The Apollo Technical Pen And Drafting Scale Is Piling up Backers And Bucks

Apollo Technical Pen

You know you probably have a winning Kickstarter project when you’ve raised more than three times your funding goal and still have nearly a month to go.

Roxtar Labs launched the Apollo Technical Pen and Drafting Scale project with a goal of $30,000 to manufacture and distribute the precision pens. Within a week, the project had doubled that number and has continued to climb now past $90,000.

I think the key to their success may be the pen’s compatibility with an amazing number of refills, more than 50 all total. Included in that list: Pentel EnerGel, Pilot Hi-Tec-C, Lamy Rollerball and both the Pilot FriXion and Uniball Fanthom erasable ink pens.

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