a couple noob questions:
- i know this Dolch set has a somewhat legendary status among enthusiasts, but is there anything special about them aside from aesthetics and rarity? i was considering getting an imsto thick PBT set due to the majority's consensus that PBT >> ABS, but this set is really making me consider otherwise
- is the color tone of the base set closer to in OP's picture or this: http://i.imgur.com/E7IwqKD.png ?
It's pretty much for the aesthetics. Yes general consensus is that pbt > abs but this is to replicate the original dolch set as far as possible. Meaning doubleshot legends which can only be done on abs. (Can be done on pbt too but only a certain amount of people have the means of doing so.) these are thick abs caps in cherry profile too. So basically everything thick keycap will apply to them, pbt or not.
Reason why everyone wants one is cause this is a very good replica. It's not just keycaps in dolch colors. Heck even the original dolch might have even used these if they were still being made. And these were made by the toolings used by cherry to make the original dolch too. I mean, if you don't care for those and just like it for the aesthetics, I'd say that this is already a good enough reason to get it
If you like the vortex, by all means go for it. But just wanna give you a heads up that if you miss this, there's probably no coming back. Whereas the vortex ones will be on sale for quite some time. And if along the way, if you realize why these were so highly sought after, the chance would've been over. There's a reason why people are going crazy over this gb lol
And yes the colors would look similar