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Offline Lyle88

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #100 on: Wed, 24 March 2021, 23:04:01 »
I am ok with an extended wait, given global circumstances, the nature of our hobby, and the specific setbacks encountered by JTK. That said, it would be interesting to hear whether we might receive these in the Year of our Lord 2021. "No" is a fine answer.
Pretty sure they're still aiming for q2 2021. Whether that will happen or not I don't know

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Do they even have molds? Last we heard, the tooling design hadn't even been finished, let alone setting up for production in the next few months.
Prototypes were shown on the prototypist YT channel back in August 2019. IIRC the issues were not major, something to do with the stems and some minor tweeks to legends.
For some reason I seem to remember there being discussion about JTKs engineer who was working on the HSA moulds leaving. I can't say for sure though.

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #101 on: Thu, 25 March 2021, 22:22:08 »
Will we get an update this year from the lead vendor?

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #102 on: Tue, 06 April 2021, 21:36:48 »
I think lead vendor is mykeyboard.eu pretty much all vendors are acting like this gb never ran though.

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #103 on: Thu, 08 April 2021, 11:55:27 »
I think lead vendor is mykeyboard.eu pretty much all vendors are acting like this gb never ran though.

Novelkeys atleast offered refunds, but yeah I agree that it feels like its being ignored.

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #104 on: Fri, 09 April 2021, 09:04:24 »
Hey all!

I have requested another update from JTK on this. I havent heard back yet, but as soon as I do I will update here.

This is not forgotten! It is, though, the longest running GB we have had. :( I am truly sorry for the delays on this, it is not what we thought it would be.


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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #105 on: Sat, 10 April 2021, 16:27:04 »
Hey all!

I have requested another update from JTK on this. I havent heard back yet, but as soon as I do I will update here.

This is not forgotten! It is, though, the longest running GB we have had. :( I am truly sorry for the delays on this, it is not what we thought it would be.

Thanks for keeping us posted. I appreciate it.

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #106 on: Sat, 17 April 2021, 11:03:52 »
I wonder what is the longest GB in mech keys history? Surely not this one yet, but it would be kind of amusing to have the honor...

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #107 on: Sat, 17 April 2021, 12:52:53 »
I wonder what is the longest GB in mech keys history? Surely not this one yet, but it would be kind of amusing to have the honor...

Original GH60 probably. Still going theoretically. Same with GMK Hyperfuse round 1. Probably one of the 7Bit group buys would be in the top ranks too. We are definitely nowhere near those.
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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #108 on: Sun, 18 April 2021, 09:30:44 »
Maybe the Mira kb?

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #109 on: Sun, 18 April 2021, 18:47:43 »
I wonder what is the longest GB in mech keys history? Surely not this one yet, but it would be kind of amusing to have the honor...

Original GH60 probably. Still going theoretically. Same with GMK Hyperfuse round 1. Probably one of the 7Bit group buys would be in the top ranks too. We are definitely nowhere near those.

Zeal Xeno is several years in. I got mine a long time ago, but I believe some folks are still waiting on their boards. Kind of astonishing.

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #110 on: Tue, 27 April 2021, 20:39:39 »
Sooooooooo no word from JTK eh?  My beloved black nk65 will wear boring clear polycarbonate in the meantime.  :)

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #111 on: Wed, 28 April 2021, 23:30:42 »
JTK, could you please overlay the profiles of HSA and DSS?

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Offline Lyle88

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #112 on: Wed, 19 May 2021, 00:42:28 »
Hey all!

I have requested another update from JTK on this. I havent heard back yet, but as soon as I do I will update here.

This is not forgotten! It is, though, the longest running GB we have had. :( I am truly sorry for the delays on this, it is not what we thought it would be.
Fingers crossed for some good news.. has JTK responded to you at all?

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #113 on: Wed, 19 May 2021, 18:39:56 »
Beautiful  :)

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #114 on: Thu, 20 May 2021, 11:38:38 »
Got another update!

HSA is in another mold testing phase (they think its the final test) and then production can start. I would say that we are looking at late summer - early fall for this. But thats only a guess.

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #115 on: Sat, 12 June 2021, 07:09:23 »
Really looking forward to finally getting this (and future colorways). I'm hoping that HSA will have all the retro appeal of SA caps but with a sculpt that will make it comfortable to both typing and playing games on. Fingers crossed the next round of moulds come out well!

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #116 on: Fri, 23 July 2021, 19:14:34 »
Hi JTK. Do you have any update for HSA development?

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #117 on: Fri, 23 July 2021, 19:21:38 »
Hi JTK. Do you have any update for HSA development?

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LOL good one

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #118 on: Fri, 23 July 2021, 19:53:11 »
Ooooo, these look nice!!

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #119 on: Mon, 23 August 2021, 17:01:45 »
3 months, bump for update.

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #120 on: Tue, 24 August 2021, 21:33:10 »
At this point I would like to see Dixie offer refunds like novelkeys. This is pretty much vaporware.

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #121 on: Fri, 10 September 2021, 15:02:58 »
Dixie sent an update today with something on HSA. They said not much of an update and that JTK is still "testing," whatever that means.

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #122 on: Sat, 11 September 2021, 06:22:25 »
Should they not have tested before taking people's money, lmao

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #123 on: Sat, 11 September 2021, 06:28:41 »
Should they not have tested before taking people's money, lmao
I'm pretty sure this GB was run as a way of funding the new HSA profile tooling so it's not really possible to test unless you have lots of spare $$

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #124 on: Sat, 11 September 2021, 11:14:10 »
Jae showed off a full set on TopClack when the GB launched, what happened to that tooling?

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #125 on: Sat, 11 September 2021, 18:52:41 »
Jae showed off a full set on TopClack when the GB launched, what happened to that tooling?
Those were prototypes I believe and there were issues with the stems (can't remember if they were crooked/too thin/cracked) but either way, the molds needed to be improved before going into production.

Edit: also I think the main engineer working on the HSA molds left JTK before they were finished, so I'm not sure who picked up the project.

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #126 on: Fri, 17 September 2021, 14:04:57 »
At this point I would be content with a quarterly, "I haven't heard anything but JTK hasn't actually called it off."  :)

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #127 on: Fri, 17 September 2021, 16:49:32 »
New update!

Just got an email from JTK. They are confident about Q4 timeframe. Will keep you posted if we here more.

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« Reply #128 on: Sat, 18 September 2021, 10:17:29 »
Woohoo!

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #129 on: Tue, 09 November 2021, 09:42:04 »
Q4 is almost half way over - fingers crossed for a Christmas miracle  ;D

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« Reply #130 on: Tue, 09 November 2021, 09:46:36 »
Ha!  I'm pleased to see I'm not the only one still F5'ing this thread.   ;D

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #131 on: Tue, 09 November 2021, 10:16:55 »
Looks like I ordered this on November 3, 2019, about a year ago, and they haven’t even figured out the molds yet. And other than vague, non-committal notes on his discord there’s no communication on it. That’s certainly a great way to lose the confidence of your buyers, which I assume is what they’re going for at this point.
Just here for my annual check in to make sure that everyone’s trust in JTK is still broken.

How about an update? How about a snapshot of a prototype? Any evidence at all that this isn’t just a money grab by JTK and the vendors with no intent to fulfill anything?

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #132 on: Tue, 09 November 2021, 11:31:06 »
I have a huge amount of respect for Novelkeys et al., they've all been great participants in & supporters of our community for many years.  I personally have zero inclination to believe any of the vendors are acting in bad faith.

It is a bummer to see radio silence from JTK, it would be good for business on their part to share more progress details if they are making progress -- and good for business to be transparent if they are not making progress.

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #133 on: Wed, 10 November 2021, 15:42:33 »
hi, don't DM me for updates on this, i don't work with JTK beyond my own sets/being good friends with their english speaking rep. thanks.

i do know that this project is still being worked on, but i have no details beyond a passing comment from the rep that they moved some tooling for it into their new factory while i was talking to him about something else.

beyond that please stop bothering me about this. thanks.
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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #134 on: Thu, 11 November 2021, 11:04:44 »
Wow, it's been 2 years already?! I've totally forgotten about joining these.

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« Reply #135 on: Thu, 11 November 2021, 13:33:58 »
Received another update from JTK. They are hoping to have this finished by end of December. This is pushing back shipping to customers to Q1, 2022.

Again, if anyone wants to cancel their order from NovelKeys - send in a support ticket and we will get you refunded.

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #136 on: Fri, 12 November 2021, 21:16:43 »
Received another update from JTK. They are hoping to have this finished by end of December. This is pushing back shipping to customers to Q1, 2022.

Again, if anyone wants to cancel their order from NovelKeys - send in a support ticket and we will get you refunded.
Thank you for the update, I am still waiting for this set.

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« Reply #137 on: Sat, 13 November 2021, 06:43:48 »
Received another update from JTK. They are hoping to have this finished by end of December. This is pushing back shipping to customers to Q1, 2022.

Again, if anyone wants to cancel their order from NovelKeys - send in a support ticket and we will get you refunded.
Thanks for the update! At least it sounds like things are progressing. I’ve really been looking forward to this set so hopefully the wait is worth it.

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #138 on: Fri, 24 December 2021, 19:17:48 »
Almost the end of year 2021. Any progress from JTK?

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« Reply #139 on: Wed, 29 December 2021, 14:12:15 »
Just got done talking to JTK. Molds are being tested still, and some (if I understood correctly, a majority) had to be remade. Currently JTK is aiming to have molds completed before Chinese New Year, but production will have to take place after CNY.

If there is any other news, I will keep updating.

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« Reply #140 on: Wed, 29 December 2021, 15:12:38 »
Just got done talking to JTK. Molds are being tested still, and some (if I understood correctly, a majority) had to be remade. Currently JTK is aiming to have molds completed before Chinese New Year, but production will have to take place after CNY.

If there is any other news, I will keep updating.
Thanks for keeping this thread updated. It’s really appreciated.

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #141 on: Wed, 02 February 2022, 22:36:42 »
Just checked my outstanding orders and noticed this is still here, how's it progressing

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« Reply #142 on: Wed, 02 February 2022, 22:43:24 »
Just checked my outstanding orders and noticed this is still here, how's it progressing
The post just above says that moulds were expected to be completed before CNY (this week) with production to start after.
I would expect to see a proper update from NK some time next week or the week after saying production has started (or the moulds are being redone )

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« Reply #143 on: Thu, 03 February 2022, 06:46:19 »
FYI Omnitype agreed to refund my order, albeit not a full refund because they wanted me to pay the Shopify cancellation charges.

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #144 on: Fri, 04 March 2022, 21:32:27 »
An update on this would be great. Do we know if moulds are finished and production has started?

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« Reply #145 on: Tue, 08 March 2022, 17:03:38 »
Well we'll we'll, how the turn tables.

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #146 on: Tue, 08 March 2022, 17:30:55 »
An update on this would be great. Do we know if moulds are finished and production has started?

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No solid timeline update, but just yesterday JTK said the molds are still in testing. I asked for a more significant update to share, but did not receive a reply yet.


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« Reply #147 on: Tue, 08 March 2022, 18:28:42 »
An update on this would be great. Do we know if moulds are finished and production has started?

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No solid timeline update, but just yesterday JTK said the molds are still in testing. I asked for a more significant update to share, but did not receive a reply yet.
Thanks for the continued effort squeeze info out of jtk for this project. Hopefully they have some good news in the coming weeks/months

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Re: [GB] HSA White on Black - Beige on Brown
« Reply #148 on: Tue, 08 March 2022, 19:43:57 »
More than 2 years later and they are still working on molds. Lovely :)

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« Reply #149 on: Sat, 26 March 2022, 13:29:08 »
I haven't forgotten

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