Promo Pen Collector

Here’s an interesting novelty pen. I don’t think I would be able to leave this pen laying around. It would be kind of cool if it came in a tiny pizza box.

To promote the soon to be released (Hopefully) Halo movie, at Comicon 2008, these really cool light up Halo Pens were being handed out. Comicon 2008, these really cool light up Halo Pens were being handed out. Light-up pens are really great for bringing attention to your promo. Plus they just look really cool!!

Here’s a cool promotional pen from the new Dark Knight Movie. Seems they are giving away lots of cool Dark Knight Stuff, but the promo pen is my favorite.

Here are some more Google Pens. Google always has some of the best promotional giveaways! But of course, promotional pens will always be my favorite.

Here’s some really cool Google light up pen giveaways. I have a feeling they were given out at a trade show or something. What’s so neat about them (besides lighting up) is each pen matches the Google logo’s different colors. If you’re a fan of promotional pens like me, these cool pens should definitely be in your collection.

I saw this really cool Bic anniversary pen. Bic is certainly one of the most popular brand names in commercial pens. I thought that it was so cool that penhero.com had a Bic Silver Anniversary Pen. According to PenHero, Bic pens were the first pen that wasn’t a fountain pen. That’s kind of cool since the most popular pens to collect are Fountain Pens.

If any of you are into video games at all, the you should know about the E3 conference that’s currently going on. At things like trade shows and conference you are bound to find some really cool pen schwag, but this one takes the proverbial cake.

At first I thought this was just a really cool DC Comics Pen

then I saw this photo of what the pen can actually do:

I have seen “floaty” pens in tons of tourist attraction, but never have I ever seen them used as a promotional product.

I like this one from Prudential

They wanted to give their customers a “Piece of the Rock,” with an actual rock floating in the pen. What a nifty idea! Perfect for any pen collection.

Of course this “floaty” pen,

from the 1964 World’s Fair is a really vintage pen that any pen collector (especially myself) would love to get his/her hands on.

A few months ago I attended a B2B Marketing Breakfast, and I noticed something. People really do like pens, a lot more than they like pieces of paper. In fact, the first picture is exactly what my table looked like before the conference.

Afterwards all the promo pens were gone, but the flyers and booklets were left behind.

I love reading about all the artistic endeavors of promotional pen collectors. It’s always interesting to see what can be done with these free giveaways — beyond merely collecting them and keeping them in a desk drawer. Check out what this creative character decided to do with his promotional pen collection:

Pretty wild stuff! This guy took thousands of imprinted pens and stuck them to his car to create a truly memorable work of art. What artistic applications have you found for your promotional pen collection?

(Photo via Flickr)