[IC] DSS 99¢ | 90s Vibes for 40s Boards

[sidrow]

DSS 99¢
the best profile meets a timeless 90s vibe

kitting


colormatching


renders
machida by fruitykeeb // mesektet by sidrow







(note: the new SP stock colors haven't been accurately digitized yet, so the pink in the renders is somewhat softer/less saturated than the physical sample—for the most accurate view of the colors, please refer to the photo of the color chips and the Arizona bottle above)

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Details

DSS 99¢ is a 40s-oriented keyset, with one robust kit to support a huge variety of 40s and 30s layouts. The kitting should cover any row-stagger and ortho layout (and most columnar-stagger as well) from 13u on down, including 40s with a Gamer Row—feel free to ask on here or Discord (same username) if you want to confirm compatibility with a particular layout. Colormatching is complete (see photo above).

• Cost: TBD
• MOQ: TBD
• Vendor: TBD
• Manufactured by Signature Plastics
• All SP stock colors:
• Alphas: VDR on VBV
• Mods: RFJ on VCO
• Accents: WA on RFJ
• Doubleshot ABS in DSS profile (1-2-3-4-3 sculpt)
• Trashcon Icons by TrashMan
• Renders by Liv (OJ)

To-Do List

• Finalize quotes/pricing
• Finalize vendor
• Set GB dates

[sidrow]

Update History

April 2024:

• Kitting updated
• Cut R1 1u grave/tilde
• Cut 1x R3 1u Sys
• 1u bottom-row mods are now 2x Ctrl, 2x Alt, 1x Sys, 1x Menu/Fn
• Renders added

[KuroTheCrazy]

Aside from the obvious similarities to aesthetic's colors and inspiration, this has some odd choices. Why is the darker green, which is pretty small on the bottle, being used for the alphas color? And why include the 1-6 num keys when only one or two 40s will support it? Should either get rid of them to ease up costs, or add the rest of the numbers to add some coverage for anything with a numpad, which is probably more common in 40s than a half numrow.

[twitchytheinsideman]

I am going to give you 99 cents for a set of this 

GLWIC

[Kokaloo]

Finally the general public can witness the glory of 40s gbs

[ggggggg]

[...]And why include the 1-6 num keys when only one or two 40s will support it? Should either get rid of them to ease up costs, or add the rest of the numbers to add some coverage for anything with a numpad, which is probably more common in 40s than a half numrow.

That hypothetical numpad would be all R1, and there's a healthy amount of v4n-layout boards floating around that do 1-6 only - arguably a more popular layout than 40s with numpads.

[sugarfreemedia]

I agree, not including all the numbers is a questionable choice.

[LMarci]

comment: TBD

[Chippy]

Reserved

[baconspoon]

Still love this idea. A couple questions: Why grave/tilde with half number row kitting? I'll wager that exactly no one uses that cap if the set gets made. Also, any chance for a pair of 1.25u "bars"? Have you gotten any quotes yet?

[tactilesbad]

unusable

glwic

[HappyB0T]

If this had the pink and the mod green I'd be in.
Swap ~ for Esc.
Haha no FN key. I'm out.

[dvorcol]

Are one or both rows above DSA really R4 and just miss-labeled R3?  Mostly 1.25u and 1.5u are R4 mods.  Arrows are usually R4 as well.

[baconspoon]

Are one or both rows above DSA really R4 and just miss-labeled R3?  Mostly 1.25u and 1.5u are R4 mods.  Arrows are usually R4 as well.

This set is 2-3-4-3 intentionally for a flatter bottom row. There is an R4 up arrow as well as R3 so you can put all arrows on the bottom row, or put up arrow on the Z-row.

[sidrow]

Thanks to everyone who's responded and filled out the IC form so far! I've added renders (thanks Liv!) and made a minor update to the kitting.

For the person in the IC form asking if this supports QAZ layout: Yes! The kitting intentionally includes the mod keys you need to cover QAZ-like boards:

• R2: 1u Esc for Q; 1.25u Bksp for P
• R3: 1.25u Tab for A; 1u Enter for semicolon
• R4: 1.75u Shift for Z; 1.5u Shift for period