So, on kitting, I saw someone post above somewhere that it's wasteful to make/buy caps they won't use, and while I agree with that, it's much more wasteful to have alu/brass/stainless keyboards... the ammount of energy and material that goes into our boards is absurd from a waste standpoint, so frankly, I don't think there's any high ground to be had in our hobby from an eco-standpoint... well, mostly... maybe keeb.io and keyhive have some very eco friendly options.
Anyway, I basically don't buy anything (extremely few sets anyway) from SP as a result of their extreme kitting. I routinely skip anything but the very most must-have keysets from GMK if they don't have a numpad at the very least, and TBH, much much more. Shoko, aside from being an awesome colorway is enticing from a what's offered standpoint because it has numpad, and that bottom row 1.5u Fn... I love the set, and R2 looks even cooler than R1, but frankly, while I'm set to buy two R2s (one to wear and one to show), I'm likely to drop it to one or maybe even none if it drops the numpad; I really try to vote with my wallet on this matter, and this principal is important to me. I would be happy if a set was made with every "kit" envisioned and sold for $160-180, and I'd buy two sets for sure of colorways I absolutely love like Shoko. Also, I'd pay an extra $10 to have more plastic GMK trays, and I have done so previously. I would prefer to have tons of the larger JTK trays, but the cardboard is trash, and leaves me nowhere to store my caps except bags, which is not something I prefer.