hi, update time!
protos ordered and in. everything is great, I had to make two small changes to the case itself and I also modified the weight a bit to add some more screws (the weight screws are all internal).
I am planning on starting the group buy in mid/late June of this year (2020).
the PCB (h87c-hsp) prototypes are good to go.
I am considering offering a numpad alongside the tkl. it's called num one. very original. it's the same aesthetically as the tkl, including angle, front edge, side cuts, etc. it will use my h10 PCB, a USB Type C-ported numpad PCB. Avail in via.
the num one is being prototyped rn.
It would likely be a ~$180-200 addition to the tkl one itself. maybe a bit cheaper depending on if i want to make less money or not. i would offer it in the same colors as the tkl during each run.
oh speaking of colors.
round one of the tkl one colors will be gold and black. the gold is RAL 1035, same as my prototype. the black is, black.
I will run the buy as a raffle. It will be a bit more involved (on my end) than a normal take-all-entries-and-pick-the-top-X-as-winners style. I would like to do a "multi-stage" raffle, randomizing entried and eliminating X% per "round" until it's at the desired number of winners. It won't operate differently than others since it'll still be fully random. I may add something like, people who progress further in the process but don't win have additional entries into future raffles/buys of mine. Not sure how that would all work but it'd be interesting I think.
I'm unsure if I will run that process via Google Form or if I'll have to get a raffle form set up through a somewhat nicer front end. I'll look into it.
