Author Topic: [IC] GMK TA Royal Alpha 610 Typewriter inspired set GB LIVE! (Read 106937 times)

renne · « **Reply #350 on:** Thu, 17 March 2016, 08:57:45 »

Quote from: MOZ on Thu, 17 March 2016, 03:05:14

We are going to try to start the drop today, if we can't, definitely tomorrow.

Waiting for it.

salasource · « **Reply #351 on:** Thu, 17 March 2016, 09:49:09 »

Looks nice! But ISO letters are all over uncomfortable places. It would have been super to see this set as first ever GMK set that supports international ISO.

ideus · « **Reply #352 on:** Thu, 17 March 2016, 09:55:01 »

Quote from: salasource on Thu, 17 March 2016, 09:49:09

Looks nice! But ISO letters are all over uncomfortable places. It would have been super to see this set as first ever GMK set that supports international ISO.

It supports US ANSI International, that is the closest thing to an universal all in one layout to write in any language that do not require special characters like Chinese, Russian, Korean, Japanese and the likes.

salasource · « **Reply #353 on:** Thu, 17 March 2016, 09:58:43 »

Quote from: ideus on Thu, 17 March 2016, 09:55:01

Quote from: salasource on Thu, 17 March 2016, 09:49:09
Looks nice! But ISO letters are all over uncomfortable places. It would have been super to see this set as first ever GMK set that supports international ISO.

It supports US ANSI International, that is the closest thing to an universal all in one layout to write in any language that do not require special characters like Chinese, Russian, Korean, Japanese and the likes.

Thanks, I see now - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY#US-International

r5d · « **Reply #354 on:** Thu, 17 March 2016, 15:44:20 »

HYPED!

MOZ · « **Reply #355 on:** Thu, 17 March 2016, 16:45:42 »

GB LINK @ MASSDROP: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/gmk-ta-royal-alpha-typewriter-keycap-set/?mode=guest_open
GB END ON 4th April, 2016

GMK TA Royal Alpha 610 Inspired Set

These doubleshot ABS keycaps by GMK offer the retro look of the Triumph Adler Royal Alpha 610 typewriter—with a modern twist. Like all GMK keysets (and the original Alpha 610 keycaps), these caps are made from the highest quality plastic: thick doubleshot German ABS in Cherry profile. As these are authentic Cherry, they cost more to manufacture than the PBT keycaps on the market today.

Kits
Base Kit

The Base kit comes in light gray. To add a modern touch, US-Int sublegends are pad-printed in lime green along with the darker green doubleshot legends. ISO, Winkeyless, basic 1800, Whitefox, and most other other alternate layouts are supported.

Modifiers Kit
The Mod kit comes with lime green modifiers and dark green accent keys. HHKB-specific legends are front pad-printed. This kit includes the iconic lime green CODE key. ISO, Winkeyless, basic 1800, basic Whitefox, and most other alternate layouts are supported.

Outcasts Kit
The Outcasts kit adds 100-percent correct row compatibility for WhiteFox, FC660M, 1800, and other alternate 65- and 75-percent boards.

Spacebars
2 spacebars per pack, 1x 6.25U and 1x7U

Pricing
Base kit: USD 114.99
Mod kit: USD 72.99
Outcast kit: USD 27.99
Spacebars: USD 8.99

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Thank you
Special thanks to Yanbo from MassDrop for making this set a reality by hosting it on MassDrop; Cristoph from GMK for bearing with me; Ivan for his help with the US-Int legends; and thesiscampe for the beautiful renders.

Thank you also to Triumph Adler Royal for bringing this beautiful colorway with their initial Alpha 610 typewriter.

Finally thank you to the keyboard community and you, whoever's going to buy the set.

romevi · « **Reply #356 on:** Thu, 17 March 2016, 17:32:35 »

ORDERING NOW AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME.

But maybe you can...

MassdropYanbo · « **Reply #357 on:** Thu, 17 March 2016, 17:49:05 »

Quote from: romevi on Thu, 17 March 2016, 17:32:35

ORDERING NOW AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME.

But maybe you can...

I don't think the set will work with your Pok3r though...

luckyryan333 · « **Reply #358 on:** Thu, 17 March 2016, 18:20:58 »

Ahhh.
You know I can't resist these.

weifanwang · « **Reply #359 on:** Thu, 17 March 2016, 18:21:35 »

The base kit include the Spacebars 3K 2 spacebars per pack, 1x 6.25U and 1x7U ?

romevi · « **Reply #360 on:** Thu, 17 March 2016, 18:45:39 »

Quote from: MassdropYanbo on Thu, 17 March 2016, 17:49:05

Quote from: romevi on Thu, 17 March 2016, 17:32:35
ORDERING NOW AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME.

But maybe you can...

I don't think the set will work with your Pok3r though...

Niomosy · « **Reply #361 on:** Thu, 17 March 2016, 18:57:32 »

I know GMK is pricey but that modifiers kit at $72.99 was a bit of a surprise, honestly.

joey · « **Reply #362 on:** Thu, 17 March 2016, 18:58:28 »

Quote from: Niomosy on Thu, 17 March 2016, 18:57:32

I know GMK is pricey but that modifiers kit at $72.99 was a bit of a surprise, honestly.

It's another ~65 keys. The RGBYK kit was 32 keys for $45.

Niomosy · « **Reply #363 on:** Thu, 17 March 2016, 19:00:00 »

Quote from: joey on Thu, 17 March 2016, 18:58:28

Quote from: Niomosy on Thu, 17 March 2016, 18:57:32
I know GMK is pricey but that modifiers kit at $72.99 was a bit of a surprise, honestly.
It's another ~65 keys. The RGBYK kit was 32 keys for $45.

Yeah, definitely a fair number of extras. I may likely end up getting it, just a bit of sticker shock initially.

WNovizar · « **Reply #364 on:** Thu, 17 March 2016, 19:02:36 »

Anyone who bought Outcasts Pack willing to trade/sell me 2.25u shift later? I only need that from outcast pack D:

sambarugh · « **Reply #365 on:** Thu, 17 March 2016, 20:35:17 »

Bought in for the Modifier Kit. Congrats MOZ for seeing this thru.

Phirr · « **Reply #366 on:** Thu, 17 March 2016, 21:36:14 »

Quote from: WNovizar on Thu, 17 March 2016, 19:02:36

Anyone who bought Outcasts Pack willing to trade/sell me 2.25u shift later? I only need that from outcast pack D:

Yeah you can have mine

WNovizar · « **Reply #367 on:** Thu, 17 March 2016, 21:43:59 »

Quote from: Phirr on Thu, 17 March 2016, 21:36:14

Quote from: WNovizar on Thu, 17 March 2016, 19:02:36
Anyone who bought Outcasts Pack willing to trade/sell me 2.25u shift later? I only need that from outcast pack D:

Yeah you can have mine

Great! Trading or selling?

swimmingbird · « **Reply #368 on:** Thu, 17 March 2016, 22:53:23 »

**** its open already

what is up with the price of the mod set

rip wallet

radio_killah · « **Reply #369 on:** Thu, 17 March 2016, 23:04:42 »

My total was $250. RIP. Oh well. This is gonna be dope. Thanks MOZ

MOZ · « **Reply #370 on:** Fri, 18 March 2016, 00:12:15 »

I know the price of the mod set is a but surprising, but the sheer number if included keys justifies the price.

Dee1 · « **Reply #371 on:** Fri, 18 March 2016, 09:44:34 »

Joined it just now. Thanks MOZ

Phirr · « **Reply #372 on:** Fri, 18 March 2016, 11:11:09 »

Quote from: WNovizar on Thu, 17 March 2016, 21:43:59

Quote from: Phirr on Thu, 17 March 2016, 21:36:14
Quote from: WNovizar on Thu, 17 March 2016, 19:02:36
Anyone who bought Outcasts Pack willing to trade/sell me 2.25u shift later? I only need that from outcast pack D:

Yeah you can have mine

Great! Trading or selling?

pm'd

Pieminister · « **Reply #373 on:** Fri, 18 March 2016, 12:35:23 »

Man this set looks great. The render on MD looks fantastic. This kind of set is right up my street. I love GMK, i love green, I love retro TA typewriter sets.
I mean at the moment I am using a hacked toghether PBT Irish set + TA CompactaSA 600 set, but it doesn't fit perfectly and I am having to use keys in the wrong places to make it work.

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Which is why I am all the more heartbroken that unfortunately I can't at the moment afford it. For the base + mods I am looking at $200, and then have to hope I am not going to get taxed on top of that. It get that it is great bang-for-the-buck because of all the keys, but it is just out of my budget at the moment.

MOZ · « **Reply #374 on:** Fri, 18 March 2016, 12:58:29 »

Quote from: Pieminister on Fri, 18 March 2016, 12:35:23

Man this set looks great. The render on MD looks fantastic. This kind of set is right up my street. I love GMK, i love green, I love retro TA typewriter sets.
I mean at the moment I am using a hacked toghether PBT Irish set + TA CompactaSA 600 set, but it doesn't fit perfectly and I am having to use keys in the wrong places to make it work.
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Which is why I am all the more heartbroken that unfortunately I can't at the moment afford it. For the base + mods I am looking at $200, and then have to hope I am not going to get taxed on top of that. It get that it is great bang-for-the-buck because of all the keys, but it is just out of my budget at the moment.

That is sad to know, there will be some vendors stocking this after the GB, but you can be sure price will be higher than what is being offered here.

need · « **Reply #375 on:** Fri, 18 March 2016, 13:12:40 »

If mod set is already part of the base set instead of those grey mods, things would be so much different.

MOZ · « **Reply #376 on:** Fri, 18 March 2016, 13:29:32 »

If only this, if only that, I can't make everyone happy. Some people want only a few green keys, some want a full mod set, some want full light base set, someone wants the mod kit only to use with existing keycaps, so on and so forth, the complaining never ends.

need · « **Reply #377 on:** Fri, 18 March 2016, 14:05:05 »

Quote from: MOZ on Fri, 18 March 2016, 13:29:32

If only this, if only that, I can't make everyone happy. Some people want only a few green keys, some want a full mod set, some want full light base set, someone wants the mod kit only to use with existing keycaps, so on and so forth, the complaining never ends.

Of course you can't make everyone happy, but at least the majority will.
Man, I mean just look at the comments on massdrop...

romevi · « **Reply #378 on:** Fri, 18 March 2016, 14:06:22 »

Quote from: need on Fri, 18 March 2016, 14:05:05

Quote from: MOZ on Fri, 18 March 2016, 13:29:32
If only this, if only that, I can't make everyone happy. Some people want only a few green keys, some want a full mod set, some want full light base set, someone wants the mod kit only to use with existing keycaps, so on and so forth, the complaining never ends.
Of course you can't make everyone happy, but at least the majority will.
Man, I mean just look at the comments on massdrop...

Do you look at the Massdrop comments regularly?

MOZ · « **Reply #379 on:** Fri, 18 March 2016, 14:09:10 »

This round is going to stay like this, sorry.

There was an IC for about 6 weeks. Which is long enough, people only seem to wake up when the Group Buy goes live and they see the amount they have to pay, while in IC noone says anything looking at the 160+ keycaps.

My post isn't targeted at you in particular.

For the red and blue themed sets, I will be going with a single set with white base and colored mods.

romevi · « **Reply #380 on:** Fri, 18 March 2016, 14:22:11 »

It seems Massdrop is the easiest route for everyone, but--man. Those comments.
And they never end. I've seen the same sort of comments in almost every GMK Massdrop release, as well as a few other different drops. You figured people would have more constructive criticism; and they're not going to stop. New people are going to say the same things.

MOZ · « **Reply #381 on:** Fri, 18 March 2016, 14:33:10 »

I know, happens with every keyset drop that is more than $100. Best to ignore and respond only to ones asking a genuine question.

People comment things like, "Ugly colorway", "why would anyone buy this set? ". I mean not every set is for everyone, if you're not happy, just move along, why do you have to make nasty remarks.

Pieminister · « **Reply #382 on:** Fri, 18 March 2016, 14:54:16 »

Yeah I would just ignore the MD comments.

They are pretty much always just "Can we get this in PBT?" "Why is ABS expensive, i thought its cheap" "People spend more than $50 on keycaps lol?"

eksuen · « **Reply #383 on:** Fri, 18 March 2016, 15:19:17 »

I think that generally, green colorways seem to be less popular too.

64rky · « **Reply #384 on:** Fri, 18 March 2016, 15:20:22 »

Finally a keyset to match Mr Friday

MOZ · « **Reply #385 on:** Fri, 18 March 2016, 15:20:48 »

Quote from: eksuen on Fri, 18 March 2016, 15:19:17

I think that generally, green colorways seem to be less popular too.

Maybe. Anyone have numbers on the CCNG set, that is the only green colored set that comes to mind.

eksuen · « **Reply #386 on:** Fri, 18 March 2016, 15:25:50 »

Quote from: MOZ on Fri, 18 March 2016, 15:20:48

Quote from: eksuen on Fri, 18 March 2016, 15:19:17
I think that generally, green colorways seem to be less popular too.

Maybe. Anyone have numbers on the CCNG set, that is the only green colored set that comes to mind.

500, according to http://keypuller.com/cream-cheese-and-green-us/

roostrc0gburn · « **Reply #387 on:** Fri, 18 March 2016, 15:49:06 »

there's also the less-popular green tea set
http://keypuller.com/greentea/

r5d · « **Reply #388 on:** Fri, 18 March 2016, 17:15:11 »

Quote from: MOZ on Fri, 18 March 2016, 14:33:10

I know, happens with every keyset drop that is more than $100. Best to ignore and respond only to ones asking a genuine question.

People comment things like, "Ugly colorway", "why would anyone buy this set? ". I mean not every set is for everyone, if you're not happy, just move along, why do you have to make nasty remarks.

IMO the people complaining don't appreciate the difference between tai hao/the likes and GMK. Maybe because they have never experienced GMK caps? There are also some professional trolls there.

64rky · « **Reply #389 on:** Fri, 18 March 2016, 17:27:54 »

Updated the GMK Database

Phirr · « **Reply #390 on:** Sat, 19 March 2016, 00:27:25 »

Quote from: MOZ on Fri, 18 March 2016, 14:09:10

For the red and blue themed sets, I will be going with a single set with white base and colored mods.

Awesome. Buying this set with options as well, but probably couldn't rationalize 3x.

MOZ · « **Reply #391 on:** Sat, 19 March 2016, 02:54:17 »

Locking this thread sa the GB thread has been approved, please continue discussions in the GB thread: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=80570

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Author Topic: [IC] GMK TA Royal Alpha 610 Typewriter inspired set GB LIVE! (Read 106937 times)