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Offline Drethis

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #200 on: Thu, 06 February 2020, 07:25:02 »
Have they been shipped yet to stores?

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #201 on: Thu, 06 February 2020, 07:28:07 »
Have they been shipped yet to stores?

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Due to the outbreak of Coronavirus in China, factory  and business alike are extending their holidays by the gov's request. unfortunately this will hurt the progress of manufacturing
Keyreative except a 1 month delay (but that's an estimation).

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #202 on: Thu, 06 February 2020, 11:21:16 »
I'm digging the M6-C Milkshake! Will there be a chance of restock?

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #203 on: Thu, 06 February 2020, 12:15:52 »
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Due to the outbreak of Coronavirus in China, factory  and business alike are extending their holidays by the gov's request. unfortunately this will hurt the progress of manufacturing
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I'm sure nobody will be troubled by a delay. The most important thing is that China gets the upper hand swiftly.

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #204 on: Fri, 07 February 2020, 06:12:19 »
Yeah everything except GMK GB's seem to be affected at this point, so there's no use in complaining about it. Our little niche market isn't important enough to put people's lives in danger.

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #205 on: Mon, 24 February 2020, 10:20:00 »
any update on the factory? Hope the people are ok there?



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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #206 on: Tue, 25 February 2020, 10:23:30 »
any update on the factory? Hope the people are ok there?

We expect 1 month delay.
More details soon :thumb:

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #207 on: Sun, 08 March 2020, 12:20:42 »
Is there any news/updates about this?

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #208 on: Mon, 09 March 2020, 08:16:04 »
from discord

> The new ETA from Keyreative is 25 of April. This is a safer estimation from Keyreative and should usually be earlier than that.
Unfortunately the Chinese Year holidays + coronavirus lockdown shaved off 2 months of production time from them. They are moving as fast as possible. And they are also hiring to boost manufacturing capacity.



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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #209 on: Mon, 09 March 2020, 08:31:37 »
from discord

> The new ETA from Keyreative is 25 of April. This is a safer estimation from Keyreative and should usually be earlier than that.
Unfortunately the Chinese Year holidays + coronavirus lockdown shaved off 2 months of production time from them. They are moving as fast as possible. And they are also hiring to boost manufacturing capacity.

this.
Forgot to post, sorry!

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #210 on: Mon, 09 March 2020, 08:35:08 »
Thanks guys!

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #211 on: Mon, 09 March 2020, 08:37:38 »
Hoping everyone is staying safe and healthy out there


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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #212 on: Tue, 17 March 2020, 12:00:11 »
I wish I had been able to get in on this GB when it ran. Only just got into MKs though. I'll keep my eyes out and hope it runs again at some point.

Offline Laughmaster

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #213 on: Tue, 17 March 2020, 12:22:06 »
I wish I had been able to get in on this GB when it ran. Only just got into MKs though. I'll keep my eyes out and hope it runs again at some point.

The vendors should have extras available once the GB sales are all sent out, just keep an eye out for them.

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #214 on: Mon, 30 March 2020, 09:05:04 »
Is there a discord I can join so I follow updates?

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #215 on: Mon, 30 March 2020, 09:19:42 »

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #216 on: Mon, 30 March 2020, 10:26:39 »
Is there a discord I can join so I follow updates?

yes: https://discordapp.com/invite/nK6jKYt
I'm late to the party but just wanted to say thanks for doing a second run in the first place.  I'll try to snag sets off the extras when they come out.

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #217 on: Sun, 10 May 2020, 09:50:56 »
Zfrontier (which already shipped the packages for Asia) is actually trying to find a way to send more than 1 ton of keycaps to the vendors. That's the news I received last week, I keep you guys in touch.
Sorry for the lack of updates.

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #218 on: Sun, 10 May 2020, 10:30:09 »
So we might finally see our orders fulfilled soon'ish you think?

growler

Don't just stare at it ...

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #219 on: Sun, 10 May 2020, 14:17:13 »
1 ton? That's a lot of plastic. o_O
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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #220 on: Mon, 11 May 2020, 04:17:29 »
So we might finally see our orders fulfilled soon'ish you think?

growler

I'll post every update I  have :)

The manufacturer did not expect the Group Buy to run that well -> delay
Covid -> delay
Big unexpected shipment -> delay

They're doing their best to handle the situation though.

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #221 on: Mon, 11 May 2020, 08:00:02 »
The manufacturer did not expect the Group Buy to run that well

How can you not have faith in biiperino?
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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #222 on: Tue, 12 May 2020, 07:09:11 »
So we might finally see our orders fulfilled soon'ish you think?

growler

I'll post every update I  have :)

The manufacturer did not expect the Group Buy to run that well -> delay
Covid -> delay
Big unexpected shipment -> delay

They're doing their best to handle the situation though.

Not to complain about delays, they happen. I don't really mind. But how can the manufacturer not have anticipated how much they were going to ship after production?

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #223 on: Tue, 12 May 2020, 13:46:17 »
Shipping now is a minefield. Even pallets are getting lost and misplaced in the  chaos.

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #224 on: Wed, 13 May 2020, 03:36:02 »
So we might finally see our orders fulfilled soon'ish you think?

growler

I'll post every update I  have :)

The manufacturer did not expect the Group Buy to run that well -> delay
Covid -> delay
Big unexpected shipment -> delay

They're doing their best to handle the situation though.

Not to complain about delays, they happen. I don't really mind. But how can the manufacturer not have anticipated how much they were going to ship after production?

 :) Yeah the big shipment is not so unexpected but rather unprecedented.

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #225 on: Thu, 14 May 2020, 11:50:29 »
Our shipment is in transit, but expect delays with a shipment like this. I would expect we will receive this very late May and be able to ship out in June.

Also, the M6-C's are completed, but stuck in China waiting for an open shipment slot. I would also expect to get this shipped out in late June.

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #226 on: Fri, 15 May 2020, 11:20:41 »
Our shipment is in transit, but expect delays with a shipment like this. I would expect we will receive this very late May and be able to ship out in June.

Also, the M6-C's are completed, but stuck in China waiting for an open shipment slot. I would also expect to get this shipped out in late June.

Thanks for the update Mike! I'm still very excited to get this.  :thumb:
Current circumstances notwithstanding, I'm a bit concerned about all the KAT sets at this point. This was already a 6 month lead time before the world coughed and I have yet to put my fingers on this profile. I've got 4 others purchased so I'm going to hold off on KAT now until I have Milkshake in hand to play with. Yeah, I may kick myself later, but hey, I already have a key set to keyboard ratio of like 10:1 so....
Hope June delivery happens!

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #227 on: Fri, 15 May 2020, 12:12:27 »
Some here, wanted to test KAT before buying other KAT sets. Already skipped lucky jade and atlantis ... but hey ... also already have some caps ;)

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #228 on: Fri, 15 May 2020, 14:17:22 »
Some here, wanted to test KAT before buying other KAT sets. Already skipped lucky jade and atlantis ... but hey ... also already have some caps ;)

Is this the first ever KAT set to go out?

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #229 on: Fri, 15 May 2020, 15:40:16 »
Some here, wanted to test KAT before buying other KAT sets. Already skipped lucky jade and atlantis ... but hey ... also already have some caps ;)

Is this the first ever KAT set to go out?

No, think KAT Alphas (WoB) - but one of the first GBs here i think

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #230 on: Sun, 17 May 2020, 11:06:16 »
Some here, wanted to test KAT before buying other KAT sets. Already skipped lucky jade and atlantis ... but hey ... also already have some caps ;)

Is this the first ever KAT set to go out?

No, think KAT Alphas (WoB) - but one of the first GBs here i think
Kat Alpha was bow. Wob is coming though ;)


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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #231 on: Sun, 17 May 2020, 12:04:26 »
True ... opened it on my.eu, and did it wrong .... yes, really waiting for WoB ... maybe thats why ...

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #232 on: Mon, 18 May 2020, 16:15:55 »
Our shipment is in transit, but expect delays with a shipment like this. I would expect we will receive this very late May and be able to ship out in June.

Also, the M6-C's are completed, but stuck in China waiting for an open shipment slot. I would also expect to get this shipped out in late June.

Was there ever a final total for the amount of m-6's ordered, and will there be any extras?

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #233 on: Mon, 18 May 2020, 20:02:10 »
Looks like 111.  Don't know the extras situation.

Our shipment is in transit, but expect delays with a shipment like this. I would expect we will receive this very late May and be able to ship out in June.

Also, the M6-C's are completed, but stuck in China waiting for an open shipment slot. I would also expect to get this shipped out in late June.

Was there ever a final total for the amount of m-6's ordered, and will there be any extras?

Final Numbers with extras

Kit
Addons198
Alphas945
Baguette45
Blank mods69
Blanks89
Calc261
Cmd155
Colevrak44
Dots334
Ergo128
Fruits1026
Intl50
Katakanas155
Modifiers1239
Nomad166
Ortho285
Space172
Specialties451
UK45
Weirdos649

That's a total of 6506 kits!
You guys are crazy :eek:


Rama stuff
Silver brass keycap87
M6-C Milkshake edition111


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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #234 on: Wed, 20 May 2020, 06:12:00 »
Our shipment is in transit, but expect delays with a shipment like this. I would expect we will receive this very late May and be able to ship out in June.

Also, the M6-C's are completed, but stuck in China waiting for an open shipment slot. I would also expect to get this shipped out in late June.

Was there ever a final total for the amount of m-6's ordered, and will there be any extras?

A few M6-C extras have been ordered from Zfrontier :thumb:

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #235 on: Fri, 22 May 2020, 10:08:58 »


received my kits.
I still have some kits to verify but looking good so far :thumb:

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #236 on: Fri, 22 May 2020, 19:14:18 »
This is drool-worthy. I can't wait to get mine.
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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #237 on: Fri, 22 May 2020, 23:22:17 »
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received my kits.
I still have some kits to verify but looking good so far :thumb:

How does the green compare to the green of DSA Milkshake? From the pictures I've seen, it looks much lighter?

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #238 on: Sun, 24 May 2020, 05:31:29 »
I bought M6-C milkshake on Candykeys yesterday. Hope I can get it :)

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #239 on: Mon, 25 May 2020, 10:23:02 »
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received my kits.
I still have some kits to verify but looking good so far :thumb:

How does the green compare to the green of DSA Milkshake? From the pictures I've seen, it looks much lighter?

more vibrant and more balanced :thumb:

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #240 on: Fri, 05 June 2020, 17:26:50 »
Just got my kits in today! First keycap buy, and oh my lord was it worth it. The caps are silky smooth, yet not glossy. The profile wasn't a big as a shock as I expected, I came from some cheapo OEM caps. Really happy all around. Weirdo alphas look great and add a nice amount of uniqueness to my bnard.


However, light bleed from the colored caps is pretty bad. While the white caps are completely opaque, the colored caps bleed quite a bit of light, showing all the posts and such. Not a big deal, as I run without backlight now anyways, but worth mentioning. In my case I had soldered through hole single color LEDs when I first built my board, so I'm pretty sure my PCB doesn't support per key LED customization. Maybe someone with a PCB with RGB LEDs can just locally disable the LEDs under wherever they have colored caps.

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #241 on: Sat, 06 June 2020, 14:00:19 »
http://imgur.com/a/akOFlhA

I've got some pretty misaligned legends for my top row, misaligned milks, and dots seem inconsistent (could also be the profile messing with my eyes).

Fwiw, all are offset to the right it seems.

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #242 on: Sat, 06 June 2020, 14:29:09 »
The set came, for some people, with inconsistencies. I’m investigating and I already contacted ZFrontier for some clarification regarding the alignment issues.

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #243 on: Sat, 06 June 2020, 16:46:40 »
fwiw i got my weirdos set today and it looks great, feels great 10/10

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #244 on: Sat, 06 June 2020, 20:56:43 »
Got a weirdos kit with a missing letter A and an X printed on the wrong row.

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #245 on: Sun, 07 June 2020, 14:02:53 »
Got mine yesterday.
This looks and feels incredible! The finish on these is the smoothest matte I've ever come across. And now I'm truly a KAT fan-boy. Man, if all KAT sets come out this nice....

FWIW, no alignment issues on my Fruits (hehe), Alphas, Mods, Ergo, Colevrak, Katakanas.

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #246 on: Mon, 08 June 2020, 00:31:28 »
Disclaimer:  love this set and I am typing on them right now. The issue is with Keycreative and QC and not the designer of the set. Sorry for the potato pics

Alignment Issues:
https://imgur.com/MvNFqso


Unlike MT3, these are glaring and you don't need rulers or Photoshop to see them.

Damaged Keycaps:
https://imgur.com/cyHKZtZ

https://imgur.com/gs0Xk4v

https://imgur.com/aHKt4Lk

https://imgur.com/LPBr9YE

https://imgur.com/TNwuYrj


These keycaps have not been used, or even mounted. They should not have been shipped.

Other annoyances:
https://imgur.com/ugY0VYn

Swirl marks on the stepped Caps (another user has shown mis-aligned stepped Caps)

https://imgur.com/hU6cZFC

Random marks on the keycap.


I feel the rushed manufacturing has ruined this otherwise good colour way.

Lets see how Keycreative and Big Cat deal with the QC issues and issue replacements. Drop had issued MT3 replacement caps, and those were much smaller issue.



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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #247 on: Mon, 08 June 2020, 03:25:59 »
To throw my 2 cents in, I also have some issues with my stepped Capslock.

I’ve got those swirl marks and it seems it’s mis-aligned length wise?
PS: Ignore the left shift spacing. It's my switch.


Also a length issue with at least the yellow backspace.

Granted, maybe the length stuff is my keyboard? I’ll have to double check on my F key alignments.

Colorwise, it’s fantastic. A nice, matte white and vibrant colors.

Edit: Looking it over, I think it’s my slash key that’s a little too long rather than the yellow backspace.
« Last Edit: Wed, 10 June 2020, 02:14:56 by aznnerd09 »

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #248 on: Mon, 08 June 2020, 04:10:25 »
Hey guys!

I was as surprised as you and would like to apologize for the legends alignment issues.

It's always tough to blame someone when stuff went bad but apparently the QC from the manufacturer has been rushed.
Some issues are unacceptable.

Keyreative will provide replacements keycaps.

We're working with vendors at this moment to find the best solution.
We might set up a Google Form for that. You can already start taking pics of your defective keycaps :thumb:
Sorry for the inconvenience...

I keep you all in touch. Not all the vendors are awake yet.
Thanks for understanding!

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Re: [GB] KAT Milkshake + M6-C Milkshake edition
« Reply #249 on: Mon, 08 June 2020, 09:14:35 »
Still no update for europe? I've order with Candykeys, and it is still not shipped, normal?

Thanks for info