So… this EXISTS.
Twitter thread…
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Did you snag it, Kelvin?
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Not me, no way. First time I laid eyes on this.
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I am pretty certain I’ve seen the 0.4 LG before. I don’t use 0.4 mm, so I ignored it. So, I’m feeling like it was a production model, just didn’t sell very well.
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I’ve never seen a 0.4. I believe I would have noticed the green accent immediately and zoned in on it. Hmm
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And of course it sold for peanuts on Mercari
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I think there’s something weird going on with most 0.4 tombows from that era. It’s the first time I see that LG 0.4, and the monotech 1000 0.4 is also absurdly rare and expensive compared to the other sizes. I don’t know if a monotech 500 0.4 exists as well.
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https://twitter.com/T_tombow_Sta/status/1681262085999849472
1988 Tombow catalog, 0.4 written on the display case but not on the product listing.
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OH MAH GAHD 
My life will not be complete until I snag one of these.
It’s got the grooved tip, too (which is the earliest/nicest version of the LG tips).
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What THE WHAT?!?!
The LG is another that is never mention (seemingly)…
But a 0.4???
It’s BEAUTIFUL…
I dislike the yellow on the 0.3’s so much…. GREEN is just…
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I’ve not seen another 0.4 mm since this thread brought it up. Seems it is stupid-rare.
I have a few in other sizes, but a couple have some bad pitting to the chrome accents. I could not get it to clean up. Grabbed a couple replacements that look good, with sticker.
I’m not at home so I can’t take one of them apart. I’m hopeful the chuck is brass. Kind of miffed at Tombow, discovering a number of models ended up with plastic chucks. What a cop-out. I’ve seen some really cheap no-name steel executive pencils that sell for chump-change having a brass clutch. I can’t believe it was really much of a savings to use plastic.
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On the LG its brass, I have one in 0,7
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Thanks for confirming.
These ¥500 TOMBOW LG pencils punch up higher, more like ¥800. The metal machining on the grip is nicely done, too. They’ve very light though. And the plastic body could be a little nicer material.
Did the LG come in 0.9mm??
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Nice catch, Patrick! So I wasn’t imagining it. 
I don’t know how long Rakuma auction histories last, but here’s the link: Rakuma
The color shifts in the photos… sometimes the writing appears blue, other times green. I’m suspecting it’s green, as the 0.7 mm size is definitely in blue.
EDIT: Silly me… first photo actually shows them side-by-side. Of course it’s green.
As for 0.9LG, I’m pretty sure there was one. Label color would be orange. There was definitely one in 0.9LZ.
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