To be honest, I've been mulling over this question for the last couple of months, upon realizing that my tablet pen was slowly going to hell. It's not so much that it isn't working properly; though it was giving me a hell of a time last night while I worked on the WoWxchange art; but that the sleeve around the buttons is literally falling to pieces(you know it's sorta cushy so your finger doesn't die while drawing), and the shell of the pen is cracked. The nub also wants to go further into the body of the pen now, probably because the shell is cracked and thus allows the top part of the pen to be removed from the lower part... and thussss. lol

I have two options as far as I can see.
Retired my lovely 8x6 Graphire Tablet that still works fine, and get a Bamboo Fun Tablet which measures smaller.

OR

Buy a new pen for the tablet.


The last time I looked for a pen for my Graphire Wacom said it would be able $60-$70 to replace it. Which baffles me, considering the whole package was in the $250 range when my parents bought it.

The Bamboo tablets (which are by Wacom), are $100.


I'm not quite sure which way to turn, considering that my Graphire works fine though it is four years old, and it's just the pen giving me hell. I'd feel bad retiring the poor thing since it still is in working condition. Plus I'd miss the clear cover over it where I can stick pictures underneath, something I am well aware that the Bamboo tablets do not have.

So, what do you guys think?

Get the pen?

Or retire my lovely tablet and just get a Bamboo one instead?