[IC]NEO Palette G67 - Gasket, Acrylic, full customize color, 65% - GB on Oct.23

[Patrickwu]

Hello GeekHack
This is Patrick at NEO Keys (instagram: neokeys, GIVE AWAY will be done through instagram; Discord https://discord.gg/2MCKpQQ). I'm here to present you our first design Palette G67. The project started back in June and has gone through multiple stages of material test, design and samples and we're quite happy with what we have so far! And we'd love to hear some feedback and input from the community before release. 



Case Features
-   Acrylic sandwich structure, with fully isolated, gasket mounted switch plate. Switch plate is supported by 6 silicone and 6 EVA gaskets and completely hidden from sides of the case.
-   Laser cut acrylic case plates
-   Switch plate options: Carbon Fiber, Brass
-   6.5 degree typing angle
-   18 pre-set case color schemes and more to come..
-   Fully customizable case color. 20 colors for each of 11 acrylic layers, total over 409,600,000,000,000 possible combinations. And more to come..
-   Countersink holes only. All mounting screws will be flush with case surface.

PCB Features
-   QMK programmable
-   Hotswap and soldered(ISO, 7U spacebar, split BS compatible)
-   Per-switch SMD RGB light
-   RGB blacklight
-   Center mounted USB-C port

About the group buy
-   What's included in the kit?
Kit comes with 11 layers of acrylic (7 layers of case body, 4 layers feet), PCB, switch plate, silicone and EVA gaskets (with spare), titanium coated M2 screws, brass posts, allen wrenches, USB-C cable, a microfabric cloth

-   How much?
Kit in pre-set color scheme with carbon fiber plate - $140
Full custom color scheme +$10
Brass plate +$10
Shipping is not included. Expected to be $50 for US and Europe. Board will be shipped from Shenzhen China.

-   How to place order?
Custom features are far too complicated to be handled through order forms, so we set up a website for this group buy, link will be posted in the groupbuy thread.
And here is a preview of color customization interface. Sorry for not having a real time rendering page. When GB starts each day I will run a few renders requested by customers and post on IG.


-   MinOQ and MaxOQ?
Groupbuy will be on when order quantity hits 100. Maximum orders will be capped at 200.
First 50 orders will be shipped with a free acrylic lube station in random color.

-   When?
Groupbuy will start within a week or two depending on IC result on Oct. 23 Friday (as my account was registered on Aug. 21 and only 2 months old account is allowed to post in GB) and open for orders for 1-2 weeks depending on order numbers.
Lead time should be somewhere around 60-90 days.

Here are some renders of preset colors schemes.




Some photos of sample boards in Void and Dawn+GMK Cyan color scheme



Here is a sample of Palette in Eternity color scheme, which has 3 layers of frosted clears and 4 layers frosted pink, with a brushed brass plate.


Eternity built up with brass plates, ink red's.


Some buyer's customized color scheme renders:



Here are photos of sample plates, just to give you an preview of the actual colors.
Clear, Frosted Clear, Frosted Black, Red, Purple, Orange, Dark Blue, Light Blue, Cyan, Green, Yellow

Flo Orange, Flo Pink, Flo Yello, Flo Green, Flo Blue, Frosted Orange, Frosted Pink, Frosted Yellow, Frosted Cyan


If you have any questions, suggestions or feedback regarding the product or design, please feel free to post or DM or mail me at support@neokeys.net

I have received some quetions from Discord and via emails, I'm sharing the answers here as well. So here you go Q&A
How does the gasket structure work?
Here are some photos to explain the gasket structure.
Plate locates between second and fifth layer, supported by 12 silicone and EVA gaskets which are taped to the plate itself. The plate is completely hidden from all 4 sides of the case, giving the user the freedom to customize case color scheme.


Dimensions of the case and typing angles?
Here are some drawings and numbers. Opening for USB-C cable is 12mm wide.

By using 3 or all 4 layers of feet, you can have 5.3 or 6.9 typing angle.

Weight?
Complete board with brass plate weight - 810g
Copmlete board with carbon fiber plate weight - 630g




All progress will be posted in this thread.
2020.9.16 IC thread started.
2020.9.16 Updated lead time.
2020.9.17 Updated solder PCB with ISO, 7U space and Splite BS support; Product specs updated; Estimated shipping cost updated; Discord server set up; Eternity sample pic posted.
2020.9.18 GB date confirmed. It's embarassing but I just realized that my account can't post in GB subforum until Oct 22. But good thing is that it'll give me enough time to finish soldered PCB design.
2020.9.24 Updated with some drawings and numbers to answer questions from discord.
2020.9.26 Updated weight of board. Added some beautiful renders of colors schemes from buyer's customization.
2020.9.29 Updated sample plate photos
2020.10.15 Updated kit content
2020.10.21 Groupbuy starting in 2 days. IC thread locked.

[darthcapn]

Interested. I'd buy this today lol.

[Patrickwu]

Interested. I'd buy this today lol.

thanks for the support! That means a lot to us.
We'll have a couple more samples arriving by the weekend. Stay tuned!

[VagueOrigin]

Thought I was done with acrylic cases, nice touch with the "notebook divider" like tabs to see all the layer colors. Im in!

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[Patrickwu]

Thought I was done with acrylic cases, nice touch with the "notebook divider" like tabs to see all the layer colors. Im in!

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Thanks and welcome on board! 

[ItszBrian]

This is pretty neat, I'm in if I can get a non-hotswap pcb version.

[Willtato]

Hi, loving this.  Just curious, will there be florescent acrylic options?

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[Drauthius]

Looks awesome!

Any plans for an ISO-layout?

[Ireojimayo]

Very interested in this board.

I love the large range of colour schemes. I know you are allowing customization but I wouldn't be able to think of good colour combos.?
You don't have any other place to keep up with this right? like an disc, insta or email list?

[Patrickwu]

Hi, loving this.  Just curious, will there be florescent acrylic options?

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my team is currently working on that. I dont think it'll be available by the time this groupbuy starts though. Stay tuned with us anyway. thanks!

[Patrickwu]

Hi, loving this.  Just curious, will there be florescent acrylic options?

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yes there will be florescent green, orange, pink and blue. the sample board in Dawn actually has flo orange on 4th and 5th layers.

[Patrickwu]

Looks awesome!

Any plans for an ISO-layout?

ISO should come with the soldered version PCB that we're currently working on. Not 100% sure it'll be available with this groupbuy though.

[Patrickwu]

Very interested in this board.

I love the large range of colour schemes. I know you are allowing customization but I wouldn't be able to think of good colour combos.?
You don't have any other place to keep up with this right? like an disc, insta or email list?

Insta account is neokeys. I will have a website up soon with the order page for this groupbuy and constantly post updates there as well.
I dont really have time to manage discord at the moment...

[Ireojimayo]

Some additional questions

What lead time do you expect if this reaches 200 orders?
Where will these ship from?

[Patrickwu]

Some additional questions

What lead time do you expect if this reaches 200 orders?
Where will these ship from?

Good question. Was about to post that info in the upcoming groupbuy thread.
lead time should be somewhere around 60-90 days.
Ship from Shenzhen China.

[Flexmaster]

Interested

[violeaf]

ISO should come with the soldered version PCB that we're currently working on. Not 100% sure it'll be available with this groupbuy though.

Love this, and +1 for iso support

[jAngeles]

consider my interest checked

[Patrickwu]

thanks guys!

[tommyamoszhao]

Loving it！thunbs up！&& count me in!

[SxM Designs]

I have seen quite a few layered board. The issue I have is the misalignment of layers either from the beginning or after a while. How will this board fare in terms of misalignment of the layers?
Also curious to see a few more pics of the bottom side of this board.

Honestly, the board looks quite good. However, I think it will be super light and 140 ish dollars would be a tad too much.

[eskimojo]

Looks awesome!

Any plans for an ISO-layout?

ISO should come with the soldered version PCB that we're currently working on. Not 100% sure it'll be available with this groupbuy though.

Interested in this if it's available with a soldered PCB and plate with the usual options (ISO, split backspace, 7u space, etc.)  Great choice in default plate material too, I love CF 

[marshskitow]

+1 for iso


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[Patrickwu]

Looks awesome!

Any plans for an ISO-layout?

ISO should come with the soldered version PCB that we're currently working on. Not 100% sure it'll be available with this groupbuy though.

Interested in this if it's available with a soldered PCB and plate with the usual options (ISO, split backspace, 7u space, etc.)  Great choice in default plate material too, I love CF 

yep we're working on that. thanks for the feedback!

[Willtato]

I was wondering if the top layer on the abyss and nova are clear or frosted. 
Thanks

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[100 percent horse]

Very cool, I'll say I'm interested in this.

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[Patrickwu]

I was wondering if the top layer on the abyss and nova are clear or frosted. 
Thanks

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Abyss top layer is a clear cyan.
Nova top layer is a clear.
I'll have a sample Abyss assembled and posted soon..

[atlanticise]

this looks so interesting and pretty!! hoping to get my hands on this.

[andromache]

I will definitely try to buy this when GB opens. Here for all of the custom color options.

[lbassett21]

Isn't this just a slightly different, GB version of the Kayak (A play on the Canoe)? The same materials, almost the same design, and a gasket plate are the only things that differentiate it from the kayak.

https://www.keebtalk.com/t/kayak-a-65-diy-keyboard/2724

[homerowco]

Isn't this just a slightly different, GB version of the Kayak (A play on the Canoe)? The same materials, almost the same design, and a gasket plate are the only things that differentiate it from the kayak.

https://imgur.com/a/D6RDxdb

[hottrout]

This makes for an interesting little board.  I would be interested if ISO was to become available.
Nice design by the way.

[HawaiiOahu]

Are you guys going to have arctic blue frost acrylic color?

[Patrickwu]

This makes for an interesting little board.  I would be interested if ISO was to become available.
Nice design by the way.

thanks. working on a soldered PCB design as we speak.

[Patrickwu]

Are you guys going to have arctic blue frost acrylic color?

Not exactly sure if we're thinking the same color but check out the sample photo of Dawn, the first layer is a frost cyan, which might be the one..

[norb]

this is pretty sweet!

a few questions:
1. can you estimate the shipping costs to germany?
2. the renders seem to have about 7 layers of acrylic, but you write that a kit will come with 11 layers?
3. ISO will definitely be available in a second round of gb a later time?

[HawaiiOahu]

Is the top supposed to show the layered colors?

[super_tu]

I'm in. Does this support split backspace?

[100 percent horse]

Isn't this just a slightly different, GB version of the Kayak (A play on the Canoe)? The same materials, almost the same design, and a gasket plate are the only things that differentiate it from the kayak.

https://www.keebtalk.com/t/kayak-a-65-diy-keyboard/2724

The GB vs. homemade distinction, case detailing, and mounting type seem like pretty fundamental differences to me. Might as well say that every aluminum 65% is also basically the same - and maybe you'd be right along the same standards, but why nitpick here?

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[The.Ryan.Gamer]

This is very nice! Fast fulfillment too!

Couple of questions tho:

1. Where's the IC?
2. Can i buy 2 boards, if possible 3?
3. Where will this ship from? I'm in Asia, i would like to use DHL Express, would that be possible?
4. Is there a Discord Server?
5. What's the QC/QA process for this boards? Just curious.

[NotchBomber]

I am in, this is something I have been looking for the past 3 months

[Belvin]

One day, ICs will be started that remember ISO users exist.

[Wonderfool]

Very nice.  Hope I can snag one!

[Smoothie]

Love the Nova render! Will totally be trying to pick one up!

[Freeaboo]

I'm in, as long as there will be a solder version or if this works with other 65% PCBs like the KBD67 that I can solder.

[Drakenocas]

What's the expected price atm?

[Smoothie]

What's the expected price atm?

Price is in the IC $140 for base

[sneekypoo]

Sign me up!

[Patrickwu]

this is pretty sweet!

a few questions:
1. can you estimate the shipping costs to germany?
2. the renders seem to have about 7 layers of acrylic, but you write that a kit will come with 11 layers?
3. ISO will definitely be available in a second round of gb a later time?

hey Norb, good quetions there.
1. I dont have a final packaging yet but if it's somewhere around 1.5-2.0kg, shipping cost should be $40
2. 7 layers for case body, 4 layers for the feet. I just can't seem to find a good camera angle to display them but they're there and you can customize their color. 
3. As so many folks are asking for ISO I might push back the GB a little bit and make it available for the first round.

[Patrickwu]

Is the top supposed to show the layered colors?

If you mean the tabs design yes. The board is called Palette, you get to mix and match the colors and appreciate your work 

[Patrickwu]

This is very nice! Fast fulfillment too!

Couple of questions tho:

1. Where's the IC?
2. Can i buy 2 boards, if possible 3?
3. Where will this ship from? I'm in Asia, i would like to use DHL Express, would that be possible?
4. Is there a Discord Server?
5. What's the QC/QA process for this boards? Just curious.

Hi Ryan
1. Sorry I didnt actually make an IC form, feel free to post whatever you think here or email me at support@neokeys.net
2. Yes absolutely. When the order page is up you'll see it's actually quite simple to use.
3. They'll be shipped from Shenzhen China. Yes I can arrange shipping if you have any specific request. You can leave messages at check out page or email me after you placed your orders, make sure you send me order numbers as well.
4. Not yet but I'll set up one soon.
5. My team will check individual plates and PCB's before shipping.

[Patrickwu]

NEO Keys discord server is set up:
https://discord.gg/2MCKpQQ

[The.Ryan.Gamer]

This is very nice! Fast fulfillment too!

Couple of questions tho:

1. Where's the IC?
2. Can i buy 2 boards, if possible 3?
3. Where will this ship from? I'm in Asia, i would like to use DHL Express, would that be possible?
4. Is there a Discord Server?
5. What's the QC/QA process for this boards? Just curious.

Hi Ryan
1. Sorry I didnt actually make an IC form, feel free to post whatever you think here or email me at support@neokeys.net
2. Yes absolutely. When the order page is up you'll see it's actually quite simple to use.
3. They'll be shipped from Shenzhen China. Yes I can arrange shipping if you have any specific request. You can leave messages at check out page or email me after you placed your orders, make sure you send me order numbers as well.
4. Not yet but I'll set up one soon.
5. My team will check individual plates and PCB's before shipping.

Thank you so much for answering. Sending you an email right now. 

EDIT: I tried emailing you, didn't work. I'll PM you here in GH.

[Patrickwu]

Here is a sample of Palette in Eternity color scheme, which has 3 layers of frosted clears and 4 layers frosted pink, with a brushed brass plate.

[Tappaz]

Am definitely interested!

Don't suppose there will shipping options to Australia?

[Patrickwu]

Am definitely interested!

Don't suppose there will shipping options to Australia?

Thanks Tappaz.
Yes we can definitely ship to Australia.

[Patrickwu]

It's embarassing but I just realized that I can't post in GB forum until Oct 22nd because of forum rules. So groupbuy will officially launch on Oct. 23rd Friday. Stay tuned.
Good thing is that I'll have plenty of time to design and manufacture soldered PCB with ISO, split BS and 7U support.
Meanwhile I'll keep posting updates on samples and perhaps type tests.

[penatbater]

This looks really nice. Consider me interested!

[The.Ryan.Gamer]

It's embarassing but I just realized that I can't post in GB forum until Oct 22nd because of forum rules. So groupbuy will officially launch on Oct. 23rd Friday. Stay tuned.
Good thing is that I'll have plenty of time to design and manufacture soldered PCB with ISO, split BS and 7U support.
Meanwhile I'll keep posting updates on samples and perhaps type tests.

Payment Options?

[Patrickwu]

It's embarassing but I just realized that I can't post in GB forum until Oct 22nd because of forum rules. So groupbuy will officially launch on Oct. 23rd Friday. Stay tuned.
Good thing is that I'll have plenty of time to design and manufacture soldered PCB with ISO, split BS and 7U support.
Meanwhile I'll keep posting updates on samples and perhaps type tests.

Payment Options?

Paypal

[The.Ryan.Gamer]

It's embarassing but I just realized that I can't post in GB forum until Oct 22nd because of forum rules. So groupbuy will officially launch on Oct. 23rd Friday. Stay tuned.
Good thing is that I'll have plenty of time to design and manufacture soldered PCB with ISO, split BS and 7U support.
Meanwhile I'll keep posting updates on samples and perhaps type tests.

Payment Options?

Paypal

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! 

[cabeggar]

Why I'm getting a Chrome tab vibe

[Patrickwu]

It's embarassing but I just realized that I can't post in GB forum until Oct 22nd because of forum rules. So groupbuy will officially launch on Oct. 23rd Friday. Stay tuned.
Good thing is that I'll have plenty of time to design and manufacture soldered PCB with ISO, split BS and 7U support.
Meanwhile I'll keep posting updates on samples and perhaps type tests.

Payment Options?

Paypal

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! 

will look into credit card payment options as well.

[weichenyang0723]

WHY oct 23rd  I'll be down for 2 today, srs.

[The.Ryan.Gamer]

It's embarassing but I just realized that I can't post in GB forum until Oct 22nd because of forum rules. So groupbuy will officially launch on Oct. 23rd Friday. Stay tuned.
Good thing is that I'll have plenty of time to design and manufacture soldered PCB with ISO, split BS and 7U support.
Meanwhile I'll keep posting updates on samples and perhaps type tests.

Payment Options?

Paypal

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! 

will look into credit card payment options as well.

Lesgooooo. 

[Cloods]

the tabs at the top remind me of my high school binder, much much neater though.

[NotchBomber]

Why not do a short first round in the discord and then a second round here. Use the first round for feedback to further improve it for the GB here ?

[Patrickwu]

Why not do a short first round in the discord and then a second round here. Use the first round for feedback to further improve it for the GB here ?

Actually I need the time to develope and test solder PCB. If I actually manage to finish that soon I might do a smaller run before Oct 23. I'll keep you guys updated. thanks for the suggestion.

[Patrickwu]

Here are some photos to explain the gasket structure.
Plate locates between second and fifth layer, supported by 12 silicone and EVA gaskets. The plate is completely hidden from all 4 sides of the case.

[owlheart]

Love this! Peeping those color combos tho

[binepad]

Its really nice, looking forward for more prototype pictures.

[gandalf]

Instant buy honestly wtf this **** so siiiiiick, I hope you guys will have a CAD proxy :L

[Pulsing Penguin]

100% interested

[Patrickwu]

Got questions on board dimensions from Discord, here are some drawings and numbers. Opening for USB-C cable is 12mm wide.

By using 3 or all 4 layers of feet, you can have 5.3 or 6.9 typing angle.

[hottrout]

Love the detail now, with ISO and at a great price I might go in on two of these for my kids computers.

[Freeaboo]

Love the detail now, with ISO and at a great price I might go in on two of these for my kids computers.

Start 'em young

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[BOOMISHOTYOU]

Love the detail now, with ISO and at a great price I might go in on two of these for my kids computers.

Good luck getting 2 boards on a 200 fcfs cap inexpensive board generating a lot of interest lol

[mrvco]

Looks interesting.

[hottrout]

Love the detail now, with ISO and at a great price I might go in on two of these for my kids computers.

Good luck getting 2 boards on a 200 fcfs cap inexpensive board generating a lot of interest lol

Very true but one can only try.

[FilthyCasual23]

This is an amazing board, and kinda makes me glad I missed out on the nk65 drop yesterday. I was wondering, will the pcb accept 3 and 5 pin switches, and are the stabs plate or pcb mount? Other than those questions, I'm super excited for October now.

[Patrickwu]

This is an amazing board, and kinda makes me glad I missed out on the nk65 drop yesterday. I was wondering, will the pcb accept 3 and 5 pin switches, and are the stabs plate or pcb mount? Other than those questions, I'm super excited for October now.

Thank you for the compliment, glad you like it.
PCB takes 5pin switches and PCB mount stabs.

[Patrickwu]

Some updates:
Complete board with brass plate weight - 810g
Copmlete board with carbon fiber plate weight - 630g

A couple of renders of custom color schemes from buyers.

[Sundowning]

can you maybe do fluro green.. toxic colorway color...?

[wencan008]

The character you chose to represent your Dawn color way，暮，means dusk, not dawn

[Patrickwu]

The character you chose to represent your Dawn color way，暮，means dusk, not dawn

Not gonna lie I've always known I'm kind of illiterate as a Chinese.
Thanks for pointing it out..

[Nonnegaard]

The colours are so nice, my god.

[Patrickwu]

Here are photos of sample plates, just to give you an preview of the actual colors.
Clear, Frosted Clear, Frosted Black, Red, Purple, Orange, Dark Blue, Light Blue, Cyan, Green, Yellow

Flo Orange, Flo Pink, Flo Yello, Flo Green, Flo Blue, Frosted Orange, Frosted Pink, Frosted Yellow, Frosted Cyan

[Patrickwu]

Got another sample built up, color scheme Eternity, brass plate, ink red. Tried black EVA gaskets this time and didnt like them at all. Will stick with white ones.

[Forkman]

Yo this looks sick! Hopefully I'll manage to buy one on the 23th.
Just have a few questions about the board and compatability itself, might have miss understood something in the post;

1. Hotswap PCB will have ISO and/or ANSI layout? (From EU but doesnt care about layout, just nice to know which keycaps layout i should be looking for)
2. Does it only support split spacebar and 7U, or will it support 6.25U aswell?
3. The feet layers, will they be clear and see-through, or will they have the same colour theme as the pre-set ?
4. Whice site will theese be available on, and will this thread and/or mechgroupbuys.com be updated?
5.and shipping will start around late december/ January i asume ?

Sorry if any of theese questions were dumb and repetative, this will be my first GB/build and I'm excited

[Patrickwu]

Yo this looks sick! Hopefully I'll manage to buy one on the 23th.
Just have a few questions about the board and compatability itself, might have miss understood something in the post;

1. Hotswap PCB will have ISO and/or ANSI layout? (From EU but doesnt care about layout, just nice to know which keycaps layout i should be looking for)
2. Does it only support split spacebar and 7U, or will it support 6.25U aswell?
3. The feet layers, will they be clear and see-through, or will they have the same colour theme as the pre-set ?
4. Whice site will theese be available on, and will this thread and/or mechgroupbuys.com be updated?
5.and shipping will start around late december/ January i asume ?

Sorry if any of theese questions were dumb and repetative, this will be my first GB/build and I'm excited

1 and 2. Hotswap will be ANSI only. But soldered pcb will be iso, split bs, 7u spacebar compatible. And I'm seriously considering ditching hotswap completely for soldered only.
3. Every single layer is customizable.
4. www.neokeys.net. it'll be online before launch
5. that is correct. hopefully...

[Forkman]

Yo this looks sick! Hopefully I'll manage to buy one on the 23th.
Just have a few questions about the board and compatability itself, might have miss understood something in the post;

1. Hotswap PCB will have ISO and/or ANSI layout? (From EU but doesnt care about layout, just nice to know which keycaps layout i should be looking for)
2. Does it only support split spacebar and 7U, or will it support 6.25U aswell?
3. The feet layers, will they be clear and see-through, or will they have the same colour theme as the pre-set ?
4. Whice site will theese be available on, and will this thread and/or mechgroupbuys.com be updated?
5.and shipping will start around late december/ January i asume ?

Sorry if any of theese questions were dumb and repetative, this will be my first GB/build and I'm excited

1 and 2. Hotswap will be ANSI only. But soldered pcb will be iso, split bs, 7u spacebar compatible. And I'm seriously considering ditching hotswap completely for soldered only.
3. Every single layer is customizable.
4. www.neokeys.net. it'll be online before launch
5. that is correct. hopefully...

Okokok, hope you stick with hotswap pcb as an option *fingers crossed*, if not i'll need to find my soldering iron!

[Linnsy]

Yo this looks sick! Hopefully I'll manage to buy one on the 23th.
Just have a few questions about the board and compatability itself, might have miss understood something in the post;

1. Hotswap PCB will have ISO and/or ANSI layout? (From EU but doesnt care about layout, just nice to know which keycaps layout i should be looking for)
2. Does it only support split spacebar and 7U, or will it support 6.25U aswell?
3. The feet layers, will they be clear and see-through, or will they have the same colour theme as the pre-set ?
4. Whice site will theese be available on, and will this thread and/or mechgroupbuys.com be updated?
5.and shipping will start around late december/ January i asume ?

Sorry if any of theese questions were dumb and repetative, this will be my first GB/build and I'm excited

1 and 2. Hotswap will be ANSI only. But soldered pcb will be iso, split bs, 7u spacebar compatible. And I'm seriously considering ditching hotswap completely for soldered only.
3. Every single layer is customizable.
4. www.neokeys.net. it'll be online before launch
5. that is correct. hopefully...

Okokok, hope you stick with hotswap pcb as an option *fingers crossed*, if not i'll need to find my soldering iron!

Noo, have you decided on Hot-swap or not?

[CJKnero]

I'm a new user. Pretty sure that this will be the first board, that I pick up. 

[teesui]

Super interested in this! Can't wait til GB opens!

[DoubtsBox]

AH this is so pretty I'm salivating. I can't help but wonder if glow in the dark would be possible. I'd get this in a heartbeat as is.

[Patrickwu]

Clear acrylic tends to collect finger grease so I'm going to include a microfabric cloth to the kit.
All future NEO Keys products will include one as well.

[Allkchi]

Just a question, why is there a max of 200 being made available? This thing is awesome and I would buy multiple if my wallet allowed for it

[mlacabrera]

Interested in this one, looking to get one for my first board GB.

Questions:
1. Any updates on packaging ?
2. Is there a limit to how many boards a person can buy?
3. Will I be able to try out customize color schemes prior to gb?
4. Can you ship to the Philippines?

[Vibez127]

Is it gonna be a fcfs basis or there’ll be a gacha and lottery involved if ever its a limited gb


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[Patrickwu]

Just a question, why is there a max of 200 being made available? This thing is awesome and I would buy multiple if my wallet allowed for it

Lead time is my major concern..

[Patrickwu]

Interested in this one, looking to get one for my first board GB.

Questions:
1. Any updates on packaging ?
2. Is there a limit to how many boards a person can buy?
3. Will I be able to try out customize color schemes prior to gb?
4. Can you ship to the Philippines?

1. Packaging will be hard cardboard box with EVA foam. Cheap but effective.
2. No..
3. Join discord. I do render on request as long as I have time.
4. Yes of course.

[Patrickwu]

Is it gonna be a fcfs basis or there’ll be a gacha and lottery involved if ever its a limited gb


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FCFS for this groupbuy. I'm open to other method for future runs depending on how this one goes.

[Alga]

Shame I haven't started in the keyboard hobbie before cause I'm really loving this. And an afordable price too 

[lakeboredom]

Can you laser cut a chamfer into the top layer of acrylic where the wrists go? Or all the way around? Slicing my wrists on sharp acrylic is the one thing that stops me from using boards in this style. That said, I may have to get this anyway due to its awesomeness. I'd totally pay extra if you could offer a chamferred top piece.

[Patrickwu]

Can you laser cut a chamfer into the top layer of acrylic where the wrists go? Or all the way around? Slicing my wrists on sharp acrylic is the one thing that stops me from using boards in this style. That said, I may have to get this anyway due to its awesomeness. I'd totally pay extra if you could offer a chamferred top piece.

Laser cuts vertically..you can't do chamfer with laser. The front bezel is only 8mm, it'll never contact your wrist.
If you want a less sharp edges feel free to hit it with sandpaper. Acrylic is pretty easy to work on with simple hand tools.

[norb]

one week, i hope i can grab one! as for the plates, the renders all show ansi-only plates, but since the pcb supports iso, will you offer iso plates too? or plates that support both ansi/iso?

do you have any plans to offer a TKL version at some point in the future?

[Patrickwu]

one week, i hope i can grab one! as for the plates, the renders all show ansi-only plates, but since the pcb supports iso, will you offer iso plates too? or plates that support both ansi/iso?

do you have any plans to offer a TKL version at some point in the future?

Hotswap pcb will be paired with ANSI only plate, Soldered PCB with ansi/iso compatible plate, available in both brass and carbon fiber plates.
Can't guarantee anything at the moment but I'm open to all suggestions.

[norb]

sounds great, thank you! 

[Smoothie]

Love the look of the purple render you did for someone. What's the color layout for it? I'm guessing the top 4-5 layers purple, 3-4 green, and the rest black? I really want that color combo to go with the Mech-01 keycaps I have coming

[Patrickwu]

Love the look of the purple render you did for someone. What's the color layout for it? I'm guessing the top 4-5 layers purple, 3-4 green, and the rest black? I really want that color combo to go with the Mech-01 keycaps I have coming

correct it's purple green black.