I requested a refund for the 87U 55g Pre-order after reading all the comments in the most recent Novatouch thread. I'm makin moves
The only real difference is the stems. RealForce will only accept Topre keycaps, which you can't buy any more. Novatouch will only accept MX keycaps, of which there is a veritable plethora.
There are hopes that someone will start making RealForce keycap sets again. And maybe HHKB sets. Sigh. Maybe.
Or that Novatouch stems can be transplanted into RealForce body. That would be neat