[GB] GMK SNES - Hype slowly rekindling...

[E3E]

Damn, I'm getting antsy now. If this one is indeed using custom colors (which is likely... I can't imagine that GMK would have all of these colors on hand), then I hope we can crack the MQO. I agree with the remarks about GMK TA souring opinions over GMK in general, especially if they were the first GMK set for many.

Well, I definitely hope this one makes it! It would be MY first GMK set, haha.

[raymogi]

Haven't checked in on this thread for a while and now I've seen the updated OP, my gosh do I want it bad.

I LOVE purple and that black modifier with purple text seals the deal for me.

[swimmingbird]

500 would be hard. Especially after the TA fiasco I think it will be hard to get people on board with custom colors. 750 would not be possible I think.

I don't think it will be a problem given how TA hit over a thousand sets

That was with a lot of support from users that had bad experiences with the set (their first GMK set, for many), so I don't think we can count on all of those people coming back for another.  :-/

Not saying it won't happen, just another thing to consider.

Yeah I do think though that the issues though were brought up by probably a very vocal section of the community

I still see TA sets go pretty quickly on /r/mechmarket - I don't think the broader community's hunger for GMK is so easily disturbed

[harlw]

500 would be hard. Especially after the TA fiasco I think it will be hard to get people on board with custom colors. 750 would not be possible I think.

I don't think it will be a problem given how TA hit over a thousand sets

Being run through Massdrop I predict 1500+, which will be a record considering this won't have all the child sets that get tallied up in that total.

[trenzafeeds]

500 would be hard. Especially after the TA fiasco I think it will be hard to get people on board with custom colors. 750 would not be possible I think.

I don't think it will be a problem given how TA hit over a thousand sets

Being run through Massdrop I predict 1500+, which will be a record considering this won't have all the child sets that get tallied up in that total.

lol

[harlw]

500 would be hard. Especially after the TA fiasco I think it will be hard to get people on board with custom colors. 750 would not be possible I think.

I don't think it will be a problem given how TA hit over a thousand sets

*smacks booty*
Being run through Massdrop I predict 1500+, which will be a record considering this won't have all the child sets that get tallied up in that total.

lol

[swimmingbird]

500 would be hard. Especially after the TA fiasco I think it will be hard to get people on board with custom colors. 750 would not be possible I think.

I don't think it will be a problem given how TA hit over a thousand sets

Yah it would be very unusual for it to hit that number

Being run through Massdrop I predict 1500+, which will be a record considering this won't have all the child sets that get tallied up in that total.

lol

This is probably not a great time of the year to run it either considering how wallets are being hacked for other purposes such as relatives/xmas

[Latin00032]

500 would be hard. Especially after the TA fiasco I think it will be hard to get people on board with custom colors. 750 would not be possible I think.

I don't think it will be a problem given how TA hit over a thousand sets

Being run through Massdrop I predict 1500+, which will be a record considering this won't have all the child sets that get tallied up in that total.

Uh.. Are you trolling?

[harlw]

500 would be hard. Especially after the TA fiasco I think it will be hard to get people on board with custom colors. 750 would not be possible I think.

I don't think it will be a problem given how TA hit over a thousand sets

No way - I think ya'll are underestimating the power of "Nintendo" - we'll see, I hope I'm right though

Being run through Massdrop I predict 1500+, which will be a record considering this won't have all the child sets that get tallied up in that total.

Uh.. Are you trolling?

[livingspeedbump]

500 would be hard. Especially after the TA fiasco I think it will be hard to get people on board with custom colors. 750 would not be possible I think.

I don't think it will be a problem given how TA hit over a thousand sets

Yah it would be very unusual for it to hit that number

Being run through Massdrop I predict 1500+, which will be a record considering this won't have all the child sets that get tallied up in that total.

lol

This is probably not a great time of the year to run it either considering how wallets are being hacked for other purposes such as relatives/xmas

people need to just be selfish and buy this instead of crap for the relatives 

[Floody]

500 would be hard. Especially after the TA fiasco I think it will be hard to get people on board with custom colors. 750 would not be possible I think.

I don't think it will be a problem given how TA hit over a thousand sets

Yah it would be very unusual for it to hit that number

Being run through Massdrop I predict 1500+, which will be a record considering this won't have all the child sets that get tallied up in that total.

lol

This is probably not a great time of the year to run it either considering how wallets are being hacked for other purposes such as relatives/xmas

people need to just be selfish and buy this instead of crap for the relatives 

I'm way ahead of you!

[swimmingbird]

people need to just be selfish and buy this instead of crap for the relatives 

I won't have too many moral quandaries over that haha

[jonathanyu]

Screen shot of the email he sent me.

sounds like handarbeit can finally come true

[trenzafeeds]

Screen shot of the email he sent me.

sounds like handarbeit can finally come true

Please please make this happen. I would literally do anything.

[ideus]

Month's end? Which month?

[Latin00032]

I hope this comes with a purple spacebar. It would be a good contrast to the lilac number row.

The alphas are purple so that still looks great anyway though.

[ideus]

I hope this comes with a purple spacebar. It would be a good contrast to the lilac number row.

The alphas are purple so that still looks great anyway though.

Good idea.

[DukeMugen]

+1 WILL DEFINITELY GET THIS! this will be my first GMK keyset

[E3E]

You know, with all these suggestions, I was hoping for a 1.5u bottom row in the Game Set, as the black keys really give the vibe of start and select buttons to me, which would look sweet with the way the Octagon does its WKL layout.

[DukeMugen]

Left windows key = start
Fn key = select

Just an idea, but i think its too late for that. Haha

[ideus]

If 1.5u modifiers are included with the dark mods set I will get one as well. I really hope intelli to reconsider that.

[DukeMugen]

Month's end? Which month?

End of december i guess. Perfect timing for 13th month pay and end of the year bonus!!!

[Glenmael]

Month's end? Which month?

End of december i guess. Perfect timing for 13th month pay and end of the year bonus!!!

End of year bonus aye? How many sets you planning on buying?

[DukeMugen]

Month's end? Which month?

End of december i guess. Perfect timing for 13th month pay and end of the year bonus!!!

End of year bonus aye? How many sets you planning on buying?

1 HAHAHAHAH

[intelli78]

Just sent the final pricing, images, and copy to Massdrop, hoping for a launch by the end of the week. I have incorporated many but not all of the suggested changes. All will be revealed soon 

[romevi]

Just sent the final pricing, images, and copy to Massdrop, hoping for a launch by the end of the week. I have incorporated many but not all of the suggested changes. All will be revealed soon 

You're sexy.

[intelli78]

Shhh bby is ok

[swimmingbird]

Looking forward to seeing this come to life

[E3E]

I can't wait to play SNES emulators with this set, I tell you!

[Floody]

I can't wait to play SNES emulators with this set, I tell you!

For some reason that never crossed my mind. I just wanted a new keyset and to take pictures with the original controller

[Latin00032]

Is it too late to add a purple spacebar?

[ideus]

Just sent the final pricing, images, and copy to Massdrop, hoping for a launch by the end of the week. I have incorporated many but not all of the suggested changes. All will be revealed soon 

Awesome, I cannot wait to see the final set.

[yomammary]

Can someone tell me if 1 of the 2 spacebars will fit a RF87U?

[romevi]

I can't wait to play SNES emulators with this set, I tell you!

Eww... Don't play SNES games with a keyboard!

[E3E]

I can't wait to play SNES emulators with this set, I tell you!

Eww... Don't play SNES games with a keyboard!

At that point, it won't be a keyboard anymore, it'll be a giant SNES controller that weighs 5 lbs. 

[whentheclouds]

anyone thinks the MOQ drop is a response to JTK entering the market?

[qwack]

Love the colors. A bit subdued, and easier to live with than the bright purple that can be seen more and more. I may get a set if the price is acceptable.

[swimmingbird]

anyone thinks the MOQ drop is a response to JTK entering the market?

Don't know about that

Hard to say as people always said that the enthusiast segment was tiny for GMK. It is possible that they lost some of their B2B business (wouldn't be surprising in this economic environment) and are maybe shifting some attention to the enthusiast side of things

It's difficult to understand what this move means means because of the way that GMK's pricing is opaque to the average GH user - only GB runners know how much everything costs and they rarely share that info. We don't know what has happened with pricing...

For all we know they've picked up on how much people are willing to spend on keysets and cranked the prices up and lowered MOQ. I wouldn't be surprised if this were the case given how much SKIDATA+ cost

[lishi]

Honestly, I don't see a reason for GMK to be afraid of JTK yet.

Owning both GMK and JTK sets, I can say that if I had to choose between the two, GMK would win 10/10 times. The quality is simply better and any reason for a lowering of MOQ is probably a response to the increased exposure of custom keycap sets that are being requested by the community rather than business due to the rise of popularity of mechanical keyboards.

[Glenmael]

Honestly, I don't see a reason for GMK to be afraid of JTK yet.

Owning both GMK and JTK sets, I can say that if I had to choose between the two, GMK would win 10/10 times. The quality is simply better and any reason for a lowering of MOQ is probably a response to the increased exposure of custom keycap sets that are being requested by the community rather than business due to the rise of popularity of mechanical keyboards.

Hmm I own a few GMK sets and to be fair (and for the price) JTK is very very comparable. I guess this type of thing is always subjective anyhow.

[lishi]

Honestly, I don't see a reason for GMK to be afraid of JTK yet.

Owning both GMK and JTK sets, I can say that if I had to choose between the two, GMK would win 10/10 times. The quality is simply better and any reason for a lowering of MOQ is probably a response to the increased exposure of custom keycap sets that are being requested by the community rather than business due to the rise of popularity of mechanical keyboards.

Hmm I own a few GMK sets and to be fair (and for the price) JTK is very very comparable. I guess this type of thing is always subjective anyhow.

There just seem to be more problems in the JTK set. Granted, this was the first run so I'm sure the issues will get figured out, but one huge issue is the incompatibility with the R3 caps with bottom mounted LED's and the fact that the enter key will come off on the Novatouch.

[swimmingbird]

Honestly, I don't see a reason for GMK to be afraid of JTK yet.

Owning both GMK and JTK sets, I can say that if I had to choose between the two, GMK would win 10/10 times. The quality is simply better and any reason for a lowering of MOQ is probably a response to the increased exposure of custom keycap sets that are being requested by the community rather than business due to the rise of popularity of mechanical keyboards.

Hmm I own a few GMK sets and to be fair (and for the price) JTK is very very comparable. I guess this type of thing is always subjective anyhow.

There just seem to be more problems in the JTK set. Granted, this was the first run so I'm sure the issues will get figured out, but one huge issue is the incompatibility with the R3 caps with bottom mounted LED's and the fact that the enter key will come off on the Novatouch.

Aside from a few legend issues and some scratched/scuffed keys here and there JTK has had an impressive debut

I'm sure that Cherry's first run of keycaps aren't of the same standard that we see today from GMK

[appleonama]

this is a sexy set lets get it going

[jonathanyu]

anyone thinks the MOQ drop is a response to JTK entering the market?

I don't think GMK would even notice JTK. GMK is a company that deal with much larger order, and their target is not gh..

[alienman82]

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[whentheclouds]

I don't think GMK would even notice JTK. GMK is a company that deal with much larger order, and their target is not gh..

that's true but also irrelevant in this case. their moq drop is solely for the benefit of the gh/enthusiast crowd and not the orgs who make large scale orders you're referring to.

if not jtk, then maybe uniqey boards are finally ready and gmk doesn't want them killing off future caps groupbuys

[swimmingbird]

Quick photoshop of the render decked out!

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nicely done

[ideus]

It is suppose to be available this weekend, wow.

[yomammary]

It is suppose to be available this weekend, wow.

Great!

[intelli78]

New launch date is ~Fri the 18th, we decided to delay it to not clash with the White Fox GB, and to let people get paid again. . Just hang tight a bit longer!