[GB] GMK Minimal 2 - Extras In Stock Now

[janglad]

Hey everyone!

In stock extras available here



With aftermarket prices for GMK Minimal soaring to well over 200% Ryan/Quaddepo and I felt it was time to offer you this classic again, better than ever! GMK Minimal 2 keeps all the things that made GMK Minimal great while adding new options we think you'll love!

Buy it here

I'm pleased to say we're once again working with these amazing vendors you've come to love from previous GBs. We've also added Deskhero for the Canadians among us! GMK Minimal will be available until September 2nd. Estimated shipping is Q2 2021.

• Dixiemech for the US
• iLumkb for Asia
• Deskhero for Canada
• Mykeyboard for the EU
• Dailyclack for Oceania
• Zfrontier for China
• Zfrontier for Asia

Design



GMK Minimal 2 keeps all that elements that made GMK Minimal so popular: modern text mods, a clean black on white colourway and affordable kit design. The white used is a perfect balance between the very bright WS2 and "old school" beige of CP, it also makes for a perfect matching to e-white boards! In addition to this we’ve also added the option for some alternate accents and used the new centred arrows to keep consistent with the centred text mods, more of which below!

Kit design

Standard



This is the bread and butter of any GMK set. The standard kits has compatibility for the all the most popular layouts in the community.

Numbers



Numbers adds compatibility for layouts with a numpad. It also includes the keys needed to outfit a 1800 style layout.

Addition



Addition adds options for a OS modified bottom row, 60%s with  arrows through the 2u shift, 660 layouts with the extra 2.25u shift, full ISO UK support and some options for different legends in the 65% and caps lock area.

Obscure



Obscure adds support for a wide variety of 40% keyboards, including ortholinear ones and Minivan type layouts. Included are the necessary modifiers and spacebars ranging from 1u to 3u. This kit also includes a second b key and the needed spacebars for split/ergonomic keyboards like the TGR Alice.

Command



Command is aimed at Mac users by adding correct legends for Command and Option keys.

Colour



People have always loved adding accents to GMK Minimal, so this time around we decided to offer them right in the GB! The Colour kit includes a fresh take on the classic RGB mods, a Dixie X and OG style arrows.

Mono



For those of you who really want to take the minimal theme to the ultimate level. As the name suggest mono strips all secondary legends from the keys giving your board a very appealing clean look.

Norde



This kit adds compatibility for ISO NO, SE, FL, DK, DE layouts. The kits includes a 125u Shift and ISO Enter meaning this is a one stop shop for all things Norde!

RAMA caps

Of course we couldn't launch this set without bringing back the Black X RAMA cap. This keycap is milled from a solid piece of brass and PVD coated to a flawless shiny finish. It features RAMA's X design which is filled in with enamel.

In addition to that we also decided to continue on the more playful trend the Colour accents introduced to this set by designing 3 new RAMA caps. These too are milled out of a single block of aluminium and e-coated for a durable finish. The caps feature simple, organic shapes filled in with enamel colour matched to the vivid accent colours found in the Colour kit.
Black PVD Brass





Red Square





Green Triangle





Blue Circle






Renders

910 RE by TGR





Scofield by Dixiemech





KBD67v2 MkII by KBDFans and Ai03





Fjell by Mekanisk





U80 by RAMA





Polaris by KBDfans, Ai03 and Kevinplus





Iron165 by Smith + Rune





Klippe by Mekanisk





Bauer by Dixiemech





Austin by Drifitingbunnies





268.2 by Noxary





KBD8xMkii by KBDfans x Ai03





M60 by RAMA





Dharma by Qoda Studio

[dvorcol]

GLWGB!

[Hyphen]

A Canadian proxy! Thank you! I'm in.

[titanium]

Are projected sales for GMK Minimal 2 low?

I can't help but feel a bit saddened that the base kit is the same $99.99 but has 6 less keys than round 1.

[janglad]

Are projected sales for GMK Minimal 2 low?

I can't help but feel a bit saddened that the base kit is the same $99.99 but has 6 less keys than round 1.

Combination of price hike in international shipping due to Covid making GMK to vendor shipping a lot more expensive and USD:EUR continuing to drop (like a 5-6% drop since GMK MoDo 2 happened). FYI the base kit is about $10 cheaper in the EU compared to MoDo 2.

[ScurySnek]

Wish the base kit was a bit bigger, but looks good! I'm in 

[titanium]

Appreciate the transparency!

[exzone]

Is there a MOQ on the kits?

[hottrout]

Ordered, no brainer, superb kit.

[TofuOrganic]

Thanks for running this! As someone else said, no brainer

[baggard]

is that a 1.5u function key in the addition kit and obscure kit?

[janglad]

is that a 1.5u function key in the addition kit and obscure kit?

The one in Addition is 175 for if you reprogram Caps Lock to Fn.

[titanium]

is that a 1.5u function key in the addition kit and obscure kit?

The one in Addition is 175 for if you reprogram Caps Lock to Fn.

Wait I thought the bottom row of the Addition kit has a 1u 'Alt' , 2 1.5u 'Super' and 1.5u 'Function' keys? Am I wrong? Might need to change my order if this is not real.

[janglad]

is that a 1.5u function key in the addition kit and obscure kit?

The one in Addition is 175 for if you reprogram Caps Lock to Fn.

Wait I thought the bottom row of the Addition kit has a 1u 'Alt' , 2 1.5u 'Super' and 1.5u 'Function' keys? Am I wrong? Might need to change my order if this is not real.

Ooh sorry yes, the R4 one is indeed 1.5u. The R3 one is 1.75u

[hottrout]

Also that RAMA X key.  I would love a dozen of those.

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Is there a MOQ on the kits?

There are MOQs, but I really don’t think theyre gonna be an issue.

[BioOrpheus]

Any updates on Mr Sleeves R2? Hope we get text mods for the Enter key on this round.

[janglad]

Numbers are a bit all over the place as these include numbers from both day mostly day 2 but also day 1 and 3. I didn't get day 1 numbers from all vendors but I'd estimate we sold about 400 Standard kits on day 1!

* Standard: 510
* Addition: 54
* Numbers: 81
* Colour: 242
* Mono: 57
* Command: 94
* Obscure: 109
* Norde: 14

Numbers are looking amazing so far, thanks for all the support!

Also interesting side note, the ratio of Norde:Addition is even higher atm than with MoDo in the EU. It's over 2:1 right now, probably even more considering people will also buy Addition for keys other than ISO UK. I thought this might have been a one time thing with MoDo cause Norde was such a good deal there but I guess we always overestimated ISO UK users/underestimated Norde users.

[jo h n]

Any updates on Mr Sleeves R2?

[janglad]

Any updates on Mr Sleeves R2?

I didn't run Sleeves, it's not up to me to rerun.

[dorf]

Numbers are a bit all over the place as these include numbers from both day mostly day 2 but also day 1 and 3. I didn't get day 1 numbers from all vendors but I'd estimate we sold about 400 Standard kits on day 1!

* Standard: 510
* Addition: 54
* Numbers: 81
* Colour: 242
* Mono: 57
* Command: 94
* Obscure: 109
* Norde: 14

Numbers are looking amazing so far, thanks for all the support!

Also interesting side note, the ratio of Norde:Addition is even higher atm than with MoDo in the EU. It's over 2:1 right now, probably even more considering people will also buy Addition for keys other than ISO UK. I thought this might have been a one time thing with MoDo cause Norde was such a good deal there but I guess we always overestimated ISO UK users/underestimated Norde users.

I am a user of NorDe and in this round also a buyer. I am grateful that you have chosen to include Norde even though numbers are always low.

[slywolfz]

Same here, even finding decent wob/bow caps with norde support is hard and with this kitting I had to jump on this. A bit sad about the colour kit not including big enters though.

[exzone]

Same here, I‘m in! Very grateful for this addition to a great set. Always a bit worried about the NorDe kits, hence my question about the MOQ.

[FireLock]

So happy you did this! Got my self Base+NorDe! Hopefully everything will be made!

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[janglad]

So happy you did this! Got my self Base+NorDe! Hopefully everything will be made!

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Everything will be made for sure, don't worry

[dvorcol]

[dvorcol]

[heliar_mk]

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Why these picture are so blurry :D :D

[dvorcol]

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Why these picture are so blurry :D :D

I would never call these renders.  Because of my graphing method, the images leave much to be desired.  Some look better than others due color interaction.

[Drakenocas]

I preordered mine while whistling Dixie.  [/color]

[ISOxSwap]

I don't see any difference with the arrows in accents vs base kit. =S

[Paddel06]

I don't see any difference with the arrows in accents vs base kit. =S

Base Kit are the new centered Dixie ones and Accent/Color are the original/normal GMK ones.

[ISOxSwap]

I don't see any difference with the arrows in accents vs base kit. =S

Base Kit are the new centered Dixie ones and Accent/Color are the original/normal GMK ones.

No they look the same

[Paddel06]

I don't see any difference with the arrows in accents vs base kit. =S

Base Kit are the new centered Dixie ones and Accent/Color are the original/normal GMK ones.

No they look the same

Look closer, it's especially visible on the down arrow.

[ISOxSwap]

I don't see any difference with the arrows in accents vs base kit. =S

Base Kit are the new centered Dixie ones and Accent/Color are the original/normal GMK ones.

No they look the same

Look closer, it's especially visible on the down arrow.

That's redonkelus... If any make up down as center as left right.

[janglad]

Updated numbers (not all of them are up to date, they're from 6 to 10 days into the GB)


* Standard: 899
* Addition: 99
* Numbers: 145
* Colour: 395
* Mono: 87
* Command: 134
* Obscure: 179
* Norde: 37

* RAMA Black: 260
* RAMA Red: 52
* RAMA Green: 43
* RAMA Blue: 55

Looking amazing, thanks again for all the support so far <3 3 Weeks left to buy it!

[titanium]

Mono being slept on... Fake minimalists among us

[dvorcol]

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Updated numbers (not all of them are up to date, they're from 6 to 10 days into the GB)


* Standard: 899
* Addition: 99
* Numbers: 145
* Colour: 395
* Mono: 87
* Command: 134
* Obscure: 179
* Norde: 37

* RAMA Black: 260
* RAMA Red: 52
* RAMA Green: 43
* RAMA Blue: 55

Looking amazing, thanks again for all the support so far <3 3 Weeks left to buy it!

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[bukowski]

Joined NorDe, Obscure and Standard.

Its really weird that the international community doesnt hop on the intl-kit. Did all you guys already give up on the correct legends on your ANSI-boards? :-(

Thanks as always to janglad/you guys from dixie for doing the Intl-Kit. I really appreciate it!

[dotcom]

Is one of the Backspace keys in the Obscure set 1.5u R1?

[bigapplepietart]

Stoked thast a Canadian vendor is on board!

[dvorcol]

Is one of the Backspace keys in the Obscure set 1.5u R1?

The Obscure kit doesn't have a 1.5u Backspace.

[xmaviik]

Hi, will there be any NORDEUK++ kit for the Minimal 2? Best Regards

[Rayndalf]

Is one of the Backspace keys in the Obscure set 1.5u R1?

There's a 1.5 u backspace in the base kit, it's the same row as |\

[MoarCoffeePlzzz]

Have you had any talks with GMK about getting the wrapping issues on their keys fixed before this goes into production?

[SuddenlyDonkey]

Dixie's site shows this GB closes Aug 30th. Is that correct, or is it Sept 2?

[BioOrpheus]

Is there a reason why we didn't get the Gold Rama X keycap for this round? Round 1 had it.

[DukeEsquire]

Is there a reason why we didn't get the Gold Rama X keycap for this round? Round 1 had it.

They don't usually like to repeat artisans.

[dvorcol]

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Numbers from Dixie's 8.14.2020 update.

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[janglad]

Numbers are up to date for most vendors


* Standard: 1245
* Addition: 138
* Numbers: 209
* Colour: 545
* Mono: 116
* Command: 170
* Obscure: 245
* Norde: 47

* RAMA Black: 364
* RAMA Red: 64
* RAMA Green: 52
* RAMA Blue: 70

A little under 2 weeks left to buy this guys! 

[dvorcol]

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Numbers are up to date for most vendors


* Standard: 1245
* Addition: 138
* Numbers: 209
* Colour: 545
* Mono: 116
* Command: 170
* Obscure: 245
* Norde: 47

* RAMA Black: 364
* RAMA Red: 64
* RAMA Green: 52
* RAMA Blue: 70

A little under 2 weeks left to buy this guys! 

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[dvorcol]

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[iamtienng]

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[janglad]

Almost all vendors are up to date this time!


* Standard: 1904
* Addition: 203
* Numbers: 286
* Colour: 796
* Mono: 157
* Command: 241
* Obscure: 349
* Norde: 73

* RAMA Black: 528
* RAMA Red: 98
* RAMA Green: 83
* RAMA Blue: 106

Just 3 days left to order!

[dvorcol]

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Almost all vendors are up to date this time!


* Standard: 1904
* Addition: 203
* Numbers: 286
* Colour: 796
* Mono: 157
* Command: 241
* Obscure: 349
* Norde: 73

* RAMA Black: 528
* RAMA Red: 98
* RAMA Green: 83
* RAMA Blue: 106

Just 3 days left to order!

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[janglad]

* Standard: 2405
* Addition: 268
* Numbers: 372
* Colour: 1037
* Mono: 189
* Command: 304
* Obscure: 429
* Norde: 96

* RAMA Black: 592
* RAMA Red: 113
* RAMA Green: 99
* RAMA Blue: 127


Last day to order guys!

[dvorcol]

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* Standard: 2405
* Addition: 268
* Numbers: 372
* Colour: 1037
* Mono: 189
* Command: 304
* Obscure: 429
* Norde: 96

* RAMA Black: 592
* RAMA Red: 113
* RAMA Green: 99
* RAMA Blue: 127


Last day to order guys!

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[dvorcol]

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[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

After extras kick in, Janglad will be at 15k base kits for 2020? (Modo light, modo2, mist, minimal r2?). Congrats to all.

[The.Ryan.Gamer]

Man, i'm sooo happy i got these. It's always cheaper in ilumkb! <3

Got base + Colors. I'd like to get Rama too, but i'm also planning to get GMK Posh, KAT Mizu and SA Bliss, i had to pass on Rama. Sucks to have limited budget. 

Grats on the GB. 

[janglad]

Man, i'm sooo happy i got these. It's always cheaper in ilumkb! <3

Got base + Colors. I'd like to get Rama too, but i'm also planning to get GMK Posh, KAT Mizu and SA Bliss, i had to pass on Rama. Sucks to have limited budget. 

Grats on the GB. 

Thanks man, those are some solid choices for other sets. Should be worth the trade off

After extras kick in, Janglad will be at 15k base kits for 2020? (Modo light, modo2, mist, minimal r2?). Congrats to all.

Wew I never thought about it like that, that's pretty insane! As always I'm amazed by all the support on my projects, onwards and upwards. I have a lot more cool stuff in the works!

[GarrettSucks]

Finally here with final numbers after waiting for everything to conclude with all vendors. Our final numbers without extras was actually higher than we thought.

Final Numbers w/o Extras

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Standard - 2,988
Addition - 314
Numbers - 448
Color - 1,301
Mono - 230
Command - 366
Obscure - 529
Norde - 106
Rama Black - 937
Rama Red Square - 187
Rama Green Triangle - 168
Rama Blue Circle - 214

Final Numbers w Extras
Standard - 5,043
Addition - 561
Numbers - 744
Color - 2,000
Mono - 427
Command - 615
Obscure - 784
Norde - 181
Rama Black - 1,075
Rama Red Square - 236
Rama Green Triangle - 217
Rama Blue Circle - 265

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

I’d underestimated: Minimal 5045, modo light 3008, modo2 7107, mist 1500 is 16,658 base kits for one designer in a 7 month stretch of 2020.

Left panel: you can’t just keep making hit after hit
Right panel: keycap machine go brrr

[dvorcol]

Final numbers

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Finally here with final numbers after waiting for everything to conclude with all vendors. Our final numbers without extras was actually higher than we thought.

Final Numbers w/o Extras

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Standard - 2,988
Addition - 314
Numbers - 448
Color - 1,301
Mono - 230
Command - 366
Obscure - 529
Norde - 106
Rama Black - 937
Rama Red Square - 187
Rama Green Triangle - 168
Rama Blue Circle - 214

Final Numbers w Extras
Standard - 5,043
Addition - 561
Numbers - 744
Color - 2,000
Mono - 427
Command - 615
Obscure - 784
Norde - 181
Rama Black - 1,075
Rama Red Square - 236
Rama Green Triangle - 217
Rama Blue Circle - 265

[janglad]

Hey everyone

We got the colour samples in! At first glance they were pretty close but we have decided to try and tweak the red and blue somewhat making the red a tad redder and more saturated and the blue lighter. Keep in mind colours change based on lighting conditions and such but I tried to portray them accurately in the pictures below (also smol Dharma leek)

[Prelim]

is there any GMK minimal set (WS1) but with icon mods? I'm trying to figure out if it was ever made, but can find it.

[TjarleN]

is there any GMK minimal set (WS1) but with icon mods? I'm trying to figure out if it was ever made, but can find it.

No, there was GMK Bleached last year which was WS2 with icon mods and there was an IC for GMK Paper some years ago which was WS1 with icon mods but the GB never happened as far as I know.

[Prelim]

thanks, let hope for a next GB with icon mods then 

[MMKB]

Personally I dig the R1 samples. Just hope that R2 samples won’t cause additional delay. I guess this GB is waiting in some sort of production queue at GMK

[janglad]

Small update: still waiting on the R2 colour samples but RAMA caps did arrive!

[worldtour]

Does that mean Rama-only orders will ship soon? Or are those samples?

[TjarleN]

Does that mean Rama-only orders will ship soon? Or are those samples?

That depends on the vendor.
Some vendors do ship Rama-only/deskmat-only orders before the rest of the GB items arrive and others ship once they receive everything that was part of the group buy.

[janglad]

Does that mean Rama-only orders will ship soon? Or are those samples?

Just confirmed with Omnitype specifically and they said they would! AFAIK most vendors do ship out RAMA/Deskmat only orders ahead of GB.

[Obstsalatjaa]

Did any region receive the set yet?
It's my first GB...

[itsmartin]

Did any region receive the set yet?
It's my first GB...

No. Check Omnitype’s website for progress, they recently received more colour samples and it’s not going to ship from GMK until after all the other sets that ran before it. Pono ran in July 2020 and is currently scheduled to ship in July, and given this ran in August it’ll come after that.

[Jo_hannes]

Did any region receive the set yet?
It's my first GB...

See there: https://omnitype.com/blogs/timelines/gmk-minimal-2
Currently scheduled for August/September delivery, but color matching is still going on, so my own realistic estimate is end of the year.
/Johannes

[GarrettSucks]

We have officially approved all three accent colors and are now just waiting our turn in line for production.

We have no new shipping estimate from our last one that said August to September shipping to customers.

[Jo_hannes]

Sounds terrific, fingers crossed! /Johannes

[GSV-CargoCult]

Omnitype is now saying Jan 22... Is that right?

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

https://omnitype.com/blogs/timelines/gmk-minimal-2

Here was the link that said January. I assume it’s right in that it won’t ship before this.

Btw: love that you get the estimate and the date it was given, because if it's still months out, and the update was months old...you then know it's wrong.

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Duplicate sorry

[honoka]

change the title. you are confusing people.

LIVE NOW

nope

[Domantas]

https://omnitype.com/blogs/timelines/gmk-minimal-2

Here was the link that said January. I assume it’s right in that it won’t ship before this.

Btw: love that you get the estimate and the date it was given, because if it's still months out, and the update was months old...you then know it's wrong.

January??  I am happy I have some keycaps, because this is soooo delayed. I feel like whatever next gmk keycap set is ordered it delays exponentially

[GSV-CargoCult]

Any updates on manufacturing?

[TjarleN]

Any updates on manufacturing?

"Estimated shipping date from the manufacturer has been updated to the week of January 24th (as of 1.7.2022)"
from: https://omnitype.com/blogs/timelines/gmk-minimal-2

[GSV-CargoCult]

 Estimated shipping date from the manufacturer has been updated to the week of January 31st (as of 1.21.2022)

[Domantas]

Estimated shipping date from the manufacturer has been updated to the week of January 31st (as of 1.21.2022)

Nice so its tommorow. Though oh boi gb was in 2020 if I am correct

[oilpapers]

Estimated shipping date from the manufacturer has been updated to the week of January 31st (as of 1.21.2022)

This is hilarious, 2 years for such a simple set? Keyboard people really do have more money than sense.

[Ensaum]

Estimated shipping date from the manufacturer has been updated to the week of January 31st (as of 1.21.2022)

This is hilarious, 2 years for such a simple set? Keyboard people really do have more money than sense.

When this set ran, GMK sets weren't taking 1.5 to 2 years to deliver. The excessive delays are a relatively new thing. Fwiw, I have stopped joining GMK gbs due to the delays.

[adigaforever]

Did any region receive the set yet?
It's my first GB...

Man this is hilarious, poor soul, it's not even been shipped to vendors yet XD

[Domantas]

Estimated shipping date from the manufacturer has been updated to the week of January 31st (as of 1.21.2022)

This is hilarious, 2 years for such a simple set? Keyboard people really do have more money than sense.

When this set ran, GMK sets weren't taking 1.5 to 2 years to deliver. The excessive delays are a relatively new thing. Fwiw, I have stopped joining GMK gbs due to the delays.

Similar here joining only on something extremely special like relegendables, but joining gmk gb these days is not fun

[Domantas]

Is it shipped?

[TjarleN]

+ Keycaps are in transit from the manufacturer's warehouse to our warehouse. All groupbuy orders are expected to be shipped in March 2022. (as of 2.18.2022)

From Omnitype website

[seikosis]

Any word on vendors selling extras?

[itsmartin]

They have to ship them first.

[TjarleN]

MyKeyboard started shipping Minimal 2 and will be selling extras soon.

[Liub]

Received shipping notification from zFrontier 

[darthcapn]

I mounted my set yesterday and looks like the Ramas are ws2 instead of ws, or atleast much closer to ws2 than ws1?

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[TjarleN]

I mounted my set yesterday and looks like the Ramas are ws2 instead of ws, or atleast much closer to ws2 than ws1?

I think every white Rama is using the same white. They use colors that are somewhat close but never really match. (Unless its like black maybe)
The infills are most times pretty accurate though.