[GB] GMK Bentō

[geistmate]

I'll add it into the base kit

Woot! That's going to be an awesome novelty . Any chance you'll be adding a 1.25u R3 novelty?

[biip]

I'll add it into the base kit

Woot! That's going to be an awesome novelty . Any chance you'll be adding a 1.25u R3 novelty?

For what would you need that?

[ZyBeR]

You already have a 1u Alt key, for HHKB only one is needed anyway.

A novelty is fine, but it would be nice if it came in blue. Would that be possible?

[biip]

You already have a 1u Alt key, for HHKB only one is needed anyway.

A novelty is fine, but it would be nice if it came in blue. Would that be possible?

I thought about blue novelties, let's see what I can do

[Clo_0lD]

Love the look of the set. Put in an order for the base, space bar, and salmon keycap. The macro pad looks really nice too, I just wish it had more keys so I could use it as a numpad. I would jump on something like that right away.

Also, I have a question about MOQs. If something doesn’t hit MOQ do those kits/items just get refunded or what generally happens there?

[biip]

Love the look of the set. Put in an order for the base, space bar, and salmon keycap. The macro pad looks really nice too, I just wish it had more keys so I could use it as a numpad. I would jump on something like that right away.

Also, I have a question about MOQs. If something doesn’t hit MOQ do those kits/items just get refunded or what generally happens there?

Thanks for these sweet words
Yeah, generally when a kit doesn't hit MOQ people get refunded. We are actually trying to reduce the Kobe kit MOQ from 150 to 100, otherwise, vendors and I will get extras in order to reach it.

[biip]

Update on 02/27:

Kits

Base kit	527/250
Spacebars kit	292/150
Kobe kit	57/150

Rama keycaps

Alu keycap	157/50
Brass keycap	51/50

[Sythe]

Some people suggested the Torii novelty from the Nano Bentō and I would also definitely like to see that one in R1 as well.

I'll add it into the base kit

That is all I wanted to here! 


The spacebar kit has hit 250, which is normally price drop point, right?
If so, any chance we can squeeze anything else in that kit? Maybe a blue spacebar or something? 

[ZyBeR]

Does anything happen now that the RAMA caps hit their MOQ?

[biip]

Does anything happen now that the RAMA caps hit their MOQ?

I don't think so. The MOQ was just here to be sure that the keycaps get produced.

Some people suggested the Torii novelty from the Nano Bentō and I would also definitely like to see that one in R1 as well.

I'll add it into the base kit

That is all I wanted to here! 


The spacebar kit has hit 250, which is normally price drop point, right?
If so, any chance we can squeeze anything else in that kit? Maybe a blue spacebar or something? 

I have to ask GMK what I could add. But if I do so, I'll have to add blue spacebar in 6.25u, 7u and 6u I guess…
So, to be confirmed

[youRFate]

Joined this last minute. So glad I didn't miss out on it. Can't wait.

[RamenTechMech]

Oh wow, the brass caps just barely made it to MOQ 

Great work on this Biip!

[maybebabe]

Update on 02/27:

Kits

Base kit	527/250
Spacebars kit	292/150
Kobe kit	57/150

Rama keycaps

Alu keycap	157/50
Brass keycap	51/50

Wow, we really reached 500 kits, good jobs guys.
Wait and see what novelties biip will bring to us.

[AlcoholEnthusiast]

Does anything happen now that the RAMA caps hit their MOQ?

They get made

[ZyBeR]

Joined! Base kit + RAMA Brass cap 

[jjpricetag]

If I use the Leopold FC660M is the base set enough or do I need the spacebars also?

[jortzii]

If I use the Leopold FC660M is the base set enough or do I need the spacebars also?

The FC660M uses a 6.25u spacebar, so I think you will need the space bars set. I don’t think there is a white spacebar, just pink. The FC660M has a weird size. I think the base kit comes with a 6u and a 7u spacebar.


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[Furikurichemy]

If I use the Leopold FC660M is the base set enough or do I need the spacebars also?

The FC660M uses a 6.25u spacebar, so I think you will need the space bars set. I don’t think there is a white spacebar, just pink. The FC660M has a weird size. I think the base kit comes with a 6u and a 7u spacebar.


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The base set comes with a 6.25 and a 7u spacebar. Im not too sure about the f660m though because while it uses a 6.25u spacebar,  I think the older ones have wierd mounting points.

[jjpricetag]

I just bought mine this week. The spacebar unit has 2 mouting points so I'm not sure.

[Sythe]

From what I've seen, the new FC660M model uses a standard spacebar layout, whereas the old one had the stabilisers in unusual spots. 

Can be seen in this comparison album of old vs new. If you have the new one, you will have no problems, the old one I don't think it'll be supported.
https://imgur.com/a/TM7E4

[jjpricetag]

Thank you for your input. I'll just order the base set

[fombat]

A thought I have been having that might be nice now that this set hit 500 and extra keys are being added: limited ortho support. You don't really need many keys to support ortho, three clever novelties would actually make this set way more ortho compatible

[biip]

A thought I have been having that might be nice now that this set hit 500 and extra keys are being added: limited ortho support. You don't really need many keys to support ortho, three clever novelties would actually make this set way more ortho compatible

but which rows then?

[fombat]

A thought I have been having that might be nice now that this set hit 500 and extra keys are being added: limited ortho support. You don't really need many keys to support ortho, three clever novelties would actually make this set way more ortho compatible

but which rows then?

I think all that would be needed would be one r2 and one r3.

EDIT: actually one extra r2 novelty would be all that is really needed

[Darknight00z]

Is Kobe getting made as well?

[biip]

Is Kobe getting made as well?

Yes

[danielucf]

I ordered up a set. After having this in my cart for over a month I decided I had to get it.

[Paddel06]

Thank you so much for making Kobe reach MOQ!

[kgorin]

ordered base + salmon Rama, can't wait for this to get made 👍

[SolidCactus]

I just ordered a base set!

[Rayndalf]

Any update on the extra keys for the base kit and the spacebars? I was having some trouble stomaching the spacebar kit, but even one extra bar is great.

I ordered two base kits from Novelkeys earlier this week, so I guess I'll just make a second order with a set of space bars or two and a Kobe kit.

[RamenTechMech]

Once GB finishes I would love to see the final totals! 

[Zev]

For the Ortho support, seriously one pink 1u row 2 would be perfect! We could then use white alphas, blue base row and pink for left and right side mods, would be awesome!!!

[Zev]

And to add one more bit, it would be really amazing if you added a 2u novelty. People could use it for shift, or in place of an ortho spacebar, and an ortho spacebar with something on it like Carbon looks awesome

[joe405]

I'll add it into the base kit

Woot! That's going to be an awesome novelty . Any chance you'll be adding a 1.25u R3 novelty?

For what would you need that?

I believe this would enable staggered 40% layouts

[RamenTechMech]

Successful run!!

[geistmate]

When I heard Kobe was getting made I instantly went and was able to snag one right before the GB ended. 

[meidodoragon]

Man if there was a blue spacebar I would have gotten a spacebar kit.

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[Rayndalf]

Man if there was a blue spacebar I would have gotten a spacebar kit.

I heard they were adding keys to the kits that hit MOQ, and I know blue spacebars were an option, but I'm not sure the new keys have been decided yet. Personally I hope for basic ortho support and some sharp looking blue bars, because otherwise I'm stuck with 3 base kits and 3 bar sets I can't use. But its fine, the colors are really nice.

[oldcat]

Get the bentobox going!

[snelltrail]

Man if there was a blue spacebar I would have gotten a spacebar kit.

I heard they were adding keys to the kits that hit MOQ, and I know blue spacebars were an option, but I'm not sure the new keys have been decided yet. Personally I hope for basic ortho support and some sharp looking blue bars, because otherwise I'm stuck with 3 base kits and 3 bar sets I can't use. But its fine, the colors are really nice.

Also reeeeeaaallly hoping we get at least 6.25u and 7u blue spacebars!

[biip]

Hi!
Firstly, thank you all guys for the amazing support and feedback on the set. Numbers crazy I can’t believe it, really. I’m super pleased.
I’ll post final numbers soon but yeah, more than 700 base kits were purchased, which is nuts

Also, about novelties.
I talked a lot with GMK and the vendors and the thing is that it’s tough for us to add keycaps because on how competitive our pricing was (that was my intention to have the minimum possible margin tho). So, after discussing we decided to add 3 novelties into the base kit (keep in mind that the size of the keycap matters here too).
So here there are, 3x 1U R1 novelties:



Let me know what you think of them.
And again thanks <3

[Furikurichemy]

So glad the Torii Novelty made it in! The others look good as well

[flying1911]

Hi!
Firstly, thank you all guys for the amazing support and feedback on the set. Numbers crazy I can’t believe it, really. I’m super pleased.
I’ll post final numbers soon but yeah, more than 700 base kits were purchased, which is nuts

Also, about novelties.
I talked a lot with GMK and the vendors and the thing is that it’s tough for us to add keycaps because on how competitive our pricing was (that was my intention to have the minimum possible margin tho). So, after discussing we decided to add 3 novelties into the base kit (keep in mind that the size of the keycap matters here too).
So here there are, 3x 1U R1 novelties:

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Let me know what you think of them.
And again thanks <3

I think they look superb! The set looks so good and your communication throughout has been excellent, I'm not even surprised it reached said number. Now I can't wait for the samples!

[Sythe]

Those new novelties look great and I'll get the torii gate!

Will we be lucky enough to get anything for the spacebar set?

Keen to see the final numbers, feel like the set out performed expectations. 

[RamenTechMech]

Hell yeah!! I love the new novel keys!! Thx biip 

[blonskyy]

Hi!
Firstly, thank you all guys for the amazing support and feedback on the set. Numbers crazy I can’t believe it, really. I’m super pleased.
I’ll post final numbers soon but yeah, more than 700 base kits were purchased, which is nuts

Also, about novelties.
I talked a lot with GMK and the vendors and the thing is that it’s tough for us to add keycaps because on how competitive our pricing was (that was my intention to have the minimum possible margin tho). So, after discussing we decided to add 3 novelties into the base kit (keep in mind that the size of the keycap matters here too).
So here there are, 3x 1U R1 novelties:

Show Image

Let me know what you think of them.
And again thanks <3

What about blue biip novelty instead od hand fan one? I think one blue 1u novelty is not enought

[oldcat]

More noveties??

Wow amazing!!! Thanks so much biip

[sl70309]

you are saying 3 extra novelties, picture has 4.

[Paddel06]

you are saying 3 extra novelties, picture has 4.

Look again, the leftmost novelty was in the Base Kit from the beginning