[IC] GMK Toxic

[T0mb3ry]

We looking at a GB soon?

Yeah. Definitely. We are still waiting for some keyboard renders.

[clasicks]

I need this thanks - any chance for a dark grey numrow kit

I guess you missed it. The base kit has the grey numrow already.
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lol, nice - thank you!

[OnTheBrink]

This set brings me nightmares

[eviLittle]

i think i’ll take it.

[nasp]

Also, if you just want to add ortho in the base, you just need 4 keys, not including a 2u bar.

R2: Out
R3: Data
R4: shift and enter

Currently Delta and Umbra have taken this approach, as will Copper when it launches.

40% belong into their specific kit and the base kit needs to support only basic layouts. I am staying by this rule. Again if toxic shows great numbers then we might look into introducing 40% kit and a spacebar kit - otherwise not.

Adding 4, 1u keys adds an extra $2 to the cost of the base kit. Now, since this set has a whole row of different colored alphas, it's probably even less. This opens up the set to a lot of additional users, as well as helping the kit reach MOQ (and more money).

Seems a bit arrogant to deny a whole group of users compat over an extra $2. If "basic" layouts is the goal, there sure are a whole lot of other keys.

[T0mb3ry]

Seems a bit arrogant to deny a whole group of users compat over an extra $2. If "basic" layouts is the goal, there sure are a whole lot of other keys.

Another group of users could also come here and ask me for a few keys to support their specific layout and if i don't do that then call me out as "arrogant".

I have to make decisions and i surely will never be able to please everyone.

[Slayer77]

Seems a bit arrogant to deny a whole group of users compat over an extra $2. If "basic" layouts is the goal, there sure are a whole lot of other keys.

Another group of users could also come here and ask me for a few keys to support their specific layout and if i don't do that then call me out as "arrogant".

I have to make decisions and i surely will never be able to please everyone.

Just need 1 2u shift key to icon mods or base please Tom

[kawaiicheung]

Definitely in!

[depletedvespene]

Seems a bit arrogant to deny a whole group of users compat over an extra $2. If "basic" layouts is the goal, there sure are a whole lot of other keys.

Another group of users could also come here and ask me for a few keys to support their specific layout and if i don't do that then call me out as "arrogant".

I have to make decisions and i surely will never be able to please everyone.

Speaking of that, where is my R2 stepped 3.25/3.5 ARROGANCE key? I'm not seeing it in the kits, much less the base kit, yet...


(sorry, couldn't resist cracking the joke) 

[NathanielGoodtimes]

Did the desolator kit not happen?

[T0mb3ry]

Did the desolator kit not happen?

GMK Toxic is still in IC phase (tho the kits are finalized). So the Group Buy did not happened yet.

[nasp]

Seems a bit arrogant to deny a whole group of users compat over an extra $2. If "basic" layouts is the goal, there sure are a whole lot of other keys.

Another group of users could also come here and ask me for a few keys to support their specific layout and if i don't do that then call me out as "arrogant".

I have to make decisions and i surely will never be able to please everyone.

Just need 1 2u shift key to icon mods or base please Tom

If these keys can't make the base, then an extension kit seems appropriate here.

[NathanielGoodtimes]

Did the desolator kit not happen?

GMK Toxic is still in IC phase (tho the kits are finalized). So the Group Buy did not happened yet.

Ahhh ok. I ask because i have seen many toxic kits for sale. Is that knockoffs or a diff project?

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[Herman]

Yes! This is so sick

[T0mb3ry]

Did the desolator kit not happen?

GMK Toxic is still in IC phase (tho the kits are finalized). So the Group Buy did not happened yet.

Ahhh ok. I ask because i have seen many toxic kits for sale. Is that knockoffs or a diff project?

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This is an original project. I got all the blessings from all people who worked on previous projects. Danielucf is the designer of this set and he run the first round of Toxic. The second run was done by Bunnylake. I took the opportunity to make the third round. The base kit represents the original Toxic design (except the OG cherry icons) with its signature stripe.

All in all this is the real deal.

[nathanchere]

Did the desolator kit not happen?

GMK Toxic is still in IC phase (tho the kits are finalized). So the Group Buy did not happened yet.

Ahhh ok. I ask because i have seen many toxic kits for sale. Is that knockoffs or a diff project?

At least people selling knockoffs are more likely to actually deliver than the first two Toxic GBs did

[menuhin]

And I can see the base kit of this run is packed with more value into it.

[8six753o9]

Would it be possible to add a Salty key to the novelties kit?   

[T0mb3ry]

Would it be possible to add a Salty key to the novelties kit?   

Ooof i can't do that really. I can't mix my novelties (desolator kit) with original Toxic novelties.

[8six753o9]

Would it be possible to add a Salty key to the novelties kit?   

Ooof i can't do that really. I can't mix my novelties (desolator kit) with original Toxic novelties.

Ohh it’s in the Desolator Kit. I completely missed that. YES!

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Least you got it sorted before choosing kits to buy. I passed on SA Laser mitowaves because I didn't see the T0mb3ry skull like the gmk kit has. It was there the whole time...

[T0mb3ry]

Added first keyboard renders by Oblotzky

[vito687]

My body is ready

[adxlk]

My body is ready

for the toxin

[T0mb3ry]

Added all other renders by Oblotzky

[mimalik]

hot dikity dang...drop this, drop this now!!!

few 100% kb renders as well plz.

[norb]

gb when

[stoic-lemon]

Did the desolator kit not happen?

GMK Toxic is still in IC phase (tho the kits are finalized). So the Group Buy did not happened yet.

Ahhh ok. I ask because i have seen many toxic kits for sale. Is that knockoffs or a diff project?

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I think there was a JTK Toxic, wasn't there?

[menuhin]

Did the desolator kit not happen?

GMK Toxic is still in IC phase (tho the kits are finalized). So the Group Buy did not happened yet.

Ahhh ok. I ask because i have seen many toxic kits for sale. Is that knockoffs or a diff project?

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I think there was a JTK Toxic, wasn't there?

Right, there was a JTK Toxic and people can still get it from Originative - for a much cheaper price. But perhaps people like premium products with premium price tag and here comes GMK Toxic.
For me I want this kit for better layout compatibility, than the JTK Toxic kit.

The first Toxic kit was produced by Signature Plastic and the design was inspired by the TV series "Breaking Bad" I believe - that was a long time ago. That DCS kit has a lot to offer but not many people, including me likes the thin ABS plastic of DCS profile.

To say this IC is a "knock-off" is not true. "Knock-off" means an imitation product trying to prevent to be something, but it is not: e.g. "That piece of **** isn’t a Rolex, it’s a knock off"
GMK Toxic is GMK and is with the Toxic design.
It is a different project and OP has communicated with the people from the previous two Toxic kit runs - so it is not "stealing a design" so as to say.
There are also new keycap designs in this run created by OP though he's a bit conservative to offer things like 40s kit that he never has every offered in his other runs.

[dvorcol]

...
There are also new keycap designs in this run created by OP though he's a bit conservative to offer things like 40s kit that he never has every offered in his other runs.

GMK Eclipse, SA Carbon, and SA Yuri had 40s kits.

[menuhin]

...
There are also new keycap designs in this run created by OP though he's a bit conservative to offer things like 40s kit that he never has every offered in his other runs.

GMK Eclipse, SA Carbon, and SA Yuri had 40s kits.

Mr. sales chart guy has all the records.
Didn't notice SA Carbon, and didn't notice these two 2019 runs of OP.

That means OP was more optimistic about the sales of base kit of the above 3 GBs.

[T0mb3ry]

Just want to share with you little bit information regarding the upcoming GB and vendors.


GB will be held in December
Vendors:
- US: Originative
- EU: MyKeyboard
- China: ZFrontier

Did the desolator kit not happen?

GMK Toxic is still in IC phase (tho the kits are finalized). So the Group Buy did not happened yet.

Ahhh ok. I ask because i have seen many toxic kits for sale. Is that knockoffs or a diff project?

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

I think there was a JTK Toxic, wasn't there?

Right, there was a JTK Toxic and people can still get it from Originative - for a much cheaper price. But perhaps people like premium products with premium price tag and here comes GMK Toxic.
For me I want this kit for better layout compatibility, than the JTK Toxic kit.

The first Toxic kit was produced by Signature Plastic and the design was inspired by the TV series "Breaking Bad" I believe - that was a long time ago. That DCS kit has a lot to offer but not many people, including me likes the thin ABS plastic of DCS profile.

To say this IC is a "knock-off" is not true. "Knock-off" means an imitation product trying to prevent to be something, but it is not: e.g. "That piece of **** isn’t a Rolex, it’s a knock off"
GMK Toxic is GMK and is with the Toxic design.
It is a different project and OP has communicated with the people from the previous two Toxic kit runs - so it is not "stealing a design" so as to say.
There are also new keycap designs in this run created by OP though he's a bit conservative to offer things like 40s kit that he never has every offered in his other runs.

Just like i said, i got all the permissions from people who were responsible for previous Toxic rounds. This here is legit and is the real deal. Otherwise i would not do it.

[mimalik]

yippie ki ye!!!!

[tex_live_utility]

Looks like I'm too late to make my usual request for the 1.25u R3 key for 40s support. Maybe there's still time? Either way this was always a great keyset, not sure I can join but good luck with the GB all the same.

[Rob27shred]

Oof, December run eh? Guess I know what my Christmas gift to myself is gonna be this year. LOL!

[nasp]

Looks like I'm too late to make my usual request for the 1.25u R3 key for 40s support. Maybe there's still time? Either way this was always a great keyset, not sure I can join but good luck with the GB all the same.

He says he'll add a 40's/ortho kit if the set does well. Considering it's being run on Oco and is up against Olivia++, Dualshot, and Rudy, I wouldn't get my hopes up. That being said, I wish GB runner best of luck.

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Nautilus nightmares on drop, too

[MdotMaxson]

Update

Desolator kit
- Added salty keys
- Added US Ansi enter novelty. Obviously the ISO enter looks here better but it is how it is.

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Any possibility of another alpha kit with dual [Latin/JP] sublegends? Toxic => Radiation => Japan (from Godzilla lore to Fukushima leaks)

Pardon but weeb legends are extremely overused and Toxic is def not about Japan. It does not match it in any way.

Thank God Tom thinks clearly. He may have said it a little more sugar coated than I would have but I’m sorry we understand half of the keyboard nerds only watch cartoons, I mean anime, in their free time and some even think they are Japanese when genetics would suggest differently. Just because you’re 30 and watch enough cartoons in a week to justify a part time job doesn’t mean everything you see needs to be Japanese. I have a feeling the people who request Japanese alphas don’t even read or write Japanese, it just tickles that fetish in the same way 10 year old girl cartoon animations tickle them before they go to bed at night. This need to put Japanese text everywhere is actually worse than a bunch of dudes complimenting each other on how cute their rose gold and Tiffany blue keyboards are on every forum.

[stoic-lemon]

Did the desolator kit not happen?

GMK Toxic is still in IC phase (tho the kits are finalized). So the Group Buy did not happened yet.

Ahhh ok. I ask because i have seen many toxic kits for sale. Is that knockoffs or a diff project?

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

I think there was a JTK Toxic, wasn't there?

Right, there was a JTK Toxic and people can still get it from Originative - for a much cheaper price. But perhaps people like premium products with premium price tag and here comes GMK Toxic.
For me I want this kit for better layout compatibility, than the JTK Toxic kit.

The first Toxic kit was produced by Signature Plastic and the design was inspired by the TV series "Breaking Bad" I believe - that was a long time ago. That DCS kit has a lot to offer but not many people, including me likes the thin ABS plastic of DCS profile.

To say this IC is a "knock-off" is not true. "Knock-off" means an imitation product trying to prevent to be something, but it is not: e.g. "That piece of **** isn’t a Rolex, it’s a knock off"
GMK Toxic is GMK and is with the Toxic design.
It is a different project and OP has communicated with the people from the previous two Toxic kit runs - so it is not "stealing a design" so as to say.
There are also new keycap designs in this run created by OP though he's a bit conservative to offer things like 40s kit that he never has every offered in his other runs.

In that dude's defence, he didn't call this a knockoff.

[Kingk22]

Just want to share with you little bit information regarding the upcoming GB and vendors.


GB will be held in December
Vendors:
- US: Originative
- EU: MyKeyboard
- China: ZFrontier


-snip-

Any chance of Daily Clack as AU/Oceania proxy?

[Rayndalf]

Running this in December is suicide. Waiting till January (like Nord) might be wise unless you want to become the keyset designer equivalent of Van Goh (whose work was hard to sell in his own lifetime (group buy duration), but later collectors (mechmarket flippers lmao) made tidy sums of money selling it later once people began to appreciate it).

Currently a number of November buys have been struggling (Umbra and Yugo for example are both solid sets that have been struggling while Sparta got shelved completely) and this colorway deserves a fighting chance and a hyped launch.

[kolyz]

Running this in December is suicide. Waiting till January (like Nord) might be wise unless you want to become the keyset designer equivalent of Van Goh (whose work was hard to sell in his own lifetime (group buy duration), but later collectors (mechmarket flippers lmao) made tidy sums of money selling it later once people began to appreciate it).

Currently a number of November buys have been struggling (Umbra and Yugo for example are both solid sets that have been struggling while Sparta got shelved completely) and this colorway deserves a fighting chance and a hyped launch.

I agree. I would love to join this set but December is such a bad month.
Please release this later in Q1 2020.

[mimalik]

Running this in December is suicide. Waiting till January (like Nord) might be wise unless you want to become the keyset designer equivalent of Van Goh (whose work was hard to sell in his own lifetime (group buy duration), but later collectors (mechmarket flippers lmao) made tidy sums of money selling it later once people began to appreciate it).

Currently a number of November buys have been struggling (Umbra and Yugo for example are both solid sets that have been struggling while Sparta got shelved completely) and this colorway deserves a fighting chance and a hyped launch.

I think this is more to do with explosion of GMK GBs lately. it used to be 1-2 GB per month but now its GB bonanza, given our community is very small and we all have only so much discretionary cash/credit available, this was bound to happen. I say offer it as planned in Dec. Also Originative is vendor, they hold on to kits and sell them via their portal anyway, so hopefully MOQ will not be an issue. Also this iconic set, doubt it will have any prob meeting MOQ.

[norb]

december 2019 right? right?

[T0mb3ry]

december 2019 right? right?

That's right. I'll close the IC thread and open GB thread once vendors start the offer.

[menuhin]

Sadly cannot afford it during Weihnachten - I already get food from Food Bank every week to save $ but that won't even cover commute cost during the season.

I waited on the SP DCS to JTK and they were not so right, and here comes this one that checks boxes in all the basic requirements.
Hope to get it in the aftermarket, GLWGB!

[evangs]

T0mb3ry,

Would you be opposed to the 40s discord running a kit to compliment this set?

Also I'd love to chat sometime if you're open to it. I think a lot of things went down poorly during the kickstarter. We've never had a chance to discuss what happened. My intent was never to create ripoff sets. The mix and max tool was just to show the flexibility of the sets and that they could be used together. Steven showed poor judgement rendering some of the mix and match combos which had strong resemblances to existing sets.

I'm sorry for how that was handled and presented to the community. I sincerely hope that we can put this event behind us. Whatever decisions you make regarding kitting I will respect.

Again, I'm sorry for how things were handled. I'm sorry Steven rendered up combinations that could be confused with the real sets. I'm sorry for allowing things to spiral as much as they did.

Best of luck with this set and your future endeavors.

[Hedgey]

T0mb3ry,

Would you be opposed to the 40s discord running a kit to compliment this set?

Also I'd love to chat sometime if you're open to it. I think a lot of things went down poorly during the kickstarter. We've never had a chance to discuss what happened. My intent was never to create ripoff sets. The mix and max tool was just to show the flexibility of the sets and that they could be used together. Steven showed poor judgement rendering some of the mix and match combos which had strong resemblances to existing sets.

I'm sorry for how that was handled and presented to the community. I sincerely hope that we can put this event behind us. Whatever decisions you make regarding kitting I will respect.

Again, I'm sorry for how things were handled. I'm sorry Steven rendered up combinations that could be confused with the real sets. I'm sorry for allowing things to spiral as much as they did.

Best of luck with this set and your future endeavors.

Hope he takes this to heart and at least gives you a chance homie!

[mimalik]

december 2019 right? right?

That's right. I'll close the IC thread and open GB thread once vendors start the offer.

Drop it soon plz, before I spend the money on something else.

[T0mb3ry]

december 2019 right? right?

That's right. I'll close the IC thread and open GB thread once vendors start the offer.

Drop it soon plz, before I spend the money on something else.

AFAIK the GB should be up soon