Robb. Knight.

Last week I happened across a listing for a Lara Croft/Tomb Raider Waterman fountain pen, specifically this model:

We discussed it in the omg.lol discord and I said:

Why was it made? Who is it for? What market analysis led them to produce such an item

Who bought this? It wasn’t given away, someone paid money for it

Lewis pointed out it was me. I was the target market. He was right. I spent a long time thinking about if I wanted to spend £35 on this pen and ultimately decided it is ugly as fuck so I didn't. Then I thought maybe I did and I kind of still do. I can't stop thinking about it. I'm obsessed.

I looked around to find out some more info about this pen and it turns out there were three designs available applied to fountain pens and a ballpoint as you can see in this natty...website? DVD menu? Not a clue to be honest. These photos came from this core design page about the pens.

There's a bunch of different options including this set with some kind of "build your own desktop" software on it. INSTALL ME IF YOU DARE. Scary.

I kind of want one of these purely for the weirdness of it but what I really want is this: the signature limited edition. Now this is a classy pen^[1]. Having said that, I don't know what these sell for (there's no sold listings on eBay to reference) and I suspect it'll be more than I'll want to pay. If anyone has one of these knocking about, let me know.

Links:

• Tomb Raider Waterman Pens on Flickr
• Core Design Merchandise
• Lara Croft Waterman Fountain Pen