Talk:Bic Cristal

message: Stop blanking the page Trounce . Just because someone says some things you don't like about an article that you worked on is no reason to remove their (or your) comments. Ironically I agree with the points you made and don't think Gopherbassist had any valid criticisms, and him calling this article "garbage" was unnecessary. 
However, blanking the talk page just prevents others from adding to the discussion and is considered vandalism. 172.141.87.72 21:09, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, sorry about that. With hindsight the whole argument looked petty and childish and I thought I'd just delete it. I didn't realize it wasn't acceptable. Ahh well... you live and learn --Trounce 11:41, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Page blanking

message: I removed the external link to an "artist who used Bic pens in his 2003 exhibition 'ball-pen-ink'" because it was dead. If there is any other place where his site is still in the air, feel free to put it back.
Peace out. (Gerard RvE 01:03, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed dead link at the bottom of the page 

message: The article says that the Bic Cristal has a point size of one millimetre, is this correct?
If we are talking about the standard "medium" pen, I would say the line thickness is closer to 0.5, maybe 0.6 mm.
The fine version is something like 0.3mm in my experience, but I've not come across a Bic Cristal that draws a line which is 1mm thick.  This is quite thick for a ballpoint pen and is more like the thicknesses you would get with some felt-tip pens.
Is there a "thick" version of the Bic Cristal, and does this write at 1mm thickness?  If so, perhaps the article could be more specific on this point.
Tanel76 14:54, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In a ballpoint pen, the diameter of the ball is always larger than the line it puts down. 174.63.113.232 (talk) 19:49, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Point Size 

message: What about the Bic Orange with a finer point?
Isn't it sold anymore?
--84.20.17.84 (talk) 10:29, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orange 

message: A heads up that there may be some silly vandalism of this page (and perhaps this could be a future historical example of this type of activity):
The majority of the 42 reviews of this product on Amazon have been written in recent days, and most are a bit tongue-in-cheek:
"Bic Crystal ballpoint pen, medium point, black, EACH"
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/customer-reviews/B000JTOYLS
Suspecting a popular blog entry pointing people to the page, I did some online research and found this popular Digg page discussing it:
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Very_Good_If_You_Need_to_Write_on_Paper_A_Pen_Review_2
Benbradley (talk) 18:33, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bic Crystal[sic] amusing reviews on Amazon, Digg 

message: Can we get a picture from someone who knows how to focus their camera?  Encyclopedias have a duty to portray their subjects as accurately and clearly as possible, this picture looks good in an artsy way but is blurred all to hell.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.5.80.160 (talk) 19:55, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I see no evidence that "The European model has an ink cartridge that is flush with the body, the American one is smaller than the pen body". Any variation one sees between the blurred pens can be due to different rotations of the transparent hexagonal casing. Cuddlyable3 (talk) 12:00, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  clearer picture 

message: Hello, I looked at this article when browsing recent changes, and there's this text that sounds like promotional ad-copy:
:Named after one of the most organized forms of matter, with its hexagonal variety being the most complex of the crystalline systems, the Bic Cristal embodies fully the spirit of natural counterpart. A symbol of structured durability and modern longevity, it is so simple that it can be produced identically and ad infinitum. According to Sociologist Umberto Eco is the unique example of achieved socialism, as it does away with all ownership rights and social distinctions.
There might be other problems in the text, I didn't read all of it. Does anybody mind if I remove this on grounds of WP:NPOV and WP:NOR? This is supposed to be an encyclopedia article, not something extolling the virtues of this pen. Thanks. LovesMacs (talk) 14:23, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality issues 

message: No mention of their new line of Bic Cristal For Her pens... and the completely expected outcries from the public (and Amazon reviews) about how terrible an idea this appears to be. 83.70.170.48 (talk) 13:01, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bic Cristal For her 

message: At the end of the article, it's written "Crystal Stylus"... the correct is Cristal  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2804:14D:7E87:3C5:E4D8:225B:87D5:2774 (talk) 21:33, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cristal with an "i" not an "y" 

message: The text appears to claim that the ink cartridge in the Cristal is "pressurized". The cited source refers to an earlier design; simple inspection will show that the Cristal's ink cartridge is not pressurized, and if it were the claimed function of the small hole in the barrel would not make sense. But where to find a suitable source? — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 05:00, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Apparently resolved by [this edit. — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 03:06, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pressurized? 

message: < Bich invested in Swiss technology capable of shaping metal down to 0.01 millimetres (0.00039 in), which could produce a stainless steel one-millimetre (0.039 in) sphere which allowed ink to flow freely.[5] >
Ref 5 has no numbers except for 'one-millimeter' - where do the others come from?
86.162.139.125 (talk) 19:00, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dimensions