[IC] PBTFANS™KABUKI-CHO 歌舞伎町 keycaps

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[IC] PBTFANS™ KABUKI-CHO 歌舞伎町

Hello,Everyone!

Welcome to Kabuki-Cho!

Whenever the Kabuki-cho shows up in all the Japanese novels, anime, and movies I have enjoyed,
this scene could be different every time in my imagination.

It is the irreplaceable landmark of how a nightlight city like Tokyo could be.
Sometimes that is the hustle and bustle you ever want to fit in.

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It's my pleasure if I got your attention with this project, thank you in advance if there are any suggestions or comments you would like to share.
The email address won't be collected for other purposes, please feel satisfied to share your opinions.

2022/6/21 Updates:

1. One yellow " 一丁目" key added.

2. Adjustment on Base kit/ 40s kit renders.

3. Color changed from Pantone 7635C to Pantone 2040C.
Based on the actual review Pantone 2040C is brighter and closer to the color in the original renderings. Here is the comparison:


( Pictured from a view under natural daylight without any editing)

Colors

I choose the red of the signboard, the dark blue of the night and the light blue of the neon light as main colors to match,
hope it brings you joyful feeling

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Manufacture

PBTfans

Vendor

Worldwide: KBDfans

Pricing

TBD

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The keycap pictures above are rendered.
Due to the difference of different monitors, the color may be slightly different from the final product.
 I have tried my best to stay close to the color chart when rendering.

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If you have any feedback or advice ,please fill the IC form to tell me.

[AstraRus]

8008 vibes

[SDKCAMPING]

8008 vibes

the only thing they have in common is pink accent lol?

[DirtyGingy]

8008 vibes

Hey, a heads up, I ran one of the base kits through a comparison for someone that is partially colorblind in red and I see what you mean. You might also me slightly colorblind.

[Fraaaan]

7 caps locks in base... This has to be a record.

[AstraRus]

8008 vibes

the only thing they have in common is pink accent lol?

vibes ≠ same colours

[Surefoot]

Nice cyberpunk-ish theme. Love the renders (neutral lighting !). Cool novelties. Definitely getting a set.

[jiminojimi]

love it

[yangsiyin]

Nice set, especially love the metal artisan

[ITSUKI]

Ohh, very nice!! Especially the deskmat!
Reminds me of when I used to work in Kabukicho, your eyes are bombarded with the glaring lights from the surrounding love hotels and host clubs constantly )

[Heinze]

I certainly need this deskmat. I'm in for that. Good luck!

[Backspace2]

I like how you stuck a lot to the original theme. 

[SafeAtShore]

I think this set actually sticks with the theme pretty well. There are far too many that don't really resemble their original inspiration.

Would this set be entirely reverse dye-sub? That's probably going to turn a lot of people off. It seems like PBTfans has doubleshot ABS capability, so I'd imagine that's how this set will go.

A few things, although IDK how PBTfans structures their molds/pricing:
-Adding a tab key in the latin alphas kit would enable a base kit to cover more than one board.
-The nomad kit would benefit from a 1.75u backspace and replacing the 1.5u lock with 1.5u shift. A 1.75u shift would also be a good move.

[yangsiyin]

That metal artisan is super nice!

[Nonnegaard]

8008 vibes

the only thing they have in common is pink accent lol?

you'd have to be colorblind to not see the resemblance.

[Mr Chrome]

8008 vibes

the only thing they have in common is pink accent lol?

you'd have to be colorblind to not see the resemblance.

8008 is grey + pink. This set is not grey + pink + weeb. I’d say Commute looks more like 8008, but even that’s not fair.

Would this set be entirely reverse dye-sub? That's probably going to turn a lot of people off. It seems like PBTfans has doubleshot ABS capability, so I'd imagine that's how this set will go.

You must’ve misread. IIRC PBTfans doesn’t dyesub or ABS (except Neon). It’s (apparently) doubleshot PBT.

[NihonCK]

the IC on KBD's site also confirms that it will be PBT along with Double-shot for the non JP sets, Triple-shot for JP Sub-Legends

[jaynoon]

I love how this set looks, and I REALLY love that it includes command keys. But the arrow legends really should be centered.

[VaporKeebs]

Oh hell yeah for this set.

I have both references as tapestries in my apartment. I have the main one in the gif covered more than half my bedroom wall for a bed backdrop.

I have the other one much smaller that I dont have up anywhere right now.

As for those arrows... I would prefer them as if verse centered.

[NihonCK]

I love how this set looks, and I REALLY love that it includes command keys. But the arrow legends really should be centered.

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the arrows in this configuration is common in many cherry profile molds. take a look at some gmk sets.

[ImaSpacePotato]

I love how this set looks, and I REALLY love that it includes command keys. But the arrow legends really should be centered.

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Not much the designer can do besides massively inflating prices, since KBDfans would have to make new tooling for centered arrows.

[digitalnothing]

Love the colors, but I wish it had slightly more contrast in the alphas.

[creasi.workshop]

Love the color, great work!

[EdgeOfInfinity]

i think this set is hitting it's theme nicely. would be interested in whether this is dyesub or doubleshot

[konstantin]

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The base kits are missing R1 PgDn, End keys for 1800/CP/96-key support.

[Tom_Kazansky]

nice set, I'm also a PBT fan, I'm looking forwards to this set 

EDIT: hope the wait time isn't too crazy. 

i think this set is hitting it's theme nicely. would be interested in whether this is dyesub or doubleshot

details from KBDFans website:

    Material: PBT material
    Profile: Cherry profile
    Production Method: Doubleshot/Tripleshot for JP Sub-Legends
    Manufacturer: PBTfans™
    Friendly Reminds: Only keycaps included, no keyboard
    Compatibility: Cherry MX switches and MX-style clones
    Designer: oay

yeah, it's PBT and double/triple shot

[WHITEHOTACTION]

I’d love to see a novelty based on that ramen bowl with chopsticks from the reference photo.

[kapowaz]

Really like this.

[jaynoon]

How did this IC go? Are we likely to see the set produced? It's by far my favorite of the PBTFans releases/ICs so far.

[unwashed_heathen]

Just noticed icon base kit render has 2 pg ups r1 instead of home/pg up. Pretty minor since it's obvious what's supposed to be there but you might want to fix.

[deska]

i think my favourite part is definitely the 1u metal keycap, it fits the theme so well

[oay]

Just noticed icon base kit render has 2 pg ups r1 instead of home/pg up. Pretty minor since it's obvious what's supposed to be there but you might want to fix.

It's a rendering error, i'll correct it.

[ThreadyKeycaps]

love the artisans and the colours are definitely bomb

[oay]

2022/6/21 Updates:

• 1. One yellow " 一丁目" key added.

• 2. Adjustment on Base kit/ 40s kit renders.

• 3. Color changed from Pantone 7635C to Pantone 2040C.
  Based on the actual review Pantone 2040C is brighter and closer to the color in the original renderings.
  Here is the comparison:
  ( Pictured from a view under natural daylight without any editing)

[nvh2092]

Yellow accent for iso enter novelty pls 

[byfuryattheheart]

I have the Spark kit and love it. The only thing I'd really want is a regular Esc key offered in the Icon base.