Author Topic: [Interest Check - CLOSED] Doubleshot Novelty Keys [ORDER THREAD UP] (Read 64942 times)

RColinTaylor · « **on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 10:17:57 »

As of 5pm on the 25th of October, 2011, we will not be doing Starwars keys because of copyright reasons. I would still like to thank Hazeluff for taking the time to redesign the images and give us a fighting chance at having them used. Sorry for all of those who wanted them but we still have other awesome keys.

News everyone! (October 24th)

Expect orders to open up by about Monday; after that we will take orders for ~2-3 weeks and then the payments will be sent and the caps ordered.

October 21st, 2011 UPDATE:

I have sent out an email to Melissa to get some color-tabs so we can finalize the colors for some of the keys/so I can get an idea of what we will be getting.
The most important thing is that everyone continues to voice their opinion for different keys. I want to hear what YOU want to buy and, based on some of the things addressed in the post, which version of keys you guys want the most.
There has been some desire for not only a Black on Yellow 'Awesome Face' but also a White on Red 'Awesome Face' so that is now an option too. I personally like both and intend to get both but its up to y'all to make it happen.
Our timeline is loosely based on taking orders in/around the first week of November and having the order for the keys placed by the end of November. The goal is to have the keys either in peoples' hands by January 1st or en route to their houses by then.

I will continue to do my best in updating you guys on what is coming and responding to feedback as to what is actually wanted from this buy. Its a complex buy in that there are a lot of keys but they all share similar demographics so that shouldn't be a problem. If there are any questions feel free to PM me or ask them in a post below; I am always willing to do my best to give an answer.

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I am going to throw this out now and then evaluate whether or not it would be worthwhile. [I changed my mind: Its totally worthwhile]

I have seen some interest for several of the Group Buy Round Three novelty keys and, with Round Four still being reshaped, I wanted to check to gauge the interest among the community as to whether or not people would be interested in a buy for one, or more, of these keys. Several of these keys, like the Vim key and the SC2 key set, have already been organized recently so please do ignore those.

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As of right now I am considering the following for the buy, but there is still a lot of time before I want to start making this super super super real:

LOD (Left or Right)
Awesome Face
Jolly Roger
Nuclear
Lotus
Japan
White Keyboard
Escaping w/ Keyboard

If there are those not on this list that you really really want then make a case for them in the forums below; otherwise, voice your desire of any of the individual keys to promote the wellbeing of this buy.

A couple of things to address:

ONE! The 'Awesome Face' cap has the capacity to be in any color you all shall choose. I am defaulting it as Yellow but there have been some grumblings for a Red Awesome Face. As with any cap I don't want to create inner-conflicts that would decrease the amount purchased and, therefore, restrict the capacity for a lower price.

TWO! Another cap with some differing opinions is the LOD, Look of Disapproval, which based on the original buy was done 'backwards' where in the face is looking to the left, and not to the right. It is up to you all to pick the orientation of the LOD: Do you want it looking Left or looking Right? I will not be doing both and the default will be whatever SP makes with the SVG's we give them. I like both, I like all keycaps, but you guys are ultimately the buyers and the audience and therefore have the say in how you want your products.

spolia optima · « **Reply #1 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 10:28:02 »

very interested

ekw808 · « **Reply #2 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 10:33:21 »

I may be interested in that white/red lotus flower cap

csm725 · « **Reply #3 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 11:02:06 »

Awesome / Disapproval, if not others, yes.

whiskerBox · « **Reply #4 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 11:04:41 »

skull mod, koelsch mod, nuke, geekhack backspace. yes yes yes

RColinTaylor · « **Reply #5 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 11:06:13 »

Quote from: whiskerBox;435287

skull mod, koelsch mod, nuke, geekhack backspace. yes yes yes

Which one is the Koelsch?

RColinTaylor · « **Reply #6 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 11:13:37 »

Quote from: ripster;435293

I'd like a LOD with the right orientation.

ಠ_ಠ

Yea, I was thinking about just doing a reverse of the SVG so it comes out the correct way in the mould.

csm725 · « **Reply #7 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 11:26:35 »

LOD *and* Awesome Face
Please please please!

demik · « **Reply #8 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 11:29:57 »

Lotus, LOD, Japan flag, skull, awesome face. Id like all those

7bit · « **Reply #9 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 11:44:01 »

Quote from: RColinTaylor;435288

Which one is the Koelsch?

It was a modifier key as an alternative to ALT with the label KÖLSCH on it. (Alt and Kölsch are 2 similar sorts of beer).

Just make a KOELSCH125 and a KOELSCH150 and maybe a KOELSCH100 for the POS folks.

peda · « **Reply #10 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 11:48:41 »

Quiet a few interesting ones.

Especially the commodore, tux, lotus and awesome face.

7bit · « **Reply #11 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 12:08:15 »

Quote from: ripster;435343

The Awesome face was my idea. LOD too.

Programmers and gamers I find aren't all that creative.

I woulda thought Signature Plastics does that automatically. I think they screwed up.

KEYBOARDINTHEASS and the TUX key are mainly my creation with a lot of help from bugfix.

Both where not screwed up by SP at all and came out as intended!

Ragnorock · « **Reply #12 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 12:08:38 »

Yes.

LOD (one of each orientation if possible), Awesome, Japan, Escape, Nuclear, Jolly Roger. Probably some more I'm forgetting about.

Round 4 might as well give up if you do this though lol. There's too many options in that group buy and most of the people interested just want some of the novelty keys like these.

RColinTaylor · « **Reply #13 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 12:10:59 »

Quote from: Ragnorock;435346

Yes.

LOD (one of each orientation if possible), Awesome, Japan, Escape, Nuclear, Jolly Roger. Probably some more I'm forgetting about.

Round 4 might as well give up if you do this though lol. There's too many options in that group buy and most of the people interested just want some of the novelty keys like these.

Doing two different LOD's would be pretty costly overall; resetting the discounts would be a *****.

I already received permission from 7bit to do this, hopefully he isn't secretly planning my death or something.

kraise · « **Reply #14 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 12:14:53 »

I'm very interested in any/most of these!

demik · « **Reply #15 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 12:24:22 »

If only you could add the star wars keycaps.

RColinTaylor · « **Reply #16 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 12:26:05 »

Quote from: demik;435368

If only you could add the star wars keycaps.

I don't have the SVG's for those; nor have I ever seen them. If you could give me anything on them I could figure out a way to include them.

demik · « **Reply #17 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 12:30:44 »

I'll look for the interest thread when I get home. It was the imperial and rebel logos. I don't want to wait for next year to get them from GB4 lol

Goly · « **Reply #18 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 12:34:21 »

White Keyboard
Escaping w/ Keyboard
LOD (Right)
Awesome Face

The Geekhack key is for the left shift? I want one of those

demik · « **Reply #19 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 12:36:33 »

GH is back space

RColinTaylor · « **Reply #20 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 12:42:47 »

Quote from: demik;435372

I'll look for the interest thread when I get home. It was the imperial and rebel logos. I don't want to wait for next year to get them from GB4 lol

You gave me all of the information I needed.

http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/7/71/Redstarbird.svg

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080220004325/starwars/images/2/2e/Imperial_Emblem.svg

Only problem is that I am not familiar on how to work with SVG's so I cannot turn these into images.

7bit · « **Reply #21 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 12:45:23 »

Quote from: RColinTaylor;435382

You gave me all of the information I needed.

http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/7/71/Redstarbird.svg

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080220004325/starwars/images/2/2e/Imperial_Emblem.svg

Only problem is that I am not familiar on how to work with SVG's so I cannot turn these into images.

These have already been done.

Quote from: RColinTaylor;435349

Doing two different LOD's would be pretty costly overall; resetting the discounts would be a *****.

I already received permission from 7bit to do this, hopefully he isn't secretly planning my death or something.

:~> rm -r RColinTaylor
rm: cannot remove `RColinTaylor': Permission denied

dreamingftw · « **Reply #22 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 13:00:39 »

I too would be interested in some face keys

hashbaz · « **Reply #23 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 13:04:15 »

Interested in several of these, yes.

reaper · « **Reply #24 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 13:14:28 »

I'm interested in a few of these as well.

Wraul · « **Reply #25 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 13:45:56 »

I'm interested in at least Lotus, Japan and Escaping w/ Keyboard

HWI · « **Reply #26 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 14:24:19 »

Quote from: RColinTaylor;435382

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080220004325/starwars/images/2/2e/Imperial_Emblem.svg

I'd so be down for the Imperial symbol, ಠ_ಠ, and possibly awesome face.

RColinTaylor · « **Reply #27 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 14:29:27 »

Quote from: ripster;435478

I was trying to get my kid to sell Doubleshot Awesome in SPHERICALS but he shows no mercantile interests so you might want to consider those. I'm not impressed with the way the texture messes up Awesome.
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So you are saying do a Spherical on the Awesome rather than a Cylindrical?

RColinTaylor · « **Reply #28 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 14:34:07 »

Quote from: ripster;435484

Just a suggestion.

Like these. Notice the difference in clarity. Melissa can give quotes in Cherry MX stem.
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I suppose we have to leave it up to the people to decide; if I had the funding to do this buy the way I wanted to I would but I am just a patsy. (I personally like the concept of sphericals for novelty caps; its there for entertainment value).

RColinTaylor · « **Reply #29 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 14:36:32 »

Quote from: ripster;435489

The downside is it pretty much restricts it to the ESC key position. They stick up a fair amount - I gotta take a pic sometime to show that.

That is an interesting point; I was not aware they shared a different profile than SP's Cylindricals.

7bit · « **Reply #30 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 14:45:20 »

Quote from: ripster;435478

I was trying to get my kid to sell Doubleshot Awesome in SPHERICALS but he shows no mercantile interests so you might want to consider those. I'm not impressed with the way the texture messes up Awesome.
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The mess-up is not done by the texture but by a messed up SVG graphic. They simply did not use the one we submitted.

Quote from: RColinTaylor;435491

That is an interesting point; I was not aware they shared a different profile than SP's Cylindricals.

You can use a file until they have the correct height. This is what I will do with the 4 units spacebar if Round 4 ever happens.

RColinTaylor · « **Reply #31 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 14:50:21 »

Quote from: 7bit;435498

The mess-up is not done by the texture but by a messed up SVG graphic. They simply did not use the one we submitted.

Why would they use a different SVG than what you submitted?

7bit · « **Reply #32 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 15:12:22 »

Quote from: RColinTaylor;435504

Why would they use a different SVG than what you submitted?

I don't know, but most keys came out perfect. The only other option is that they messed up the tool for making the insert part. I've got the suspision they used the version for the reverse color scheme and added the circle around it by themselves.

left: awesomered.svg | middle: awesomeyellow.svg | right: resilt (look at the thick eye-lines!)

RColinTaylor · « **Reply #33 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 15:26:01 »

Quote from: 7bit;435530

I don't know, but most keys came out perfect. The only other option is that they messed up the tool for making the insert part. I've got the suspision they used the version for the reverse color scheme and added the circle around it by themselves.

left: awesomered.svg | middle: awesomeyellow.svg | right: resilt (look at the thick eye-lines!)

I see what you mean about the thick eye-lines. based on how closely the Final and the proposed used SVG are there is potential for a really good turnout if the proper, non-negative SVG is used.

Tennobanzai · « **Reply #34 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 15:27:58 »

I would be interested in Awesome Face, Japan, Escaping w/ Keyboard. 2-3 of each.

Ragnorock · « **Reply #35 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 15:52:30 »

Quote from: 7bit;435530

I don't know, but most keys came out perfect. The only other option is that they messed up the tool for making the insert part. I've got the suspision they used the version for the reverse color scheme and added the circle around it by themselves.

left: awesomered.svg | middle: awesomeyellow.svg | right: resilt (look at the thick eye-lines!)

The cutter probably just didn't do a perfect cut. Looking at those three images, I'd bet they probably went with the middle over the left, but the cutter just had a difficult time doing perfect circles, they've had trouble in the past with curves from what I recall. The thick eye lines come from the cutter following the outside of the black lines, not the inside. It's hard to explain, but if you imagine tracing along the inside edge of the left eye and the outside, instead of cutting within or "on" the black line, you get that halo effect. I would prefer an awesome face in red, but that's just because I don't like yellow lol.
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RColinTaylor · « **Reply #36 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 16:11:11 »

Quote from: Ragnorock;435564

I would prefer an awesome face in red, but that's just because I don't like yellow lol.

Interesting; I hadn't had any thought of doing any color other than Yellow. If you wan't it added/changed then make your case Dave. MAKE IT.

Ragnorock · « **Reply #37 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 16:23:29 »

Awesome face was available in both red and yellow in Round 3 and is in Round 4. Note that the left image says "Awesome Red" lol. I may also want a "Fire", "GG FTW" and "ANY KEY" keys from the second image. Hypothetically speaking, you could do any design in any other color if you wanted.

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RColinTaylor · « **Reply #38 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 16:27:44 »

Hypothetically, yes, any key can be done in any color. However, it must be assessed as to whether or not there would be a decrease in sales for one color because another color becomes available and therefore the price of both, because they are conflicting options, remains high. I have however added the options as theoreticals that people can choose during this [Interest Check] and we will see how we end up. It would be dangerous to try and do 15-20 different keycaps during this buy just because we want a wide array of colors. (I love options but too many options kills hopes).

Ragnorock · « **Reply #39 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 16:40:14 »

Agreed. I'm just throwing some stuff out there. Once you get what you want to do, I can help by adapting my spreadsheet to this GB and if Excel isn't your thing assist with tallying orders and shiz.

hazeluff · « **Reply #40 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 16:45:14 »

Yeah I'm interested in the Awesome (Yellow+Black), Nuclear, Escape with keyboard and LOD keys from the pictures.

Also interested in the rebel and Imperial (star war) keycaps that are available in the Round 4 group buy.

Kick · « **Reply #41 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 16:47:23 »

Definitely interested !!

RColinTaylor · « **Reply #42 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 17:04:22 »

Quote from: Ragnorock;435597

Agreed. I'm just throwing some stuff out there. Once you get what you want to do, I can help by adapting my spreadsheet to this GB and if Excel isn't your thing assist with tallying orders and shiz.

Throwing things out there is the goal!

And yea, I was going to ask you for some Excel help; I am more of a writer and a reasoner than a mathematical thinker.

leotnnz · « **Reply #43 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 18:36:50 »

surely interested!!

RColinTaylor · « **Reply #44 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 19:40:20 »

Updated OP.

Minas · « **Reply #45 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 19:52:40 »

I would be interested in the following keycaps:

LOD (Left or Right)
Awesome Face
Nuclear
Lotus

I would also be interested in the the Star War keycaps if those would be available.

noodles256 · « **Reply #46 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 20:11:53 »

in for starwars

jpm804 · « **Reply #47 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 20:54:22 »

Defintely in for some...

Striketh · « **Reply #48 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 21:01:44 »

I'd be interested as well. Here's my list

Awesome face (facing right)
2nd down, left side (not sure what to call this one)
Lotus
2 penguin's

Kick · « **Reply #49 on:** Thu, 20 October 2011, 21:45:50 »

Finally looking through, I would be interested in

LOD, facing the right way
Awesome in yellow, but wondering how it would look like on a white keycap
Japan
Lotus

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Author Topic: [Interest Check - CLOSED] Doubleshot Novelty Keys [ORDER THREAD UP] (Read 64942 times)