This sentiment has probably been echoed quite a bit, but the fact is that topre is an extremely niche market where every keyboard is pretty expensive. At that price, many people choose to opt for something like a DIY kit instead, which is what I'm doing, purely for the keycaps (GMK amirite. Either way, if you're willing to pay the money novatouch sliders are pretty good, and even though you won't get the original feel of the switches, the sliders allow you to put in mx kecyaps, which is especially useful for the artisan keys. If you just want a few artisans in the corners or something I know that kbdfans offers some decent sliders for cheap, and you can just cherrypick them.