Is RAMA novelty R1?
Is RAMA novelty R1?
Will there be a matching detachable custom cable for it?
April will be a cheaper month
April:
Very cool! didn't expect to see Rama M6-C. What color is it in? bit difficult to tell if it's black or deep navy. ThanksThe color is Pantone matched to the deep navy of the keycap base.
Beautiful but I can’t justify spending this much without UK iso.:(
Am new to customs so slightly confused- it looks as if the base set has the necessary caps for the L return etc. That’s on a U.K. keyboard. What’s missing?Beautiful but I can’t justify spending this much without UK iso.:(
Same sadly. Shame because the midnight kit is gorgeous.
Am new to customs so slightly confused- it looks as if the base set has the necessary caps for the L return etc. That’s on a U.K. keyboard. What’s missing?Beautiful but I can’t justify spending this much without UK iso.:(
Same sadly. Shame because the midnight kit is gorgeous.
Am new to customs so slightly confused- it looks as if the base set has the necessary caps for the L return etc. That’s on a U.K. keyboard. What’s missing?Beautiful but I can’t justify spending this much without UK iso.:(
Same sadly. Shame because the midnight kit is gorgeous.
Sadly just a few additional keys are required to make a useful UK ISO board. Most if not all sets come with an ISO return key and split left shift which deals with the physical differences. After that you need Row1 - 2", Row1 3£, Row3 @', Row3 #~ and Row4 \|. That is it.
Ah okay- I’m a Mac user so I looking at the layouts their U.K. keyboard is a mix between international and U.K. iso which is where my confusion came from!Am new to customs so slightly confused- it looks as if the base set has the necessary caps for the L return etc. That’s on a U.K. keyboard. What’s missing?Beautiful but I can’t justify spending this much without UK iso.:(
Same sadly. Shame because the midnight kit is gorgeous.
Sadly just a few additional keys are required to make a useful UK ISO board. Most if not all sets come with an ISO return key and split left shift which deals with the physical differences. After that you need Row1 - 2", Row1 3£, Row3 @', Row3 #~ and Row4 \|. That is it.
damn that's a high MOQ for midnight, I really hope it makes it there (or gets venders to buy the extras) as it's my fav colorway in the set
Everything will get made. And Midnight is on track to hit MOQ with ease from past sales projections. :)
damn that's a high MOQ for midnight, I really hope it makes it there (or gets venders to buy the extras) as it's my fav colorway in the set
Are any vendors doing a matching cable?
Also, whats the keyboard w/ the numpad in the renders?
Grabbed midnight, turnpike, signs and blocks. I still want to ask why the enter in signs kit is blue and not yellow tho.
Grabbed midnight, turnpike, signs and blocks. I still want to ask why the enter in signs kit is blue and not yellow tho.This is something I decided on aesthetically. It allows an accent of every color to be used outside of a spacebar. Yes technically the enter falls as a yellow modifier, but using a red R4 accent, yellow enter and yellow esc always felt weird to me, so I broke my own rules
This is something I decided on aesthetically. It allows an accent of every color to be used outside of a spacebar. Yes technically the enter falls as a yellow modifier, but using a red R4 accent, yellow enter and yellow esc always felt weird to me, so I broke my own rules
I was also asking for a design for ISO enter, the Signs and Turnpike kit would be much better with it.Grabbed midnight, turnpike, signs and blocks. I still want to ask why the enter in signs kit is blue and not yellow tho.This is something I decided on aesthetically. It allows an accent of every color to be used outside of a spacebar. Yes technically the enter falls as a yellow modifier, but using a red R4 accent, yellow enter and yellow esc always felt weird to me, so I broke my own rules
Hey Nephlock, just want to say thanks for running round 2. I always thought this was a great looking set and reading through your posts shows the care you put into it.Thank you for the support! I hope you enjoy the set!
Glad to support someone taking so much feedback from the crowd.
Congrats on becoming the most I've spent collectively on a keyset to date.
Grabbing Midnight + Turnpike should give me the same color as the base/original metropolis color mods right? I guess its gonna be a Midnight+Turnpike+ Signs for me! seems like the most affordable way to maximize the set! :DCorrect! None of the colors have changed since the R1 so everything will match :)
There are no yellow novelty for enter this run, not everything will match :(. It would be better if the enter novelty is yellow like in the first round because we have blue and red arrows plus red shift. Blue enter just makes no sense.Grabbing Midnight + Turnpike should give me the same color as the base/original metropolis color mods right? I guess its gonna be a Midnight+Turnpike+ Signs for me! seems like the most affordable way to maximize the set! :DCorrect! None of the colors have changed since the R1 so everything will match :)
Question about the midnight kit, there's alternate icon caps for some of the modifiers but not all?
Question about the midnight kit, there's alternate icon caps for some of the modifiers but not all?
correct. the alternate icons are really meant as accents or novelties, and not as replacements for all of them.
hmmm, I see. Just the OCD side of me is holding me back on that set now and I can not unsee it. Still got time to convince myself.....
hmmm, I see. Just the OCD side of me is holding me back on that set now and I can not unsee it. Still got time to convince myself.....
This set is the most fun when asymmetric anyway.
EMBRACE THE CHAOS.
Was going to preorder the Midnight but then I realized I wanted a Numpad set and it only comes with the base kit. Guess my best bet would be to grab the Midnight and hope someone with a base kit wants to sell his numpad set?
Was going to preorder the Midnight but then I realized I wanted a Numpad set and it only comes with the base kit. Guess my best bet would be to grab the Midnight and hope someone with a base kit wants to sell his numpad set?People tend not to be willing to part with part sets since it reduces the resale value.
Overly Excited to be a part of this GB. This set is so clean and it's going to be part of my first build. Grabbed everything except the RC6 and the compact set. I even got sucked into the custom cable GB.I bought into this GB because I had to have this set. Now I’m on the lookout for a board to build around it!
will join Metropolis R3 when you decide to add proper 65% support (R3 PgUp & R4 PgDn) in base kit ;)
will join Metropolis R3 when you decide to add proper 65% support (R3 PgUp & R4 PgDn) in base kit ;)
You don't want a yellow PgUp paired with a red PgDn. The omission is intentional and doubt it will happen in future runs either.
Overly Excited to be a part of this GB. This set is so clean and it's going to be part of my first build. Grabbed everything except the RC6 and the compact set. I even got sucked into the custom cable GB.I bought into this GB because I had to have this set. Now I’m on the lookout for a board to build around it!
Overly Excited to be a part of this GB. This set is so clean and it's going to be part of my first build. Grabbed everything except the RC6 and the compact set. I even got sucked into the custom cable GB.I bought into this GB because I had to have this set. Now I’m on the lookout for a board to build around it!
Same. This cap set catapulted me into deciding to build a board from scratch. I picked up a 65% low profile kit from KBDFans.
will join Metropolis R3 when you decide to add proper 65% support (R3 PgUp & R4 PgDn) in base kit ;)
You don't want a yellow PgUp paired with a red PgDn. The omission is intentional and doubt it will happen in future runs either.
That reasoning does not apply to the Midnight kit, though.
R3 PgUp & R4 PgDn are recently adopted on 65% and are gaining popularity tho.will join Metropolis R3 when you decide to add proper 65% support (R3 PgUp & R4 PgDn) in base kit ;)
You don't want a yellow PgUp paired with a red PgDn. The omission is intentional and doubt it will happen in future runs either.
That reasoning does not apply to the Midnight kit, though.
Well yeah, but R3 PgUp & R4 PgDn isn't the definition of proper 65% support either.
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Hi, I just realize that the turnpike kit has a duplicated R1 Home key, is it better to replace this with a R1 delete key?This is an excellent catch! And an error on my part for sure. It should have been a delete key and it seems to have gotten mixed up.
Will it get fixed or we're doomed ;D ?Hi, I just realize that the turnpike kit has a duplicated R1 Home key, is it better to replace this with a R1 delete key?This is an excellent catch! And an error on my part for sure. It should have been a delete key and it seems to have gotten mixed up.
Not doomed at all, it’ll be adjusted for production :)Will it get fixed or we're doomed ;D ?Hi, I just realize that the turnpike kit has a duplicated R1 Home key, is it better to replace this with a R1 delete key?This is an excellent catch! And an error on my part for sure. It should have been a delete key and it seems to have gotten mixed up.
Thanks for the info :thumb:Not doomed at all, it’ll be adjusted for production :)Will it get fixed or we're doomed ;D ?Hi, I just realize that the turnpike kit has a duplicated R1 Home key, is it better to replace this with a R1 delete key?This is an excellent catch! And an error on my part for sure. It should have been a delete key and it seems to have gotten mixed up.
Everyday I feel good knowing I ordered this set. :thumb:You can watch this thread if you’d like. I will be updating it if/when any new information comes in.
Is there a way to check for updates on the kits while we wait? Or should we just watch this thread? I didn't see a discord or website. Or is it vendor specific?
Everyday I feel good knowing I ordered this set. :thumb:You can watch this thread if you’d like. I will be updating it if/when any new information comes in.
Is there a way to check for updates on the kits while we wait? Or should we just watch this thread? I didn't see a discord or website. Or is it vendor specific?
If you’d like to check through vendor updates, I would keep an eye on NovelKeys product updates!
Hi Nephlock, I know this sounds stupid. Do you consider running a separate groupbuy add-on kit for metropolis? In R1 you offered yellow accent novelty enter, yellow arrows and yellow accent novelty tab key. I feel like we missed an opportunity when these keys were not introduced in R2, for R2 owner like me, I feel sad due to no accent yellow novelty enter to pair with my blue arrows. I also want to recommend having some love for novelty iso enters as well. I would be down for an extension kit for metropolis R2 as a separate group buy.
Tks for the quick reply. I get it.Hi Nephlock, I know this sounds stupid. Do you consider running a separate groupbuy add-on kit for metropolis? In R1 you offered yellow accent novelty enter, yellow arrows and yellow accent novelty tab key. I feel like we missed an opportunity when these keys were not introduced in R2, for R2 owner like me, I feel sad due to no accent yellow novelty enter to pair with my blue arrows. I also want to recommend having some love for novelty iso enters as well. I would be down for an extension kit for metropolis R2 as a separate group buy.
Adding and running an additional kit at this point is not going to happen.
The core of R2 was never to duplicate R1 exactly, and in order to do some of the additional things I wanted to do in this run, it meant that certain things had to be left behind...
By running midnight (and its included novelties) on its own, and introducing the non-accent novelties in the Turnpike kit, it freed up the standard novelty kit enough to add better support for macro columns and accent colors.
Teal arrows were added in as an extras kit in R1, but these were always a wish of mine for the midnight kit. They initially got left out due to pricing concerns, but because there was only one base kit in R1 they could be included for everyone and inherently make it into the midnight version. Running two base kits separates that.
On the yellow enter novelty, I believe that the teal is the better choice overall. This aligns with the default accents, and allows that color be in better balance with the other colors as there are few opportunities (aside from a 1U) for a teal accent.
I'm sorry if my decisions rub at your personal tastes, but hopefully this gives enough of a snapshot for you to understand why those decisions were made.
just to confirm, title says "In Queue", so colors approved, it's waiting in the production queue correct?
Colors have not changed from R1, so no color matching or approval is needed. So yes, just waiting for production
Is there a chance for an R3 of this in the future? I joined the hobby a bit late to get in on this and would like to know if I have false hope for the future haha.Extras are still available to pre-order at certain vendors
Is there a chance for an R3 of this in the future? I joined the hobby a bit late to get in on this and would like to know if I have false hope for the future haha.There will also be extras available when the set ships, so you’d have a chance there. Beyond that I’m sure that there will be an R3 sometime, but it’s not currently in the works so the timeline on it would be out a ways
https://dailyclack.com/products/gmk-metropolis-r2
There’s a free shipping code that covers to the USA. It’s 165$ W todays exchange rate.
That’s right. They ship along with GB orders.
Any update on the shipping timelines?
Any update on the shipping timelines?
I have orderd an GMK Metropolis x RAMA M6-C.. waiting to get my hands on it.
The official word is Q2 2022, and that’s obviously horrifically out of date though there’s no documentation of when this estimate was given.
The official word is Q2 2022, and that’s obviously horrifically out of date though there’s no documentation of when this estimate was given.
This date was given in april 2021, the same date is given on the Novelkeys page, they seem to be responsible for this set, if I'm not mistaken, color matching is not needed for this set, so it should appear faster
i want to believe it :blank:
you wanna wager about preQ4, you lemme know.
you wanna wager about preQ4, you lemme know.
I was by no means going to argue
By the way, the date has changed, now it's Q3, well, 2023 is not far away either :D
BLESS MY SOUL! A SPECIAL UPDATE!
Currently no ETA, but I will check back in once there is something more solid to report.
When they do announce, they’ll have a raffle and probably? On discord where they’ve got a verification system they use for their raffles. If you’re new to discord might take a few minutes to set up, if you’re already on you’ll enter the raffle in probably 30 seconds. KC discord is worth joining, they don’t ping much and it’s often a neat look at the manu or cool boards.
Are R1 Base owners included in the Key Cult sale? especially if we purchased a base kit worth of extras kits?
BLESS MY SOUL! A SPECIAL UPDATE!
It's no secret that the past couple years have been weird, so I again appreciate your continued patience. While this update has nothing to do with the keycaps themselves, it is something I think is equally as fun.
The Metropolis Keycult No.2
Some of you may have noticed on Instagram that I had the great pleasure to visit the Keycult headquarters the other week. In addition to learning a lot about their secret sauce, I was able to take a look at the progress of the Metropolis Edition Keycult No. 2.
Currently, the machining is dialed in and approved, but the anodization color matching/sampling is taking a bit longer than expected. Currently no ETA, but I will check back in once there is something more solid to report.
A note on numbers: I've had a lot of people question how "exclusive" this will be, so I'd like to address that. While this run will be exclusively available to those that purchased Metropolis base kits, it is not meant to be entirely unobtainium within that group. We are currently looking at producing 100-200 units.
Until next time, I leave you with some pretty pictures of a machined sample.Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/fKWBNuc.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/HQDtVeh.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/XFcyPIS.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/xcSnUMV.jpg)
Are R1 Base owners included in the Key Cult sale? especially if we purchased a base kit worth of extras kits?
Any update on the Keycult raffle? :D
definitely alive, or rather in queue to be alive :). GMK is starting to pick up and with Dots going into production Metropolis shouldn't be far behind.
Looking forward to this. Do you still expect to ship about the end of September?
NK has it for Q4 of this year
Given the delay from EU to NA/USA… they can both be right.
Yes!! finally!
Where would this be announced when it happens?
GMK Metropolis R2 has completed production and is currently in the sorting and packaging stage. Due to end of year holidays coming up, as well as mandatory inventory accounting, it is currently not 100% certain if I will be able to receive the set this year still. It is possible that it will ship to me in early January instead. I hope to deliver it before Christmas still, but cannot make that a promise. Apologies for the vague news.
Great work on this! I can't wait to get my caps in. Question regarding the metropolis keycult. (That thing looks great BTW): Will there be smaller formats available?
is there a Discord server that I can join?
is there a Discord server that I can join?
why is NK getting the set before the EU lol
why is NK getting the set before the EU lol