2015-01-29

Lamy al-star collection

al-star is an upgrade to the safari, with aluminum body and semi-transparent triangular section.
it started production from 1997, and in recent year, some special edition are made for each year.

special edition color should be only in production for that particular year.
however, some colors become regular model after a few years.

here are some of the models, (from the right of the photo)


modelnameremarkspecial editionyear introduced
(regular)		discontinued
25al-star-19972015
26graphitblack nib,
changed to chrome nib since 2008		?
27silverblue?2010
24silvergreenblack clip and black nib?2008
24silvergreenchrome clip and chrome nib20082010
28ocean blue20072009
23raspberry2008--
29black purple20092011
22coffee2010--
21ruby2011--
20pearlaka champagne2013--
71black20132015
32bluegreen201420162020
42copper orange2015-
52charged green2016-
84pacific2017-
99vibrant pink2018-
27bronze2019-
23turnaline2020
gold black2020-


[ upto 2016 ] the horizontal one is a special editon for 50years of Design in 2016,
and the rightmost one is a special editon with signature of Bastian Schweinsteiger









there were some changes on the barrel logo in around 2010,
check the barrel "LAMY" logo where the letter "A" and "M" joins and also the middle triangle of the letter "A",
here is a comparison of the black purple al-star (2009) and coffee al-star (2010)



two silvergreen ?
the silvergreen was switched to a chrome chip in 2008, and it was discontinued in 2010.




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23 comments:

  1. UnknownSaturday, March 26, 2011 at 12:44:00 AM GMT+8

    Dear Kmpn,

    Could you advise me where I find the largest variety of bottled inks in Hong Kong?

    Kind regards,

    Cecil

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  2. kmpnSaturday, March 26, 2011 at 12:49:00 AM GMT+8

    hi Cecil, you can find the pen shops here, Winners, Hop Cheung, Pen Gallery, Feng Yuan Co ... should have some bottle inks.

    thanks.

    -kmpn

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  3. UnknownSaturday, March 26, 2011 at 12:53:00 PM GMT+8

    Hi Kmpn, thanks for your quick reply. I love your blog though I do not know when you usually update it. But keep up the good work!

    Cecil

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  4. kmpnSunday, March 27, 2011 at 12:27:00 PM GMT+8

    thanks.

    -kmpn

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  5. UnknownMonday, August 13, 2012 at 2:24:00 PM GMT+8

    Dear Kmpn,

    Love the silver green very much. Where can I possibly buy it in hong kong now?

    Best,
    Samantha

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  6. kmpnMonday, August 13, 2012 at 9:21:00 PM GMT+8

    hello Samantha,
    you may contact the Hong Kong Lamy distributer at http://www.lamy.com.hk/list_contact.php

    thanks a lot.

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  7. CasanskiMonday, May 23, 2016 at 11:20:00 PM GMT+8

    Hello
    Can you advise me how to purchase some of the earlier AlStar limited edition fountain pens - coffee, champagne Pearl and so on?
    Kind regards.
    Tom.

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  8. kmpnMonday, May 23, 2016 at 11:26:00 PM GMT+8

    hello, as many of them have already discontinued, they may appear on the auction site occasionally. or wait for the lamy to re-issue them again. :)

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  9. serviceSaturday, May 27, 2017 at 9:46:00 AM GMT+8

    Hi
    Can you tell me which are the 3 gray colors to the right of the silver green.

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  10. kmpnSaturday, May 27, 2017 at 9:54:00 AM GMT+8

    the rightmost one is the 25 Al-star, the next is a black nib 26 graphit (with the paper ring), it looks exactly the same as the chrome nib 26 graphit (third right). hope this helps :D

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  11. serviceSunday, May 28, 2017 at 6:48:00 AM GMT+8

    Hi:
    The special editon with signature of Bastian Schweinsteiger is the same color of Nº 25 ?
    Thanks.

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  12. kmpnSunday, May 28, 2017 at 10:56:00 AM GMT+8

    yes, it has the same color as that.

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  13. kowangSunday, January 10, 2021 at 5:38:00 PM GMT+8

    hi kmpn,

    could you make a comparison (photo) between the Lamy 026 and the Lamy Al Star Anniversary Edition , as you mentioned you said that´s exactly the same model (regarding the colour) but i still see some differences in the colour shape.

    thanks in advantage

    cheers

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  14. kmpnSunday, January 10, 2021 at 8:52:00 PM GMT+8

    hello kowang, thanks for visiting, it may take some time to search my 50th Anniversary al-star pens. a little hint were in their press release in 2016, "The fountain pen from the popular LAMY AL-star series in a graphite finish has been given a characteristic embossed line based on the central element of the exhibition."

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  15. serviceTuesday, January 12, 2021 at 12:19:00 AM GMT+8

    Hello Kmpm,
    could you tell me what is the last color that Lamy Al Star manufactured and if you have a list with all the updated colors that were manufactured until today.
    Thank you very much from Argentina.

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  16. kmpnTuesday, January 12, 2021 at 11:03:00 AM GMT+8

    hello service, just updated the table to include the bronze, turnaline and gold black. the turnaline appears on their catalog, it may be a regular edition. thanks again for visiting :D

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  17. serviceWednesday, January 13, 2021 at 9:36:00 PM GMT+8

    Hello Kmpn
    In the table above # 25 is listed as al-star. Which color corresponds to it?
    Thanks a lot

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  18. kmpnThursday, January 14, 2021 at 9:22:00 AM GMT+8

    hello service, it is the "Aluminium, natural metallic anodized", the very first al-star with plain aluminium color, and discontinued around 2015.

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  19. serviceFriday, January 15, 2021 at 5:37:00 AM GMT+8

    Thank you very much Kmpn for your answers.
    You know why the numbers of the products do not follow an order 25, 26, 27, 28, etc ...

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  20. serviceFriday, January 15, 2021 at 5:54:00 AM GMT+8

    Sorry for the huge number of questions, but it is very difficult to find answers on the internet.
    Why the Vibrant Pink has the same number as the Gold Black.

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  21. kmpnFriday, January 15, 2021 at 8:06:00 PM GMT+8

    hello serivce, that number is the "product number" or the "model number". it is from 001-099 for each model of lamy fountain pens. and the number could be reused.

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  22. serviceFriday, January 15, 2021 at 9:04:00 PM GMT+8

    Kmpn, thank you for your time to answer

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  23. UnknownMonday, January 17, 2022 at 1:43:00 PM GMT+8

    Hello!
    Very nice page! I wonder why you don't mention the LX pens? Is it because LAMY call them LX, not AL-star? Keep up the good work! Best wishes from a pen collector in Sweden

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