Weekly Review - Disguise Pen

Welcome to the Weekly Review! From now on every Friday I will do a review on an item or set of items from Sailor Moon. Particularly toys, books, clothing, and so on. I will try to provide helpful information and photos, as well as my own thoughts about the item, how desirable it is and how much it has sold for recently.

The first item I would like to Review is the Disguise Pen ( 変装ペン - Hensou Pen), also known as the Luna Pen.

First Appearances:
Manga: Japanese original release Sailor Moon manga Act 2 where Usagi (aka Serena) got it as a arcade prize.

Courtesy of The Oracle

Anime: Episode 3:"Mysterious Sleeping Illness! Protect Girls' Hearts in Love!" where she received it from Luna.

Uses: The pen is used to disguise oneself by saying "Moon Power" or "Disguise Power" and then stating what you'd like to disguise as.

Merchandise:

sailormoontoys.com

Bandai Japan 1992:

Set of three felt tip pens: Based on both the anime and manga, the Disguise Pen for Usagi, the Red for Rei (aka Raye/Sailor Mars) and the Blue for Ami (aka Amy/Sailor Mercury). The Disguise Pen has a pink tip, I am not sure what the colors of the other two are.

I have yet to see the complete set sell, but I have seen just the Disguise Pen from this set sell for $125 on its own.

Personal Image

 Bandai Asia 1992: 

This is the most common version of the pen, and the most collected! There are two released versions of this pen: European and Japanese. They are essentially the same except for the packaging.

Requires: One US N size battery, or Japanese R1.

Operation: It lights up by pressing the clip on the pen.
The pen comes apart into three pieces, the top where the battery is held, the middle part, and the bottom "cap" which is the actual pen.

Price Range: $50-75 loose, $150-175 Mint in Box (MIB). Prices roughly based on 2011 Spreadsheet
I feel the prices this pen sells for are a little high since it only lights up, but it is a lovely item to own.

Fellow Collector's Image

2011 Italian Magazine Release:

This pen came along with an Italian Magazine. It is an actual pen, as an added bonus, the gem at the top of the pen has lip gloss/balm in it!

You can order much of the new Italian merchandise from Muscara.com although it seems that this particular magazine/pen set is no longer available.

GE Animation's Image

2012 GE Animation Key chain:

A rubber/PVC material key chain newly released by GE Animation.

It currently retails for $6.99 but can be purchased through online shops such as Amazon.

It may also appear in stores such as Hot Topic or FYE both of which have been carrying some of the newest released merchandise. 




2011 Italian Luna Pen (Prototype):

SailorMoonWorld.it

In 2011 this image was released by SailorMoonWorld.it  (Italian Sailor Moon website). It was rumored to be a new product coming out last Holiday season, but for some reason production was apparently cancelled (translator at page bottom) along with a few other new releases which were set to come out.

 It seems that another Italian website, curemoon.com has a petition for the merchandise to be produced, but there has been no news otherwise.

Many fans are eager for new toys such as the Luna Pen to be in production again, hoping for improvements on previous release designs and a chance to get something more fun than a key chain in the states. 


As a final note, the Luna/Disguise Pen is also appearing on some new merchandise as a sort of "background" repeated image, as seen on this cute wallet.

I hope you have enjoyed this review! Feel free to leave a comment, suggestions for future reviews are very welcome also!