Retro 51 GPC Exclusive Limited Edition History

Take a stroll back through memory lane at all our past Goulet Pens X Retro 51 Exclusives, including our annual holiday sweater-themed pens!

 

 

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Fire & Dice 2E: Fighter (2024 SE)

The second edition in our Fire & Dice series, this one focused on a popular RPG character – the Fighter. Like the original, it features an etched metal design with many iconic symbols available in both rollerball pen and pencil.

 

 

Cozy Penguins (2023 LE)

Continuing our annual holiday sweater-themed pen tradition, Cozy Penguins introduces cute penguins dressed up in holiday sweaters. A bright blue trim creates a happy, cheery feel to the pen.

 

 

Pirate Party (2023 LE)

Inspired by many movies and attractions with this theme, Pirate Party takes a cherry look at pirates, with fun glow-in-the-dark accents.

 

 

Santa Jaws Rollerball (2022 LE)

We re-visited our 2019 Santa Jaws fountain pen, and this time adopted the design into a rollerball pen format. I'm dreaming of a Great White Christmas!

 

 

8-Bit Inventory (2022 LE)

Another nod to the world of gaming, but this time, video games. The 8-Bit Inventory rollerball pen was inspired by inventory items found in an old-school video game, such as keys, potions, swords, and yes, meat.

 

 

Fire & Dice (2022 SE)

The first in our D&D-inspired series; Fire & Dice celebrates role-playing games. An etched metal design available in both rollerball pen and pencil, the primary character is a dragon, with many details including various dice and icons from the RPG world.

 

 

Warm Hugs (2021 LE)

With a name inspired by Olaf from the movie Frozen, this holiday sweater-themed rollerball pen features friendly snowmen wearing holiday sweaters; one with a Yeti on it (a nod to Abominable Sweater) and the other with a Shark on it (a nod to Santa Jaws). 

 

 

Abominable Sweater (2020 LE)

Drawing upon the Santa Jaws sweater theme, we leaned into the cryptids with this Abominable Sweater rollerball design. Featuring a Yeti wearing a holiday sweater, plus some narwhals and reindeer.

 

 

Stardust (2020 LE)

This was a really fun one to design. Inspired by our daughter Ellie's love of My Little Pony at the time, we brought vibrant unicorns and rainbows to life in both a rollerball and a fountain pen. They also glowed in the dark! 

 

 

Santa Jaws Fountain Pen (2019 LE)

First released as a fountain pen, Santa Jaws really cemented our annual holiday sweater-themed pen tradition. Inspired by Brian's real-life sweater, we got permission from the sweater's creator to use her design on this pen. We also designed a freebie sticker to go with it.

 

 

Frosted Metallic (2019 LE)

As Retro 51 was gearing up to re-launch their fountain pen line, we exclusively introduced Aquamarine, Orchid, Ultraviolet in rollerball format to match their new line of fountain pens. Each featured a matte metallic solid color and brushed chrome trim.

 

 

Montana Fountain Pen (2018 LE)

The holiday sweater-themed pen that started it all! This was actually already an existing rollerball pen from 2014, but we re-did the design to work as a fountain pen. A Sasquatch within the sweater design and on the top finial added some fun unexpected details.

 

 

Cake vs Pie (2018 LE)

A running debate at Goulet Pens has always been: which is better, cake or pie? So we created a Cake pen, and a Pie pen. Each featured delectable desserts. While the pens are no longer available, you can still enjoy the fun by watching a really fun video that accompanied the launch.

 

 

We hope you enjoyed this look back at our past exclusive collaborations with Retro 51!