I'm glad to see some 40's support so thank you for that.
My only gripe (considering that it's supposed to be a light kit) is that if your 40's kit has fewer keys than your spacebars kit, you should probably just go ahead and just roll them into the same kit. Or include 40's in some other kit instead of having it hang out there by itself. Making a separate kit just increases the cost of the whole set. Sticking that 40's and spacebars together means that you wind up with a $40-$45 all inclusive kit instead of a $28 spacebar and $25 40's kit, and then you don't even need to worry so much about MOQ of either.
Thanks for this thoughtful comment. Usually folks
hate the "kitchen sink" / omnibus style of extension kit! Also, Spacebars has 10 keys, Forties has 13 keys.
Usually designers don't discuss their data and reasoning at length, but (as my poor friends can tell you) I'm a transparent and chatty guy. So you're getting a wall of text. Apologies in advance.
I designed this updated kitting with the average user's expected out-the-door cost and price-sensitivity in mind. I've been asked to drop less common keys and even numpad in some instances. So folks are
very concerned about this set's GB price. That said, 22% of respondents wanted Forties or Spacebars, but not both. Both Spacebars and Forties? 7%. So an Omnibus kit saves money for 7% of customers, while driving up prices for three times as many customers.
Note that 22% is understated, because I moved accent spacebars out of base kit. Users who want lazurite blue aesthetics must now buy Spacebars. With an Omnibus kit those users would pay
a lot just to get the bars I pulled out. That felt unfair, because I launched Birch's IC with accent spacebars in Base.
So, I'm adding a second B into base and offering two minimally-kitted child kits. Split users who don't care for blue aesthetics but bought an Adélie can get Forties; users who need that sweet lazurite blue bar or use Alice can pick up Spacebars. I
hope and think there's enough support to hit MOQ on those child kits, so I believe both kits will be made, but the GB will ultimately show me what's up.
Thanks for getting this far - cheers.