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yuukou_:
DCS Cafe



My co-runner Ken and I have always loved the GMK Cafe set. With the growing popularity of DCS, we thought right now is a great time to run this. We've made sure to get the approval from the original designer of Cafe to run this as well.
In an effort to keep the colors as true to the GMK Cafe as possible, the colors for DCS Cafe are:
Alphas: SP stock “WEA” to substitute for GMK L9
Modifiers: RAL 8019 https://www.ralcolorchart.com/ral-classic/ral-8019-grey-brown
Accents: RAL 1001 https://www.ralcolorchart.com/ral-classic/ral-1001-beige

Renders



F1-8X by Geonworks





Flanör FRL

Renders by: Pontus (https://www.instagram.com/www_pontus/)


Kitting/Details
WYSE/Gorton font will be used
Purse-style Caps Lock
We decided to split the base kit in order to address some pricing concerns, we also added some popular requests for child kits, but we are continually looking for feedback here to see if there are any changes that you think we should make.
All renders were done using the existing colors from the first IC (custom RAL colors)


Base Kit


Alt Alphas Kit


Numpad Kit


40's Kit


Spacebar Kit


Extensions Kit


Novelties Kit


10u Kit


Text Mods Kit

Pricing
*Please note, this pricing is tentative, and is subject to some variation, but we wanted to get you all as much info as possible, as there was a good amount of concern over the pricing/MOQ.

Base Kit
For the base kit, because there were concerns over pricing and MOQ, we wanted to go back to SP and see what we could work on. While there isn't too much they could budge on pricing wise, there was some headroom we were able to get for the MOQ.
However this was only if we went with SP stock colors. So in this section we will give you the breakdown for MOQ/Pricing for stock colors, and then the custom RAL colors we originally used to get our quotes.
In the next section, there will be some comparison renders and pictures, so you all can judge the difference and be able to leave feedback on what is or is not okay with you in the form.

Stock SP Colors:
75 MOQ: $150
100 MOQ: $140
150 MOQ: $135

Custom RAL Colors:
150 MOQ (Minimum, we could not get lower than this with the custom colors): $135

Child Kits
*Child Kit MOQ and Pricing will not vary between stock and custom colors, prices given are based on MOQ of 25.

Alt Alphas: $60 - $63
Numpad: $26 - $28
40's: $30 - $32
Spacebars: $22 - $23
Extensions: $22 - $23
Novelties: $45 - $47
10u: $5-6
Text Mods: $57-$59

Comparison Pictures (Stock vs RAL)
*For the IRL pictures, we used the original GMK keycaps, only two colors are shown here because the 3rd color was originally already using a stock SP color, and won't be changing, but if you would like to see a comparison shot, please let us know.

IRL Comparisons (GMK on left, SP stock color on right):
Accent Color




Modifier Color





Render Comparison:


All SP Stock Colors


Custom RAL Colors


Timeline (Estimated)
Interest Check through September 23rd, 2024
Interest Check #2 through November 18th, 2024
Group Buy in December 2024/January 2025
*These are target timelines, which may change based on circumstances.

Vendors
US: Divinikey & spkeyboards
CA: Deskhero
Asia: Geonworks
OCE: Cafege
UK: Prototypist
EU: Eloquent Clicks


IC Form
https://forms.gle/dPLmL16unWHY9AsBA
https://forms.gle/R3wp5c2VqihgU36P8

For all updates, you can join our discord below, and/or follow our Insta/Twitter
Discord:: https://discord.gg/KV7UJ2Ynh9
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dcs.cafe/
Twitter/X: https://x.com/cafe_dcs

Special Thanks
Thank you to Langelandia, the original designer for Cafe, for giving us their blessing to run this, and also for being so open and willing to help.
Thank you to Frank (ENOMOOSHIKI) with his help with proofreading the IC.
Thank you to kayso for help with the 40's kitting.

Thanks for looking!

yuukou_:
Changelog
IC #2 Updates (11/3/2024):
- Updated Kitting
- Updated Kitting Renders
- Comparison Section and Pictures Added
- Pricing Added
- Vendors Added
- New IC Form Added

Additional IC #2 Updates (11/4/2024):
- New separate EU Vendor (TBD right now)
- New comparison images


Zouabee:
I just got my espresso machine, been feindin coffee every morning. Love this.

TheManicGeek:
Love the look of this set, WYSE font was also a fine choice. GL with the IC, hope this set does well!

enomooshiki:
looking good!

i think a bit of adjustments to the base kit would be nice.

GLWIC!

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