Regarding the Mod/Tilde mod color situation: The mission of the base kit(s) is to cover layouts at a good price. As such I've cut down on some keys I feel not vital to make it a great package, so those two keys were cut as they are an aesthetic addition and not adding coverage (physically or by providing different legends). I am aiming for 119$ for Git and Regular Base Kits for the US market. I would strongly consider those two keys for an Extension kit, but as Oblivion has 3 base kits, that would either mean a need for 3 Extension kits, or one giant Extension kit that supports all three modifier types. Both options are not viable in my opinion. As such, this lineup of kits does not have place for those two keys.
Heya oblotzky.
I understand the goal, that's clear. What I do notice though lately is that for pretty much every set you run (regardless if it's your own design or someone elses), especially when it comes to R2's, you exclude these two keys.
With every IC, there are always multiple people asking for these two keys. Now obviously, we all know you're not gonna do anything with all those comments, you already made up your mind. Same with this GB, I don't expect them to suddenly appear. I won't ask for specific numbers, understand that you won't provide those. I do believe that adding these two sets will perhaps increase the price by $1 and you can simply reduce profit by that $1.
It does baffle me though why you do offer for example a R3 pg up and R4 pg dn (probably for boards like Tada68 that come like that) but choose not to include the mod colored pipe and tilde. You also choose to include 6 different 1u's for R4, just so people can choose to have a full blow bottom row. (Same with the blue Pull and Fetch for example in the Git Base). I call those aesthetic additions...?
You say you cut keys to offer an affordable much-inclusive base (with basic iso, kudo's for that btw!), yet some choices speak opposite.
There have been some recents sets that you've run on your site, Muted and now this for example, that I would consider buying. They're nice looking sets and classics. Without the mod colored tilde and pipe key though, I won't ever buy one of them. You won't miss that humble one purchase, you'll be fine. Just my 2 cents.