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Re: [GB] GMK SKIDATA+ (Pre-Orders Open Now)
« Reply #100 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 12:25:51 »
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« Reply #101 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 12:31:37 »
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Good god, that triple-shot colorway is sweet, the result is really clean.


The color pack/space-bars/re-legendables are great. I may have to sit this one out but will see what $ can be put aside for this.
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« Reply #102 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 12:39:24 »
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« Reply #103 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 12:46:52 »
I can't wait until the sorting (*for shipping)  party  :thumb:
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« Reply #104 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 13:59:46 »
Hi Karura, I asked this in the IC thread, and I have to ask it again here. Is there a way for you to add 2x R4 1.25x blanks and 2x R4 1x blanks to this very nice set? I find the existence of win keys in my keyboards very disturbing :p

I've made some research. The only GMK sets that have these blanks are:

  • classic beige (1.25x only)
  • sky dolch
  • electric bluegaloo (modifier only, 1.25x only)
  • miami nights (only one 1x)

It will be very nice if skidata+ can provide them too.

Oh, if you can provide them, I'm willing to pay extra for these blanks.

To answer you a short answer, there will not be any changes made to the keysets.

Long answer:
It was a conscious decision early on during the design process of SKIDATA+ to offer as many keys with legends as possible, even then, we ended up with a huge keyset that ended up being 137 keys already. (Almost too many, too big, but just about covers all the different layouts).
There are many reasons for this that are objective, such as pricing. GMK's pricing for keys are expensive, regardless if they're blanks or doubleshots or padprinted, as well as the requirements of every single key you see in the SKIDATA+ keysets being a minimum of 250 MOQ, something that is not easy to achieve, and we are going to need as much support as we can offer, as a community, to reach it.

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Re: [GB] GMK SKIDATA+ (Pre-Orders Open Now)
« Reply #105 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 14:06:13 »
Nice set, unfortunately I can't warrant such a large set on my budget. One question though, would a future relegendable GB be possible/feasible? They sound very nice, and a set of them with different colored caps would be a great investment to add some flair/flexibility to any keyset.

Unfortunately it is currently out of the question, as they are very expensive to make, and require a MOQ to be made and padprinted, keeping in mind that the pricing will always be expensive for a custom job. It is quite a financial risk that I am taking by paying for it out of pocket. The funds that go through ZealPC are all untouched and reserved for payment towards the keysets. This is all out of pocket, and you can consider it to be an extra addition/bonus option that was never meant to be feasible, but nevertheless, it is available, if not only for now. :) Order now if you want a set, there is no guarantees that they will be coming back in the future.

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« Reply #106 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 14:14:34 »
Just curious what's the reasoning for not just leaving the relegendables completely blank? i.e. no side printing

If this was discussed somewhere already I apologize. :D

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« Reply #107 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 14:21:30 »
Also how is it relehendable if the top is opaque orange?

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« Reply #108 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 14:30:16 »
Gratz on getting this huge GB started  :thumb:

I have followed the IC very closely and I know how much thought you put into everything. Unfortunately I can't get used to the icon only modifiers. I know you want to stay true to the original which is completely fine of course, but for me it's a dealbreaker. I love the color scheme, but I just can't justify spending that amount of money on a set I will probably not use.

Having said that I wish you all the best for your GB. Hopefully it won't be a last minute struggle to reach MOQ  :thumb:

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« Reply #109 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 14:42:39 »
Also how is it relehendable if the top is opaque orange?

Very good point. Traditionally the shape/profile/type of these keycaps are called "Relegendables", but when using opaque Orange plastic, it becomes "two-toned" keycaps really. :P

That said, each Relegendable keycap will come with BOTH the Clear and the Orange relegendable tops.
With that idea, you'd be able to 100% recreate the Skidata relegendables, or if you like, a more vibrant look with the Orange tops. :)

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« Reply #110 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 14:44:05 »
I can't wait until the sorting party  :thumb:

Party party party!! :D

Although in this case, it wouldn't be the traditional sorting party, since almost all the keycaps will arrive sorted in GMK baggies. :)

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« Reply #111 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 15:06:03 »
Will be back to answer more questions in a bit. There are a lot of very good questions, and I am more than happy to answer them! :thumb:

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« Reply #112 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 15:13:31 »
Those are really beautiful images and perfectly captures the Skidata colours. Thanks for sharing! ;)

Are you using a DSLR and natural lighting?

I'd say a colourpack would really complement that base set, haha. :) I hope you do consider it!

The colorpack is really an option! I use a DSLR, and a mixture of all lights like flash, the sun, and everything that makes some light :) Mostly flash light for keycaps though, the sun reaches not that often to the desktop, only in the evening in the winter or fall or spring when the sun is standing low. I'm glad you like the pictures! Use everything what you want.
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« Reply #113 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 15:22:02 »
To answer you a short answer, there will not be any changes made to the keysets.

That's a bummer. I guess I'll have to sit this out and wait for another GMK run, again. Anyway, good luck with the group buy.
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« Reply #114 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 15:27:06 »
I kind of expected this kind of price range with all the goodies that are included... I'm just really Giorgio that there's no homing bars for F/J :( I'm glad there's a decent amount of time to consider, I do need a dark keyset but I'm starting to struggle to find boards to put keysets on.

Wait... so is there any kind of a difference that you can use to locate them by touch for F/J?

I thought this set at this price point was bad news for my wallet... and then Infinity DSA reappeared almost at the same moment, ouch! I was thinking I shouldn't buy more sets and now the two I've really been wanting to get become available at the same time.

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« Reply #115 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 15:32:15 »
I kind of expected this kind of price range with all the goodies that are included... I'm just really Giorgio that there's no homing bars for F/J :( I'm glad there's a decent amount of time to consider, I do need a dark keyset but I'm starting to struggle to find boards to put keysets on.

Wait... so is there any kind of a difference that you can use to locate them by touch for F/J?

I thought this set at this price point was bad news for my wallet... and then Infinity DSA reappeared almost at the same moment, ouch! I was thinking I shouldn't buy more sets and now the two I've really been wanting to get become available at the same time.
There is a "scoop" in F/J.

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« Reply #116 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 15:50:57 »
hooup hooup!

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DAAAAYAYAYAYAAAAAAAAYYYUUUUMMM

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« Reply #117 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 15:53:39 »
hooup hooup!

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DAAAAYAYAYAYAAAAAAAAYYYUUUUMMM

pretty sure that picture alone convinced me to get in on this buy

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« Reply #118 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 15:55:30 »
There is a "scoop" in F/J.

Thanks. Yeah, scoops work for me just as well. Just need to have some way to find that home position.

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« Reply #119 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 16:00:08 »
Beautiful key selection, nice colorway... now I just need to convince myself that I need another GMK set for that price :D

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« Reply #120 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 17:19:26 »
hooup hooup!

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DAAAAYAYAYAYAAAAAAAAYYYUUUUMMM

pretty sure that picture alone convinced me to get in on this buy

darn u for being so awesome binge

Yeeeee boi. I hope I get a Binge seeing as I missed out on the Zealio Binges. :-X
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« Reply #121 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 17:32:43 »
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oh no it's Binge
now I would feel even more depressed if I don't win the raffle, or that particular keythulu  :rolleyes:
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« Reply #122 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 17:36:26 »
I kind of expected this kind of price range with all the goodies that are included... I'm just really Giorgio that there's no homing bars for F/J :( I'm glad there's a decent amount of time to consider, I do need a dark keyset but I'm starting to struggle to find boards to put keysets on.

Wait... so is there any kind of a difference that you can use to locate them by touch for F/J?

I thought this set at this price point was bad news for my wallet... and then Infinity DSA reappeared almost at the same moment, ouch! I was thinking I shouldn't buy more sets and now the two I've really been wanting to get become available at the same time.

Due to the difficulty of actually getting enough orders for GMK sets, it is usually harder to obtain and will not be re-run. Comparatively, it is easily to re-run SP/PMK sets, as they are a bit easier to reach MOQ. Infinity DSA is also very cool, so it's up to you. :thumb: I look forward to seeing your order if you pick up a set. :)

There will be scoops on the F and J.


There is also a lot of comparison to the GMK HyperFuse set, and I would also like to address that:
Please keep in mind GMK HyperFuse originally had way less keys at a MOQ of 250, and it only got extra keys when it reached a MOQ of 400, and did not come sorted for the price.
Here is the original render of the GMK HyperFuse keys at a MOQ of 250:
http://i.imgur.com/kqhowFK.png

This is very interesting, and something I did not realise about Hyperfuse.

I suppose you could look at Hyperfuse as rewarding people who committed to it with extra keys, but also as punishing those who want/need those keys if 400 people could not be found to buy the set.

Skidata+ here doesn't force people to rely on the buy achieving that 400 mountain for the keys they need, however it begs the question - what is the reward for reaching 400 orders? Surely there are very few extra keys needed, but are the logistics of 400 partial refunds viable? Forgive me if this has been answered already, I've not seen any info on this yet though.

I appreciate the question, and I'm happy to answer. :thumb:

To be completely honest with you, the MOQ of 250 is already a big challenge, and won't be that easy to accomplish. We are going to need everyone's support, as early as possible, to reach this goal. I have faith that we will be able to. :)

When we reach 400 MOQ, there will definitely be some additions, one being dash/bars homing keys for the F and J, as well some bonus novelty keys. :)
It'll be up to the community to show what they would like to see! I do already have some ideas, but let's take a step back and make sure we reach 250 MOQ first. :thumb:

Those are really beautiful images and perfectly captures the Skidata colours. Thanks for sharing! ;)

Are you using a DSLR and natural lighting?

I'd say a colourpack would really complement that base set, haha. :) I hope you do consider it!

The colorpack is really an option! I use a DSLR, and a mixture of all lights like flash, the sun, and everything that makes some light :) Mostly flash light for keycaps though, the sun reaches not that often to the desktop, only in the evening in the winter or fall or spring when the sun is standing low. I'm glad you like the pictures! Use everything what you want.

Thanks for sharing your setup! I also use a flashlight for some of my keycap photography haha. A high CRI one works really well.

I hope you'll consider picking up a Base Set as well, you need a backup for that OG set. :) Also, it would be cool, since you could take more awesome photos of SKIDATA+ to share! :)


To answer you a short answer, there will not be any changes made to the keysets.

That's a bummer. I guess I'll have to sit this out and wait for another GMK run, again. Anyway, good luck with the group buy.

You could definitely still pick up a SKIDATA+ set, as I don't believe a lot of GMK sets will include blanks. This is not a set to miss out on!

Luckily for you, SKIDATA+ Base Set shares the same charcoal grey colours as Ivan's GMK Dolch, and GMK Sky Dolch, both containing 1.25x blanks that are an exact match for the SKIDATA+ set. There should be many, and are very likely to find one in classifieds. :thumb:
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« Reply #123 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 17:45:09 »
Is Zeal planning on buying some sets if we fall short of MOQ? Or any other vendors such as Techkeys, UKKeycaps or even Ctrl-Alt?
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« Reply #124 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 18:00:44 »
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« Reply #125 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 18:03:06 »
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« Reply #126 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 19:15:19 »
Is Zeal planning on buying some sets if we fall short of MOQ? Or any other vendors such as Techkeys, UKKeycaps or even Ctrl-Alt?

The plan is to meet MOQ at all costs, so there will be a conscious effort to garner more support. I am unable to answer for the vendors, but all that can be done is being done to make sure we make it. The best chance we have at meeting MOQ would be to have a lot of early orders, have it snowball past the 250 MOQ mark, and we would even have extra keycaps with the set once it reaches the 400 MOQ milestone.

I highly recommend against waiting until the very last minute to place an order. The stronger we start off with, the stronger we end. :thumb:
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« Reply #127 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 19:32:31 »
Is Zeal planning on buying some sets if we fall short of MOQ? Or any other vendors such as Techkeys, UKKeycaps or even Ctrl-Alt?

The plan is to meet MOQ at all costs, so there will be a conscious effort to garner more support. I am unable to answer for the vendors, but all that can be done is being done to make sure we make it. The best chance we have at meeting MOQ would be to have a lot of early orders, have it snowball past the 250 MOQ mark, and we would even have extra keycaps with the set once it reaches the 400 MOQ milestone.

I highly recommend against waiting until the very last minute to place an order. The stronger we start off with, the stronger we end. :thumb:
Wow! It sounds like it can be expensive depending on how things play out.

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« Reply #128 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 20:17:09 »
Wow! It sounds like it can be expensive depending on how things play out.

This is why it's always recommended to join during the GB stage as opposed to later, so you can secure a set at the best price. There will be no guarantees as to how vendors will go about pricing them afterwards.
Join now for the GB price, and help the make SKIDATA+ come true. :) We need all the support we can get from the community.

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« Reply #129 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 20:28:35 »
It occurs to me that this is the perfect set for a Halloween color themed board. Spoopy timing!  :p

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« Reply #130 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 20:30:39 »
Man I'd love this but I can only go as far a the color set price wise and then brave the very possible wife aggro.  But I'm still trying to rationalize...

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« Reply #131 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 20:53:03 »
I bought everything and it worked out to $450 Australian.
Might need to reconsider this one :( wallethack is too strong

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« Reply #132 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 21:02:25 »
I bought everything and it worked out to $450 Australian.
Might need to reconsider this one :( wallethack is too strong

Wow, bro that is a lot of money, someone has deep pockets in Australia.

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« Reply #133 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 21:08:48 »
I bought everything and it worked out to $450 Australian.
Might need to reconsider this one :( wallethack is too strong

Wow, bro that is a lot of money, someone has deep pockets in Australia.

Nah someone is just stupid with money sometimes

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« Reply #134 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 21:12:04 »
I bought everything and it worked out to $450 Australian.
Might need to reconsider this one :( wallethack is too strong
and convert that to Indonesian Rupiah....
#cry and Skidata+ still took my money

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« Reply #135 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 22:03:39 »
I bought everything and it worked out to $450 Australian.
Might need to reconsider this one :( wallethack is too strong

Wow, bro that is a lot of money, someone has deep pockets in Australia.

Nah someone is just stupid with money sometimes

Australia use plastic money. 450 AUD is like £25 isn't it? ;)
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« Reply #136 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 22:13:49 »
I bought everything and it worked out to $450 Australian.
Might need to reconsider this one :( wallethack is too strong

Wow, bro that is a lot of money, someone has deep pockets in Australia.

Nah someone is just stupid with money sometimes

Australia use plastic money. 450 AUD is like £25 isn't it? ;)
I thought they use, like, cigarettes and friendship, or something.

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« Reply #137 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 22:56:47 »
I bought everything and it worked out to $450 Australian.
Might need to reconsider this one :( wallethack is too strong

Your contribution of your firstborn child towards this greater good is strongly appreciated! :))

It occurs to me that this is the perfect set for a Halloween color themed board. Spoopy timing!  :p

It's gonna be an extra spoopy Halloween next year :O

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« Reply #138 on: Sat, 31 October 2015, 03:15:33 »
I bought everything and it worked out to $450 Australian.
Might need to reconsider this one :( wallethack is too strong

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« Reply #139 on: Sat, 31 October 2015, 04:14:03 »
Just wanted to touch upon what would happen in the event that we reach 400 orders for each set:

Regarding the MOQ of 400, I do plan to include extra keys once we hit that mark. Some keys that are already decided for the base set would be the F and J keys with dashes/bars homing profile, and perhaps some DE ISO keys to add more authenticity. I would have liked to include these keys in the beginning, but as you've already seen, pricing becomes an issue as a set becomes larger.

For the Colour Pack, there have been some ideas as well, mostly to include the missing Orange navigation keys, as well as the Numpad section, for a true Cherry-style colour theme.

Of course these will be up to the community and what the community wants; hopefully we'd be able to satiate as many appetites as possible.
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Re: [GB] GMK SKIDATA+ (Pre-Orders Open Now)
« Reply #140 on: Sat, 31 October 2015, 05:29:54 »
Just wanted to touch upon what would happen in the event that we reach 400 orders for each set:

Regarding the MOQ of 400, I do plan to include extra keys once we hit that mark. Some keys that are already decided for the base set would be the F and J keys with dashes/bars homing profile, and perhaps some DE ISO keys to add more authenticity. I would have liked to include these keys in the beginning, but as you've already seen, pricing becomes an issue as a set becomes larger.

For the Colour Pack, there have been some ideas as well, mostly to include the missing Orange navigation keys, as well as the Numpad section, for a true Cherry-style colour theme.

Of course these will be up to the community and what the community wants; hopefully we'd be able to satiate as many appetites as possible.
Thanks for the explanation. Going to be hard to reach those numbers I fear but it's reassuring to know that pretty much all the issues people have mentioned with this set are conscious cost-saving measures. Seems like we well-designed GB.

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Re: [GB] GMK SKIDATA+ (Pre-Orders Open Now)
« Reply #141 on: Sat, 31 October 2015, 06:17:07 »

Just wanted to touch upon what would happen in the event that we reach 400 orders for each set:

Regarding the MOQ of 400, I do plan to include extra keys once we hit that mark. Some keys that are already decided for the base set would be the F and J keys with dashes/bars homing profile, and perhaps some DE ISO keys to add more authenticity. I would have liked to include these keys in the beginning, but as you've already seen, pricing becomes an issue as a set becomes larger.

For the Colour Pack, there have been some ideas as well, mostly to include the missing Orange navigation keys, as well as the Numpad section, for a true Cherry-style colour theme.

Of course these will be up to the community and what the community wants; hopefully we'd be able to satiate as many appetites as possible.

Well you already know my suggestion: a 1.25x blank for 60% users 🏻
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Re: [GB] GMK SKIDATA+ (Pre-Orders Open Now)
« Reply #142 on: Sat, 31 October 2015, 07:22:38 »
I'm in. would love to see some ISO-DE caps added if MOQ allows ...

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Re: [GB] GMK SKIDATA+ (Pre-Orders Open Now)
« Reply #143 on: Sat, 31 October 2015, 07:55:04 »
Just wanted to touch upon what would happen in the event that we reach 400 orders for each set:

Regarding the MOQ of 400, I do plan to include extra keys once we hit that mark. Some keys that are already decided for the base set would be the F and J keys with dashes/bars homing profile, and perhaps some DE ISO keys to add more authenticity. I would have liked to include these keys in the beginning, but as you've already seen, pricing becomes an issue as a set becomes larger.

For the Colour Pack, there have been some ideas as well, mostly to include the missing Orange navigation keys, as well as the Numpad section, for a true Cherry-style colour theme.

Of course these will be up to the community and what the community wants; hopefully we'd be able to satiate as many appetites as possible.

Maybe I am being silly,  but aren't the orange navigation (arrow)  keys currently in the color pack?  Or are you referring to adding a wasd xluster?

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Re: [GB] GMK SKIDATA+ (Pre-Orders Open Now)
« Reply #144 on: Sat, 31 October 2015, 07:59:38 »
Just wanted to touch upon what would happen in the event that we reach 400 orders for each set:

Regarding the MOQ of 400, I do plan to include extra keys once we hit that mark. Some keys that are already decided for the base set would be the F and J keys with dashes/bars homing profile, and perhaps some DE ISO keys to add more authenticity. I would have liked to include these keys in the beginning, but as you've already seen, pricing becomes an issue as a set becomes larger.

For the Colour Pack, there have been some ideas as well, mostly to include the missing Orange navigation keys, as well as the Numpad section, for a true Cherry-style colour theme.

Of course these will be up to the community and what the community wants; hopefully we'd be able to satiate as many appetites as possible.

Maybe I am being silly,  but aren't the orange navigation (arrow)  keys currently in the color pack?  Or are you referring to adding a wasd xluster?
I think he means that cluster right above the arrows.

The keys with 400 MOQ would make this set perfect for me. Let's hope it's not just a dream.

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Re: [GB] GMK SKIDATA+ (Pre-Orders Open Now)
« Reply #145 on: Sat, 31 October 2015, 08:15:24 »
Just wanted to touch upon what would happen in the event that we reach 400 orders for each set:

Regarding the MOQ of 400, I do plan to include extra keys once we hit that mark. Some keys that are already decided for the base set would be the F and J keys with dashes/bars homing profile, and perhaps some DE ISO keys to add more authenticity. I would have liked to include these keys in the beginning, but as you've already seen, pricing becomes an issue as a set becomes larger.

For the Colour Pack, there have been some ideas as well, mostly to include the missing Orange navigation keys, as well as the Numpad section, for a true Cherry-style colour theme.

Of course these will be up to the community and what the community wants; hopefully we'd be able to satiate as many appetites as possible.

Maybe I am being silly,  but aren't the orange navigation (arrow)  keys currently in the color pack?  Or are you referring to adding a wasd xluster?
I think he means that cluster right above the arrows.

The keys with 400 MOQ would make this set perfect for me. Let's hope it's not just a dream.

Ah, that cluster... yea that would be cool... although this will be going on my Lightsaver. This is an expensive option, but I am going to have the whole board in the grey with orange legends, except the arrows, caps lock, and if there were a WASD cluster, those.

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Re: [GB] GMK SKIDATA+ (Pre-Orders Open Now)
« Reply #146 on: Sat, 31 October 2015, 13:57:49 »
DE ISO keys
If this happens at 400, I will do literally anything to buy this set up to 400. This is the dream.
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Re: [GB] GMK SKIDATA+ (Pre-Orders Open Now)
« Reply #147 on: Sat, 31 October 2015, 14:40:14 »
Happy Halloween! ;D

These photos are a good representation of how SKIDATA+ caps will look in person. Cheers! :thumb:





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Side-printed F-row Legends on the Re-legendables, up close


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Re: [GB] GMK SKIDATA+ (Pre-Orders Open Now)
« Reply #148 on: Sat, 31 October 2015, 15:30:09 »
is it too late to add in stuff? I don't think I see any language specific ISO keys.

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Re: [GB] GMK SKIDATA+ (Pre-Orders Open Now)
« Reply #149 on: Sat, 31 October 2015, 15:36:21 »
I would love the orange numpad set. We can do this guys, I believe :)
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