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Re: [IC] IKKI68 AURORA | A Gasket Mount Polycarbonate Kit
« Reply #100 on: Mon, 30 November 2020, 03:44:38 »
Does it have underglow to make use of the translucent poly?

Yes, we will have underglow.

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« Reply #101 on: Mon, 30 November 2020, 04:09:19 »
Run a purple version and I’m 100% in.

In future :))

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« Reply #102 on: Mon, 30 November 2020, 04:10:51 »
I think everyone will wanna go for charcoal and atomic purple if that can be made possible.

charcoal is sure thing! But since we already have so many purple ones, we skip this at the moment, hope again in future round. This is an injected mold, we will be able to run again in the future.

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« Reply #103 on: Mon, 30 November 2020, 04:13:05 »
In support of a Mint and Clear. And really kudos for offering so much in this pricepoint. U guys are awesome.

Thank you, we are working on the mint color chip, and hope to confirm the case color from our factory in middle Dec. Meanwhile, we are working on something more exciting. lol stay tuned.

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« Reply #104 on: Mon, 30 November 2020, 04:15:44 »
I will 64000% buy this.

This is a guaranteed buy from me.
Guaranteed. Guaranteed . Guaranteed

Thank you for making this. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you Thank you

If you can't tell, I'm very very excited. Good luck and i really hope this goes to GB

나무 잎

Thank you 나무 잎
Yup, we already placed order for the mold, all desgins are settled and just waiting for our manufacturer to work it out, and we will pick the color we like in future 1-2 weeks, we will also update some secrect project for this. Will be really exciting :)

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« Reply #105 on: Mon, 30 November 2020, 04:16:39 »

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« Reply #106 on: Mon, 30 November 2020, 04:17:11 »
n e QMK/solder combo avail?
Please give solder pcb. Thanks

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Re: [IC] IKKI68 AURORA | A Gasket Mount Polycarbonate Kit
« Reply #107 on: Mon, 30 November 2020, 04:17:45 »
Looks amazing, specially at this pricepoint

Thank you, trying our best to keep the lowest.

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« Reply #108 on: Mon, 30 November 2020, 04:18:16 »
yo at this price, no meme i might buy 2. 😳

Thank you, hope we can make a larger soft limit

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Re: [IC] IKKI68 AURORA | A Gasket Mount Polycarbonate Kit
« Reply #109 on: Mon, 30 November 2020, 04:20:48 »
I did get the OG Ikki68 Pro, could not get the blue, here's my chance I guess.
Loving the charcoal too.

lol Glad to see you around here!

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Re: [IC] IKKI68 AURORA | A Gasket Mount Polycarbonate Kit
« Reply #110 on: Mon, 30 November 2020, 04:22:21 »
Just to repeat my comment on Reddit: 100% in if colour options are Pink or Purple. Otherwise not overly interested.

Killer price though and a great pickup for someone after a budget board.

We really love pink too, and hope to have it on R2

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Re: [IC] IKKI68 AURORA | A Gasket Mount Polycarbonate Kit
« Reply #111 on: Thu, 03 December 2020, 04:37:52 »
oh hell yes.
I'm kinda glad I missed out on the IKKI68 GB now.
This ticks off a lot of boxes.
Cheap PC case? Check.
Silicone dampening? Check.
Gasket mount? Check.
QMK or Bluetooth? NOICE

I hope you are prepared to take lots of orders.

Thank you! Get update today!

Update #2.1:

Dec. 3rd, 2020 -- Mold is finalized 95%

What we are doing:
#1 Adjusting some minor details and plan to test producing 1st sample around Dec. 15th.
#2 Picking plastic color chips for mint. So hard to decide which to pick for the manufacturer’s test
#3 A secret surprising color, which cannot be disclosed until we get more info confirmed


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Re: [IC] IKKI68 AURORA | A Gasket Mount Polycarbonate Kit - Update Dec. 3rd
« Reply #112 on: Thu, 17 December 2020, 11:20:41 »
Is it possible to get non polycarbonate but aluminum like the last run?

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Re: [IC] IKKI68 AURORA | A Gasket Mount Polycarbonate Kit - Update Dec. 3rd
« Reply #113 on: Thu, 17 December 2020, 16:00:08 »
stoked on this!!!!!!

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Re: [IC] IKKI68 AURORA | A Gasket Mount Polycarbonate Kit - Update Dec. 3rd
« Reply #114 on: Fri, 18 December 2020, 15:04:14 »
Mannnn I hope the surprise color is purple. Still will buy a unit, it looks wayyy to beautiful :thumb: .
Though I got a Question. The Badge is the small (I guess it's a brass plate) above the arrow keys right ?
Just wanted to be sure...

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« Reply #115 on: Fri, 18 December 2020, 20:32:44 »
Definitely dig the design. Going to keep my eye on this one.

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« Reply #116 on: Sat, 19 December 2020, 00:14:31 »
subscribed. down for this

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Re: [IC] IKKI68 AURORA | A Gasket Mount Polycarbonate Kit - Update Dec. 3rd
« Reply #117 on: Sat, 19 December 2020, 22:06:02 »
Is it possible to get non polycarbonate but aluminum like the last run?

Yes, we do have this plan, very very limited ALU ones

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Re: [IC] IKKI68 AURORA | A Gasket Mount Polycarbonate Kit - Update Dec. 3rd
« Reply #118 on: Sat, 19 December 2020, 22:10:11 »
Definitely dig the design. Going to keep my eye on this one.

Update #3:

Dec. 20th, 2020 -- Mold T1 Test was done

All are good except some minor changes like screw holes need to adjust. We are expecting final samles before end of December. Secret color and a GIVEAWAY will be announced very very soon. Stay tuned!


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« Reply #119 on: Sat, 19 December 2020, 22:16:04 »
Awesome. Congrats on the progress.

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Re: [IC] IKKI68 AURORA | A Gasket Mount Polycarbonate Kit - Update Dec. 3rd
« Reply #120 on: Sat, 19 December 2020, 22:18:34 »
Mannnn I hope the surprise color is purple. Still will buy a unit, it looks wayyy to beautiful :thumb: .
Though I got a Question. The Badge is the small (I guess it's a brass plate) above the arrow keys right ?
Just wanted to be sure...

Yes, that's the name bage, it's magnet, you can easily change it, we will have different name badge design.

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« Reply #121 on: Sun, 20 December 2020, 23:17:01 »
Will there be badges matching the case colors (rather than brass)

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« Reply #122 on: Mon, 21 December 2020, 03:05:28 »
Awesome to see the progress. Gets me super excited!

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« Reply #123 on: Mon, 21 December 2020, 13:31:34 »
big excited  ;D

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Re: [IC] IKKI68 AURORA | A Gasket Mount Polycarbonate Kit - Update Dec. 3rd
« Reply #124 on: Mon, 21 December 2020, 21:18:12 »
Definitely dig the design. Going to keep my eye on this one.

Thank you, feel free to join our discord too, we have more update and discussion there :)

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« Reply #125 on: Tue, 22 December 2020, 14:30:01 »
Looking good. Really excited for this keyboard. :thumb:

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« Reply #126 on: Thu, 24 December 2020, 18:33:22 »
Looking good. Really excited for this keyboard. :thumb:
Thank you, working on the final prototypes, hope to share will you all very soon.

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« Reply #127 on: Thu, 07 January 2021, 04:34:13 »
Damn I'll for sure get this one. Hopefully there wouldn't be anymore delays for the GB

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« Reply #128 on: Mon, 11 January 2021, 03:48:23 »
I wonder if this case will also take the LFK78 PCB in the 68-keys version https://www.lfkeyboards.com/lfk78/, as I'm going for ALPS.

Hence, it would be nice if there was a case only option.




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« Reply #129 on: Mon, 11 January 2021, 11:54:28 »
Any chance we can have a different color badge?

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« Reply #130 on: Mon, 11 January 2021, 20:59:14 »
Any chance we can have a different color badge?

from my understanding, you can 3D print your own custom badge

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« Reply #131 on: Sun, 24 January 2021, 04:20:17 »
Hope that it's screw in stabs rather than pcb mount stabs

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« Reply #132 on: Sun, 24 January 2021, 16:22:07 »
When is the group buy supposed to be over...I read it says early feb but is it the whole month?

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« Reply #133 on: Sat, 30 January 2021, 10:39:14 »
Hope that it's screw in stabs rather than pcb mount stabs

They are indeed screw-in stabs. They are actually OA stabilizers by Wuque Studios. They will be color matched for the keyboard.

They have updated their website with all Aurora information.
https://ikki68-aurora.com/

Also they announced colorway partnerships with GMK Devoted & Mizu.


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« Reply #134 on: Sat, 30 January 2021, 11:26:36 »
I knew I should have bought GMK Mizu!

Seriously, though, I want that mint. Everything is so well-considered.

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« Reply #135 on: Mon, 01 February 2021, 03:42:57 »
Would love to see Daily Clack as a vendor for the other kits other than just the devoted.

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« Reply #136 on: Tue, 16 February 2021, 09:02:53 »
any updates on this? :D

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« Reply #137 on: Thu, 18 February 2021, 02:55:12 »
any updates on this? :D
Lots of Ikki streams lately, additional vendors, known GB Date in a week...

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« Reply #138 on: Tue, 23 February 2021, 17:04:45 »
Charcoal, PC Plate & Tromso PCB for a very cool Bluetooth keeb.  I'll be in line tomorrow.
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« Reply #139 on: Tue, 23 February 2021, 17:56:11 »
Charcoal, PC Plate & Tromso PCB for a very cool Bluetooth keeb.  I'll be in line tomorrow.
Do we know what the Bluetooth firmware interface looks like yet?

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« Reply #140 on: Tue, 23 February 2021, 21:01:14 »
Any chance of a purple Aurora in the future that won't force you to pay more for switches and stabs you don't need/want?

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« Reply #141 on: Wed, 24 February 2021, 00:54:13 »
Bought the Aurora x Mizu with the Tromso PCB for a bluetooth Keeb! Now I just need R2 Mizu GB to happen!

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« Reply #142 on: Wed, 24 February 2021, 06:32:18 »
Charcoal, PC Plate & Tromso PCB for a very cool Bluetooth keeb.  I'll be in line tomorrow.
Do we know what the Bluetooth firmware interface looks like yet?

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« Reply #143 on: Wed, 24 February 2021, 11:25:24 »
Maybe I'm just too new to this, but is shipping always this expensive?  I was about to hit order on the charcoal and a fr4 plate in the US till i got to the shipping and it made me hit the brakes on it.  I understand that some of these keyboard stores might be small and run by individual people so they can't get bulk shipping discounts and such, but still it was kind of a shock.

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« Reply #144 on: Wed, 24 February 2021, 16:23:23 »
Maybe I'm just too new to this, but is shipping always this expensive?  I was about to hit order on the charcoal and a fr4 plate in the US till i got to the shipping and it made me hit the brakes on it.  I understand that some of these keyboard stores might be small and run by individual people so they can't get bulk shipping discounts and such, but still it was kind of a shock.

I'm truly surprised by this; as a Canadian I'm used to shipping-sticker-shock but I thought US folks always got the best deals when it came to shipping, especially if they were ordering from a USA-based proxy. Did you try buying from the correct store? FWIW, I ordered from mech.land and only paid $13 CAD for shipping (that's like less than $2 USD! ;o)

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« Reply #145 on: Wed, 24 February 2021, 16:50:00 »
Maybe I'm just too new to this, but is shipping always this expensive?  I was about to hit order on the charcoal and a fr4 plate in the US till i got to the shipping and it made me hit the brakes on it.  I understand that some of these keyboard stores might be small and run by individual people so they can't get bulk shipping discounts and such, but still it was kind of a shock.

I'm truly surprised by this; as a Canadian I'm used to shipping-sticker-shock but I thought US folks always got the best deals when it came to shipping, especially if they were ordering from a USA-based proxy. Did you try buying from the correct store? FWIW, I ordered from mech.land and only paid $13 CAD for shipping (that's like less than $2 USD! ;o)

Hiya, yea I'm ordering from the US proxy Cannonkeys.  The cheapest shipping option available is $22 :O  More than the additional FR4 plate I want to add.  Just for comparison I wanted to check ordering direct from Wuque Studio and the international shipping was $40 haha.

Funny enough, shipping charge from mech.land is just under $16. 
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« Reply #146 on: Wed, 24 February 2021, 17:03:25 »
Maybe I'm just too new to this, but is shipping always this expensive?  I was about to hit order on the charcoal and a fr4 plate in the US till i got to the shipping and it made me hit the brakes on it.  I understand that some of these keyboard stores might be small and run by individual people so they can't get bulk shipping discounts and such, but still it was kind of a shock.

I'm truly surprised by this; as a Canadian I'm used to shipping-sticker-shock but I thought US folks always got the best deals when it came to shipping, especially if they were ordering from a USA-based proxy. Did you try buying from the correct store? FWIW, I ordered from mech.land and only paid $13 CAD for shipping (that's like less than $2 USD! ;o)

No kidding, shipping on 2x vega boards was like $124 USD... love having Canadian vendors for group buys!

Sad to see the mizu themed board sell out so quick though :-(

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« Reply #147 on: Wed, 24 February 2021, 17:54:42 »
well I think I definitely don't need to be spending more money on keyboard stuff right now (already have extra switches, keycaps, stabs...and only one keyboard lol), but the urge is too strong...    Gone are the days where I would spend days deliberating over whether to spend $60 (20 years ago) or $100 (1 year ago) on a logitech keyboard...

Got the charcoal with an extra FR4 :P

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« Reply #148 on: Fri, 26 February 2021, 12:51:45 »
Very cool! I think I will buy the Charcoal wired one and in the second run maybe the pink one as Bluetooth for my GF.
Excited!

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« Reply #149 on: Tue, 02 March 2021, 02:57:51 »
Preordered the Aurora x Devoted, plus Devoted keycaps, plus additional brass weight. Still getting used to spending hundreds of euros on a keyboard, little bit afraid of what might happen once I am...