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Title: Sanrio Hello Kitty Color Keyboard
Post by: JP on Thu, 16 November 2017, 22:44:34
Awesome find of the day.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sanrio-Hello-Kitty-Color-Keyboard-PC-Windows-95-98-NT-Unused-In-Box-RARE/332452181532?hash=item4d67b1b61c:g:dhUAAOSwPDBaDeCd

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Title: Re: Sanrio Hello Kitty Color Keyboard
Post by: chyros on Fri, 17 November 2017, 00:02:41
Oh, wow.
Title: Re: Sanrio Hello Kitty Color Keyboard
Post by: Duckyreddy on Fri, 17 November 2017, 00:11:30
On the package, it reads:

"Colorful keys helps to learn to type
High-quality switches with good durability, little pressure on fingers"
Oh wait a minute there....

"High quality switches with good durability, little pressure on fingers"


35g Topre with purple sliders, lubed and hypersphered???



Title: Re: Sanrio Hello Kitty Color Keyboard
Post by: nmur on Fri, 17 November 2017, 00:23:03
On the package, it reads:

"Colorful keys helps to learn to type
High-quality switches with good durability, little pressure on fingers"
Oh wait a minute there....

"High quality switches with good durability, little pressure on fingers"


35g Topre with purple sliders, lubed and hypersphered???


those don't really look like topre profile keys, but if they were, i'd be jumping on this tbh
Title: Re: Sanrio Hello Kitty Color Keyboard
Post by: Duckyreddy on Fri, 17 November 2017, 00:32:50
On the package, it reads:

"Colorful keys helps to learn to type
High-quality switches with good durability, little pressure on fingers"
Oh wait a minute there....

"High quality switches with good durability, little pressure on fingers"


35g Topre with purple sliders, lubed and hypersphered???


those don't really look like topre profile keys, but if they were, i'd be jumping on this tbh

I'm thinking regular membrane, damn if this board had alps....
and those keycaps are so cute too.

Title: Re: Sanrio Hello Kitty Color Keyboard
Post by: SamirD on Fri, 17 November 2017, 23:32:17
That is a killer deal if those switches are mech.  I don't care how awesome someone's board is, all eyes would be on that anywhere it goes.  :eek:
Title: Re: Sanrio Hello Kitty Color Keyboard
Post by: Duckyreddy on Fri, 17 November 2017, 23:40:12
Someone please, someone pull the trigger.
Title: Re: Sanrio Hello Kitty Color Keyboard
Post by: Sifo on Sat, 18 November 2017, 04:01:54
I wanna do it so badly but those have got to be rubber dome lol

and I hate big ass enters because then I can't have backslash as backspace ;(
Title: Re: Sanrio Hello Kitty Color Keyboard
Post by: SamirD on Sat, 18 November 2017, 10:19:53
I've requested a picture of the back of the keyboard with the model #, etc label.  That should make it easy for us to discern if it is mech or not.  :thumb:
Title: Re: Sanrio Hello Kitty Color Keyboard
Post by: luismonterieart on Wed, 22 November 2017, 10:29:55
OMG! I want this real bad. Thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: Sanrio Hello Kitty Color Keyboard
Post by: ander on Sun, 26 November 2017, 03:20:49
NO WAY is this a Topre board! Someone's pulling our modem cables, I think.

Great keys, though... It'd be fun to put them on a board that's not, you know, festooned with cartoon characters.
Title: Re: Sanrio Hello Kitty Color Keyboard
Post by: SamirD on Fri, 01 December 2017, 10:23:17
And still no reply from the seller on the picture of the back of it.
Title: Re: Sanrio Hello Kitty Color Keyboard
Post by: ander on Fri, 01 December 2017, 19:26:08
And still no reply from the seller on the picture of the back of it.

I understand that the backs of these feature a photo of notorious U.S. Teamsters Union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who mysteriously disappeared in 1975:


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Title: Re: Sanrio Hello Kitty Color Keyboard
Post by: SamirD on Sat, 02 December 2017, 08:26:02
HAHAHA!!!  That's just begging to have a meme under it...
Title: Re: Sanrio Hello Kitty Color Keyboard
Post by: JP on Sat, 02 December 2017, 09:15:34
Hey guys I found a different one. Maybe I should start collecting these  :))

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-ALL-OVER-PRINT-HELLO-KITTY-ASIAN-CHARACTER-KEYS-COMPUTER-KEY-BOARD-KB-909/322912527260?hash=item4b2f16239c:g:IZcAAOSw0wRaH5G3

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Title: Re: Sanrio Hello Kitty Color Keyboard
Post by: SamirD on Sat, 02 December 2017, 12:27:31
Wow, and it has the alternate layout too!

This just makes me wonder about the demand for these and how many of these were made and sold and...gulp...are in use somewhere!  :eek:
Title: Re: Sanrio Hello Kitty Color Keyboard
Post by: Duckyreddy on Sat, 02 December 2017, 12:59:31
Hey guys I found a different one. Maybe I should start collecting these  :))

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-ALL-OVER-PRINT-HELLO-KITTY-ASIAN-CHARACTER-KEYS-COMPUTER-KEY-BOARD-KB-909/322912527260?hash=item4b2f16239c:g:IZcAAOSw0wRaH5G3

(Attachment Link)


Looks like a FC980 hahaha

(https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/images/products/large_2197_FC980C_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Sanrio Hello Kitty Color Keyboard
Post by: watamote on Mon, 26 September 2022, 03:04:27
Sorry to bump a dead thread, but I found this keyboard on Ratuken and bought it - it's not mechanical, just a membrane/rubber dome keyboard. The keys do feel nice, but the spacebar is... horrible. It's so wobbly and unstable, and very loud. Also, I think the seller accidentally melted parts of the keyboard with a soldering iron, but it doesn't really bother me at all.

Unfortunately, my seller didn't have the installation disc so I'm unable to get it working on my PC or an actual 95/98, though I haven't really tried hard enough. If anyone has any fixes or mods for this please let me know!

I'll post some of my images here ♡ it really is a nice keyboard though, great for collectors and people who love cute retro tech. I'm a big fan! (http://dl9.glitter-graphics.net/pub/1506/1506189o8y9vd5zgw.gif)

(https://64.media.tumblr.com/e69c7887dd7b9e78221e6f09e55ea3a5/a26281a844220b7f-86/s2048x3072/94895bfc14ca19710b750f73c6a26f1f496391a2.jpg)(https://64.media.tumblr.com/7ca27e1cb5f62d3495b4df3669f1db1f/a26281a844220b7f-59/s2048x3072/224538ce1612f66c2a5666cbb32d2bf5427b140d.jpg)
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/4619fddcf4bbc499a74bbed26f38e9c7/a26281a844220b7f-98/s2048x3072/65cc8f57b013c5fde681c73837fef0466b15be20.jpg)(https://64.media.tumblr.com/e8163b26ee2304f5a734c2cf6d5c6318/a26281a844220b7f-0e/s2048x3072/23f0159465f3285e3f5db3d0e4045bfd4294d2ef.jpg)
Title: Re: Sanrio Hello Kitty Color Keyboard
Post by: Sifo on Mon, 26 September 2022, 10:16:45
someone run the pbt replica