent. I had the pen in my hand and it didn't look half as elegant. In fact, the design almost makes sense in your picture - the elegance doesn't seem like a folly, but somehow calculated...

 

[scoob]

hmmm, I am still waiting on my order from WorldLux.

 

They said their shipment wont come until mid Sept. I hope that didn't over sell.

[Mudge]

I hope that didn't over sell.

 

I wouldn't be at all surprised. Mine arrived today, and the issue number is in the late 1700s. I guess these things are getting snapped up as soon as they are released now.

 

I already have the orange 2007 pen (as well as the regular red and the blue carbonesque/kasuri), and I was slightly (but only very slightly) disappointed that Pilot/Namiki hasn't given the red pen the pearlescent finish of the '07 edition. That would have been a nice touch. But on the whole, I am happy as a cochon enmerdé.

 

Those pictures of Chicanico's are brilliant. They capture it just about perfectly. Kushbaby's pics are also excellent, but just go to show how my eyes play tricks on me when all those beasties are lined up next to each other. I would almost have said the second one down was my orange pen. But getting any digital camera to represent colour exactly can be hard...

[Mudge]

In fact, the design almost makes sense in your picture - the elegance doesn't seem like a folly, but somehow calculated...

 

There's something about these pens that just grabs me; I've always been a devotee of the long flexy nib in a "traditional" kind of setting, but my work involves a lot of writing when my hands are wet, so the push-button operation has a clear advantage - I only have to dry one hand. But having got past that initial "cultural" hurdle, I have found myself to be in love with the sheer elegance, beauty and simplicity of this design, and keep buying more of them for myself and my friends.

 

The only trouble is, my wife knows how much the Raden costs, so I won't get away with ordering one...