Hero is a Chinese maker whose quality level is in the lower to mid market segment; the models, however, range from simple school pens to quite elaborate designs. A closed overview of all Chinese writing-instrument makers does not exist, since many makers deliberately do not appear publicly. At the Frankfurt Paperworld numerous Chinese suppliers with partly high-quality-looking pens are regularly represented; in Germany the models are by contrast hard to obtain and are mostly sourced via Asian online dealers. Especially the Hero 'replica' of the Parker 51 is regarded as a legitimate collector's object.