Oh my word. I just hope NorDeUK will remain then.
EDIT: And EU vendor. Pleeeease :-D

Greatly prefer GMK over DCX, but I understand the decision based on cost. Either way, this is a really awesome set and looking forward to seeing it come out. Any update on the release date?

Just to set the record straight – the set is alive and kicking. We're hustling behind the scenes to bring you some awesome stuff. Thanks for sticking around!

\o/

If there's no chance of nordeuk can you consider for example a blank alpha set or extended standard galactic set?

Ideally this would be the set that made Drop get the mold finally :-P

Good it's back. Any news about this color comparison you announced "soon" ?

nice! a drop set! ez pass

keep parroting "Drop bad, community vendor gud" and getting scammed, way to go champ!!

you and a bunch of others crap on Drop every single chance you have, and the irony here is that you are the first ones lining up to get robbed and scammed everytime the "community vendors" you worship like saints decide to post a GB thread and then vanish, die or pull the rug on everyone once their GBs (more like pyramid schemes) fall apart, shoutout to Ivan, Ctrl Alt, Noxary, Mechs and Co, Rama, Project Keyboard, who else? list is too big I cant remember them all

Drop is 99% the same as any vendor, except they are OWNED by CORSAIR and never scammed anyone. over the last 7 years I spent more than $18,000 EUR on massDrop and every single time they put a product out there it was either delivered in perfect conditions, delivered with delays, delivered with problems & rectified/refunded or cancelled & refunded altogether and I speak from my own experience importing stuff from their site

even more ironic is that DROP OWNS GEEKHACK and projected the MK hobby into a whole new level on the USA. companies like GMK, Novel Keys, Omnitype, Oblotzky, Rama OWE a huge part of their business to Drop because it was on DROP that they they got REAL exposure, CAPITAL or built part of their reputations and business relationships with customers and suppliers. Rama, Novelkeys and Omnitype did collabs with Drop and Oblotzky was just a keycap designer there before he decided to make his own company. GMK probably sold a trillion sets on that site by now. if it wasn't for Drop the ENTIRE MK space would be on a microscopical level still, but you probably don't remember when they sold Pokers and MX Clears for the 1st time, or when they launched GMK Carbon with the 1st set of NOVELTY keycaps made by GMK ever MADE

maybe once you get scammed BIG TIME you will learn that drop is legitimate and almost every "vendor" out there is a ticking bomb one mistake away from falling apart and running away with your money

keep it up OP and DROP, I'm in for one of each kit, also please make a deskmat

yeah but DCX is trash, wasted design

how many DCX sets you own?

no seriously I want to see a photo of your DCX set(s) and your timestamp on it, I also want your written review with photos showing why it is trash

or are you just another parrot throwing words in the wind?

Crazy how this set was dead in the water though for valid reasons (manufacturing price) and the Designer manages to turn things around by opting to go with DCX instead of GMK yet some of y'all are still complaining despite the good news.


I own a dozen DCX sets and haven't had an issue whatsoever with any of them. Drop even brought back Hyperfuse in DCX and helped those who got burned on the original GMK Group Buy.

It takes some nerve to go into a designer's thread & spout "GMK or Nothing" basically telling the designer that you care more about the manufacturer than the design itself as if Drop is no better than some clone keycap manufacturer in China. They're a tenured business with a reputable parent company listed on the stock market. They are THE LAST vendor that would exit scam us.

Isn't competition good? Do we want GMK making every set causing the queue to get backed up again? Do we want them to grow complacent and make us settle whenever we complain about anything? Shouldn't we want other options available for designers to make their keycap set a reality?

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Quote from: MartinThePolarBear on Tue, 06 February 2024, 18:21:57

I own a dozen DCX sets and haven't had an issue whatsoever with any of them. Drop even brought back Hyperfuse in DCX and helped those who got burned on the original GMK Group Buy.

It takes some nerve to go into a designer's thread & spout "GMK or Nothing" basically telling the designer that you care more about the manufacturer than the design itself as if Drop is no better than some clone keycap manufacturer in China. They're a tenured business with a reputable parent company listed on the stock market. They are THE LAST vendor that would exit scam us.

Isn't competition good? Do we want GMK making every set causing the queue to get backed up again? Do we want them to grow complacent and make us settle whenever we complain about anything? Shouldn't we want other options available for designers to make their keycap set a reality?

Agreed on all points.

I don't think anyone is making the argument that DCX is taking over as the gold standard for keycaps, but they're great caps, with solid base kitting at a solid price (assuming community backed DCX kits launch at the same pre-order/early bird pricing model as their main line stuff). I'm sure most of the people that pop in here to diss Drop, have never tried DCX and never had intention of joining the GB anyways, or pop in to ask for some obscure kitting on a set that they're not actually interested in.

Competition is great and GMK hasn't been free from imperfections recently anyways at a much higher price tag. I am curious if the current DCX pricing and kitting would be consistent for community backed DCX sets because if so, and if the turnaround time is reasonable, I don't see any reason they couldn't be a major player.

I'd much rather designers get to make their set happen and have it be more accessible for more people, rather than forcing it through GMK because a few elitist purists want to buy a GMK base kit so they can leave it sealed on their shelf.

If I had to guess, the DCX sets like this will cost a tad more than the sets Drop produced in house since there's more R&D/labor involved especially for the Novelties. Though for the Base kit it'll probably be close to regular base kit pricing. DCX is just now doing novelty add-ons for the first time with this set, Rocky Bird, and BIM being their first designer submitted sets. So we'll see what kind of pricing there is for novelties for the first time. Either way, it's nice to see Drop taking this side of the hobby more seriously.

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In 2022 Drop's second DCX GB was designer-led and had novelties: DCX Deep Space by Booper - https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=117780.0

I think this set was a comission, BOOPER didn't make interest checks as far as I know, I follow her on instagram and only learned about this set when it showed on Drop's email marketing

it was HOFFMANMYSTER who made the post you linked, I think BEAR is talking about designer sets that come to fruition thanks to interest checks + community interest, DCX Rocky Bird will be the first by ARQKEEBS, then Pixel Platoon by NUKZ / Bim by BALANCE, all posted by their artists

NUKZ I see you updated the desk mats , any chance you can make at least one of them with that nice carpet fabric reminiscent of what they used in arcades in the US? did you consider making novelties for the arrows as well?

Stoked for this, I need a set like this in my collection. Don’t understand why DCX is getting shade, great alternative to GMK and KKB. Do we have an ETA?