[GB] The Galaxy Class set (Ordering CLOSED)

[Mercury7]

I'd be opposed to black except its the same color as the rest of the legends - especially when partnered with the limited accuracy of the blue sublimation

[Grendel]

Fair enough. Could we get a blank numpad "5" cap along w/ the printed one ? (I did order blanks, but the "5" cap is a deep-dish (?)) I like the color balance in the mockup w/ a blank cap better.

I think this deep dish blank would be a good compromise for people who think the black is too much.

I would recommend starting an after-market group buy for this on PMK, like someone recently did to add relegendables to the Nuclear data set.

That seems a bit extreme for a single keycap that maxes out at 79 units. Two caps GD blanks sold for $0.60, $0.30 per cap. I would rather have SP not include the fancy "THANK YOU" caps and get the blank deep-dish BFE cap to compensate for the change in colors.

[norbauer]

Fair enough. Could we get a blank numpad "5" cap along w/ the printed one ? (I did order blanks, but the "5" cap is a deep-dish (?)) I like the color balance in the mockup w/ a blank cap better.

I think this deep dish blank would be a good compromise for people who think the black is too much.

This is a bit beyond my purview, but I'll pass your thoughts on to SP. What you've said sounds reasonable to me.

I would recommend starting an after-market group buy for this on PMK, like someone recently did to add relegendables to the Nuclear data set.

That seems a bit extreme for a single keycap that maxes out at 79 units. Two caps GD blanks sold for $0.60, $0.30 per cap. I would rather have SP not include the fancy "THANK YOU" caps and get the blank deep-dish BFE cap to compensate for the change in colors.

This sounds reasonable to me but is a bit beyond my purview. I'll pass your suggestion on to SP.

[Grendel]

Thanks, appreciate it !

[norbauer]

Thanks, appreciate it !

Happy to do so. I'll let you know as soon as I hear back.

[norbauer]

Fair enough. Could we get a blank numpad "5" cap along w/ the printed one ? (I did order blanks, but the "5" cap is a deep-dish (?)) I like the color balance in the mockup w/ a blank cap better.

I think this deep dish blank would be a good compromise for people who think the black is too much.

Done!

This will be included in the numpad sets that ship, according to SP.

[DanielT]

Great! This means shipping should start soon
This will be a Christmas present for me, bought long time ago

[norbauer]

This will be a Christmas present for me, bought long time ago

Ha. Yes; it's amazing to me to reflect that I started working on this project about a year ago. 

[taylordcraig]

This will be a Christmas present for me, bought long time ago

Ha. Yes; it's amazing to me to reflect that I started working on this project about a year ago. 

And I can't say how much I appreciate your efforts.
I recently acquired my black GON TKL to put these on.
It's the keyboard I dreamed of using these with, I thought it would emulate the computer screen feel perfectly.
I'm sending it out to be built early next week.
This will be a truly fantastic keyboard.
You've done an excellent job and I think the quality of the set reflects that.
It's too bad about the blue, but honestly I think the black matching the rest of the legends is still very cool.
Especially with the added blank so people can push the color balance whichever way they feel is best.
I think this is hands down my favourite keyboard set.
Bravo.

[norbauer]

This will be a Christmas present for me, bought long time ago

Ha. Yes; it's amazing to me to reflect that I started working on this project about a year ago. 

And I can't say how much I appreciate your efforts.
I recently acquired my black GON TKL to put these on.
It's the keyboard I dreamed of using these with, I thought it would emulate the computer screen feel perfectly.
I'm sending it out to be built early next week.
This will be a truly fantastic keyboard.
You've done an excellent job and I think the quality of the set reflects that.
It's too bad about the blue, but honestly I think the black matching the rest of the legends is still very cool.
Especially with the added blank so people can push the color balance whichever way they feel is best.
I think this is hands down my favourite keyboard set.
Bravo.

Thanks very much for the kind words! I forgot about GON keyboards. You're right, Galaxy Class would look awesome on one of those. How does one go about buying these? I've been looking for a separate numpad lately.

[DanielT]

GON has his own web site/shop so you can order from him http://www.gonskeyboardworks.com

[norbauer]

GON has his own web site/shop so you can order from him http://www.gonskeyboardworks.com

Cool. I'll check it out; thanks!

[taylordcraig]

I'm so hype, any timeline for our buy? I haven't noticed an email in a while.

[norbauer]

I'm so hype, any timeline for our buy? I haven't noticed an email in a while.

Last I heard printing was happening this week, so unless there was a delay in getting the ink medium from their paper supplier, I would guess shipping should be happening this week or next.

[taylordcraig]

I got a shipping notice but I bet that's for Decked Out.
I hope I'm not rustling anyone's jimmies, I'm just crazy excited for these.

[LechnerDE]

I got a shipping notice but I bet that's for Decked Out.
I hope I'm not rustling anyone's jimmies, I'm just crazy excited for these.

I got none so yeah it must be a different set.

The wait continues 

[norbauer]

I got a shipping notice but I bet that's for Decked Out.
I hope I'm not rustling anyone's jimmies, I'm just crazy excited for these.

I got none so yeah it must be a different set.

The wait continues 

Same here.

[DanielT]

Nothing here too

[taylordcraig]

I got a shipping notice but I bet that's for Decked Out.
I hope I'm not rustling anyone's jimmies, I'm just crazy excited for these.

I got none so yeah it must be a different set.

The wait continues 

Was just going through my email and realized "out of the vault" was set to ship about now.
The last correspondence for that set said we'd get a shipping notification.
SO MANY GREAT SETS IN PRODUCTION RIGHT NOW.     

[Mercury7]

"Customer service has sent you a package".

Should be Galaxy class, although they're sending it to my old address and will have to wait for it to be forwarded 

[LechnerDE]

"Customer service has sent you a package".

Should be Galaxy class, although they're sending it to my old address and will have to wait for it to be forwarded 

Really?!

Is this the only open order from SP for you? I didn't get this mail

[i3oilermaker]

[animaliaparadoxa]

I got this notification as well and this is the only sp set I'm expecting.

[Grendel]

Got one too, but I have three sets I'm waiting for :/ Hoping for the best.

[Mercury7]

Galaxy is the only SP set I'm waiting for. So unless they're send me extra R1 granite it is Galaxy class

[norbauer]

I got this notification as well.

[LechnerDE]

I got this notification as well.

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Perfect pic for that :p



NOW I got the mail as well!

[DanielT]

Same here

[taylordcraig]

"Customer service has sent you a package".

Should be Galaxy class, although they're sending it to my old address and will have to wait for it to be forwarded 

I got another package notice today too.
SO HYPE GUYS.
Also my other one was probably decked out but Out of the Vault is shipping soon too.

[norbauer]

This came in the mail today.



It may have taken an entire year, but today I'm very pleased.

[norbauer]

I would love to see photos of these fitted on various keyboards. Please post pics!

[gogusrl]

if anyone wants to sell theirs ...

[Mercury7]

Forgot USPS delivers on Saturday. Mine is out for delivery but probably another week til I get my hands on it

[DanielT]

This came in the mail today.

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It may have taken an entire year, but today I'm very pleased.

Still have to wait at least 2 weeks But I will post photos with the caps on my 60%, for this set I wish I had a TKL...
Ohhh, can't wait

[ConscienceDrop]

i want to see what they look like so bad.

[LechnerDE]

This came in the mail today.

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It may have taken an entire year, but today I'm very pleased.

So jelly


We EU peasants have to wait at least another 2 weeks for our sets.

I will take pictures of mine as soon as it arrives 

[Sygaldry]

So... um...
If anyone, for some crazy reason, doesn't want to keep these, feel free to...
sell them to me!

[Grendel]

Here we go, on a Deck Hassium Pro:





Some quick observations:

The legends are super crisp, " and ? are legible -- well, with a lens

The num-pad sticks out like a (very) sore thumb IMHO. The number keys are just fine, it's the other ones that have two major problems: 1. the light grey legends look out of place and 2. the legends should have been aligned to the lower left like everything else. Have to blame myself, didn't pay attention to that detail when there was a chance to fix it

The colors are a lot more subdued in the mockups, not sure I like the baby blue, pink, blue, and purple. Was expecting grey-blue, rose-red, dark teal, and lavender. The set feels very toy-ish as-is IMHO :/

(And yes, I fixed the left/right keys after I took the pics )

[acantha]

i posted a picture of my novatouch with this set on it to Facebook, and now i've got a dozen people asking how to get a set. do we know if PMK is gonna have these for sale at some point.

[Grendel]

if anyone wants to sell theirs ...

So... um...
If anyone, for some crazy reason, doesn't want to keep these, feel free to...
sell them to me!

AFAIK there will be sets available at techkeys.us May want to keep an eye on the site, they probably will go fast...

[norbauer]

i posted a picture of my novatouch with this set on it to Facebook, and now i've got a dozen people asking how to get a set. do we know if PMK is gonna have these for sale at some point.

Awesome. Please share it here too, if you're willing.

I love my novatouch, and plan to fit my Galaxy Class set on it tomorrow. Now I just need an aluminum housing for it.

[acantha]

Awesome. Please share it here too, if you're willing.

I love my novatouch, and plan to fit my Galaxy Class set on it tomorrow. Now I just need an aluminum housing for it.

sure thing! sorry if they're a bit potato-y. lighting in my apt is terrible.

[norbauer]

Awesome. Please share it here too, if you're willing.

I love my novatouch, and plan to fit my Galaxy Class set on it tomorrow. Now I just need an aluminum housing for it.

sure thing! sorry if they're a bit potato-y. lighting in my apt is terrible.

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Awesome. Those pics look good to me. :)

Is anyone having trouble with the stems? It's nothing major, but I noticed that my stabilizers were a little loose in a few of the stems, especially the spacebar. I'll probably shore these up with some modeling clay or something similar, though--NBD.

[Grendel]

Costar inserts are usually loose in PBT DSA caps, just stick a small square of scotch tape on the insert before installing it. The Deck above uses Cherry stabs, no problems w/ this set

[mogo]

Thanks for all the pics so far, the set looks really good! I have to admit, Grendel makes some good points, but overall I'm really sad I didn't get into this GB.   

[taylordcraig]

Scotch tape or plastic wrap works fine. I use 4-play of your basic food wrap from the grocery.
My set is ready for international dispatch so will hit customs tomorrow; hopefully won't get stopped and then arrive here probably Wednesday.
I CAN'T WAIT ARGHHH.
It will take over my lightsaver v2 until my gmk dolch shows up or my gon arrives assembled.

[primeradix]

Sad to say, my set was missing to "R" key.

I ordered two blanks of the same color and so that'll work perfectly for now but it's pretty obvious with them all together, lol.

Anyway to report this or possibly get a replacement?

This is the first time I've order a keyset.

[norbauer]

Sad to say, my set was missing to "R" key.

I ordered two blanks of the same color and so that'll work perfectly for now but it's pretty obvious with them all together, lol.

Anyway to report this or possibly get a replacement?

This is the first time I've order a keyset.

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That's odd. Just email Signature Plastics and I'm sure they'll correct the error. sales@solutionsinplastic.com

If you don't get a reply after a few weekdays, post here again and we'll try to get their attention.

[taylordcraig]

Sad to say, my set was missing to "R" key.

I ordered two blanks of the same color and so that'll work perfectly for now but it's pretty obvious with them all together, lol.

Anyway to report this or possibly get a replacement?

This is the first time I've order a keyset.

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Just like norbauer said, Melissa will work everything out for you, no problem.
GREAT first key set, by the way. 

[norbauer]

GREAT first key set, by the way. 

Thanks for the kind words and support through this process, taylor, danielT, and everyone else! It has been a long hard process of taking the idea of LCARS and trying to express that in the fairly constrained medium of keycaps given the manufacturing constraints. However, with perhaps the slight exception of the numpad blue-dye disappointment, I'm very happy with the result. Regardless of how one feels about the inherent aesthetics of the set (your points are well taken, Grendel) unto itself, I think it's about as accurate to the colors and graphics of the original show that the tools and materials available to us made possible. In that regard, I feel like the set meets the goals of screen accuracy and subtlety that I set for it at the beginning—whether or not those are the goals everyone might choose—and I'm quite satisfied. I hope everyone ends up liking his or her set too.