Author Topic: [IC] Brown ISO Enter for SA True Retro (Read 14616 times)

flamf · « **on:** Mon, 22 June 2015, 09:30:47 »

Hi everybody
European members facetsesame and flamf have teamed up to offer the chance to buy a matching brown ISO enter keys to go with SA True Retro!

Only a lime ISO enter was made available in the CtrlAlt buy, so this is your chance to get the key to complete your set for ISO.

This will be a very limited offer, with a maximum of 25 keys manufactured.

We have a price quote from SP and the maximum price will be around US $9.50 excluding shipping. Note that this price includes import into the EU. Final price will be reduced if someone in the US can assist with shipping and we gather enough interest.

If you can help, or you'd just like some keys, let us know!

facetsesame & flamf

flamf · « **Reply #1 on:** Mon, 22 June 2015, 09:55:05 »

These are inspirational keys in the relevant colours in DCS profile alongside a blue SA profile key.

Baxter · « **Reply #2 on:** Mon, 22 June 2015, 10:43:54 »

Go on then, consider me down for two.

facetsesame · « **Reply #3 on:** Mon, 22 June 2015, 10:48:19 »

That was quick! Cheers Baxter!

Here's the spec of the keys in detail:

Quote

Family: SA
Row: 3
Size: standard ISO enter key
Mount: Cherry MX
Material: ABS
Key color: TBN
Legend color: WCK
Legend type: two shot molded, standard Gorton text
Legend text: RETURN

Baxter · « **Reply #4 on:** Mon, 22 June 2015, 10:57:40 »

Do we have any say on the alignment? I do like the DCS pictured above with the text in the center of the upper lobe rather than the SA one.

facetsesame · « **Reply #5 on:** Mon, 22 June 2015, 12:30:01 »

Quote from: Baxter on Mon, 22 June 2015, 10:57:40

Do we have any say on the alignment? I do like the DCS pictured above with the text in the center of the upper lobe rather than the SA one.

Great question. The intention is for the text vertically aligned with the centre of wider, top row of the key, just like the DCS cap pictured.

This is consistent with the design for the lime key. SP have made ISO enters with this legend alignment for other buys, so I'm sure this will be fine.

dezoe · « **Reply #6 on:** Mon, 22 June 2015, 12:45:06 »

I´m in for at least 2

thelectronicnub · « **Reply #7 on:** Mon, 22 June 2015, 13:41:30 »

I'd be happy to assist with shipping if you need me to, I'm in California

flamf · « **Reply #8 on:** Mon, 22 June 2015, 13:44:40 »

That sound great electronicnub.
You're looking at taking delivery from Signature Plastics and breaking down into probably no more than 8-12 parcels all going to the EU.
I'll stay in touch.

andy.woolterton.1 · « **Reply #9 on:** Mon, 22 June 2015, 13:49:29 »

Count me in for 1 too.

Now I just need some way of getting a uk petsci 2 key with " and I am good to go...

flabbergast · « **Reply #10 on:** Mon, 22 June 2015, 16:29:49 »

Ah, hell. I already invested way more than I probably should have into this ... and I don't have any ISO keyboard ... but ... well ... I'm in for one anyway.

TheWG · « **Reply #11 on:** Mon, 22 June 2015, 17:00:56 »

I'm interested in 3. I'm really sceptical that I will like the lime enter so this is a nice opportunity to get something else.

Baxter · « **Reply #12 on:** Mon, 22 June 2015, 17:33:10 »

Quote from: facetsesame on Mon, 22 June 2015, 12:30:01

Quote from: Baxter on Mon, 22 June 2015, 10:57:40
Do we have any say on the alignment? I do like the DCS pictured above with the text in the center of the upper lobe rather than the SA one.
Great question. The intention is for the text vertically aligned with the centre of wider, top row of the key, just like the DCS cap pictured.

This is consistent with the design for the lime key. SP have made ISO enters with this legend alignment for other buys, so I'm sure this will be fine.

That sounds great facetsesame you're obviously way ahead of me, can only be a good thing

Arvid · « **Reply #13 on:** Tue, 23 June 2015, 01:29:21 »

I am interested in one.

flamf · « **Reply #14 on:** Tue, 23 June 2015, 04:08:19 »

Update:
We've got show of hands for 15 of the caps so far, including organizers.
Also, a friendly US member has offered to assist with shipping, so we can probably take import duties out of the picture.
We should be sorted by the end of next week and put the order in at SP, with a production time of 8-12 weeks and then ship and re-ship.

flamf · « **Reply #15 on:** Tue, 23 June 2015, 06:04:16 »

Quote from: flabbergast on Mon, 22 June 2015, 16:29:49

Ah, hell. I already invested way more than I probably should have into this ... and I don't have any ISO keyboard ... but ... well ... I'm in for one anyway.

The spirit of this buy, I don't have a board for this keyset either

flamf · « **Reply #16 on:** Tue, 23 June 2015, 06:05:56 »

Quote from: TheWG on Mon, 22 June 2015, 17:00:56

I'm interested in 3. I'm really sceptical that I will like the lime enter so this is a nice opportunity to get something else.

Shouldn't be problem getting three, we expect coming out with spares in the end. But this set is worth it for sure

Slavfot · « **Reply #17 on:** Tue, 23 June 2015, 08:45:47 »

I'm in for one!

simbloke · « **Reply #18 on:** Tue, 23 June 2015, 13:15:56 »

I'll go for one. Just in case I don't like lime

Oobly · « **Reply #19 on:** Tue, 23 June 2015, 19:59:37 »

Me too, please!

ctrlX · « **Reply #20 on:** Thu, 25 June 2015, 05:06:08 »

Nice initiative! Since I canceled my Modern Selectric order (ISO Nordic set did not tip

). I have some more key cap funds. So I'm in for 1.

Arvid · « **Reply #21 on:** Tue, 07 July 2015, 03:21:47 »

Any updates on this?

flamf · « **Reply #22 on:** Tue, 07 July 2015, 05:15:36 »

Yes, just a bit of shutdown and Holidays keeping us off.
We're working things out with thelectronicnub, who has very kindly offered to handle shipping and payment collection. He's got an ongoing buy demanding his attention right now (MX Locks), so as soon as that is cleared we'll get this going. Orders for his buy closed yesterday, July 6th, so within the next week or two we should have this organised and priced out.

Price should be in the range of 7-8.5$/cap + 7-8$ shipping and handling.

We've got 9 keycaps left between us two organizers if everyone follow through, so if anyone is interested in 1 or 2 more, let us know.

cheers
flamf

flamf · « **Reply #23 on:** Sun, 19 July 2015, 16:15:19 »

Hi everyone
Looking forward to receiving SA Retro over here

Regarding this add-on, Signature Plastics are backed up with orders on their SA tooling until end of August, giving us a slot for this the first week of September.
So we'll start collection probably in a few weeks time, which also gives theelectronicnub good time to get his previous business out of the way.

We're confirmed for 25 caps @6.27$, excluding shipping from SP, but should come out at around 7$ a piece.

thelectronicnub will let us know in details regarding confirmation and payment in due time.

cheers
flamf

Arvid · « **Reply #24 on:** Sun, 19 July 2015, 18:58:08 »

Great!

Oobly · « **Reply #25 on:** Tue, 04 August 2015, 04:58:06 »

Sounds good, thank you for organising this!

andy.woolterton.1 · « **Reply #26 on:** Thu, 03 September 2015, 02:32:28 »

Hi, I appreciate there may not be any news yet, I am very excited by the recent pics of the main Retro sets, is this group buy still set to go ahead?

Thanks for your efforts
Andy

flamf · « **Reply #27 on:** Thu, 03 September 2015, 11:40:25 »

Hi guys, it's still very on. We got pushed back, because of the lack of brown plastic and more recently Carbon SA. But facetsesame has taken it upon him to order and pay upfront for the whole lot of 25, so expect an update soonish.

theelectronicnub, who will kindly be taking care of distribution and shipping from the US will receive all 25 keys as soon as SP can make them.
We'll set up a registration and payment form, once we have a confirmed order with SP.

Cheers
flamf

flamf · « **Reply #28 on:** Thu, 03 September 2015, 15:25:27 »

Preliminary shipping date from SP no sooner than October 19th

andy.woolterton.1 · « **Reply #29 on:** Thu, 03 September 2015, 16:38:13 »

Many thanks for the update

flamf · « **Reply #30 on:** Mon, 07 September 2015, 02:52:33 »

Order payed and secured, shipping out on October 19th. I'll post a link to a registration form shortly.

Cheers
flamf

flamf · « **Reply #31 on:** Fri, 11 September 2015, 06:43:15 »

Here's the link to the registration/order form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RFOYUNgaxsQcWfEdk8oycr3oL1SsdyPH3pxBZZn2Mb4/viewform?c=0&w=1

Please do not hesitate to ask questions, and if you want to acquire 1 or 2 more caps than originally stated, that can probably be accomodated.

All the best, looking forward to seing the Retro set and this live

flamf, facetsesame & theelectronicnub

azhdar · « **Reply #32 on:** Fri, 11 September 2015, 07:03:59 »

Very interested I'll wait to receive the actual caps to make up my mind on this.

Thanks for doing it regardless of me buying it or not.

thelectronicnub · « **Reply #33 on:** Tue, 20 October 2015, 22:45:28 »

all invoices have been sent out, any paid orders will be shipped out as soon as i receive the keys. please note that we are not responsible for lost or damaged keys, however we will help out to the extent that we can

Oobly · « **Reply #34 on:** Wed, 21 October 2015, 01:27:30 »

Invoice paid...

Glad you were able to get SP to make these so quickly, their SA profile molds are seeing a lot of use right now.

thelectronicnub · « **Reply #35 on:** Sat, 24 October 2015, 11:48:52 »

all invoices that have been paid have had a shipping label printed, the caps will be going out monday.

andy.woolterton.1 · « **Reply #36 on:** Thu, 05 November 2015, 03:17:14 »

Mine arrived last night, it looks great. Many thanks for organising this.

flamf · « **Reply #37 on:** Thu, 05 November 2015, 13:12:56 »

Hi guys, hope you're enjoying your sets out there! And if you're still waiting just hang in there for a tiny bit.
Now, I also just received my Brown ISO keys, and there's a quite obvious issue:

We DID order the keys with the correct text 'RETURN', so the error is on Signature Plastics. I'm fairly certain that we're entitled to replacements free of charge, and facetsesame, who handled the whole business with SP, will get in touch with them ASAP.
Unfortunately, shipping to participants is on our end, so you'll have to cover the cost of this yourselves. I'm hoping the we can talk theelectronicnub into helping us out again, since he did a fantistic job handling. I got my enter keys 6 days after the set, so I'm no rush to get the accurate keys and I'm guessing we'll have to be patient (still) as there is no shortage of SA action over at SP

cheers
flamf

Oobly · « **Reply #38 on:** Fri, 06 November 2015, 02:17:32 »

Quote from: flamf on Thu, 05 November 2015, 13:12:56

Hi guys, hope you're enjoying your sets out there! And if you're still waiting just hang in there for a tiny bit.
Now, I also just received my Brown ISO keys, and there's a quite obvious issue:
(Attachment Link)

We DID order the keys with the correct text 'RETURN', so the error is on Signature Plastics. I'm fairly certain that we're entitled to replacements free of charge, and facetsesame, who handled the whole business with SP, will get in touch with them ASAP.
Unfortunately, shipping to participants is on our end, so you'll have to cover the cost of this yourselves. I'm hoping the we can talk theelectronicnub into helping us out again, since he did a fantistic job handling. I got my enter keys 6 days after the set, so I'm no rush to get the accurate keys and I'm guessing we'll have to be patient (still) as there is no shortage of SA action over at SP

cheers
flamf

Oh man, that's a bit of a mistake on their part... Anyway, thanks for the update, happy to pay the shipping again. Hope they can fit them in in between Carbon sets somehow.

flabbergast · « **Reply #39 on:** Fri, 06 November 2015, 06:37:48 »

I got the "Enter". Thanks for running this! If there would be the corrected "Return", I also wouldn't mind paying the extra shipping.

thelectronicnub · « **Reply #40 on:** Fri, 06 November 2015, 10:28:06 »

Quote from: flabbergast on Fri, 06 November 2015, 06:37:48

I got the "Enter". Thanks for running this! If there would be the corrected "Return", I also wouldn't mind paying the extra shipping.

all keys that I have currently and have shipped out all have the enter legend. I'll be putting up a form for those of you who want replacements soon

thelectronicnub · « **Reply #41 on:** Mon, 09 November 2015, 18:01:39 »

for those of you who would like replacements, please fill out this form

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13EjrnaXXxIO38zUhEfOCpr2SD8sFggi13-eKQ34P67M/

flamf · « **Reply #42 on:** Tue, 10 November 2015, 05:54:07 »

Signature Plastics will be making our 'True' True Retro Brown ISO RETURN keys early next week

They'll ship directly to theelectronicnub, who should have them in hand by the end of next week. Please allow him some time to handle this, as he just a friendly guy helping us out over here in ISO-land

flamf · « **Reply #43 on:** Tue, 10 November 2015, 05:54:51 »

Also, I pass along apologies for the mistake from SP, they are pushing this as a priority for them.

andy.woolterton.1 · « **Reply #44 on:** Tue, 10 November 2015, 12:43:43 »

Thanks for the updates, it's much appreciated, together with everyone involved's effort.

flamf · « **Reply #45 on:** Fri, 13 November 2015, 01:58:09 »

The replacements came through on maximum overdrive. True True Retro 'RETURN' keys arrived yesterday, and are ready to ship out from theelectronicnub
Cheers!

Oobly · « **Reply #46 on:** Fri, 13 November 2015, 02:15:08 »

I just noticed the form and filled it, hope it's enough that I mentioned I wanted it before they were made.

flamf · « **Reply #47 on:** Fri, 13 November 2015, 02:20:40 »

Quote from: Oobly on Fri, 13 November 2015, 02:15:08

I just noticed the form and filled it, hope it's enough that I mentioned I wanted it before they were made.

Absolutely, I haven't confirmed this, but I certainly think they sent out replacements for the full 25 keys that were originally ordered.

flamf · « **Reply #48 on:** Fri, 13 November 2015, 02:22:15 »

Quote from: Oobly on Fri, 13 November 2015, 02:15:08

I just noticed the form and filled it, hope it's enough that I mentioned I wanted it before they were made.

In other words, theelectronicnub should now have 30+ Brown ISO RETURN & ENTER keys in stock

ctrlX · « **Reply #49 on:** Fri, 13 November 2015, 17:01:17 »

Oh shoot. It is Friday and it is late... For some strange reason I filled out the replacement form. My mistake as I have not received my cap. Then it struck me. Did I even sign the original form? I know I expressed interest by posting a reply in this thread. Is there anyway of checking if I filled out the original form?

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Author Topic: [IC] Brown ISO Enter for SA True Retro (Read 14616 times)