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Offline Hyde

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Re: Topre R2: Will it Sell Out Quickly?
« Reply #50 on: Fri, 03 August 2018, 10:46:09 »
Wait they're not offering the 45g silent to the US market?  :(

I was waiting for that forever.  Sighhhhh......... I guess I'll stick to my modded 104UW.

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Re: Topre R2: Will it Sell Out Quickly?
« Reply #51 on: Fri, 03 August 2018, 11:03:43 »
Are there benefits to this R2?

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Re: Topre R2: Will it Sell Out Quickly?
« Reply #52 on: Fri, 03 August 2018, 11:05:41 »
Are there benefits to this R2?

Compare to original one?  Not really, it's pretty much the same except new case.

However if you buy the APC version then it's different.  It allows you to adjust actuation point height which was previously impossible.  But if you get the regular version it's more or less the same.

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Re: Topre R2: Will it Sell Out Quickly?
« Reply #53 on: Fri, 03 August 2018, 11:13:16 »
Wait they're not offering the 45g silent to the US market?  :(

I was waiting for that forever.  Sighhhhh......... I guess I'll stick to my modded 104UW.

I saw that, so I ordered one through a proxy. https://www.pfu.fujitsu.com/rfkeyboard/support/#tg2 
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Re: Topre R2: Will it Sell Out Quickly?
« Reply #54 on: Fri, 03 August 2018, 11:24:56 »
Wait they're not offering the 45g silent to the US market?  :(

I was waiting for that forever.  Sighhhhh......... I guess I'll stick to my modded 104UW.

If you’re comfortable using a proxy (which imo is a very straightforward process) you can get the PFU edition which comes with uniform 45g domes and type-s sliders. The final price was about $280 before shipping iirc?

Im also disappointed there will be no uniform 45g though as that’s my preference
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Offline Erikdayo

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Re: Topre R2: Will it Sell Out Quickly?
« Reply #55 on: Fri, 03 August 2018, 12:42:40 »
I guess they see 55g as that popular for ANSI users? I find it very odd personally. 55g is nice and all, but 45g feels better for me. 55g is a little too much. Still happy about the 30g option at least. Might give it a shot eventually. for now the PFU edition 45g will do.

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Re: Topre R2: Will it Sell Out Quickly?
« Reply #56 on: Fri, 03 August 2018, 12:45:36 »
hope the R2 doesn't sound like the ****box rgb realforce, that thing is a dumpster fire

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Re: Topre R2: Will it Sell Out Quickly?
« Reply #57 on: Fri, 03 August 2018, 12:50:45 »
I guess they see 55g as that popular for ANSI users? I find it very odd personally. 55g is nice and all, but 45g feels better for me. 55g is a little too much. Still happy about the 30g option at least. Might give it a shot eventually. for now the PFU edition 45g will do.

I second this, I’m just surprised the variable earned a permanent spot over the 45g since it seems by far an away the least popular model.

I’m really excited about the 30g going mainstream though. A while back I picked up a 30g 91U mostly for the purple sliders, but found the 30g domes to be a refreshingly different Topre experience.
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Re: Topre R2: Will it Sell Out Quickly?
« Reply #58 on: Fri, 03 August 2018, 14:16:52 »
hope the R2 doesn't sound like the ****box rgb realforce, that thing is a dumpster fire

OH snappp.. 

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Re: Topre R2: Will it Sell Out Quickly?
« Reply #59 on: Fri, 03 August 2018, 14:49:53 »
Wait they're not offering the 45g silent to the US market?  :(

I was waiting for that forever.  Sighhhhh......... I guess I'll stick to my modded 104UW.

I saw that, so I ordered one through a proxy. https://www.pfu.fujitsu.com/rfkeyboard/support/#tg2 

Wait they're not offering the 45g silent to the US market?  :(

I was waiting for that forever.  Sighhhhh......... I guess I'll stick to my modded 104UW.

If you’re comfortable using a proxy (which imo is a very straightforward process) you can get the PFU edition which comes with uniform 45g domes and type-s sliders. The final price was about $280 before shipping iirc?

Im also disappointed there will be no uniform 45g though as that’s my preference

lol ohhhh looks good though I might be the odd one here, I actually use my Topre silent at work so I need the full size one as oppose to tenkeyless.  Everyone just look at it and be like "woah you have such an old keyboard" lol.

Currently using my ghetto mod Realforce 104UW + Type Heaven domes (45g) + KBDFans silent rings.  While this feels quite good but I was hoping to get an official one to experience the real deal.

Might have to wait and see if they'll release it later on.

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Re: Topre R2: Will it Sell Out Quickly?
« Reply #60 on: Fri, 03 August 2018, 18:45:56 »
Fyi, I proxied 2 board/wrist rest combos through From Japan, and after purchase, fees, and shipping, it came out to about $343.34 for each set.
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Re: Topre R2: Will it Sell Out Quickly?
« Reply #61 on: Fri, 03 August 2018, 21:57:47 »
I’m super excited about all 30g for ANSI. I was just on the verge of getting a JIS 30g in the same proxy shipment with the PFU Limited I have on the way.

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Re: Topre R2: Will it Sell Out Quickly?
« Reply #62 on: Fri, 03 August 2018, 22:51:24 »
hope the R2 doesn't sound like the ****box rgb realforce, that thing is a dumpster fire

100% agree, that things sounds like trash. 


I think it sounds a lot better than the RGB.
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Re: Topre R2: Will it Sell Out Quickly?
« Reply #63 on: Sat, 04 August 2018, 07:32:08 »
hope the R2 doesn't sound like the ****box rgb realforce, that thing is a dumpster fire

100% agree, that things sounds like trash. 


I think it sounds a lot better than the RGB.

yeah have to agree, i really like how this sounds. looking forward to the ansi tkl release

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Re: Topre R2: Will it Sell Out Quickly?
« Reply #64 on: Wed, 08 August 2018, 12:06:18 »
After 3.5% deposit and shipping fee, 2000g weight, from zenmarket this is turning out to be one expensive keyboard.
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Re: Topre R2: Will it Sell Out Quickly?
« Reply #65 on: Thu, 09 August 2018, 10:19:13 »
After 3.5% deposit and shipping fee, 2000g weight, from zenmarket this is turning out to be one expensive keyboard.
 
 
Yeah, it's not meant to be released outside of Japan yet. AFAIK the first market is China, where they're releasing in late-August to early-September; the U.S. isn't their biggest market so it'll probably be an afterthought. It's interesting, I visited a couple of direct Topre vendors in Shanghai in May, but they just don't exist in the states; they stocked HHKB's and regular Realforces of all types, they were of course more expensive than in Japan (due to the 20% luxury tax), but about the same as in the U.S.

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Re: Topre R2: Will it Sell Out Quickly?
« Reply #66 on: Mon, 13 August 2018, 18:29:06 »
fyi you need to download the software from http://www.realforce.co.jp/support/download/index.html  Happy clacking!
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Re: Topre R2: Will it Sell Out Quickly?
« Reply #67 on: Tue, 14 August 2018, 20:58:39 »
I noticed that the updated version wasn't released for the English version of the site, only the Japanese. However, the 1.1.3 version on the Japanese site has a full English translation.

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Re: Topre R2: Will it Sell Out Quickly?
« Reply #68 on: Thu, 16 August 2018, 07:51:19 »
hope the R2 doesn't sound like the ****box rgb realforce, that thing is a dumpster fire

100% agree, that things sounds like trash. 


I think it sounds a lot better than the RGB.

yeah have to agree, i really like how this sounds. looking forward to the ansi tkl release

Sounds great.

Shame they went for an "uglier" version of the FC980C look-wise tho.
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Re: Topre R2: Will it Sell Out Quickly?
« Reply #69 on: Fri, 24 August 2018, 11:09:27 »
Shame they went for an "uglier" version of the FC980C look-wise tho.
 
 
To each their own. Personally, it's a godsend that they eliminated the large bezel from the front of the board; it made it extremely difficult to put it on a laptop and not have it actuate random keys. Plus, the case itself is much sturdier.