[IC] Laser GMK - 80's & Cyberpunk (LIVE)

[Perfex]

Where did the Pacman and Space Invader novelty go?!?!?!?!?! I'm still purchasing but really saddened by this

(Please let me know if I just missed that in the thread somewhere)

I’m not exactly sure what you mean, I still see them in the novelties on the first post as well as Mito’s page.

My bad, I was referencing the Massdrop page that popped up today for the drop which is now confirmed as Nov 3!
The novelties there do not have either Pacman or Space Invaders. Most likely due to licensing.

Wow, that’s pretty much kills this buy for me

Most likely had to yank them cause of copyright =( which stinks those were two of my favorites.. I understand thought having to make sure Mito stay's safe and so does massdrop.

Yeah I completely understand, but I’m still gut wrenched about it... they pretty much completed the set.


I guess I have some time to dwell on it for a while, there are still some good novelties.

[avid]

Does anyone have an idea for the pricing of the gaijin and kobe kits?

65 / 60 / 46    (250/500/1000)

[HotRoderX]

I totally agree honestly. I still get it but losing those they really did make the set feel more complete. I got a feeling the trademark owners where most likely asses about them. When Mito/Massdrop contacted them about using them. Cause I am seeing other trademarked items ((Least I think there trademarked)) novelties being used. My guess is they got permission and that might have been part of the hangup trying to work out permission for using such things. Also setting up the proper tooling and what not also. Maybe those novelties can be added back-in just in the form of Artisan's

[pvd]

Kobe looking absolutely SICK! I'm down for at least two sets of Kobe. I'm amazed that both hiragana monolegends and sublegends made it. Awesome.

[ye_cole]

I'm actually kind of sad about this too. I'm definitely going to be gettin g(nearly) every kit except ergoplanck and int'l.

Also, I'm somewhat miffed about the novelties not being supported for planck keys. I've actually gone ahead and ordered a dyesub version to be made for my ortho coming in, with the ghosts and pac man included.

https://i.imgur.com/0tchpd7.png

But yeah. Anyway, super hyped for the set, and I'm glad it finally came to fruition. I'm wondering what else Mito has planned to go with the set.

[eMps]

Aaaalrighty then, I'll probably end up spending around $300 on this set. Easily worth it!

[dodgeyhack]

It would have been really nice if those gaming icons could have been replaced by others that evoke the same feel. It would be fairly easy to design a pixeled space invaders-esqe icon. Pacman is probably impossible to get away with, but it was the gamer side of this set that really spoke to me =[

[ullr]

Those Canvas-style mods are awesome, definitely picking those up!!

[rioc]

Mito! WHY NO ISO ENTER WITH BLOCKNET??!

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[pomk]

Mito! WHY NO ISO ENTER WITH BLOCKNET??!

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No support for iso with blocknet
No support for iso with gaijin
No support for iso with kobe
Euro kit supports only DE

...

I guess I can now happily remove my massdrop account. 
Good riddance.

[avid]

Mito! WHY NO ISO ENTER WITH BLOCKNET??!

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No support for iso with blocknet
No support for iso with gaijin
No support for iso with kobe
Euro kit supports only DE

...

I guess I can now happily remove my massdrop account. 
Good riddance.

-Gaijin / kobe both miss 1 key. (Hopefully Mito can fix this)
-blocknet: ISO enter missing?
-euro kit: compromized scandinavian set.

I assume there isnt anything else missing from the gajin/kobe/blocknet.

[pomk]

Mito! WHY NO ISO ENTER WITH BLOCKNET??!

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No support for iso with blocknet
No support for iso with gaijin
No support for iso with kobe
Euro kit supports only DE

...

I guess I can now happily remove my massdrop account. 
Good riddance.

-Gaijin / kobe both miss 1 key. (Hopefully Mito can fix this)
-blocknet: ISO enter missing?
-euro kit: compromized scandinavian set.

I assume there isnt anything else missing from the gajin/kobe/blocknet.

The euro kit was just fine earlier in the renders. Stripping swe/fi/no/dk support at this stage is jut silly. 9009 international kit polls show that eight out of ten people prefer to have proper support, and supporting just one language well is borderline offensive to the rest.
One other thing with the kobe set, beside the silly name, is that it does not map to jis layout. I understand that gaijin is ansi first in order to support weeaboo user base in the states, but there should not be a reason to use some make-believe layout for the japanese legends only set.

[autobot]

What’s up with the translucent TKL? Any info on that? Looks hot!

[ullr]

For your consideration



This is what is needed, by my estimation, to outfit an actual Japanese keyboard. Add a few extra novelties and it will hit MOQ no question. Couldn’t resist one more whack on this dead horse

[amnesia0287]

For your consideration

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This is what is needed, by my estimation, to outfit an actual Japanese keyboard. Add a few extra novelties and it will hit MOQ no question. Couldn’t resist one more whack on this dead horse ;)

It is a shame there is no full JIS coverage, I think I'd rather have that than some of the replacement novelties :P. I'd build a JIS keyboard just for kicks.

[ullr]

For your consideration

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This is what is needed, by my estimation, to outfit an actual Japanese keyboard. Add a few extra novelties and it will hit MOQ no question. Couldn’t resist one more whack on this dead horse ;)

It is a shame there is no full JIS coverage, I think I'd rather have that than some of the replacement novelties :P. I'd build a JIS keyboard just for kicks.

Crazy to think the last time I was pushing for JIS support in this thread my only keyboard with that physical layout was a Pingmaster, now I have an actual JIS Filco and two GH60’s (going on three) where the top four rows are physically JIS :))

I use a custom layout and I like having twelve punctuation keys ISO style, and all on the right. I think a good Japanese kit would get me to learn some Japanese

[Koatl]

Yeah the JIS layout thing is the only frustration I have with this set. Shame that such a beautiful set would miss the mark of full JIS support by so little.

[eMps]

Wait. No R3 1u blanks at all? My dreams of the perfect ortho board are crushed!

Edit: 1u added

[nightdriver]

i'm really bummed by the loss of the novelties, but still pretty excited for this set!  hope the colors pop as much as they do in the renders.  i was honestly disappointed with GMK hyperfuse R2 because they didn't.

[rioc]

What’s up with the translucent TKL? Any info on that? Looks hot!

The first ducky one models were translucent

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[Draic]

Caps Loco didn't make the cut either

[rioc]

Caps Loco didn't make the cut either

damn, missed that... that's really a shame!

[Valaris]

I just realized that adding a single R2 1u would make blocknet compatible fully with a 65% keyboard. Damn, I'll have to go R1/R4/R4/R4 which won't be too bad.

[_rubik]

For your consideration

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This is what is needed, by my estimation, to outfit an actual Japanese keyboard. Add a few extra novelties and it will hit MOQ no question. Couldn’t resist one more whack on this dead horse ;)

It is a shame there is no full JIS coverage, I think I'd rather have that than some of the replacement novelties :P. I'd build a JIS keyboard just for kicks.

Crazy to think the last time I was pushing for JIS support in this thread my only keyboard with that physical layout was a Pingmaster, now I have an actual JIS Filco and two GH60’s (going on three) where the top four rows are physically JIS :))

I use a custom layout and I like having twelve punctuation keys ISO style, and all on the right. I think a good Japanese kit would get me to learn some Japanese

I remember fighting that JIS battle with you. I'm still crushing for a JIS set for my hhkb, but I guess I'll have to wait. Either way, I think this set will have to go on another board for the time being :(

[poolside]

For your consideration

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This is what is needed, by my estimation, to outfit an actual Japanese keyboard. Add a few extra novelties and it will hit MOQ no question. Couldn’t resist one more whack on this dead horse ;)

It is a shame there is no full JIS coverage, I think I'd rather have that than some of the replacement novelties :P. I'd build a JIS keyboard just for kicks.

I would gladly pay a little more for complete JP alphas as well. If the order counts for the Japanese sets go through the roof, GMK might gift us with these missing keycaps, who knows. They already threw in a few free caps with Carbon and Yuri but those did not require new molds.

[amnesia0287]

For your consideration

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This is what is needed, by my estimation, to outfit an actual Japanese keyboard. Add a few extra novelties and it will hit MOQ no question. Couldn’t resist one more whack on this dead horse ;)

It is a shame there is no full JIS coverage, I think I'd rather have that than some of the replacement novelties :P. I'd build a JIS keyboard just for kicks.

I would gladly pay a little more for complete JP alphas as well. If the order counts for the Japanese sets go through the roof, GMK might gift us with these missing keycaps, who knows. They already threw in a few free caps with Carbon and Yuri but those did not require new molds.

If nothing else, getting all these molds done will make it easier for someone else to make the last few. Maybe Red Dragon could do full JIS.

[xantiema]

What is "blocknet" based on - the design/icons etc.

[FearsomeCubedWarrior]

What is "blocknet" based on - the design/icons etc.

Canvas

[Corgi Butts]

Alrighty boys and girls!  The day has come, the drop is live!  Lets goooooooooooo!   

[skidude9678]

$465 later.......

[ewwgin]

Joined for Cyberdeck, Gaijin, Mitowaves, Spacebars and Blocknet. Never have I been so satisfied burning holes in my pocket...


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[rehael]

Never have I been so satisfied burning holes in my pocket...

Hype materialization is wonderful, isn't it? 

[Corgi Butts]

Never have I been so satisfied burning holes in my pocket...

Hype materialization is wonderful, isn't it? 

For the 2 minutes it took to check out.  Now it's back to 6 months of waiting for it to ship!

[Corgi Butts]

Note the following info from the drop page, looks like there are more goodies to come in the next couple weeks, so don't think you are done dropping $$ on this set just yet.

During the upcoming weeks we will be offering exclusive collaborations to celebrate the Laser culture. Exciting side drops will take place between some known community members and Massdrop. Other independent community creators/contributors will be expressing their creativity and passion for our project too, following their own terms.

We would like to thank every single one of you for the incredible support during the development phase, and we expect you all to have a very pleasant and unique experience with the Laser universe. We wanted to do justice to our keyset manufacturer capabilities, so everything we are presenting was conceived following top quality industry guidelines and state of the art technology, the best we can possibly offer so you can enjoy the purple hype.

Laser is filled with cultural references and it inspired me and JoTo to write together a cyberpunk short story dedicated to the project. Hands on Deck - The Laser GMK Short Story by MiTo and JoTo is debuting Nov. 3rd on my website. You'll have the chance to support independent artists and dive deep inside the universe we shaped. At the same time, I'm gonna be offering limited edition trinkets that I prepared myself here in Brazil and I hope you enjoy them. This is going to be the Laser Shoppo grand opening!

Outatime!

🦄 TO KEEP TRACK OF THE COMMISSIONS & UNIVERSE VISIT THE HOTPAGE BELOW 🦄
https://mitormk.com/laser

[Wongstongs]

It's already over 1,000 orders...in 3 hours

[GreyAmbience]

It's already over 1,000 orders...in 3 hours

Massdrop counts every part of the set as an order tough.   
 
If you order cyberdeck, kobe and blocknet that's 3 orders...

Don't know why they do that, it is very miss leading

[Vigrith]

Massdrop counts every part of the set as an order tough.   
 
If you order cyberdeck, kobe and blocknet that's 3 orders...

Don't know why they do that, it is very miss leading

Still impressive, I'm pretty sure it took Nautilus and Yuri several days to reach 1k. I'd wager base kit is sitting at around 600 right now but I guess we'll see once Yanbo releases the numbers at the end of the day.

[digi]

Instacop

[BrintaVett]

No EU proxy? Cyberdeck and Gaijin costs me 300+ bucks if I count in VAT and import fees, thats just insane. Gotta draw the line somewhere. Real shame.

[xondat]

No EU proxy? Cyberdeck and Gaijin costs me 300+ bucks if I count in VAT and import fees, thats just insane. Gotta draw the line somewhere. Real shame.

Move to the US?

You'd be paying probably $15-20 less if there was an EU proxy.

[BrintaVett]

I understand the way it works, but its frustrating to see all these awesome sets on massdrop which are produced in Germany while I live in NL. Fees are killing it. GMK Eclipse is the only one running with CandyKeys, and yeah thats ALOT cheaper for me. But it looks like that one is not running at all.

Anyways, still happy for everyone this set is going strong. Maybe I'll jump in for just the Cyberdeck at the end of Nov.

[rehael]

…if I count in VAT and import fees…

1. I'm in EU too.

2. VAT would be added to EU price anyway – just like in GMK Eclipse, when EU is charged 19% German VAT on top of base price, giving €135 ~= $157 for base kit of GMK Eclipse, while base GMK Laser is $140. So the product itself is cheaper when buying in USA.

3. Find someone (person or company) that will ship this to you from USA. There are ways to do it safely and save money. Someone may fly this in to EU, or you can seek shipping companies which specialise in shenanigans like this one. Question if it's totally legal or just barely legal is left as an exercise for the reader…

[xondat]

I understand the way it works, but its frustrating to see all these awesome sets on massdrop which are produced in Germany while I live in NL. Fees are killing it. GMK Eclipse is the only one running with CandyKeys, and yeah thats ALOT cheaper for me. But it looks like that one is not running at all.

Which fees are you talking about? UK generally has about $10 of handling fees (I think it's worth it so I don't have to file my own import taxes).

I've noticed a lot of people seem to think charges are all "fees", where most of it is the ~20% VAT.

[avid]

No EU proxy? Cyberdeck and Gaijin costs me 300+ bucks if I count in VAT and import fees, thats just insane. Gotta draw the line somewhere. Real shame.

Can you break that down? They will most likely cost 110 + 45 so thats about $150.  VAT is what, 20%? (Which you would pay anyway) so about $180 right? With shipping around $200.

[amnesia0287]

already hit the first price drop

[thelaughingman]

Number after the first day:



Gaijin beat Kobe by more than 2 times. Where are all the Hiragana voters at? 

EDIT: This is noice

[Vigrith]

All the Massdrop normies that didn't even know the poll was a thing are buying Gaijin. All the Hiragana voters are too busy touch typing to put in their orders right away.

[thelaughingman]

All the Massdrop normies that even know the poll was a thing are buying Gaijin. All the Hiragana voters are too busy touch typing to put in their orders right away.

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When something is the norm, it always outnumbers the niche  :p Banter aside, I'm very impressed that both kits break MOQ so quickly and so easily. I guess MD's mechkey community is just really that big compare to a year or 2 ago and that MiTo's teases and hype works were super effective. The blocknet kit was a nice surprise for me. I think I mentioned before that I love the icon mods from Canvas but I never thought MiTo would put them in Laser hehe.

[Vigrith]

When something is the norm, it always outnumbers the niche  Banter aside, I'm very impressed that both kits break MOQ so quickly and so easily. I guess MD's mechkey community is just really that big compare to a year or 2 ago and that MiTo's teases and hype works were super effective. The blocknet kit was a nice surprise for me. I think I mentioned before that I love the icon mods from Canvas but I never thought MiTo would put them in Laser hehe.

Haha I agree, impressive that they're doing as well as they are - I still expect it to get a little closer toward the end but I have no doubt Gaijin will beat Kobe out; regardless, I don't think either of them will have a problem getting to the 500 mark at all once the buy is done. I'm glad both sides are getting what they wanted!

[HotRoderX]

Number after the first day:

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Gaijin beat Kobe by more than 2 times. Where are all the Hiragana voters at?  :p :p :p

EDIT: This is noice

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Those are the numbers from earlier they were posted like 4-5hrs after the drop was live... thats how quickly its been selling. I really think this drop is going to easily hit the 1500-2000 mark.. and curious if there are more price breaks the further it goes.