Zebra Sarasa Clip: Chupa Chup Series

Remember how excited I was when I heard about the Chupa Chup Sarasa pens? Well I bought them pretty much as soon as I could...I could just never find enough sunlight to get a good picture of them. But I finally managed today. (I'm starting to think I should just find a way to take photos without relying on the sunlight. I have thousands and thousands of pens...and it's pretty much winter now, so this might take me a looong time to photograph my entire collection!)

This is a limited edition series that has been on sale since Janurary 2015 and it shows a collaboration between Zebra and the lollipop company, Chupa Chups. The newest scents for Zebra exhibited in this collection are: Dark Blue (Cola), Yellow (Pudding) and Red (Cherry). The pen bodies are beautiful and bright with patterns similar to Chupa Chup wrappers. Each flavour is also printed on the pen.

The whole collection consists of 10 pens: Black (Chocolate ice-cream), Purple (Grape), Pink (Peach), Red (Cherry), Orange (Orange), Light Orange (Mango), Yellow (Pudding), Dark Green (Green Apple), Light Blue (Vanilla) and Dark Blue (Cola).

Zebra Sarasa Clip Pens: Pink Series

It's been awhile since I've posted about my pens, right? I like to do pen photoshoots when I have enough natural light...lately it's been getting darker here as it's winter. But I managed to snap a picture of one of my newer collections the other day.

Today I present to you....The Pink series. I wasn't initially into these because it seemed like they were rather plain, and being a limited series, they were rather difficult to find. Thanks Heidi and Pamela for the trades! But the idea of owning all the different shades of pink grew on me as I've always liked the idea of collecting all the colours of the world...in gel pen form. Also, I really liked some of the illustrations on the pen bodies. My favourite ones are the mustache and the airplanes. Cute designs, even if they're a bit girly.

The whole collection comprises of just 5 pens: Baby Pink (Crowns, Rings and Locks), Rose Pink (Rainbows and Planes), Cutie Pink (Hearts and Logo), Peach Pink (Yellow and Pink Stars and Logo) and Coral Pink (Pink and Black Mustaches and Bows).

Please note: This set is not for trade. It's just a display of my collection. Thanks!

Zebra's latest pen collection announced: Zebra Sarasa x Chupa Chups

Happy New Year! It's been a busy start to the year for me so I haven't had time to update. But I'll be getting back into the swing of things soon - especially as I recieved a pen trade that completed two of my pen collections - The Aqua Shabon of the Zebra Sarasa Fresh Paradise collection and The Moustache Pink for the Zebra Sarasa Pink Series collection. Thanks so much Heidi for trading with me! I've also made a Jetpens order for some lovely Field Notes notebooks, which I can't wait to get! Photos coming soon.

But I'm here today to announce some exciting news from Zebra Japan. For their latest Sarasa pen collection, Zebra have teamed up with Chupa Chups to create a colourful, new series of pens. These pens will be on sale from Jan 19th, 2015 from all shops in Japan that carry Zebra Sarasa pens.

There will be 10 pens in the set, which the following colours and scents: Red (Cherry), Orange (Orange), Light Orange (Mango), Yellow (Pudding), Green (Apple), Dark Blue (Cola), Light Blue (Vanilla), Pink (Peach), Purple (Grape) and Black (Chocolate ice-cream).

As usual, the pens will come in a packet of 10...

Although you may also purchase them in separate packets of 5, in both a red packet and a blue packet

What I really love is that the pen barrels will be lined with the Chupa Chups flavour, as well as little lollipops. The print will also follow the pop-arty designs of Chupa Chup flavours with the iconic Salvadore Dali designed logo. 

I'm also really looking forward to the new scents. I know Uniball have created Cherry and Cola scents before, but I've never owned any Cherry or Cola scented pens by Zebra. I'm also looking forward to a pudding scented pen. Wonder what that would be like?!

The next collaboration I'd like to see with Zebra is maybe with Kit Kats (as there are crazy Kit Kat flavours in Japan)...or maybe Pepsi (Again, there are some mad Pepsi flavours that you'd only get in Japan!) To see them immortalised in pen form would be awesome. Who do you hope Zebra will collaborate with?

Zebra Sarasa Clip Pens: Sweets Party Series

Ah, Sweets Party. The series that really made me love the Sarasa clip series. I found the series on Jetpens (One of my all time favourite online stationary stores!), but at the end of their run there with only 5 Magenta (Rum Raison Pie) pens left. So I purchased the last remaining pens and then embarked on a hunt for the whole series. I ended up enlisting the help of Kagami Hirano, who helped me to get the rest of the pens. Thank youuu!

I really love this series because it has such lovely barrels. Beautiful, sparkly barrels with cute dessert prints. The pens' scents are a little softer than my Fresh Paradise series, but still quite sweet. The desserts vary including Chocolate Brownie, Strawberry Parfait, Apple Jelly....my favourites are Green Tea Sundae and Roseship Tea....

All in all, the series contains 10 pens: Black (Chocolate brownie), Magenta (Rum Raison Pie), Light Pink (Roseship Tea), Pink (Peach Tart), Red (Strawberry Parfait), Orange (Orange maracons), Yellow (Lemon Squash), Light Green (Green Tea Sundae), Green (Apple Jelly), Dark Blue (Mint Ice-Cream)

Please note: I will not trade my own set here, but I do have some pen trading including: Rum Raison Pie, Lemon Squash, Roseship Tea and Strawberry Parfait. However, as these pens are very difficult to obtain, I will only make trades if you have a pen that I really desire. Thanks!

Zebra Sarasa Clip Pens: Fresh Paradise Series

The Fresh Paradise series happens to be one of my favourite pen sets. These pens have lovely fruity scents, with some rather unusual flavours (Ocean Breeze or Shampoo, anyone?) They were extremely difficult to find as Zebra discontinued the line in 2012. But I was lucky to get this little gift. Thank you Amanda! :) 

The series contains 10 scented pens (I recently received my last missing pen and will update the following photo soon.)

The pens photographed below are:

Black (Rich Shampoo), Navy (Ocean Breeze), Purple (Berry Squash), Rose pink (Rose Candy), Peach pink (Fresh Peach), Red (Tropical Passion/ Passionfruit), Orange (Splash Orange), Light orange (Pure Mango) and Green (Herb Mist)

Please note: This set is not for trade. It's just a display of my favourite pens :)

Zebra Sarasa Clip Pens: Snoopy Series

I'll start with this set. This is the latest set of pens I've purchased! They're wonderfully detailed and very cute because of all the Snoopy print. I never use to like pens with chunky clips-and-grips, but Zebra Sarasa have changed this for me :)

The series has 8 colours in total: Black, Dark Blue, Sky Blue, Green, Orange, Pink, Peach Pink and Red. These pens have beautiful, colourful Snoopy patterns on the barrel, but are just plain ink (no special functionlity).

Please note: I may trade a spare set of these pens I own if you have any pens from my wishlist.