Author Topic: [IC] KAMistry - Group Buy October 10th - November 10th, 2022! (Read 51085 times)

prconlin · « **Reply #50 on:** Sat, 01 January 2022, 11:00:05 »

A few of the symbols are incorrect on the periodic alphas. Xenon should be Xe, dubnium should be Db, and thulium should be Tm. Maybe these were changed for aesthetic reasons, but there are a number of other two-letter symbols like Li included, so I'm not sure why some were changed and not others. In any case, I would prefer the periodic legends be as correct and consistent as possible. I would also like to nominate titanium for the 'T' key over thulium.

I'm also in the camp that the electron orbital number novelties should not have secondary legends. That would really mar the aesthetic.

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #51 on:** Wed, 05 January 2022, 02:29:50 »

60s definitely need more split space options. I always use left space for shift and right space for space. I use split boards mostly, so whenever I go back to using a board with a full spacebar, my brain has to do some adjusting haha

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #52 on:** Wed, 05 January 2022, 22:02:33 »

Quote from: prconlin on Sat, 01 January 2022, 11:00:05

A few of the symbols are incorrect on the periodic alphas. Xenon should be Xe, dubnium should be Db, and thulium should be Tm. Maybe these were changed for aesthetic reasons, but there are a number of other two-letter symbols like Li included, so I'm not sure why some were changed and not others. In any case, I would prefer the periodic legends be as correct and consistent as possible. I would also like to nominate titanium for the 'T' key over thulium.

I'm also in the camp that the electron orbital number novelties should not have secondary legends. That would really mar the aesthetic.

Yep! Those fixes have all been made apparent and fixed already. I just haven't updated the post yet. The periodic alphas kit was VERY last minute before posting the IC. I did it very quick before posting and unfortunately that resulted in some glaring mistakes.

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #53 on:** Tue, 11 January 2022, 23:28:15 »

Update: Added new kit and new render

Klackygears · « **Reply #54 on:** Mon, 24 January 2022, 20:16:32 »

Really looking forward to this set!

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #55 on:** Mon, 07 February 2022, 15:56:13 »

Update: Fixed a few issues with the kitting, including changing homing to scooped instead of bars. Also, I believe all mistakes on the periodic alphas should be fixed now!

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #56 on:** Mon, 14 February 2022, 11:09:01 »

Update: GB date announcement

HelloThisIsDog · « **Reply #57 on:** Mon, 14 February 2022, 23:14:59 »

I love the periodic alphas!

What is Keyreative saying about production times?

vkeycaps · « **Reply #58 on:** Wed, 16 February 2022, 14:14:21 »

Looks awesome! Love it

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #59 on:** Thu, 17 February 2022, 14:59:05 »

Quote from: HelloThisIsDog on Mon, 14 February 2022, 23:14:59

I love the periodic alphas!

What is Keyreative saying about production times?

Thanks so much! Last we heard back in October they were still quoting a 1 year turnaround. However, I think that is unreasonable to assume given the state of the hobby at this point. In my opinion, a lead time of 1.5 years is a decent estimate so we are quoting Q3 2023. Could be sooner, could be later, but considering all manus have taken longer than quoted times, I want to try to give a realistic estimate if possible.

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #60 on:** Sun, 20 February 2022, 17:49:19 »

Update: Added French kit

Mr Chrome · « **Reply #61 on:** Sun, 20 February 2022, 23:39:28 »

Quote from: NintendoNoNo on Thu, 17 February 2022, 14:59:05

Quote from: HelloThisIsDog on Mon, 14 February 2022, 23:14:59
I love the periodic alphas!

What is Keyreative saying about production times?

Thanks so much! Last we heard back in October they were still quoting a 1 year turnaround. However, I think that is unreasonable to assume given the state of the hobby at this point. In my opinion, a lead time of 1.5 years is a decent estimate so we are quoting Q3 2023. Could be sooner, could be later, but considering all manus have taken longer than quoted times, I want to try to give a realistic estimate if possible.

This is a good approach. It’s definitely closer to a 1.5 year production time for Keyreative, seeing as Cyberspace ran ‘til September 2020 and is still making its way to vendors. It’s possible the wait time could go down in future though, seeing as a lot of designers aren’t jumping to design sets with them.

Really cool set too! IMO the text novelties clash a bit with text mods, but I like that there are so many choices. Great work with the accent colors, I can’t decide my favorite

BareSphereMass · « **Reply #62 on:** Mon, 21 February 2022, 22:25:04 »

This looks cool. I really like the periodic alphas, the picture novelties and the colored accents.
The Deskmats leave a little to be desired. I think either a graphic of an exploded chemistry lab, or a literal periodic table of elements could be cool. Also the 900x400x2mm desk mats are too thin, the 900x400x3mm are way better.
If you could work a brass or metal key cap option in there too, that would be awesome.

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #63 on:** Tue, 22 February 2022, 23:04:08 »

Quote from: BareSphereMass on Mon, 21 February 2022, 22:25:04

This looks cool. I really like the periodic alphas, the picture novelties and the colored accents.
The Deskmats leave a little to be desired. I think either a graphic of an exploded chemistry lab, or a literal periodic table of elements could be cool. Also the 900x400x2mm desk mats are too thin, the 900x400x3mm are way better.
If you could work a brass or metal key cap option in there too, that would be awesome.

For the deskmats, I talked to a ton of people and they all agreed that simpler was better. I was going to commission an artist for one originally, but the general trend is that mats with lots of artwork don't really sell all that well. Not that I'm in this for the money, but just the fact that commissioning people is expensive. I made these mats myself and I am definitely no artist (I'm a scientist!), but I hope they are simple enough that enough people enjoy their aesthetic. As for the periodic table idea, I also wanted to do that but another set already has mats like that and I didn't want to steal the idea.

Also, there are two metal caps in the work that should be announced just before the GB! Just waiting on the final renders of them.

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #64 on:** Wed, 23 February 2022, 14:39:12 »

Update: NZ Caps artisan rotary encoder knob announced

LightenS · « **Reply #65 on:** Thu, 24 February 2022, 12:53:31 »

Typo for Xe
Xeon => Xenon

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #66 on:** Thu, 24 February 2022, 12:55:47 »

Quote from: LightenS on Thu, 24 February 2022, 12:53:31

Typo for Xe
Xeon => Xenon

Thank you for catching that! I asked lot of people to double check all these and nobody caught that. I will make sure that is fixed right away.

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #67 on:** Thu, 24 February 2022, 22:02:25 »

Okay, should all be fixed now!

Razer1987 · « **Reply #68 on:** Fri, 25 February 2022, 09:15:00 »

In for French!!!

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #69 on:** Mon, 28 February 2022, 16:44:52 »

Update: postponement

hulster · « **Reply #70 on:** Tue, 08 March 2022, 14:17:17 »

What´s the issue?

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #71 on:** Tue, 08 March 2022, 16:01:07 »

Update: Otakeebs enter artisan

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #72 on:** Tue, 08 March 2022, 16:02:37 »

Quote from: hulster on Tue, 08 March 2022, 14:17:17

What´s the issue?

We are just waiting to hear back from Keyreative and get a final confirmation that the legends will all be printable. We thought we would have heard back before the date the GB was originally set for, but unfortunately that wasn't the case.

Extra Fox · « **Reply #73 on:** Tue, 08 March 2022, 22:34:27 »

That "Aluminum" enter key is absolutely awesome.

hulster · « **Reply #74 on:** Wed, 09 March 2022, 02:11:14 »

Quote from: NintendoNoNo on Tue, 08 March 2022, 16:02:37

Quote from: hulster on Tue, 08 March 2022, 14:17:17
What´s the issue?

We are just waiting to hear back from Keyreative and get a final confirmation that the legends will all be printable. We thought we would have heard back before the date the GB was originally set for, but unfortunately that wasn't the case.

Thx. Sorry for initially bothering. Didn't see your update on the start page.

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #75 on:** Wed, 09 March 2022, 12:59:31 »

Quote from: hulster on Wed, 09 March 2022, 02:11:14

Quote from: NintendoNoNo on Tue, 08 March 2022, 16:02:37
Quote from: hulster on Tue, 08 March 2022, 14:17:17
What´s the issue?

We are just waiting to hear back from Keyreative and get a final confirmation that the legends will all be printable. We thought we would have heard back before the date the GB was originally set for, but unfortunately that wasn't the case.

Thx. Sorry for initially bothering. Didn't see your update on the start page.

No worries! I tried to make it visible, but also everyone formats their Geekhack posts slightly differently, so I don't blame for you checking in the comments for the reason.

LightenS · « **Reply #76 on:** Thu, 24 March 2022, 18:24:23 »

still no updated? seem like COVID punched Zfrontier in the face...

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #77 on:** Mon, 28 March 2022, 22:35:57 »

Quote from: LightenS on Thu, 24 March 2022, 18:24:23

still no updated? seem like COVID punched Zfrontier in the face...

Sorry for my late reply! We did get one update from them, and they confirmed the legends for the kits will be printable. However, they still need to give us one more price quote (for the French kit). We have tried messaging them again to remind them we are waiting on it...

Lincolnworks · « **Reply #78 on:** Thu, 31 March 2022, 19:45:05 »

KAM isn't really my thing but I do like the design and art style

ILogger · « **Reply #79 on:** Tue, 10 May 2022, 13:00:17 »

Any news? I love this keycaps design and wanna have them already

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #80 on:** Sat, 25 June 2022, 20:02:36 »

Quote from: ILogger on Tue, 10 May 2022, 13:00:17

Any news? I love this keycaps design and wanna have them already

Sorry for the incredibly late response! I’m much more active on Discord than on here, so I get around to answering questions there about 1000 times faster haha. But yes, we did hear back from Keyreative! They were in lockdown due to COVID and didn’t have access to their messaging services because of it. So hopefully now that they’re back to work we can move forward with the GB. According to them, the first round of samples should be on the way to me. Granted, some of the Pantone colors have changed since I submitted for those samples over a year ago, but it will at least be nice to check on the detailed lines, which I want to do since it’s reverse dye sub.

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #81 on:** Fri, 02 September 2022, 12:02:31 »

Update: GB date announced

hulster · « **Reply #82 on:** Fri, 02 September 2022, 13:59:35 »

DontStealMyLolipop · « **Reply #83 on:** Fri, 02 September 2022, 14:51:19 »

I'm in

FitLabb · « **Reply #84 on:** Fri, 02 September 2022, 20:29:36 »

Glad to see this set back up with a GB date this Fall! Been waiting and hoping this set would come to fruition as it’s too good to not be produced!

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #85 on:** Sun, 18 September 2022, 10:12:07 »

Just so everyone knows, the Fluorine spelling mistake has been fixed. Thanks to all who have pointed it out and sorry about that!

dededecline · « **Reply #86 on:** Fri, 30 September 2022, 18:04:17 »

This isn't still being run in KAM is it?
Their communication seems to have gotten worse since 2020, which is not something I thought possible.
Now they're consistently shipping out subpar quality sets with seemingly little to no quality control, as recently as Napoleonic and Explosion just this week. Many of these issues aren't even new, but extensions of issues that cropped up at the time of Milkshake and Eternal.
Honestly it's a disservice to your customers to run a set with Keyreative at this point. They have zero record of delivering sets properly, with good comms, in a timely manner. I know the group buy date is coming up fast but please please reconsider.

keebnewb · « **Reply #87 on:** Fri, 30 September 2022, 18:16:00 »

Keyreative in the year of our lord 2022? Personally I'm done with Keyreative and I know a lot of other people are too. Might consider another uniform profile like DSA through NicePBT?

hulster · « **Reply #88 on:** Sat, 01 October 2022, 03:27:17 »

mmmmhhh - I like this set a lot. But it will mean to spent a lot of money. I have no issues with delays, but somehow the quality should be ensured.

discourse and group · « **Reply #89 on:** Sat, 01 October 2022, 13:00:46 »

GMK a preorders are still available

hulster · « **Reply #90 on:** Sat, 01 October 2022, 13:07:03 »

Quote from: discourse and group on Sat, 01 October 2022, 13:00:46

GMK a preorders are still available

? ? ?

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #91 on:** Sun, 09 October 2022, 21:15:52 »

Added escape artisan photo

hulster · « **Reply #92 on:** Wed, 12 October 2022, 03:14:33 »

@NintendoNoNo - can not find it on MyKeyboard.eu yet.
Any idea? Do not like to miss out. So would go for another place to buy it, if need be.
But would be my preference to save custom fees, taxes and international shipping

vrapan · « **Reply #93 on:** Wed, 12 October 2022, 03:57:48 »

Same for protozoa in the UK is Kamistry still coming to those vendors?

hulster · « **Reply #94 on:** Wed, 12 October 2022, 12:21:29 »

Quote from: vrapan on Wed, 12 October 2022, 03:57:48

Same for protozoa in the UK is Kamistry still coming to those vendors?

It is now there, but the Rotary Encoder Knob is missing.

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #95 on:** Wed, 12 October 2022, 17:54:05 »

Quote from: hulster on Wed, 12 October 2022, 03:14:33

@NintendoNoNo - can not find it on MyKeyboard.eu yet.
Any idea? Do not like to miss out. So would go for another place to buy it, if need be.
But would be my preference to save custom fees, taxes and international shipping

Hey! Sorry for the late reply. It’s up now on their site

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #96 on:** Wed, 12 October 2022, 17:55:37 »

Quote from: hulster on Wed, 12 October 2022, 12:21:29

Quote from: vrapan on Wed, 12 October 2022, 03:57:48
Same for protozoa in the UK is Kamistry still coming to those vendors?

It is now there, but the Rotary Encoder Knob is missing.

Oops, ignore my last message. The rotary encoder was ran through NZ caps earlier this year. A lot of people have requested they run it again, so I have been trying to get in contact with them to request it, but I have not heard anything back. If I do hear back then I will be sure to announce it on the discord! It sold out way faster than I thought it would.

NintendoNoNo · « **Reply #97 on:** Wed, 12 October 2022, 17:57:20 »

Quote from: vrapan on Wed, 12 October 2022, 03:57:48

Same for protozoa in the UK is Kamistry still coming to those vendors?

It is currently live for most vendors. The main contact I have for Protozoa has been out of town recently so I’ve been trying to get ahold of him to let him know the GB needs to be live. But I was able to get ahold of someone else in the company and they are now contacting him for me. Sorry about that!

hulster · « **Reply #98 on:** Mon, 17 October 2022, 11:55:34 »

@NintendoNoNo

I maybe overlooked - is there any fair estimate about delivery?

dededecline · « **Reply #99 on:** Mon, 17 October 2022, 12:16:34 »

Quote from: hulster on Mon, 17 October 2022, 11:55:34

@NintendoNoNo

I maybe overlooked - is there any fair estimate about delivery?

It’s Keyreative, there’s literally no such thing.

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Author Topic: [IC] KAMistry - Group Buy October 10th - November 10th, 2022! (Read 51085 times)