Thank you and welcome. More Clic fans are always welcome.
Good to see you looking after your Clics, too.
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Hi and thanks for the welcome!
This forum is a big step up from the MP subreddit and teenage trolls
. Gaining a lot of insights here.
Yes, very impressed by your collection…good luck corralling every last version!
Several in my collection I’m trying to keep as display items only or backups…we’ll see how that goes 
Tend to use the solid Blue 347 most in EDC as seems more sturdy than the Translucent ones…especially holding up to heavy clicking!
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Fully agree about the thick grip newer version:
(Reposting my post on Reddit:)
“I’ve never heard a satisfactory answer to this question as to why Pentel had to redesign the Quicker Clicker line of mechanical pencils (which I find to be an elegant perfect organism, in the shapeshifting world of MP’s).
My best guess (from experience) is it was due to complaints from the inherent flaw of the transparent-clear models at the tip. Over time, they will eventually crack, loosening the friction needed for the clicker mechanism to function properly….alas dead.
But, this problem never seemed to happen with their solid color models! The plastic being stronger in the solid form. Which means Pentel COULD have continued offering these solid color pencils without resorting to the de-evolution of the classic into a clumsy shadow of it’s former self (bulky thick grips!).
What a missed opportunity for Pentel….(and us), it being a company who normally kept to a solid model for decades! For shame 
.”
So yeah…WTH Pentel? Maybe a petition to bring back solid color PD345\7\9? Ha…
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Amazing collection!
Since it looks near complete…I was wondering about the wider pocket clip models (you show 3).
I have the 2 solid black clicker styles: so
when on the production timeline did those odd balls exist? Makes me think first iteration, but surely that’s wrong…
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That is the “Quicker Clicker, Jr.” It came in red, purple, and black. There were two versions, a fixed tip, model PD325 and a sliding sleeve, model PDS325. According to Nimrodd’s awesome book, the timeline was mid-1990’s to 1998.
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You could be correct, although I have only experienced one transparent pencil with a crack and it still functioned perfectly. It was transparent yellow. I traded a new transparent red (pink) for it to the young lady next to me in a college class. She even disclosed that it had a crack before making the trade.
The only other QC I have with a crack is a solid white Jetclic PD505. It mostly functions, but will occasionally pop out.
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Awesome…thanks for that @SlideRules . Never knew about the Jr. name and versions/timeline!
Cool packaged set as well…
Much appreciated 
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Thanks for those details too. That is interesting about the solid color crack on the 505.
My last vintage work-a-day clicker from my college days gave it up many years ago cracked at the tip (smoke grey transparent PD345)…spilling its guts on every click; that’s how my old (T) units all met their match…could have been bad N. California batches?.
And recently bought a small lot of solid color clickers and one solid green PD347 did have a small crack, but on the black nose cone…still works though. So maybe I was guessing the transparent cracks disabled more clickers they did? PFTS (potential faulty theorem syndrome)?
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…also JR?
What made the poor dudes jr. to their siblings? Truly sad, I kinda like mine…
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I like them, too! I think the Jr. was sold at a lower price, perhaps because of less metal in the eraser cap and pocket clip.
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I see what you mean about cost. But…that slit in the back of the eraser cap: I think it is a cool design feature, but was the function to help extract erasers??? (Or something more mystical…)
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Awesome Picture!! I really need to round out my collection of these.
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