The Lamy 2000 is a well loved classic and I adore my Black Makralon and stainless steel versions but I really hate the ridiculous mark up on special edition colours. An additional £200 for a pen in a different colour, notebook and designer history. It’s a real shame that Lamy chooses to price gouge customers like this. It’s even worse that you don’t get a choice of nib. I never use my fine Lamy 2k. The medium is my daily driver so if I’m going to pay a ridiculous price for the pen I should at least get it in my preferred nib size. As much as I love the Pine I can’t justify paying this price for it, especially in a nib that isn’t my favourite.
I have several 2000s . I had one on order but changed my mind when I was given the final price. Other pens I prefer for less money. Lamy could do it for far less in a jazzed up regular pen box for a far more reasonable price for a green macralon pen.
Iconic pen. Love my Black 2000 which is a great writer. The pricing on this strikes me as simply trying to extract as much money as a set of collectors can be made to pass with for a paint job and some packaging you'll look at once. It makes me think more negatively of the current management of this company. As with all similar practices, I am less likely to buy Lamy product than I was before when I see price gouging out of faithful collectors and brand-fans like this.
The colour is great. I wish all three colours came standard. It’s too expensive for me and given I already own a F 2K I couldn’t justify it. But I still think it’s beautiful and I am jealous.
It’s great to see Lamy come out with other colors, too bad it’s just a limited edition. Also I would’ve loved to see it with yellow gold accents instead of stainless steel. Yellow gold and green is one of my favorite color combos on pens.
I loved and wanted the brown 2k, but passed on buying it. I love this new pine green, too. Once again, Lamy is either too greedy or clueless - or both - to be pricing these LE pens so outrageously. What’s worse, quite inexplicably there are no nib size options. The brown and blue 2k pens were offered with only the F nib. Ditto this pine 2k. Lamy clearly knows how to piss off potential buyers. I’d still be keen to see your full review of this pen, Mick.
@@sajjadhusain4146 well they all sell out… so there’s clearly a market for it regardless. I wanted the blue and missed it… but the brown didn’t do it for me. The green is absolutely stunning though
@@theoffstageme Oh yes..I get that, obviously. They’d probably sell them out even faster (albeit at this outlandish price) if they offered at least one or two more nib options. That is inexcusable and baffling.
@@sajjadhusain4146 I’m lucky that the fine is what I wanted. It completes my quartet of Lamy 2000s. But yes, they would sell quicker if they offered the option for other nibs
@@user-gl5ld9vm7i Look it is very expensive… but I suppose the worth of something is set by the person who wants it. And from my personal perspective… this forest green is one of my favourite colours, and the Lamy 2000 is one of my favourite pens, so in my perception of what it’s worth to me… I can justify it. I also knew the pen was coming from February… so I was able to budget for it.
Too many beautiful pens, not enough money or time. I find, though, that Lamy is milking their 2000s. Sure, the packaging is special, but it is not worth the difference in price in my mind. Still, congratulations on the new pen!
Personally I think the wrapping is overkill. It is unnecessary. I have two Lamy 2000 units and they came in restrained packaging. A negative point for Lamy. Bigger does not mean better.
@@JoseFbt6bk I don’t know… I think if you are buying an $800AUD Special/limited edition pen set with a notebook and a book, it’s nice to get good presentation
@@theoffstageme Nice but, again, overkill. The special editions thing strikes me as a very easy way to charge twice as much for a product that, in general, costs half as much. But, I respect, of course, that someone buys this special and limited edition.
@@karenholden4740 If they had shame and scruples, they’d cut out all the pretentious packaging AND price the limited edition pen at $350 max with two more nib options.
The Lamy 2000 is a well loved classic and I adore my Black Makralon and stainless steel versions but I really hate the ridiculous mark up on special edition colours. An additional £200 for a pen in a different colour, notebook and designer history. It’s a real shame that Lamy chooses to price gouge customers like this. It’s even worse that you don’t get a choice of nib. I never use my fine Lamy 2k. The medium is my daily driver so if I’m going to pay a ridiculous price for the pen I should at least get it in my preferred nib size. As much as I love the Pine I can’t justify paying this price for it, especially in a nib that isn’t my favourite.
Very nice color. I just got mine. Love the presentation. Great review Mick
the camera dosent do it justice this lamy has the best green color Ive ever seen on a fountain pen
I love the Lamy 2000.. I’d have one in every color if it wasn’t such a high price tag. Thank you for this.
I have several 2000s . I had one on order but changed my mind when I was given the final price. Other pens I prefer for less money. Lamy could do it for far less in a jazzed up regular pen box for a far more reasonable price for a green macralon pen.
Mick, imho this one is the best special edition yet. Nice and enjoy.
Iconic pen. Love my Black 2000 which is a great writer. The pricing on this strikes me as simply trying to extract as much money as a set of collectors can be made to pass with for a paint job and some packaging you'll look at once. It makes me think more negatively of the current management of this company. As with all similar practices, I am less likely to buy Lamy product than I was before when I see price gouging out of faithful collectors and brand-fans like this.
The colour is great. I wish all three colours came standard. It’s too expensive for me and given I already own a F 2K I couldn’t justify it. But I still think it’s beautiful and I am jealous.
Four colours, surely? Pine, Blue, SS & Black
@@archivist17 or does he mean the pine, blue, and brown special editions?
@@theoffstageme And even I forgot the brown, so maybe there's even more scope for collection,
Wowww its so beautiful 😍😍
I really want to like the 2000. I am just worried that the nib will not be for me.
As an aside was the pen released in red?
Very nice. I might have to search out one of these.
It’s great to see Lamy come out with other colors, too bad it’s just a limited edition. Also I would’ve loved to see it with yellow gold accents instead of stainless steel. Yellow gold and green is one of my favorite color combos on pens.
@@ForTheLoveOfPens that would have looked great. But personally I really like the steel accents
I loved and wanted the brown 2k, but passed on buying it. I love this new pine green, too. Once again, Lamy is either too greedy or clueless - or both - to be pricing these LE pens so outrageously. What’s worse, quite inexplicably there are no nib size options. The brown and blue 2k pens were offered with only the F nib. Ditto this pine 2k. Lamy clearly knows how to piss off potential buyers.
I’d still be keen to see your full review of this pen, Mick.
@@sajjadhusain4146 well they all sell out… so there’s clearly a market for it regardless. I wanted the blue and missed it… but the brown didn’t do it for me. The green is absolutely stunning though
@@theoffstageme Oh yes..I get that, obviously. They’d probably sell them out even faster (albeit at this outlandish price) if they offered at least one or two more nib options. That is inexcusable and baffling.
@@sajjadhusain4146 I’m lucky that the fine is what I wanted. It completes my quartet of Lamy 2000s. But yes, they would sell quicker if they offered the option for other nibs
Looks good! Though I reckon is needs to be inked up with Rohrer & Klingner's 2022 Limited Edition Deep Pine ink!
@@th3lib funnily, it was down to Green Black and Deep Pine… I think I will alternate these two for a while.
You know, I do respect this pen's legacy in the fountain pen world.
However, however, this commemorative model is horribly overpriced. 😢
@@user-gl5ld9vm7i Look it is very expensive… but I suppose the worth of something is set by the person who wants it. And from my personal perspective… this forest green is one of my favourite colours, and the Lamy 2000 is one of my favourite pens, so in my perception of what it’s worth to me… I can justify it. I also knew the pen was coming from February… so I was able to budget for it.
Too many beautiful pens, not enough money or time. I find, though, that Lamy is milking their 2000s. Sure, the packaging is special, but it is not worth the difference in price in my mind. Still, congratulations on the new pen!
Personally I think the wrapping is overkill. It is unnecessary. I have two Lamy 2000 units and they came in restrained packaging. A negative point for Lamy. Bigger does not mean better.
@@JoseFbt6bk I don’t know… I think if you are buying an $800AUD Special/limited edition pen set with a notebook and a book, it’s nice to get good presentation
@@theoffstageme Nice but, again, overkill. The special editions thing strikes me as a very easy way to charge twice as much for a product that, in general, costs half as much. But, I respect, of course, that someone buys this special and limited edition.
Bear in mind, It's not a users pen it's a collector's pen.
@@breadyegg for some people definitely. Not me though… I am using this lovely pen every day I can. I ink and use all my pens.
@@breadyegg Even so. Overkill and overpriced.
I think Lamy should be ashamed!
@@karenholden4740 If they had shame and scruples, they’d cut out all the pretentious packaging AND price the limited edition pen at $350 max with two more nib options.
Yeah but could it be my daily writer?