Colored ANSI Realforce Keycap Sets on eBay $150 shipped from Korea

[intelli78]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/REALFORCE-Key-Cap-Set-f-Realforce-87-104-Keyboard-Topre-English-Orange-Keycap-/281397500292?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4184991984

http://www.ebay.com/itm/REALFORCE-Key-Cap-Set-f-Realforce-87-104-Keyboard-Topre-English-Green-Keycap-/281397512548?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4184994964

http://www.ebay.com/itm/REALFORCE-Key-Cap-Set-For-Realforce-87-104-Keyboard-Topre-English-White-Keycap-/281397491778?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item418498f842


maybe no one wants them due to imminent release of Novatouch?

[cphead]

[cphead]

Z tapatalk

Anyway I hope it drops even lower (:

[ComradeSniper]

I want blanks 

[Vanilla]

I want blanks 

+1

[rowdy]

Awww no yellow.  Not that I have funds to pay for a set anyway.

[Elrick]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/REALFORCE-Key-Cap-Set-f-Realforce-87-104-Keyboard-Topre-English-Orange-Keycap-/281397500292?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4184991984

http://www.ebay.com/itm/REALFORCE-Key-Cap-Set-f-Realforce-87-104-Keyboard-Topre-English-Green-Keycap-/281397512548?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4184994964

http://www.ebay.com/itm/REALFORCE-Key-Cap-Set-For-Realforce-87-104-Keyboard-Topre-English-White-Keycap-/281397491778?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item418498f842


maybe no one wants them due to imminent release of Novatouch?

You forget that some here, have still a few REALFORCES in their possession and this just helped to cover 3 keyboards here with those sets.

Thanks, much appreciated because I remembered one greedy little tosser here on GH wanted to sell his for over $300USD each, just glad none of my spare cash went his way  .

[Vanilla]

8 actually 

[ebacho]

If anyone's wondering these are only slightly marked up, so seems like a good buy if you're in the market for a set of these.  Here's leopold's store listing for them: http://www.leopold.co.kr/?doc=cart/list.php&ca_id=20i010

[intelli78]

If anyone's wondering these are only slightly marked up, so seems like a good buy if you're in the market for a set of these.  Here's leopold's store listing for them: http://www.leopold.co.kr/?doc=cart/list.php&ca_id=20i010

The "new" icons

Wat!

It looks like these are back in production, then.

And look: http://www.leopold.co.kr/?doc=cart/list.php&ca_id=20i0
Modifier sets for about $15 each.

Come on, EK. You can do it.

[Elrick]

Come on, EK. You can do it.

Fvck EK, better get it from this guy because he is actually selling it.  Plus EK's pricing will be about the same when he lumps on shipping plus insurance as well  .

Super glad someone else other than Brian is supplying real Thorpie gear, nice one there  .

[Vanilla]

If anyone's wondering these are only slightly marked up, so seems like a good buy if you're in the market for a set of these.  Here's leopold's store listing for them: http://www.leopold.co.kr/?doc=cart/list.php&ca_id=20i010

The "new" icons

Wat!

It looks like these are back in production, then.

And look: http://www.leopold.co.kr/?doc=cart/list.php&ca_id=20i0
Modifier sets for about $15 each.

Come on, EK. You can do it.

So how would somebody from the US go about ordering stuff from here? Do they ship to the US or do I need to transship?

[intelli78]

Either wait for EK to stock them, find a proxy, or find an exporter on eBay. There are some colored sets up there right now for $150 shipped.

[Vanilla]

More colors have been added; printed:

Red:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/REALFORCE-Key-Cap-Set-for-Realforce-87-104-Keyboard-Topre-English-Red-Keycap-/281398097166?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4184a2350e

Blue:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/REALFORCE-Key-Cap-Set-For-Realforce-87-104-Keyboard-Topre-English-Blue-Keycap-/281398015181?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4184a0f4cd

[cphead]

Still waiting on blanks 

[intelli78]

I contacted the eBay seller, and he says this is old stock. His message is not 100% explicit that they aren't in production again, but I'm pretty sure that's what he meant. Makes sense given that those 10th edition boards appeared at the same time these did.

http://i.imgur.com/Le83TDI.png

[Vanilla]

You forgot to ask them about blanks!

[rowdy]

I contacted the eBay seller, and he says this is old stock. His message is not 100% explicit that they aren't in production again, but I'm pretty sure that's what he meant. Makes sense given that those 10th edition boards appeared at the same time these did.

http://i.imgur.com/Le83TDI.png

What I suspected

[Elrick]

I contacted the eBay seller, and he says this is old stock. His message is not 100% explicit that they aren't in production again, but I'm pretty sure that's what he meant. Makes sense given that those 10th edition boards appeared at the same time these did.

http://i.imgur.com/Le83TDI.png

What I suspected

Like I said they have lots of warehouses throughout South Korea, the seller got lucky in finding the last batch of items for these keyboards  .

[Belfong]

Awww no yellow.  Not that I have funds to pay for a set anyway.

Yellow is now "newly listed"
http://www.ebay.com/itm/REALFORCE-Key-Cap-Set-for-Realforce-87-104-Keyboard-Topre-English-Yellow-Keycap-/281400443484?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4184c6025c

[Elrick]

Awww no yellow.  Not that I have funds to pay for a set anyway.

Yellow is now "newly listed"
http://www.ebay.com/itm/REALFORCE-Key-Cap-Set-for-Realforce-87-104-Keyboard-Topre-English-Yellow-Keycap-/281400443484?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4184c6025c

Yeah I noticed that as well, so where's Rowdy?

Remember these are rare original caps so once they're sold out there maybe no more warehouses to raid any more  .

[rowdy]

Awww no yellow.  Not that I have funds to pay for a set anyway.

Yellow is now "newly listed"
http://www.ebay.com/itm/REALFORCE-Key-Cap-Set-for-Realforce-87-104-Keyboard-Topre-English-Yellow-Keycap-/281400443484?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4184c6025c

Yeah I noticed that as well, so where's Rowdy?

Remember these are rare original caps so once they're sold out there maybe no more warehouses to raid any more  .

Here!

And frantically trying to save money to buy one!

[Belfong]

Since we can't join the Clack Sale, consider yourself saving hundreds already. 4 left, my friend!

[rowdy]

Since we can't join the Clack Sale, consider yourself saving hundreds already. 4 left, my friend!

Saving up for other non-keyboard things at the moment, unfortunately.  $150 for an almost-fitting set of keycaps (I have HHKB, not RealForce) is way out of the budget right now

Besides, there might be a non-US Clack sale ...

[Elrick]

Besides, there might be a non-US Clack sale ...

Oh, so you're one of them.........  .   Spending hundreds for ONE single key-cap, isn't that quite a juvenile obsession you have here?

[rowdy]

Besides, there might be a non-US Clack sale ...

Oh, so you're one of them.........  .   Spending hundreds for ONE single key-cap, isn't that quite a juvenile obsession you have here?

Quite the opposite - this is a chance to get one keycap at retail price.

I definitely cannot afford to spend $100+ on a single keycap (and to date have not done so).

[Elrick]

Quite the opposite - this is a chance to get one keycap at retail price.

I definitely cannot afford to spend $100+ on a single keycap (and to date have not done so).

So it's direct from the manufacturer, my bad  .

Just thought you changed into a CC loony looking to spend hundreds for some ultra rare key-cap, which is quite common here on GH.

[rowdy]

Quite the opposite - this is a chance to get one keycap at retail price.

I definitely cannot afford to spend $100+ on a single keycap (and to date have not done so).

So it's direct from the manufacturer, my bad  .

Just thought you changed into a CC loony looking to spend hundreds for some ultra rare key-cap, which is quite common here on GH.

Nope, heh.  Of my 5 CCs, two were gifts, two were bought at retail from the man himself, and the other was purchased from classifieds at slightly above retail.

Back on topic - if there are still some yellow RealForce sets left in December, I might get myself one!

[Belfong]

Quite the opposite - this is a chance to get one keycap at retail price.

I definitely cannot afford to spend $100+ on a single keycap (and to date have not done so).

So it's direct from the manufacturer, my bad  .

Just thought you changed into a CC loony looking to spend hundreds for some ultra rare key-cap, which is quite common here on GH.

One man's CC skull is another man's "GMK Dolch key caps that ended up costing $160 minimum"

[rowdy]

Quite the opposite - this is a chance to get one keycap at retail price.

I definitely cannot afford to spend $100+ on a single keycap (and to date have not done so).

So it's direct from the manufacturer, my bad  .

Just thought you changed into a CC loony looking to spend hundreds for some ultra rare key-cap, which is quite common here on GH.

One man's CC skull is another man's "GMK Dolch key caps that ended up costing $160 minimum"

I did not get the GMK Dolch either

[Elrick]

Just received the 2 packaged REALFORCE Key-sets from Widebasket and sure enough they're for real  .

Each came in their own cardboard box with one side end of the box labelled Key Top set and it's from the Topre Corporation with the famous "Made in Japan" print.

I bought the Orange Model: XF0100KT#5 and the Green Model: XF0100KT#11.  They also have on the other end of the boxes their respective anti tamper stickers labelled International Leopold.

Opened both boxes and sure enough the PBT is smooth with a super subtle texture that no Chinese manufacturer could mimic.  In fact if it is a Chinese copy their dye sub text is the best I've seen so far.

Because I have now received his key-sets all I am waiting for now is the Anniversary model keyboard to come in.  This guy you can trust 100% to deliver what you buy off him, just so glad I can now furnish all my Thorpies with authentic coloured key-sets again  .

[ComradeSniper]

Good to hear! Now he just needs to list some blanks  )

I'm hoping the 10th AEs are available long enough for me to scrounge together the necessary funds.

[Elrick]

I'm hoping the 10th AEs are available long enough for me to scrounge together the necessary funds.

I remembered asking him about 2 weeks ago about supplying us with 10th Anniversary Models and he actually told me he had some 30g models available as well.

Just begged him for the 55g only to be sold on his site but who knows in the future whether he'll supply the all 30g ones.  He's also very interested in supplying what ever people require which is a first on Ebay for me.

When my 55g Anniversary comes in I might buy another one for back up, just in case for the far future when they all disappear from the keyboard landscape.