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)

model	name	remark	special edition	year introduced (regular)	discontinued
25	al-star		-	1997	2015
26	graphit	black nib, changed to chrome nib since 2008		?
27	silverblue			?	2010
24	silvergreen	black clip and black nib		?	2008
24	silvergreen	chrome clip and chrome nib		2008	2010
28	ocean blue		2007	2009
23	raspberry		2008	-	-
29	black purple		2009	2011
22	coffee		2010	-	-
21	ruby		2011	-	-
20	pearl	aka champagne	2013	-	-
71	black		2013	2015
32	bluegreen		2014	2016	2020
42	copper orange		2015	-
52	charged green		2016	-
84	pacific		2017	-
99	vibrant pink		2018	-
27	bronze		2019	-
23	turnaline			2020
	gold black		2020	-

[ 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.