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sargetalon
December 25th, 2013, 08:15 PM
Hello everyone. I posted this in another forum which is now on hiatus so I thought I would solicit opinions here. I have come to exclusively collect and use Pelikan brand pens. My goal at present is to collect all of the variations of the M100-250 series. I have scoured the web and discussed this with several people and the list below is what I've been able to cobble together from various sources, the largest of these being ruettinger-web.de (http://www.ruettinger-web.de/e-pelikan-modell-m75-m250.html). I was hoping to gather the collective experience of these forums and see if there are any corrections, additions, or addendums you might add. Pictures would be a huge help if you have them. My list so far shows 68 pens in the M100 to M250 range. I've been able to collect 38 of them at the time of this posting. I'll attach a few quick sample pics from my M2xx collection below. The list below is formatted as: BARREL COLOR, CAP COLOR, PRODUCTION PERIOD

M100 (Steel Nib, Chrome Plated Trim, 122mm) >> 6 Variations
-Green, Green (Italian Export), Pre-‘97
-Brown, Brown (Italian Export), Pre-‘97
-Red, Red (For Export), Pre-‘97
-Dark Blue, Dark Blue (For Export), Pre-‘97
-Black, Black, Pre-‘97
-White, White, Black Trim, Pre-‘97

M150 (Steel Nib, Gold Plated Trim, 122mm) >> 10 Variations
-Green, Black (Italian Export), Pre-‘97
-Black, Black, Pre-‘97
-Black, Grey, Pre-‘97
-Black, Dark Green, Pre-‘97
-Black, Burgundy, Pre-‘97
-Black, Burgundy, Post-‘97
-Blue Transparent Demo., Blue Transparent (Bols – 3000, '94), Pre-‘97
-Green, Black (Galeria Kaufhof), Post-‘97
-Green, Black (170th Anniversary, Italy 08), Post-‘97
-Black, Black, Post-‘97

M200 (Steel Nib, Gold Plated Trim, 127/125mm) >> 22 Variations
-Grey Marbled, Black, Post-‘97
-Grey Marbled, Black, Pre-‘97
-Blue Marbled, Black, Post-‘97
-Blue Marbled, Black, Pre-‘97
-Green Marbled, Black , Post-‘97
-Green Marbled, Black , Pre-‘97
-Brown Tortoise Striped, Brown, Pre-‘97
-Black, Black, Post-‘97
-Black, Black, Pre-‘97
-Dark Green, Dark Green, Post-‘97
-Grey/Magenta Marbled, Black (Deutsche Telekom AG, '94), Pre-‘97
-Yellow, Yellow (Citroenpers – 1200, '02), Post-‘97
-Yellow, Yellow (Galleria Kaufhof), Post-‘97
-Anthracite Transparent Demo., Anthracite Transparent Demo., Post-‘97
-Green Transparent Demo., Green Transparent Demo., Post-‘97
-Red Transparent Demo., Red Transparent Demo., Post-‘97
-Blue Transparent Demo., Blue Transparent Demo., Post-‘97
-Amber Transparent Demo., Amber Transparent Demo., Post-‘97
-Clear Transparent Demo., Clear Transparent Demo., Post-‘97
-Clear Transparent Demo., Clear Transparent Demo. (2012), Post-‘97
-Burgundy, Black, Post-‘97
-Clear Transparent Demo, Clear Transparent Demo, Pre-‘97

M205 (Steel Nib, Chrome Plated Trim, 125mm) >> 8 Variations
-Clear Transparent, Clear Transparent, Post-‘97
-Red, Red, Post-‘97
-White, White, Post-‘97
-Black, Black, Post-‘97
-Taupe, Taupe, Post-‘97
-Light Blue Transparent Demo., Light Blue Transparent Demo., Post-‘97
-Neon Yellow DUO Demo., Neon Yellow DUO Demo., Post-‘97
-Neon Green DUO Demo., Neon Green DUO Demo., Post-‘97

M215 (Steel Nib, Chrome Plated Trim, 125mm) >> 4 Variations
-Blue w/ Stripe Pattern, Black, Post-‘97
-Black w/ Ring Pattern, Black, Post-‘97
-Black w/ Lozenge Pattern, Black, Post-‘97
-Black w/ Rectangle Pattern , Black, Post-‘97

M250 (14K Gold Nib, Gold Plated Trim, 127mm) >> 14 Variations
-Bordeaux, Bordeaux, Pre-‘97
-Bordeaux, Bordeaux, Post-‘97
-Black, Black, Pre-‘97
-Black, Black, Post-‘97
-Black, Dark Blue, Pre-‘97
-Black, Dark Blue, Post-‘97
-Black, Dark Green, Pre-‘97
-Black, Dark Green, Post-‘97
-Green Transparent Demo., Green Transparent Demo., Pre-‘97
-Green Transparent Demo,, Green Transparent Demo., Post-‘97
-Clear Transparent Demo., Clear Transparent Demo., Pre-‘97
-Brown Tortoise Striped, Brown (Levenger Ed.), Pre-‘97
-Snake, Black (USA Export Only), Pre-‘97
-Blue Marbled, Black (Nib & No Clip - Prototype), Pre-‘97

*M481 (Steel Nib, Gold Plated Trim) >> 4 Variations
-Green, Black (European Export – M150), Pre-‘97
-Black, Black (Japan Export – M200), Pre-‘97
-Green, Black (Japan Export – M200), Pre-‘97
-Burgundy, Burgundy (Japan Export –M200), Pre-‘97

68 Pen Models

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8009

79spitfire
December 25th, 2013, 08:52 PM
WOW, I had no idea. I only have 3. I'm not sure I should thank you......


OR curse you!

(Yes I want some, preferably one of each...)

tandaina
December 26th, 2013, 04:09 PM
I have the 200 tortoise and it is one of my favorite little pens. Takes the cake for cute. ;)

I sort of want all the 200 demonstrators...

brewsky
December 26th, 2013, 09:09 PM
Oh wow... you just blew my mind with the 200 tortoise. I must seek one out now. I was leaning towards an older m400 woth a flex nib, but that 200 wpild go perfect with my m215 I have.

sent from my galaxy s3 via tapatalk

tandaina
December 27th, 2013, 04:07 PM
I found my M200 on eBay, the person selling ti assumed it was an M400, but it just didn't look right to me. Bingo! Cause otherwise they seem to be hard as heck to find.

sargetalon
December 27th, 2013, 05:11 PM
I have the 200 tortoise and it is one of my favorite little pens. Takes the cake for cute. ;)

I sort of want all the 200 demonstrators...

I have the amber M200 demonstrator coming from Germany now. That will complete my collection of all M2xx Post-'97 demonstrators and also every Post-'97 M2xx pen as far as I have been able to identify! Now I'll have to shift focus to the pre-'97 varieties.

Goldfish
December 27th, 2013, 05:17 PM
I have a 250 clear demo and Taupe. Wish I could find Deutsche Telekom. Wonderful collection, thanks for posting!!

daenghafez
December 27th, 2013, 11:37 PM
You may want to add old style M250 black/black (with nib clip). Saw once in the internet.

earthdawn
December 27th, 2013, 11:50 PM
Wow what a post

Great photo of a HUGE flock there.

I had no idea there was ever a 200 tortoise!

sargetalon
December 28th, 2013, 08:41 AM
You may want to add old style M250 black/black (with nib clip). Saw once in the internet.

Thanks daenghafez. Those prototype nib clip pens are hard to track down. I've seen the blue marbled version in both FP and ballpoint but I've never seen one in black.

85AKbN
December 28th, 2013, 10:19 AM
great thread - i check in often. :jester:

daenghafez
December 28th, 2013, 06:50 PM
Joshua, I have re-checked the photo of the nib clip black/black pen which I earlier thought of another M250 prototype. This pen is indeed different variant than the M250 blue marble prototype which the latter came with 14k nib and 14k nib clip. The former came with both gold plated nib and nib clip, therefore is a M200 prototype. You may want to add this pen in your list.

(Photos below are not mine but taken from the internet)
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m188/kewlfly/Mobile%20Uploads/photo1_zps8e4a3390.jpg (http://s104.photobucket.com/user/kewlfly/media/Mobile%20Uploads/photo1_zps8e4a3390.jpg.html)

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m188/kewlfly/Mobile%20Uploads/photo3_zps13c96fd0.jpg (http://s104.photobucket.com/user/kewlfly/media/Mobile%20Uploads/photo3_zps13c96fd0.jpg.html)

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m188/kewlfly/Mobile%20Uploads/photo4_zpsd33ecbe8.jpg (http://s104.photobucket.com/user/kewlfly/media/Mobile%20Uploads/photo4_zpsd33ecbe8.jpg.html)

My M250 blue marble
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m188/kewlfly/image_zps064523f6.jpg (http://s104.photobucket.com/user/kewlfly/media/image_zps064523f6.jpg.html)

sargetalon
December 28th, 2013, 08:44 PM
Great work! Thanks for the research daenghafez. To add to my list above then...

M200 (Steel Nib, Gold Plated Trim, 127/125mm) >> 23 Variations
-Black, Black (Nib & No Clip Prototype), Pre-‘97

M250 (14K Gold Nib, Gold Plated Trim, 127mm) >> 17 Variations
-Blue Marbled, Black (Japan Export), Pre-'97
-Grey Marbled, Black (Japan Export), Pre-'97
-Green Marbled, Black (Japan Export), Pre-'97

That brings my tally up to 72 pens spanning the M100 - 250 models. After the time and research I've spent on this, I feel confident that there aren't too many variations left that I have yet to identify. If anyone has access to Pelikan Schreibegerate by Dittmer and Lehmann, I'd love to hear if it says anything differently. Despite my love of Pelikans, I still have not found a reasonably priced copy of my own...

Marktrain
December 29th, 2013, 07:59 PM
Hi sargetalon,

Here is another variation to add to the pile: the transparent amber M250:8160
Like the blue, grey and green marble M250's, you can make a amber M250 just by switching in a 250 nib to the M200 model.

Mark

Edit: this is my first post here.

sargetalon
December 29th, 2013, 09:00 PM
Hi sargetalon,

Here is another variation to add to the pile: the transparent amber M250:8157
Like the blue, grey and green marble M250's, you can make a amber M250 just by switching in a 250 nib to the M200 model.

Mark

Edit: this is my first post here.

Thanks Mark. Was that an official release? Hadn't come across that one previously. Oh, and your attachment isn't showing.

Marktrain
December 29th, 2013, 09:56 PM
Hi,

The amber M250 was official release. The attachment (which I finally got to show up) is from the 2005 Art Brown catalog.

Mark

sargetalon
December 30th, 2013, 10:31 AM
Awesome...Thanks for the scan!

KrazyIvan
December 30th, 2013, 10:34 AM
What about all the special editions, I forget the series name but they are named after cities. I don't remember if they are based on the M200 or not.

79spitfire
December 30th, 2013, 12:17 PM
I always thought those were M400/M600 series, I easily could be wrong on this...

sargetalon
December 30th, 2013, 02:04 PM
Those were based on the M600 and therefore don't make this list. I'm not too upset about that since 73 pens are enough to track down. I do like the cities series but they are way out of my league financially. Here is another update for the initial list.

M250 (14K Gold Nib, Gold Plated Trim, 127mm) >> 18 Variations
-Amber Transparent Demo., Amber Transparent Demo., Post-'97

Marktrain
December 30th, 2013, 03:36 PM
Hi all,

I was looking at the catalog page I posted and noted that the price of the M200 was only $75 back in 2005. Today you are hard pressed to find the M200 for $75. The prices in these catalogs are MSRP, so when you compare to today's MSRP for the M200 of $150 that's a 100% increase in 8 years.

Mark

sargetalon
December 30th, 2013, 03:54 PM
Point well taken Mark. I see old threads with sales and what not and cry when I see what Pelikans were going for just a few years ago. I still try to pay an average of $75 per M200 but it's because I keep my eyes peeled and jump on deals when they present themselves. I have a hard time stomaching the $150. Since I'm posting, here is the complete list gathered to date taken from all the post in this thread thus far...

M100 (Steel Nib, Chrome Plated Trim, 122mm) >> 6 Variations
-Green, Green (Italian Export), Pre-‘97
-Brown, Brown (Italian Export), Pre-‘97
-Red, Red (For Export), Pre-‘97
-Dark Blue, Dark Blue (For Export), Pre-‘97
-Black, Black, Pre-‘97
-White, White, Black Trim, Pre-‘97

M150 (Steel Nib, Gold Plated Trim, 122mm) >> 10 Variations
-Green, Black (Italian Export), Pre-‘97
-Black, Black, Pre-‘97
-Black, Grey, Pre-‘97
-Black, Dark Green, Pre-‘97
-Black, Burgundy, Pre-‘97
-Black, Burgundy, Post-‘97
-Blue Transparent Demo., Blue Transparent (Bols – 3000, '94), Pre-‘97
-Green, Black (Galeria Kaufhof), Post-‘97
-Green, Black (170th Anniversary, Italy 08), Post-‘97
-Black, Black, Post-‘97

M200 (Steel Nib, Gold Plated Trim, 127/125mm) >> 23 Variations
-Grey Marbled, Black, Post-‘97
-Grey Marbled, Black, Pre-‘97
-Blue Marbled, Black, Post-‘97
-Blue Marbled, Black, Pre-‘97
-Green Marbled, Black , Post-‘97
-Green Marbled, Black , Pre-‘97
-Brown Tortoise Striped, Brown, Pre-‘97
-Black, Black, Post-‘97
-Black, Black, Pre-‘97
-Dark Green, Dark Green, Post-‘97
-Grey/Magenta Marbled, Black (Deutsche Telekom AG, '94), Pre-‘97
-Yellow, Yellow (Citroenpers – 1200, '02), Post-‘97
-Yellow, Yellow (Galleria Kaufhof), Post-‘97
-Anthracite Transparent Demo., Anthracite Transparent Demo., Post-‘97
-Green Transparent Demo., Green Transparent Demo., Post-‘97
-Red Transparent Demo., Red Transparent Demo., Post-‘97
-Blue Transparent Demo., Blue Transparent Demo., Post-‘97
-Amber Transparent Demo., Amber Transparent Demo., Post-‘97
-Clear Transparent Demo., Clear Transparent Demo., Post-‘97
-Clear Transparent Demo., Clear Transparent Demo. (2012), Post-‘97
-Burgundy, Black, Post-‘97
-Clear Transparent Demo, Clear Transparent Demo, Pre-‘97
-Black, Black (Nib & No Clip Prototype), Pre-‘97

M205 (Steel Nib, Chrome Plated Trim, 125mm) >> 8 Variations
-Clear Transparent, Clear Transparent, Post-‘97
-Red, Red, Post-‘97
-White, White, Post-‘97
-Black, Black, Post-‘97
-Taupe, Taupe, Post-‘97
-Light Blue Transparent Demo., Light Blue Transparent Demo., Post-‘97
-Neon Yellow DUO Demo., Neon Yellow DUO Demo., Post-‘97
-Neon Green DUO Demo., Neon Green DUO Demo., Post-‘97

M215 (Steel Nib, Chrome Plated Trim, 125mm) >> 4 Variations
-Blue w/ Stripe Pattern, Black, Post-‘97
-Black w/ Ring Pattern, Black, Post-‘97
-Black w/ Lozenge Pattern, Black, Post-‘97
-Black w/ Rectangle Pattern , Black, Post-‘97

M250 (14K Gold Nib, Gold Plated Trim, 127mm) >> 18 Variations
-Bordeaux, Bordeaux, Pre-‘97
-Bordeaux, Bordeaux, Post-‘97
-Black, Black, Pre-‘97
-Black, Black, Post-‘97
-Black, Dark Blue, Pre-‘97
-Black, Dark Blue, Post-‘97
-Black, Dark Green, Pre-‘97
-Black, Dark Green, Post-‘97
-Green Transparent Demo., Green Transparent Demo., Pre-‘97
-Green Transparent Demo,, Green Transparent Demo., Post-‘97
-Clear Transparent Demo., Clear Transparent Demo., Pre-‘97
-Brown Tortoise Striped, Brown (Levenger Ed.), Pre-‘97
-Snake, Black (USA Export Only), Pre-‘97
-Blue Marbled, Black (Nib & No Clip - Prototype), Pre-‘97
-Blue Marbled, Black (Japan Export), Pre-'97
-Grey Marbled, Black (Japan Export), Pre-'97
-Green Marbled, Black (Japan Export), Pre-'97
-Amber Transparent Demo., Amber Transparent Demo., Post-'97

*M481 (Steel Nib, Gold Plated Trim) >> 4 Variations
-Green, Black (European Export – M150), Pre-‘97
-Black, Black (Japan Export – M200), Pre-‘97
-Green, Black (Japan Export – M200), Pre-‘97
-Burgundy, Burgundy (Japan Export –M200), Pre-‘97

73 Variations