Just to be sure: does the ISO option implies that Gateron will make/buy an ISO mold that they will own and be able to reuse (at no further cost) in the future? If so, I'm OK with the extra $15 per set (although I am a former ISO user now converted to ANSI). Gotta help where you can.
But if it means that ISO sets will be available for this buy only, I'm a little less enthusiastic :/
As I understand, this means that Shadovved will have the mould and can use it free of charge for all his awesome future Group Buys.
Firstly, this is equivalent to us purchasing a set of fresh molds, hence we will have rights to use the current mold as and when we wish, as well as define our own custom ISO kit components (if unavailable, new ones would be made).
Hence current and future ISO kits will be less than $10 a set.
Secondly, imsto would not readily agree to us using his molds as he solely controls the supply, and to provide to us at whatever price he deems fit.
If he chooses to offer ISO kits for $15-20/set per round of GB, I would rather we bite the bullet as a community for the mold and reduce the cost by a substantial amount than repeatedly pay extravagant charges for the kits just because we do not have rights to the mold.
EDIT: To clarify, I don't need every full set to come with an ISO kit. I just need a substantial amount purchased so reduce the cost across the board. Mold costs $5000, and per ISO set after the mold is expected to be around $8-10 depending on what is in the kits.
So if I have 100 ISO kits purchased, average cost would be $58/set of ISO.
$33 for 200 kits, $25 for 300 kits, etc.