Topre PBT Spacebar (SECOND RUN!)

[Puddsy]

vote 4 pink

best color

[tmk1207]

Purple, pink and sky blue

[Vizir]

Submitted form for 2 each of white and black. I'm not sure about colors but depending on final colors I might order a pack or 2. Right now I can't find any good keycap combination with other colors...

[radio_killah]

Make all the colors!!!

No but seriously, just getting this GB to happen will be awesome regardless of what colors get chosen.

Hopefully we can keep the momentum going across all the forums.

[swill]

I am counting on these space bars working on an FC660C.  I seems to imply that they will in the OP... 

[Matt3o]

I am counting on these space bars working on an FC660C.  I seems to imply that they will in the OP... 

all topre keyboards use the same tooling for keycaps. the spacebar is compatible with all (major) topre keyboards!

[Matt3o]

Quick update:

we are at 27% of the total. Long way to go, keep rolling!

Preferred colors so far:

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    [Medium gray]
    [Sky Blue/Light Blue]
    [Red]
    [Purple]
    [Mint/Light Green]
    [Pink]
    [Orange]
    [Blue]
    [Green]
    [Lavender]
    [Yellow]
    [Beige]
    [Brown]
    [Magenta]

[Jersern]

I presume these space bars will work on my HHKB?  (6u or the likes)

[Sygaldry]

I presume these space bars will work on my HHKB?  (6u or the likes)

Your presumption is correct!

[Matt3o]

Confirmed compatibility list:

Realforce
HHKB
Leopold 660C
Type Heaven

[Heliosphere]

Awesome, that covers pretty much every Topre board right?

[Matt3o]

Awesome, that covers pretty much every Topre board right?

yeah we just miss the hi-pro, and probably some old topre model.

[Halverson]

Not sure what the point of a colored spacebar is when there wouldn't be anything to match it. That said, I'm definitely in for a couple black and a couple white.

I was hoping for at least the mint green to match close to clack mint gum. Between topre colored sets and novelty caps, most should have some sort of match is imagine.

[Matt3o]

with the colors I'll try to match existing topre keycaps, but they won't be 100% accurate. Only white and black will be professionally color matched.

[MGH]

Whats the price estimate if Massdrop and MechanicalKeyboards gets on board?

[Matt3o]

Whats the price estimate if Massdrop and MechanicalKeyboards gets on board?

the price shouldn't change much. They will run some numbers next week and let me know. I guess it could go from 9 to 12. Massdrop has volume discounts, so --who knows-- it could go even lower at high tiers (I dunno of course).

[DanielT]

Submited

[Bucake]

"Your response has been recorded."

2 Black/Dark Gray
2 White/Light Gray

awesome work, Matt3o

[Matt3o]

quick update.

We are at 28%, in 2 days I'd say it's not bad, tomorrow I'll speak with MK and MD, I hope to be able to move this quickly. Please keep "ordering", the higher the numbers the easier will be to convince potential investor!

Current color preference

Code: [Select]

    [Medium gray]
    [Sky Blue/Light Blue]
    [Red]
    [Purple]
    [Mint/Light Green]
    [Pink]
    [Orange]
    [Blue]
    [Green]
    [Lavender]
    [Yellow]
    [Beige]
    [Brown]
    [Magenta]

[intelli78]

Awesome, that covers pretty much every Topre board right?

yeah we just miss the hi-pro, and probably some old topre model.

Also the 10th anniversary keycap set. It would be nice to have properly matched PBT for that, but the cost probably cannot be justified.

[Matt3o]

Awesome, that covers pretty much every Topre board right?

yeah we just miss the hi-pro, and probably some old topre model.

Also the 10th anniversary keycap set. It would be nice to have properly matched PBT for that, but the cost probably cannot be justified.

I'll try to match the "Medium gray", but it will be a ballpark

[Matt3o]

just for the sake of it... so far the community weight is as follow

Geekhack: 45%
Deskthority: 25%
Reddit: 20%
KBDMania: 3%
others: 7%

[Vizir]

Confirmed compatibility list:

Realforce
HHKB
Leopold 660C
Type Heaven

are you saying that these spacebars will work with Realorce, HHKB, F660C and Type Heaven? Confirm/deny.   

i'm so glad this is happening. i need an excuse to pick up a 2 order of the colored keys too... once the final colors are decided, i guess.

[madhias]

The community weight is interesting! I would have guessed that GH is about 50%, and Reddit way more than DT.

[Matt3o]

The community weight is interesting! I would have guessed that GH is about 50%, and Reddit way more than DT.

it's not the number of orders, but how much people spent. Reddit has more user than DT, but DT spends more.

[delidana]

Form filled, good work!!

[Vizir]

The community weight is interesting! I would have guessed that GH is about 50%, and Reddit way more than DT.

it's not the number of orders, but how much people spent. Reddit has more user than DT, but DT spends more.

True. Most of reddit would be horrified to hear of people spending over $200 for keyboards. I remember someone posted a NIB model m for $200 or so and most of the comments where "why is it so expensive?"

[Sygaldry]

The community weight is interesting! I would have guessed that GH is about 50%, and Reddit way more than DT.

it's not the number of orders, but how much people spent. Reddit has more user than DT, but DT spends more.

True. Most of reddit would be horrified to hear of people spending over $200 for keyboards. I remember someone posted a NIB model m for $200 or so and most of the comments where "why is it so expensive?"

Can confirm this. I got into MKs because of /r/mechanicalkeyboards and was horrified with the cost of a Poker II.
A year and a half later and I now have a Duck Viper and an HHKB Type-S............

[Elrick]

Reddit has more user than DT, but DT spends more.

Plus DT has more adults in charge of their wallets compared to the juveniles on Reddit  .

[Puddsy]

Reddit has more user than DT, but DT spends more.

Plus DT has more adults in charge of their wallets compared to the juveniles on Reddit .

We've got a bunch of teenagers/college students around here as well.

Myself included.

[breaker9691]

Waiting for "THE RED" moahahahahah, i think red will look more handsome with HHKB

[FrostyToast]

The community weight is interesting! I would have guessed that GH is about 50%, and Reddit way more than DT.

it's not the number of orders, but how much people spent. Reddit has more user than DT, but DT spends more.

True. Most of reddit would be horrified to hear of people spending over $200 for keyboards. I remember someone posted a NIB model m for $200 or so and most of the comments where "why is it so expensive?"

I also hate how every other post on there seems to be a picture of a stock board.
Please, for the love of god, I know what a Poker II looks like. This it's great to have our "Post your..." threads so the front page isn't getting crapped on.

[exitfire401]

Just going to post this here since I didn't see a notes section when I submitted earlier. Probably won't buy a color pack unless my 3 colors are the winners, but I'll be buying 2 black and 2 white no matter what.

[FrostyToast]

Just going to post this here since I didn't see a notes section when I submitted earlier. Probably won't buy a color pack unless my 3 colors are the winners, but I'll be buying 2 black and 2 white no matter what.

That's the one big problem with this form.
We may have a lot of people dropping out depending on what colours will be chosen.

[do_Og@n]

Order submitted.

[awts]

Submitted for 2x black/dark gray! 

[atlas3686]

Awesome, that covers pretty much every Topre board right?

yeah we just miss the hi-pro, and probably some old topre model.

Also the 10th anniversary keycap set. It would be nice to have properly matched PBT for that, but the cost probably cannot be justified.

I'll try to match the "Medium gray", but it will be a ballpark

Awesome was going to ask the same thing, also chose medium gray when I filled in hoping that would be the case 

[Halverson]

Just going to post this here since I didn't see a notes section when I submitted earlier. Probably won't buy a color pack unless my 3 colors are the winners, but I'll be buying 2 black and 2 white no matter what.

Solution? Make every color your color and just be disappointed you can only get three!

[Matt3o]

Just one note about the color pack.

We have a very high MOQ so I put the 3 colors together. I know it sucks but if you get at least 2 out of 3 colors that you like, please consider not cancelling your order. Consider it a price to pay to have this project finalized. Also I'm pretty sure you'll be able to resell the unwanted color.

That being said this is the color preference

Code: [Select]

    [Sky Blue/Light Blue]
    [Red]
    [Medium gray]
    [Purple]
    [Mint/Light Green]
    [Orange]
    [Pink]
    [Blue]
    [Green]
    [Lavender]
    [Yellow]
    [Beige]
    [Brown]
    [Magenta]
We are 30% now, when we reach 50% I'll also post the number of votes per each color, for now just note that the difference from one another is very small.

This is the new community impact:

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    [Geekhack] => 48%
    [Deskthority] => 22%
    [Reddit] => 16%
    [KBDMania] => 3%
    [others] => 11%

[Findecanor]

WTF.. minimum order 2 space bars per colour. I want only one or none.

[FrostyToast]

WTF.. minimum order 2 space bars per colour. I want only one or none.

It will be hard to reach the moq if we only do orders in singles. After all, we need 1000 for each colour.

[Sygaldry]

WTF.. minimum order 2 space bars per colour. I want only one or none.

 

[strict]

WTF.. minimum order 2 space bars per colour. I want only one or none.

Purchasing two not only helps us meet MOQ, but this is a GB that will very likely never happen again or if it does it wont be for a very long time. It's definitely worth your while to purchase more than one. Besides, its not like their really that expensive; they're only $9 a piece.

[Juice]

WTF.. minimum order 2 space bars per colour. I want only one or none.

Well at first I thought: hey dont worry I can help you out, I'll sign up for an extra double pack and sell you one of them, but then that attitude of yours kind of put me off. Hopefully it just came out wrong even though I have a hard time interpreting it that way.

[swill]

Come on people.  Get on that pink and purple.  Who needs Red.  Seriously...  WE NEED PINK AND PURPLE!!! 

[Juice]

Y E L L O W!

[Matt3o]

pink can still make it, yellow would need really a lot of love.

I don't know if I should multiply the vote by the number of color packs purchased... mmmh

[swill]

pink can still make it, yellow would need really a lot of love.

I don't know if I should multiply the vote by the number of color packs purchased... mmmh

That seems like a good idea.  That way we are getting closer to the 'real' number of what people are interested in.

[Vizir]

WTF.. minimum order 2 space bars per colour. I want only one or none.

Well at first I thought: hey dont worry I can help you out, I'll sign up for an extra double pack and sell you one of them, but then that attitude of yours kind of put me off. Hopefully it just came out wrong even though I have a hard time interpreting it that way.

i was going to suggest that people team up to buy a 2 pack, when they need 1 each. unfortunately, disagreements and attitudes might be an issue.

pink can still make it, yellow would need really a lot of love.

I don't know if I should multiply the vote by the number of color packs purchased... mmmh

i think that'd make sense, since that is the total # of pieces being shipped. what if 1 person decides to buy 1k of colorX? i have no personal interest in this since i chose no colors, but it just makes sense to count each item sold vs customers.

[Matt3o]

with the new algorithm this is the color preference as of now

Code: [Select]

    [Medium gray]
    [Sky Blue/Light Blue]
    [Red]
    [Purple]
    [Mint/Light Green]
    [Pink]
    [Blue]
    [Orange]
    [Green]
    [Lavender]
    [Yellow]
    [Beige]
    [Brown]
    [Magenta]