Lamy Imporium

[Frank]

It's not even on the Lamy Website!?!

Not on the US site, anyway. The distributor has informed that this pen is not being sold in the US market....

Frank

[erpe]

Nice clip on the UK site http://www.lamy.com/microsites/imporium/index_eng.html
It looks cool in matte black 'n shiny gold. The nib seems not to be the € 65 Safari upgrade that I initially thought it would be, not sure it is even the swapable nib at all.

[Pommel]

I have an original Persona, and I think that looks better than the new Imporium. I especially dislike the new nib design.

What I wonder about; AFAIK the Persona wasn't a very good seller for Lamy. So why then do they reintroduce it at this time?

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[Holsworth]

I was quite excited when I saw a hint of this pen on Instagram because I've been in love with the Persona since Julia at Choosing Keeping showed me hers a few months ago. But for that price I think I'll keep waiting for a titanium Persona to come up on eBay - the nib on the Imporium just doesn't look right compared to the rest of the pen to me.

[inklord]

I have an original Persona, and I think that looks better than the new Imporium. I especially dislike the new nib design.

What I wonder about; AFAIK the Persona wasn't a very good seller for Lamy. So why then do they reintroduce it at this time?

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Times have changed - the original Persona was introduced 25 years ago, right into the big void where only a few collectors and some alternative people were into FP's. Remember, even Pelikan Souveraen pens were priced as budget pens back then (the M400 was less expensive than a Lamy 2000, at least in Germany). And Montblanc was the only German competitor in the luxury market - now who would in that scenario have chosen a Persona over a Meisterstueck?

[bluesea]

A Lamy 27 re-intro would have been sweet.