[IC] ⭐️ KAT Space Dust ⭐️ [GB starts soon - 24th May to 25th June]

[Bobatype]

Oh yeah, I forgot to say that vendors have finalised prices for the kits (there's not that many /s):

[Finite]

Oh yeah, I forgot to say that vendors have finalised prices for the kits (there's not that many /s):

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[MIGHTY CHICKEN]

nice

[Macdamn]

i want it!!!
Best set i saw in....best set ever!
need 2 spanish kits to sleep well.

[Bobatype]

@AmusingAtelier  X KAT Space Dust
⭐️Pleione⭐️
KAT R4 profile artisan- Raffle is this Friday 05/21!





We're looking towards a GB date of the 24th May 2021
Collabs are gearing up.  Final metal artisan collab is now confirmed:

THOK x KAT Space Dust
⭐️Space Kat⭐️
KAT R4 Profile. Aluminium with Pearlescent blue shift effect



Other metal artisan collabs previously mentioned:

RAMA x KAT Space Dust
⭐️EJECT⭐️


KeyLabs x KAT Space Dust
⭐️GAMMA⭐️


⭐️ANDROMEDA⭐️


(Celestial variant will be only available via their store)

[RoyalOak88]

The clock is ticking

[Bobatype]

Yep! Less than 5 days until GB Date launch on 24th May (finishing on 25th June)


Final kit images - rendered and labelled

【MODULE SCHEMATICS】//KITS

α <Alphas>

Latin Alphas - ALPHA CENTAURI


Alien α – ALIENESE


Exo Terran Expansion – SPÆTHER

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Exo Alien Expansion – INVASION

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NAVIGATION <Modifiers ≥60% excluding F-Row>

Icon Mods Black – SUPERNOVA


Icon Mods Blue - PRECURSORS

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Text Mods Black - TERRA


Alien Mods Black - AREA 51


Alien Mods Blue - EXTRATERRESTRIAL

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SATELLITES <F-Row>

F-Row NASA - ENCOUNTER

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F-Row Alien - FIRST CONTACT

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F-Row Planets - PLANETS


F-row Inverted Aliens - SPECTRA

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F-row Inverted Planets - ULTRAVIOLET

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LAUNCHPAD <Numpad>

Numpad Standard - EINSTEIN

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Numpad Intergalactic - GALILEO


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EXPANSION <Extensions>
“One small click for man, one giant thocc for mankind”

Spacebars - CARBON RODS

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Accents/Gradient - STRING THEORY


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ANOMALIES <Novelties>

Novelty α (black) - ARK



Novelty β (blue) - XENO

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Novelty δ (black) - SPACE DEBRIS



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EXPLORATION MODULES <Exotic Modifiers>
“The final frontier isn’t the limit... it’s just the beginning”

40s Icon Mods - FRONTIER


40s Text Mods - FREE-FALL

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Ortho Icon Mods - ORBITAL


Ortho Alien/Text Mods - ORION

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Ergo Icon Mods - EQUINOX


Ergo Alien/Terran Mods - INTERCEPTION


Mac Mods - COMMAND MODULE

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RARE MATERIALS <Exo Alphas>

COLEMAK+ - COSMONAUT | Colemak, Colemak-DH, DHm, DHk, Wide, Standard & Iso variants

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UK α expansion - SPACE ODDITY

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NORDIC α - POLARIS | Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Faeroese & Estonian

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GERMAN α - RAUMFAHRT | QWERTZ

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SOUTH  α - SIRIUS | Spanish (EU, LA) Portuguese (EU) & Italian

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FRENCH α - SPATIONAUTE | AZERTY traditionnel & Nouvel

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[Disclaimer: Renders are an estimation, and may not be accurate to the final product. This is  due to confounding factors such as user-variable monitor calibrations affecting wavelength emissions]

【STAR CHARTS】//DESK MATS

⚫ MOONWALK ⚫

⚫ SINGULARITY ⚫

Click MORE to see a prototype of Singularity made via random Aliexpress manufacturer. Note: GB version will not have cussing; that variant will run as a deskmat-only GB in Q3/4 2021

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⚫ AERO-SOL ⚫

⚫ VACUUM ⚫

⚫ MEOWTER SPACE ⚫

COMMENT EDITED TO SHOW CORRECTED KITS

[dvdrl]

Final kit images - rendered and labelled

Thanks, these looks fab!
Shouldn’t there be a “Z” in the latin alphas?

[Bobatype]

Final kit images - rendered and labelled

Thanks, these looks fab!
Shouldn’t there be a “Z” in the latin alphas?

Goddamitttt. Thanks for the catch!

[salgiza]

Lol, just in case I just checked that there was a Z in the SIRIUS / Spanish layout, and we have all the letters... in fact, isn't there an extra "; ," key next to the M?
Maybe I'm missing something (and getting an extra key is far from a problem) but it looks like there is a slightly unaligned "; ," key and then another "; ," key aligned to the ": ." key that follows.

BTW: Amazing set. My biggest problem is going to be deciding which kits fit in my budget (I want them all!!!! And all the artisans!!)

[Bobatype]

Lol, just in case I just checked that there was a Z in the SIRIUS / Spanish layout, and we have all the letters... in fact, isn't there an extra "; ," key next to the M?
Maybe I'm missing something (and getting an extra key is far from a problem) but it looks like there is a slightly unaligned "; ," key and then another "; ," key aligned to the ": ." key that follows.

BTW: Amazing set. My biggest problem is going to be deciding which kits fit in my budget (I want them all!!!! And all the artisans!!)

#$Pain You're correct. The duplicate key in fact should be an extra B instead (https://i.imgur.com/2HiKuKF.pngg). Thanks for letting us know!
Not sure how made these mistakes converting to 3D renders. But the production file (2D) doesn't have these errors and are center aligned using illustrator so there shouldn't be alignment issues.

[deveth0]

Hey, thank you sooo much for this kit, I can't wait for the GB to start.

Just to be sure, this is my first set of caps i buy and I don't wanna make a mistake when the GB starts...

I got a Varmilo 110% Keyboard, ISO / German layout, 109 Keys.

From what I see, this would be a valid configuration for my keyboard, right?
- GERMAN α - RAUMFAHRT | QWERTZ
- Numpad Standard - EINSTEIN
- F-Row NASA - ENCOUNTER
- Icon Mods Black – SUPERNOVA
- Novelty α (black) - ARK (should work for the media keys)

I'd really appreciate your confirmation on this, so I can order the keys as soon as possible

Thanks

[norb]

Hey, thank you sooo much for this kit, I can't wait for the GB to start.

Just to be sure, this is my first set of caps i buy and I don't wanna make a mistake when the GB starts...

I got a Varmilo 110% Keyboard, ISO / German layout, 109 Keys.

From what I see, this would be a valid configuration for my keyboard, right?
- GERMAN α - RAUMFAHRT | QWERTZ
- Numpad Standard - EINSTEIN
- F-Row NASA - ENCOUNTER
- Icon Mods Black – SUPERNOVA
- Novelty α (black) - ARK (should work for the media keys)

I'd really appreciate your confirmation on this, so I can order the keys as soon as possible

Thanks

yes, you're good to go with these kits and your board.

[deveth0]

awesome, thanks!!

[eibbun]

ohhh it's finally coming! i kinda want all the kits so this might be a problem ❤️

[sagarsiddhpura]

Can you please update the main post with new info (prices, gb date etc)

[sevenseacat]

Holy cow this is gonna be expensive (because I'm gonna buy so many kits).

So much <3 for having a Colemak kit in the gradient colourway!!!

[sevenseacat]

Yeah... I gotta prune this list of kits...

[Naja]

No iso enter on Novelty δ, it's so sad 

[Macdamn]

be carefull with SOUTH  α - SIRIUS | Spanish (EU, LA) Portuguese (EU) & Italian
this is wrong https://i.imgur.com/dNoFnqY.png miss "I" "O" "P" letters
this is the right one https://imgur.com/2HiKuKF

[Bonta]

No iso enter on Novelty δ, it's so sad 

 Ah yeah, damn  I wonder why?

Other than that, this whole set looks amazing. Thok and Rama keycaps? Damn it, I'm gonna have to get both...

[RoyalOak88]

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[Bobatype]

Can you please update the main post with new info (prices, gb date etc)

Done!

Yeah... I gotta prune this list of kits...

Good luck!

be carefull with SOUTH  α - SIRIUS | Spanish (EU, LA) Portuguese (EU) & Italian
this is wrong https://i.imgur.com/dNoFnqY.png miss "I" "O" "P" letters
this is the right one https://imgur.com/2HiKuKF

Cheers for identifying another error we made when transcibing to renders from our production file.
It's been corrected now:

Latin alphas also have the missing Z key added:

Thanks to those who noted these discrepancies.

No iso enter on Novelty δ, it's so sad 

 Ah yeah, damn  I wonder why?

Other than that, this whole set looks amazing. Thok and Rama keycaps? Damn it, I'm gonna have to get both...

Sorry, we simply didn't have time to think of another one as good as the balloon astronaut in the novelty β kits, didn't want to duplicate it, and given the size of the kits, a decision was made to trim in certain areas where possible :S feelsbadspaceman

Holy cow this is gonna be expensive (because I'm gonna buy so many kits).

So much <3 for having a Colemak kit in the gradient colourway!!!

No problems! It was a bit of a mind bend trying to cater for Colemak+ and its variations for the gradient pattern, but hopefully it makes this extremely peculiar and adventurous group happy haha.

[Lucazems]

No scooped F in the inverted alphas kits?

[Charks!]

I saw Blue Text Mods in the render pics, but not in the modifier list...is it available?

[Macdamn]

be carefull with SOUTH  α - SIRIUS | Spanish (EU, LA) Portuguese (EU) & Italian
this is wrong https://i.imgur.com/dNoFnqY.png miss "I" "O" "P" letters
this is the right one https://imgur.com/2HiKuKF

Cheers for identifying another error we made when transcibing to renders from our production file.
It's been corrected now:

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 I'm sorry but SOUTH  α - SIRIUS | Spanish (EU, LA) Portuguese (EU) & Italian still wrong.
There are 3 "Ç" when only one on size 1U is needed on R2 (the one in R2 for example. The R3 1,5U and R4 are no needed).
There are 3 times now "´¨" (right accent and dieresis). only one size 1U is needed. (the one in R2 for example)
Miss "+*" (plus and asterisk simbols) key on R3 wich was on the render before at R3 (https://imgur.com/2HiKuKF)
Miss "`^" (left accent and caret^ ) at R3 between "P" and "+*" keys
There are 2 "B" keys at R1 don't know why.

This is the spanish layout i'm not explaining it well.
https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:KB_Spanish.svg

Feel free to ask what you need because this is an amazing set and i want it to be perfect. :)

[salgiza]

I'm sorry but SOUTH  α - SIRIUS | Spanish (EU, LA) Portuguese (EU) & Italian still wrong.
There are 3 "Ç" when only one on size 1U is needed on R2 (the one in R2 for example. The R3 1,5U and R4 are no needed).
There are 3 times now "´¨" (right accent and dieresis). only one size 1U is needed. (the one in R2 for example)
Miss "+*" (plus and asterisk simbols) key on R3 wich was on the render before at R3 (https://imgur.com/2HiKuKF)
Miss "`^" (left accent and caret^ ) at R3 between "P" and "+*" keys
There are 2 "B" keys at R1 don't know why.

This is the spanish layout i'm not explaining it well.
https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:KB_Spanish.svg

Feel free to ask what you need because this is an amazing set and i want it to be perfect.

I think the different ç keys are for the other (LA,PT) layouts that need them.

I’m surprised about the missing keys ("`^", "+*"), because I’m pretty sure that they were there when I posted my comment on Thursday!! (Either that, or I suck at comparing my keyboard with the render!). I get the feeling that something happened when recreating the render, and that the two keys next to the P are currently wrong (and should be the missing ones).

[Bonta]

No iso enter on Novelty δ, it's so sad 

 Ah yeah, damn  I wonder why?

Other than that, this whole set looks amazing. Thok and Rama keycaps? Damn it, I'm gonna have to get both...


Sorry, we simply didn't have time to think of another one as good as the balloon astronaut in the novelty β kits, didn't want to duplicate it, and given the size of the kits, a decision was made to trim in certain areas where possible :S feelsbadspaceman

Ah I see. Wouldn't have minded if you had just put the same balloon astronaut in the Space Debris novelty set since it does have some similar astronaut keys anyway! I think I'll be getting the Space Debris novelty set cause I like the space bar in it but it just means I won't be getting novelty ISO enter key unfortunately    This is one of the only sets where I will be getting the additional UK set for the ISO layout keys, since it is all separated nicely from the other international sets.

Just realised that with the Space Debris there is no space cats, so getting the Thok Space Kat would look random without that particular novelty set but oh well, the Thok Space Kat looks too good to pass up!

[Katydid]

Hello,

Sorry for my bad english guys

I just want to say that your set is amazing and I was really ready to buy a lot of sets to get the perfect keyboard in an iso french layout, really hard to find (especially the nouvel one). But finally I admitted it's really not possible for one reason : the third character is not present on numeric keys : the problem is that thoses characters are not much used (but are used anyway), so when you need it you really have to look at your keyboard to find them. So with this set it makes it difficult to be fast and I'm pretty sure it's impossible to remember the place of keys just a bit used. And it makes me sad !

[Bobatype]

I saw Blue Text Mods in the render pics, but not in the modifier list...is it available?

Sorry, it's no longer available. Based on preferences, text mods were the least popular and we had to trim some of our kits down, so the blue variant was cut.

Ah I see. Wouldn't have minded if you had just put the same balloon astronaut in the Space Debris novelty set since it does have some similar astronaut keys anyway! I think I'll be getting the Space Debris novelty set cause I like the space bar in it but it just means I won't be getting novelty ISO enter key unfortunately    This is one of the only sets where I will be getting the additional UK set for the ISO layout keys, since it is all separated nicely from the other international sets.

Just realised that with the Space Debris there is no space cats, so getting the Thok Space Kat would look random without that particular novelty set but oh well, the Thok Space Kat looks too good to pass up!

Yeah kinda went a bit crazy on novelties and yeah do realise inevitably some novelties will be liked on the other novelty kit instead of the other. We didn't want to cut out other fun novelties so we had to split them across two kits and make difficulty decisions on which went where.

No scooped F in the inverted alphas kits?

Sorry, we didn't include it... personal designers' preference towards barred homing keys and not really wanting to add another 1u. Based on the last poll from a while back I saw, the community has slight preference to barred homing keys. No one else really brought it up as a dealbreaker.

I'm sorry but SOUTH  α - SIRIUS | Spanish (EU, LA) Portuguese (EU) & Italian still wrong.
There are 3 "Ç" when only one on size 1U is needed on R2 (the one in R2 for example. The R3 1,5U and R4 are no needed).
There are 3 times now "´¨" (right accent and dieresis). only one size 1U is needed. (the one in R2 for example)
Miss "+*" (plus and asterisk simbols) key on R3 wich was on the render before at R3 (https://imgur.com/2HiKuKF)
Miss "`^" (left accent and caret^ ) at R3 between "P" and "+*" keys
There are 2 "B" keys at R1 don't know why.

This is the spanish layout i'm not explaining it well.
https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:KB_Spanish.svg

Feel free to ask what you need because this is an amazing set and i want it to be perfect.

I think the different ç keys are for the other (LA,PT) layouts that need them.

I’m surprised about the missing keys ("`^", "+*"), because I’m pretty sure that they were there when I posted my comment on Thursday!! (Either that, or I suck at comparing my keyboard with the render!). I get the feeling that something happened when recreating the render, and that the two keys next to the P are currently wrong (and should be the missing ones).

Thanks! You are both correct. Yes we did make errors when converting the production 2D file to renders, and the punctuation legends in the renders are wrong

The  2 extra "Ç" are for other layouts (ANSI and split backspace I believe (derived from Nopunin10did's KAT Napoleonic kitting https://diplomacyvariants.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/36-alphas-spanish-agustina.png)).
The extra "B" keys at R1 for Alice split layouts. All alphas in this set feature an extra "B"
The 2D production file is correct. Getting this kit render fixed ASAP. EDIT: Fixed



These are the references used for legends: http://kbdlayout.info/kbdsp ; http://kbdlayout.info/kbdpo ; http://kbdlayout.info/KBDLA/ ; http://kbdlayout.info/kbdit

Hello,

Sorry for my bad english guys

I just want to say that your set is amazing and I was really ready to buy a lot of sets to get the perfect keybord in an iso french layout, really hard to find (especially the nouvel one). But finally I admitted it's really not possible for one reason : the third character is not present on numeric keys : the problem is that thoses characters are not much used (but are used anyway), so when you need it you really have to look at your keyboard to find them. So with this set it makes it difficult to be fast and I'm pretty sure it's impossible to remember the place of keys just a bit used. A,d it makes me sad !

I'm sorry that the lack of third character makes the layouts hard to use! Having centered legends for keys makes it unfortunately not ideal to fit in a third character. I didn't really think this would be too problematic. Thinking forward, perhaps one way around this is perhaps considering front face legends on keycaps, but that's not a great solution either (nor is it something we can do for this GB at this stage at last notice).

Kitting corrections:

Row labels for Spacebar kit corrected to R1

Row label for Colemak+ kit backspaces corrected to R2 ; and correct Rows for alphas (they were aciddentally shifted down)

Punctuation legends for South kit corrected

Row labels for Gradient accent kit corrected for column coverage from R4 to R1


Imgur album of kits: https://imgur.com/a/pcfmCWq

[MortalKonga]

This looks awesome. I'll definitively be joining this GB. Thank you for making a set for us latins, they're so hard to find.

[Finite]

I hate myself so much right now since I'm just looking at the kits and just seeing myself building two boards with these kits rather than one... I need to stop myself before it's too late, I'm already looking at spending way more than I anticipated on this, lol.

[Macdamn]

I hate myself so much right now since I'm just looking at the kits and just seeing myself building two boards with these kits rather than one... I need to stop myself before it's too late, I'm already looking at spending way more than I anticipated on this, lol.

i'm on the same
Gotta Catch 'Em All!

[getriebesteuergeraet]

Row label for Colemak+ kit backspaces corrected to R2

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Hi! looking forward to the groupbuy tomorrow.
Shouldn't the row above the spacebar in the cosmonaut kit be row 1 instead of 2? Like in the kit pictures on https://imgur.com/a/pcfmCWq and the other alphas.

[Bobatype]

Row label for Colemak+ kit backspaces corrected to R2

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Hi! looking forward to the groupbuy tomorrow.
Shouldn't the row above the spacebar in the cosmonaut kit be row 1 instead of 2? Like in the kit pictures on https://imgur.com/a/pcfmCWq and the other alphas.

Ah yes it got corrected (https://i.imgur.com/9qkqeha.png), but i forgot to update my comment with the right image, so I'll do that now. That imgur album is most the up to date reference for rendered kits.

[SafeAtShore]

Man, this set looks great. But why are the 40s Icon Mods (Frontier) and 40s Text Mods (Free-Fall) different kits? Like, shouldn't both have the same caps? Also, I believe the row labels for Frontier are incorrect; from the top, it should go R3 --> R2 --> R1 for the rest.

[clickpig]

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ <sup>GIB


why does australia have to be a day ahead ;-;</sup>

[Bobatype]

Man, this set looks great. But why are the 40s Icon Mods (Frontier) and 40s Text Mods (Free-Fall) different kits? Like, shouldn't both have the same caps? Also, I believe the row labels for Frontier are incorrect; from the top, it should go R3 --> R2 --> R1 for the rest.

The core reason why, is that for all the Icon mods (not just 40s), we have to be more specific with the legend placements, whilst keeping in mind the colour gradient. This necessitates extra keys despite having the same coloured legend, to enable that the variations in placements of bottom row modifiers is flexible to different users.
Whereas for text mods (Space terminology, or Alien) we don't have to be specific, as those legends are more 'generic', so that means we don't need extra keys that simultaneously cater to both placement along the gradient and the function of the keys.

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ <sup>GIB


why does australia have to be a day ahead ;-;</sup>

Hehe soon!

Noticed minor error in renders.
The Spaether kit (inverted latin alphas) extra R2 Caps lock icon was duplicated, when in fact it should be a Ctrl icon (https://i.imgur.com/vjeNfKu.jpg) instead
The Frontier kit (40s icon) - rows go from R3 to R1 not from R4 (https://i.imgur.com/zxPJRjq.png)

[SafeAtShore]

Man, this set looks great. But why are the 40s Icon Mods (Frontier) and 40s Text Mods (Free-Fall) different kits? Like, shouldn't both have the same caps? Also, I believe the row labels for Frontier are incorrect; from the top, it should go R3 --> R2 --> R1 for the rest.

The core reason why, is that for all the Icon mods (not just 40s), we have to be more specific with the legend placements, whilst keeping in mind the colour gradient. This necessitates extra keys despite having the same coloured legend, to enable that the variations in placements of bottom row modifiers is flexible to different users.
Whereas for text mods (Space terminology, or Alien) we don't have to be specific, as those legends are more 'generic', so that means we don't need extra keys that simultaneously cater to both placement along the gradient and the function of the keys.

Sorry, should've worded that better. I was referring to the 1u delete key (I assume that's what it is) and arrow keys in the icon mods, which aren't there in the text mods, but I guess you're just using the text for all of those. Carry on.

Those row labels are still bothering me, though lol

[Bobatype]

Thanks! Row labels for 40s icon kit corrected. The 40s text kit rows were correct so I'm not sure how we missed it.

[clickpig]

Just ordered, can't wait for my little thok clacky boi to arrive
Absolutely stellar ^huehe set!

[deveth0]

Also just placed my order, relly looking forward to see the set!

[avp]

When does the UK GB go live??

[beast]

Ordered! ^_^

[Bobatype]

Just ordered, can't wait for my little thok clacky boi to arrive
Absolutely stellar ^huehe set!

Hehe thanks! I can't wait to get a little thok clacky kat too!

Also just placed my order, relly looking forward to see the set!

Thanks!

When does the UK GB go live??

I'm not sure, it should be sometime in the next 24 hours. Only EU: https://keygem.store/collections/kat-space-dust is currently live.
Will have to wait for Jae from Prototypist gets the page up. EDIT: https://prototypist.net/collections/live-group-buys/products/group-buy-kat-space-dust

Ordered! ^_^

Thanks!

Zeus is launching the sale for the KAT Space dust keycap braided cable, this will be a limited sale of 15 units. Consider checking it out!
https://zeusworks.eu/products/space-dust-braided-cable

The crucible Nebula variant of Keylabs.gg metal artisan with resin swirl infill is also up! https://keylabs.gg/shop/kat-space-dust-nebula/ 

[RoyalOak88]

Just finished placing my order and emptied my wallet  )

Great set bobasweatandtears! Really eager to receive mine.

[bkrownd]

Got mine ordered.  This GB is going to generate millions of $$$$$$

[Bobatype]

When does the UK GB go live??

It's now live in UK: https://prototypist.net/collections/live-group-buys/products/group-buy-kat-space-dust

EU Europe: https://keygem.store/collections/kat-space-dust
East non-EU Europe [Ukraine/Belarus/Russia]: https://groupbuy.funkeys.com.ua/kat_space_dust
Oceania [Australia/New Zealand]: https://dailyclack.com/products/kat-space-dust
https://dailyclack.com/products/kat-space-dust-deskmats

Just finished placing my order and emptied my wallet  )

Great set bobasweatandtears! Really eager to receive mine.

Got mine ordered.  This GB is going to generate millions of $$$$$$

Thanks! Pseudoalpaca and I put a lot of time and effort into the details of this set. It was a bit ambitious, but worth the time it took to really let develop, and we couldn't have done it without others helping us behind the scene from kitting to production file. Super glad we're now stepping into the GB phase. Cheers for your support throughout IC.

[Rumblethumps]

Just ordered mine and ended up getting a couple more kits than I expected, lol. Can't wait for them to arrive!!

[avp]

When does the UK GB go live??

It's now live: https://prototypist.net/collections/live-group-buys/products/group-buy-kat-space-dust

Thanks, saw it a little while ago. Just placing my order.