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Offline Sythe

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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō (GB over!)
« Reply #350 on: Wed, 26 June 2019, 21:52:04 »
Glad to hear its getting closer to arriving.

The price drop thing is a mess, even with how Massdrop have done it in the past. A lot of people have had issues with payment due to how it works.

Someone needs to find a better solution before others would be able to implement it.
And even if they did, for sets outside of what is on Massdrop, I'd say that this sets volume is an outlier, so even if someone were to figure out a good method, how often would it actually be used?

Adding more caps is a simpler work around for both sides.

Offline AlcoholEnthusiast

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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō (GB over!)
« Reply #351 on: Thu, 27 June 2019, 00:55:44 »
Idk I would argue that sets will be selling this much a lot moving forward. Look at all the recent sets - Jamon sold 846, Oblivion is at almost 2200 base kits sold, Metro did over 1000, etc. With the influx people into the hobby I think sets will start to sell more and more moving forward.

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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō (GB over!)
« Reply #352 on: Thu, 27 June 2019, 05:43:00 »
Where was metro sold? The other 2 are Massdrop unless I'm mistaken which has always had the highest volumes. 
Non-massdrop group buys in the past haven't had as high numbers from memory.

If that is to change and the group buys run on here or other forums etc, start hitting the big price drop order quantities it'll be up to the group buy runners on how to handle it.
Partial refund to everyone or only charging at the end of the group buy period brings with it a different host of problems, especially when there are multiple vendors who are involved in taking orders.

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« Reply #353 on: Thu, 27 June 2019, 10:09:57 »
Where was metro sold? The other 2 are Massdrop unless I'm mistaken which has always had the highest volumes. 
Non-massdrop group buys in the past haven't had as high numbers from memory.

If that is to change and the group buys run on here or other forums etc, start hitting the big price drop order quantities it'll be up to the group buy runners on how to handle it.
Partial refund to everyone or only charging at the end of the group buy period brings with it a different host of problems, especially when there are multiple vendors who are involved in taking orders.

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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō (GB over!)
« Reply #354 on: Thu, 27 June 2019, 12:06:25 »
As long as we get extra caps I'm happy. Having an extra $10 is nice but the caps are usually worth way more.
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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō (GB over!)
« Reply #355 on: Thu, 27 June 2019, 22:39:53 »
Yeah extra caps seems to be the only way to legitimately make it work. Maybe gift certificates to the proxy for future orders? Idk

Offline mrpetrov

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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō (GB over!)
« Reply #356 on: Tue, 09 July 2019, 16:46:18 »
Hey folks, just checking in to see if there's been an update on the second set of samples and how they compared to the first?

Also keen for any update re the bento macropad?

Thanks!

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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō (GB over!)
« Reply #357 on: Wed, 10 July 2019, 04:50:03 »
Hey folks, just checking in to see if there's been an update on the second set of samples and how they compared to the first?

Also keen for any update re the bento macropad?

Thanks!

This thread has been surprisingly quiet update-wise, especially considering its success. Delivery has been pushed back to August, the reason being "colour matching takes time", but we haven't seen further samples since the first round quite a long time ago.
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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō (GB over!)
« Reply #358 on: Thu, 11 July 2019, 02:26:49 »
Hey folks, just checking in to see if there's been an update on the second set of samples and how they compared to the first?

Also keen for any update re the bento macropad?

Thanks!

Third batch has been approved.
The colors aren't representative enough imo on a pic, but the IRL result is accurate :thumb:

Offline Sythe

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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō (GB over!)
« Reply #359 on: Thu, 11 July 2019, 03:47:27 »
Third batch has been approved.
The colors aren't representative enough imo on a pic, but the IRL result is accurate :thumb:

So, does that mean we can still expect it sometime in August?

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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō (GB over!)
« Reply #360 on: Thu, 11 July 2019, 03:48:43 »
Third batch has been approved.
The colors aren't representative enough imo on a pic, but the IRL result is accurate :thumb:

So, does that mean we can still expect it sometime in August?

Yes definitely :) The set is the production queue!

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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō (GB over!)
« Reply #361 on: Fri, 12 July 2019, 08:36:30 »
Hey folks, just checking in to see if there's been an update on the second set of samples and how they compared to the first?

Also keen for any update re the bento macropad?

Thanks!

Third batch has been approved.
The colors aren't representative enough imo on a pic, but the IRL result is accurate :thumb:

Will you be posting those photos though? It would still be nice to see them.

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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō (GB over!)
« Reply #362 on: Fri, 12 July 2019, 10:42:32 »
Hey folks, just checking in to see if there's been an update on the second set of samples and how they compared to the first?

Also keen for any update re the bento macropad?

Thanks!

Third batch has been approved.
The colors aren't representative enough imo on a pic, but the IRL result is accurate :thumb:

Will you be posting those photos though? It would still be nice to see them.

I'll shoot that this week-end :thumb:
i just received the Rama keycaps 👀

Offline yur1orlov

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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō (GB over!)
« Reply #363 on: Fri, 12 July 2019, 10:47:52 »
Thanks for the update, super excited for this set
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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō (GB over!)
« Reply #364 on: Sun, 14 July 2019, 08:08:53 »
Final color samples + Rama Bentō Alu keycap




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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō (GB over!)
« Reply #365 on: Sun, 14 July 2019, 08:24:15 »
ooohh looking good

are you happy with it?

Offline Zacharius

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« Reply #366 on: Sun, 14 July 2019, 08:45:44 »
ooohh looking good

are you happy with it?
I’d say he is since he moved to production. The colors look fantastic!


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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō (GB over!)
« Reply #367 on: Sun, 14 July 2019, 09:23:00 »
ooohh looking good

are you happy with it?

Yes the color are really sweet IRL :) It was worth the wait!

Offline phunktional

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« Reply #368 on: Sun, 14 July 2019, 09:44:15 »
Final color samples + Rama Bentō Alu keycap

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Amazing! Thanks for your patience with samples it is worth the wait!!


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Offline kidpid

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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō (GB over!)
« Reply #369 on: Sun, 14 July 2019, 13:12:29 »
I'm not sure if it's just the picture, but both of those pinks/salmons look way too red.

Offline NimbleTortoise

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« Reply #370 on: Sun, 14 July 2019, 14:07:05 »
Not part of the GB but the pink and blue looks quite saturated in the samples. Maybe it's just the camera and light but the renders have a far more muted look which I think is better.

Offline gminso

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« Reply #371 on: Sun, 14 July 2019, 14:29:47 »
was late for purchase but found extra sets online, saw the final samples, now I am in. :thumb:

Offline kakiharaOne

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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō (GB over!)
« Reply #372 on: Sun, 14 July 2019, 14:30:36 »
Not part of the GB but the pink and blue looks quite saturated in the samples. Maybe it's just the camera and light but the renders have a far more muted look which I think is better.

I think it might just be the lighting. Even comparing the two, the top photo is much darker than the bottom. Comparing the renders and these photos, it does seem like the renders are more muted.

Quick hack job:


Either way, I don't think I'll be disappointed when they arrive.

Offline NimbleTortoise

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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō (GB over!)
« Reply #373 on: Sun, 14 July 2019, 16:59:10 »
The pic you posted actually makes the difference look bigger. The blue lacks the greenish teal tint of the original. Not sure how to describe the red, it's lighter in the render but still decent.

Offline Arithmetics

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« Reply #374 on: Mon, 15 July 2019, 00:54:02 »
yes hopefully that teal doesnt go away

Offline ZyBeR

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« Reply #375 on: Mon, 15 July 2019, 08:09:15 »
I have to agree, renders looks way better.

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« Reply #376 on: Mon, 15 July 2019, 08:41:58 »
That's why I didn't want to shoot the samples. Depending on the DSLR and the (natural) lighting, you can get so many different (and inaccurate) results.
I sent a few of these samples to get some other points of view and people were happy with the colors tho.

Anyways, keep in mind that a picture of samples is not necessarily that representative of the final (IRL) result.

In the top of that, halftones like that are, according to GMK, tough to adjust. It took weeks to achieve to suitable samples.
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Offline Zacharius

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« Reply #377 on: Mon, 15 July 2019, 16:38:22 »
That's why I didn't want to shoot the samples. Depending on the DSLR and the (natural) lighting, you can get so many different (and inaccurate) results.
I sent a few of these samples to get some other points of view and people were happy with the colors tho.

Anyways, keep in mind that a picture of samples is not necessarily that representative of the final (IRL) result.

In the top of that, halftones like that are, according to GMK, tough to adjust. It took weeks to achieve to suitable samples.
Cheers man. I’m hype for it to get in!


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« Reply #378 on: Sat, 20 July 2019, 16:50:09 »
Time to send a cease & desist letter to adidas, biip.
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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō
« Reply #381 on: Wed, 24 July 2019, 22:59:52 »
wow i really missed out on this

Offline Rayndalf

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« Reply #382 on: Thu, 25 July 2019, 04:28:48 »
wow i really missed out on this
Its too early know. Extras will be available, likely from multiple vendors... otherwise if you don't mind paying an extra $50 (or whatever the market decides) plenty of people either bought sets they no longer have a use for, or bought extra.

Thats what I tell myself anyway... especially since there are too many great sets coming out (especially these last few months) and I'm sitting here waiting on $600 worth of Bento  :-[

Offline echineko

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« Reply #383 on: Wed, 31 July 2019, 21:41:09 »
Did anyone else see these for sale briefly at Zfrontier? I hopped on it and completed the transaction only for it to get refunded.

Glitch or out of stock again?

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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō
« Reply #384 on: Wed, 31 July 2019, 21:44:32 »
Did anyone else see these for sale briefly at Zfrontier? I hopped on it and completed the transaction only for it to get refunded.

Glitch or out of stock again?
Probably a glitch since shipping hasn't even begun yet.
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Offline dunkzilla

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« Reply #385 on: Fri, 02 August 2019, 09:47:46 »
Candy Keys have theirs and are starting to ship it seems.

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« Reply #386 on: Fri, 02 August 2019, 09:52:24 »
We just got our shipping notification. We should get ours on August 16. The following week we will begin packaging and shipping. After all GB orders are shipped, we will put up the extras.

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« Reply #387 on: Fri, 02 August 2019, 09:54:46 »
We just got our shipping notification. We should get ours on August 16. The following week we will begin packaging and shipping. After all GB orders are shipped, we will put up the extras.

Any updates on the Nano's?

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« Reply #388 on: Fri, 02 August 2019, 09:57:03 »
We just got our shipping notification. We should get ours on August 16. The following week we will begin packaging and shipping. After all GB orders are shipped, we will put up the extras.

Any updates on the Nano's?

End of the month!

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« Reply #389 on: Fri, 02 August 2019, 09:57:50 »
Candy Keys have theirs and are starting to ship it seems.

Wow. Where'd you get the news?
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« Reply #390 on: Fri, 02 August 2019, 10:00:48 »
Candy Keys have theirs and are starting to ship it seems.

Wow. Where'd you get the news?

Instagram.
I also received my kits. Will take pics this week-end!

Offline flying1911

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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō
« Reply #391 on: Fri, 02 August 2019, 10:12:50 »
Nice! Just saw CandyKeys' Instagram post. The pink looks great, but I expected the blue to be more saturated, which is what I thought after seeing the final approved sample. But of course, I'll save my judgement for when more pics are up.
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« Reply #392 on: Fri, 02 August 2019, 11:33:42 »
For those who are not following candykey, this is the picture  :p

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« Reply #393 on: Fri, 02 August 2019, 13:19:21 »

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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō
« Reply #394 on: Fri, 02 August 2019, 13:36:57 »
The blue def appears to be a lot different. Still very pretty though.

Offline phunktional

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« Reply #395 on: Fri, 02 August 2019, 13:49:27 »
The blue def appears to be a lot different. Still very pretty though.
I was expecting a much deeper blue.

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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō
« Reply #396 on: Fri, 02 August 2019, 14:05:10 »
Me 2

Offline AlcoholEnthusiast

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« Reply #397 on: Fri, 02 August 2019, 14:08:04 »
I was expected a more muted blue. But I'll hold judgment until we get these in hands, that lighting didn't look natural.

Offline synchromatik

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« Reply #398 on: Sun, 04 August 2019, 10:31:34 »
yeah same, hope that's post processed to hell and back.

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Re: [GB] GMK Bentō
« Reply #399 on: Sun, 04 August 2019, 12:08:01 »
Waiting .... waiting .... hope it will arrive fast