GMK RGBYK Add-on Kit (GMK RGB 2020) - LAUNCHING NEXT FRIDAY

[adxlk]

GMK RGBYK Add-on Kit 


LAUNCHING NEXT FRIDAY 

Hello, this add-on kit is something me and Hineybush (hineybush#0069) would like to run. It was first ran by Geekhack users Radio_killah and GhostJuggernautClassic over on Drop(formerly known as Massdrop).

Here's the mock-up:



Vendors:
NA: Novelkeys
EU: Oblotzky
Rest of the world: TBD

Pricing: TBD

GB Date: Tentatively January 2020.

MOQ: 150

Do tell me what you guys think of it. Thanks https://forms.gle/iMc9xHYe2sAuaMoW7

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Update 1.0 

• Blanks removed as per feedback received.
• Added R5 1.25 mods as per feedback received.
• Added Winkeys as their replacement.
• Thank you Lightning/Diego for helping me out. 
• This add-on kit shall be called GMK Mauritius Add-on kit due to my island flag's colors and it being matching colors to the classic Desko RGB mods.

Update 2.0 

• Leds removed since more people liked the standalone rgbyk.
• Added Super as winkeys since those won the poll.
• Changing name back to GMK RGBYK. Mauritius still in our hearts

Update 2.1 

• Added 1.25u Menu Key.

Update 2.2 

• Hiney is taking some time off. Swapping to Novelkeys as US Vendor.

Older Kit Revs - 1.0:

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Older Kit Revs - 2.0:

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Older Kit Revs - 2.1:

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[hineybush]

lets go baby

considering changing/removing the r1 blanks/esc so pls leave input there. est. price is $40-50 USD per kit

[would?]

In

[ttom]

yes

[Midori]

r1 esc p sick i wouldnt mind paying a few dollars more if those were included

[Quriosity]

I'm definitely in for a kit - looks great

[Atlantic]

Yesyeysyesyes

[oxchamballs]

need more of these in my life. some pics of my massdrop set

[h9n9n3]

in

[ctrlshiftba]

Take my money!

[dantambok]

Let’s do this

[Jae-3soteric]

Def in for this - remove the blanks (and the cherry keys) for me though

[funderburker]

I'm looking forward for this. Pack would be fine without blanks I feel like.

[octix]

Yes

[shnizlon]

Yes

[stepstone82]

Nice adil!

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[DJSwayde]

Yesssss. Do not need the blanks or Escs but would like the Cherry keys.

[Atlantic]

r5 mod colored 1u keys would be nice, the legend could be a winkey, a cherry key or a code key imo

[Mcnos]

Yes

[Eastji]

oh HELL YES

[tex_live_utility]

r5 mod colored 1u keys would be nice, the legend could be a winkey, a cherry key or a code key imo

+1.

Also I don't need the R1 blanks or Esc keys.

[RETURNISO]

Yes please!

+1 Esc, Blanks, Cherry led's

[LightningXI]

Can I recommend the inclusion of winkeys? Black on yellow. (Not Code, not Super, but Winkeys)



I actually had mocked this up by myself previously thinking of doing a rerun of such a kit sometime.

This is great!

[tentboy]

sick.  Im in.

[zekkin]

A diamond (like how Lightning mocked up) on what would have been the R1 1u blanks would be cool. Either way, I'm in.

[LightningXI]

OH, also don't forget that there are R5 molds for 1.25u mods so you should include those as well for Ctrl, Winkey, Fn (this would be the Menu key in 6.25u bottom row and could be done in black on orange), and Alt.

[Zurg Eon]

I'm in. R5 1.25u mods would have been nice.

[cekagekh]

Nice! But I don't think I'll need the R1 blanks.

[wholypantalones]

I'm in. I don't necessarily need or want the winkeys (especially diamonds), blanks, cherry keys or escapes but R5 keys should definitely be added.

[Steezus]

Definitely getting one of these kits, been wanting a blue cherry logo for quite some time.

[appaboy]

Love that you're including both icon only and icon + text

[tex_live_utility]

I don't mind being forced to use Alt Gr. If you wanted to remove the extra 2 plain Alts to reduce the price I'd be happy with that change.

[wholypantalones]

I don't mind being forced to use Alt Gr. If you wanted to remove the extra 2 plain Alts to reduce the price I'd be happy with that change.

I'd rather pay extra for the additional alts than be forced to use alt gr. Oco sets all come that way and it's kinda irritating tbh.

[LightningXI]

I don't mind being forced to use Alt Gr. If you wanted to remove the extra 2 plain Alts to reduce the price I'd be happy with that change.

I'd rather pay extra for the additional alts than be forced to use alt gr. Oco sets all come that way and it's kinda irritating tbh.

Yeah, I agree. IMO just have the most compatibility possible as these modifier kits are hard to come by, and they rarely get run nowadays with the infinite number of keyset group-buys nowadays (full base kits and all that jazz).

[Poesjuh]

angry alt is best alt though.

[funderburker]

Hey. AltGr is the only real right Alt there is.

[dallman5]

Super hyped for this. In for 2 probably.

[depletedvespene]

Hey. AltGr is the only real right Alt there is.

Not if I have it my way. 

[Rob27shred]

I'm down for a kit!

[oxchamballs]

Not feeling the new name, why not just keep it as RGBK (which is so kuch more recognizable)?

[ullr]

A HHKB control in red would be a nice addition I think

[adxlk]

18 hours post submission update:

The Update 1.0 seems to please mostly everyone so far.
Here are the results from the feedback form.

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Everything seems to be inline besides cherry leds.
Vote up if you want it to stay in the kit or vice versa

Not feeling the new name, why not just keep it as RGBK (which is so kuch more recognizable)?

Need to represent the dodo-land in this hobby xd
Don't worry, I will revert back if more people don't prefer it.

A HHKB control in red would be a nice addition I think

Thank you for your input, should there be more people who are an advocate of this, I will consider making that addition.

[rrsurmeier]

I need yellow shift. pls add.

[LightningXI]

I need yellow shift. pls add.

You can get a CMYK kit for that.

[Zirylian]

This is super cool.

[Obe]

Really really love since I'm from Mauritius! Would also love to see some LED Caps Lock keys 

[Applet]

Def. in for this 

[Zurg Eon]

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Thanks man, appreciate it 

[Quriosity]

Please keep the Cherry LED keys in the kit - it's my favorite part of the kit and I don't mind paying extra to have them in the kit

[mimalik]

Wow R5 support, def in!!

[apejonk]

Personally I don't see the connection between the theme of the kit and windowed cherry keys. Beside the fact that pad printed keys are not exactly cool anyway.

Are you guys set on the new window logo? How about the old one? Or text?

[LightningXI]

Personally I don't see the connection between the theme of the kit and windowed cherry keys. Beside the fact that pad printed keys are not exactly cool anyway.

Are you guys set on the new window logo? How about the old one? Or text?

Iirc the "old" retro one would be a padprinted legend due to the details of the icon.

[tex_live_utility]

Personally I don't see the connection between the theme of the kit and windowed cherry keys. Beside the fact that pad printed keys are not exactly cool anyway.

Are you guys set on the new window logo? How about the old one? Or text?

Iirc the "old" retro one would be a padprinted legend due to the details of the icon.

This is what they did on the GMK Classic Retro set. Given how rarely I press this key (and given how good GMK pad printing is) I'd be totally okay with it.

[LightningXI]

Personally I don't see the connection between the theme of the kit and windowed cherry keys. Beside the fact that pad printed keys are not exactly cool anyway.

Are you guys set on the new window logo? How about the old one? Or text?

Iirc the "old" retro one would be a padprinted legend due to the details of the icon.

This is what they did on the GMK Classic Retro set. Given how rarely I press this key (and given how good GMK pad printing is) I'd be totally okay with it.

I must say I would personally prefer the old/retro icon as well, though I am not entirely sure how it would look on the yellow background. Worth a shot, though, no pun intended.

[x9Memoriez]

Any chance for yellow shifts instead of winkeys? 

[ab042896]

Are the winkey legends being updated as a result of the poll?

[adxlk]

Any chance for yellow shifts instead of winkeys? 

That's CYMK Addon Kit, not RGB. If there's any interest I might run CYMK Addon kit.
But for now, no.

[adxlk]

Are the winkey legends being updated as a result of the poll?

They will be updated in due time. Considering the GB is around January, I want to get as many input as possible before making the appropriate change.

[ullr]

My personal preference is just RGB, and then RGB + yellow windows keys with modern (Windows 8 and 10) logo. Everything else is superfluous.

[adxlk]

My personal preference is just RGB, and then RGB + yellow windows keys with modern (Windows 8 and 10) logo. Everything else is superfluous.

That's probably what's going to happen. Of course, the only variable been the logo

[futurecrime]

Yep to all this. Been waiting for someone to do it. Count me in.

[befbef]

Definitely in.
But it's a terrible name, was searching for this IC last week and couldn't find it.
Adding (rbgy) to the name could help recognizing this thread.

[adxlk]

Definitely in.
But it's a terrible name, was searching for this IC last week and couldn't find it.
Adding (rbgy) to the name could help recognizing this thread.

How are you going to insult the dodoland like that? Jk, will eventually change since big changes coming!

[hineybush]

Definitely in.
But it's a terrible name, was searching for this IC last week and couldn't find it.
Adding (rbgy) to the name could help recognizing this thread.

changing name, dw! will be announcing updates this week.

[zF4TE]

Aster la nou koZ, Oblizer prend sa kampo 🔥

[adxlk]

Aster la nou koZ, Oblizer prend sa kampo 🔥

ena la mort si pas prend xd

[hineybush]

bump - updates on OP!

new kit - we're going with the Super keys instead of a Windows logo etc.

Removed the windowed keys and Esc keys, they'll come in a different kit down the road.

[pixelpusher]

bump - updates on OP!

new kit - we're going with the Super keys instead of a Windows logo etc.

Removed the windowed keys and Esc keys, they'll come in a different kit down the road.

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Good stuff.  New name works better for me. 

[RETURNISO]

Shame about the ESC keys.. where they killing the kit price?

[adxlk]

Shame about the ESC keys.. where they killing the kit price?

Yes and not much liking to it. Will make a vintage kit later on with rare stuff.

[adxlk]

For those who are feeling missed out about the led keys, no worries, a friend of mine is running it here: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=102526.0

[RETURNISO]

Shame about the ESC keys.. where they killing the kit price?

Yes and not much liking to it. Will make a vintage kit later on with rare stuff.

Cool, yea no worries I was just thinking about the 3 RGB Esc keys only. Great kit either way, ready and waiting for a gb

 

[adxlk]

Shame about the ESC keys.. where they killing the kit price?

Yes and not much liking to it. Will make a vintage kit later on with rare stuff.

Cool, yea no worries I was just thinking about the 3 RGB Esc keys only. Great kit either way, ready and waiting for a gb

Thanks man!

[LightningXI]

Ya think you could add an 1.25u orange Menu for 6.25u bottom row? I think it's the only thing that's missing.

[romevi]

Oh, wow. The greatest GMK RGB kit finally makes a return?!

[adxlk]

Ya think you could add an 1.25u orange Menu for 6.25u bottom row? I think it's the only thing that's missing.

I'll try to find a complementing color if not orange. But thanks, appreciate the input as always 

[adxlk]

Oh, wow. The greatest GMK RGB kit finally makes a return?!

Sure is. Strap on 

[hineybush]

Please keep the Cherry LED keys in the kit - it's my favorite part of the kit and I don't mind paying extra to have them in the kit

DW we will run them in the future with a more thought out and comprehensive cherry/esc addition kit

[cicy1030]

yes finally


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[Puddsy]

Ya think you could add an 1.25u orange Menu for 6.25u bottom row? I think it's the only thing that's missing.

I'll try to find a complementing color if not orange. But thanks, appreciate the input as always 

purple is the classic inclusion

[LightningXI]

Ya think you could add an 1.25u orange Menu for 6.25u bottom row? I think it's the only thing that's missing.

I'll try to find a complementing color if not orange. But thanks, appreciate the input as always 

purple is the classic inclusion

That's for CMYP imo

RGBY + O is actually a thing though

[ghostjuggernaut]

👌

[Puddsy]

Ya think you could add an 1.25u orange Menu for 6.25u bottom row? I think it's the only thing that's missing.

I'll try to find a complementing color if not orange. But thanks, appreciate the input as always 

purple is the classic inclusion

That's for CMYP imo

RGBY + O is actually a thing though

not inclined to disagree

[yuppie]

yes

[1391401]

bigly in, hope it's cheap enough that I can pick up a few

[tentboy]

super excited for this, not sure if i should pick up CMYK in the mean time to hold me over since i need some accents 

[HungerMechanic]

If I'm not mistaken, this might provide some colour for the old WYSE DCS keycaps [blue on white/beige], and might go well with 9009. I see people using these with white and beige-oriented sets.

[tentboy]

If I'm not mistaken, this might provide some colour for the old WYSE DCS keycaps [blue on white/beige], and might go well with 9009. I see people using these with white and beige-oriented sets.

I've seen alot of usage with beige style caps and it looks very good imo.  Im personally planning on adding it to my gmk classic beige

[PlastikSchnittstelle]

YES!
Thank you for making this!
Just yesterday I expressed my feelings about the poor adoption of R5.

[dorf]

Please add a 1.25 shift key with text + icon.

[HungerMechanic]

If I'm not mistaken, this might provide some colour for the old WYSE DCS keycaps [blue on white/beige], and might go well with 9009. I see people using these with white and beige-oriented sets.

I've seen alot of usage with beige style caps and it looks very good imo.  Im personally planning on adding it to my gmk classic beige

Exactly. And since you can use 9009 as a beige set, these will fit right in. 9009 R3 even has an R5 row, so you could use it with this set.

[Slayer77]

Is there a 2u shift key in there? The 2nd one is 2u or 1.75 I can't tell.

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[hineybush]

Is there a 2u shift key in there? The 2nd one is 2u or 1.75 I can't tell.

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1.75

[Slayer77]

Is there a 2u shift key in there? The 2nd one is 2u or 1.75 I can't tell.

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1.75

Thanks. Guess I am doomed for eternity to use the 0 key. Hope an Asia proxy is available and hope it's not zF.

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[adxlk]

Update 2.1 
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• Added 1.25u Menu Key.

[mellen]

my minimal is ready for this

[PlastikSchnittstelle]

If you use a standard 60% or any layout with the standard bottom row then there is still one key missing. given you have an old HAU, HAD or similar cherry set then you only have four (2x CTRL + 2x ALT) R5 1.5U caps. with this set you could do a full bottom row tsangan but when you want the standard with 6.25U spacebar you are still missing one cap:
1.25U | 1.25U | 1.25U | 6.25U | 1.25U | 1.25U | 1.25U | 1.25U

WAIT....
since I noticed this you have added the menu key. that's it, great! forget what I just wrote 

imo it would be nice to have the meta/super key and the menu key in classic beige but I understand that this would then limit the kit to be used with classic beige only. no problem for me, I had ordered missing keys, so I'm covered.

[ab042896]

Is there a common bottom row layout with the need for two 1U Super keys? Personally I know I would like for a 1.5U Super instead of one of these keys.

[LightningXI]

Is there a common bottom row layout with the need for two 1U Super keys? Personally I know I would like for a 1.5U Super instead of one of these keys.

7u bottom row with win keys will require two 1u Super keys.

[PlastikSchnittstelle]

Is there a common bottom row layout with the need for two 1U Super keys? Personally I know I would like for a 1.5U Super instead of one of these keys.

this one is not very common, but my favorite bottom row for 60%. 6U spacebar and three 1Us:

[cerement]

A second vote for a R3 1.75u “Control” for HHKB style layouts please

[adxlk]

Update 2.1:
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1. Swapping to Novelkeys as US Vendor

GB Soon.

[hineybush]

Is there a common bottom row layout with the need for two 1U Super keys? Personally I know I would like for a 1.5U Super instead of one of these keys.

this one is not very common, but my favorite bottom row for 60%. 6U spacebar and three 1Us:
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yeah Tsangan (blocked WKL but the blocked keys exist as 1u's) is basically it

[Possumx]

How would one purchase this from oblotzky? Will he be setting something up for that?

[hineybush]

How would one purchase this from oblotzky? Will he be setting something up for that?

yes he will

[zF4TE]

Date still expected to be in January ?

[hineybush]

Date still expected to be in January ?

nah likely after

[tomu]

my body is ready

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[cicy1030]

when will the GB begin？


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[Acereconkeys]

Lookin forward to this.

[PlastikSchnittstelle]

Got another example. This is what RGB and R5 looks like, paired with an OG HAU set:



more pictures here.

Can't wait for it, need more of this.

[adxlk]

Long awaited update:

• Novelkeys will be our NA vendor (Thanks to hiney for the negotiation on that)
• Proxy list TBD
• and yeah, we are launching next friday

[tomu]

Long awaited update:

• Novelkeys will be our NA vendor (Thanks to hiney for the negotiation on that)
• Proxy list TBD
• and yeah, we are launching next friday

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yessir

[DJSwayde]

Yaaaaaaassssss

[Applet]

Sweet! Bring back the classics 

[biothermal]

Long awaited update:

• Novelkeys will be our NA vendor (Thanks to hiney for the negotiation on that)
• Proxy list TBD
• and yeah, we are launching next friday

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Oh yeah. That's what I like to hear :cool:

[GeorgeK]

Definitely interested in this

[SirShakes]

gonna pick this up for sure

[adxlk]

[romevi]

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NovelKeys_ is best Keys_.

[hkiri]

What's up with the EU proxy?

[adxlk]

What's up with the EU proxy?

should be up soon, GB thread awaiting moderator approval.

Vendors:
NA: Novelkeys - https://novelkeys.xyz/products/gmk-rgb-add-on-kit
Eu: mykeyboard - will update in due time, sorry
Aus: Daily Clack - will update in due time, sorry
Asia: Zfrontier?
Canada: Apexkeyboards?

[Slayer77]

What's up with the EU proxy?

should be up soon, GB thread awaiting moderator approval.

Vendors:
NA: Novelkeys - https://novelkeys.xyz/products/gmk-rgb-add-on-kit
Eu: mykeyboard - will update in due time, sorry
Aus: Daily Clack - will update in due time, sorry
Asia: Zfrontier?
Canada: Apexkeyboards?

If only zfrontier had better shipping prices I would get this set.

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[adxlk]

What's up with the EU proxy?

should be up soon, GB thread awaiting moderator approval.

Vendors:
NA: Novelkeys - https://novelkeys.xyz/products/gmk-rgb-add-on-kit
Eu: mykeyboard - will update in due time, sorry
Aus: Daily Clack - will update in due time, sorry
Asia: Zfrontier?
Canada: Apexkeyboards?

If only zfrontier had better shipping prices I would get this set.

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maybe try to find some friends and group the purchase?

[Slayer77]

What's up with the EU proxy?

should be up soon, GB thread awaiting moderator approval.

Vendors:
NA: Novelkeys - https://novelkeys.xyz/products/gmk-rgb-add-on-kit
Eu: mykeyboard - will update in due time, sorry
Aus: Daily Clack - will update in due time, sorry
Asia: Zfrontier?
Canada: Apexkeyboards?

If only zfrontier had better shipping prices I would get this set.

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maybe try to find some friends and group the purchase?

Ha yeah I will try that. Above 100$ is free shipping.

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[adxlk]

GB Thread: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=105127.msg2875452#msg2875452