[IC] Milkyway PBT 02 & PBT 015 | GB is live!!!!!!

[MILKYWAY KEYS]

GROUP BUY: September 6th to October 8th

GB LINK HERE.


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About
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Hi everyone, we are Milkyway Keys.

We are a relatively new PBT keycap manufacturer from China and we have ran several China exclusive GB since 2020. We have been continuously improving our product and now we are confident to present them to keyboard community around the world.
Currently we have very short lead time (1~2 months after GB) and we are open to designers to run their sets with us!

Today we present you our own set: PBT 02 & PBT 015. We designed these two sets due to popular demands from our fans from China. We are aware that is existing set on the same theme but this is our brand new take on the theme.

Please fill out IC Form if you are interested!

Please join Milkway's Discord Server for more updates!


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Specs
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Cherry Profile PBT keycaps
Regular dye-sub and reversed dye-sub
$95 for base kit + novelties + spacebars


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Kitting
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PBT 02

Base Kit


Novelties


Spacebar Bars


PBT 015

Base Kit


Novelties


Spacebar Bars


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Deskmats
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Deskmat 02


Deskmat 015


Two new deskmats credit to she.days


Deskmat Pink-girl


Deskmat Blue-girl

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Collabs
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ZeroTwo Artisan by THOK

 


We are collaborating with Miroticaps for to bring you Mirocard collectable for PBT 02 & PBT 015

We will be running this giveaway as a 48 hours promotion.

This means that any one who purchased a set of PBT 02 or PBT 015 within the first 48 hours of GB will receive a corresponding Mirocard for their set. The two cards combine into one image so maybe you could consider getting both. 

The cards will be shipped inside the Milkyway's packaging, so you wouldn't have to worry about receiving a separate package for the Mirocards.

These are the rarities for the Mirocards:
Holo Rarity - 95%
Designer Signature Holo Rarity - 5%

 



02 & 015 Mirocards


Cables by Rocket Cables



02 Cable




015 Cable

Purchase cable collab here


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Review videos
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PBT 02 review by Jimmy Nguyen

PBT 015 review by Sviz

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Sample photos
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We have been manufacturing these set for the China GB, here are some photos taken on our set.

 

 
Sample photos for PBT 02




 
Sample photos for PBT 015


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Vendors
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AU: Daily Clack
Canada: KanataKeys
EU: CandyKeys
SA: Fancy Customs
SEA: ZionStudios
UK: Prototypist
US: KeysPensory

China GB was done by Milkyway Keys, so no CN vendor needed for international GB.


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Pricing
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For this GB, we are selling base kit + novelties + spacebar as one package.

The US pricing will be $95 for both PBT 02/PBT 015. Leadtime will be 2~3 months after GB.

International Pricing





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GB Dates
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September 6th to October 8th

[MILKYWAY KEYS]

Changelog
2021.08.21 Updated with US pricing.
2021.08.09 Updated 2 new deskmats
2021.08.08 Updated with Mirocard giveaway and review video
2021.07.30 Updated with GB date and Collabs
2021.07.21 Updated deskmat design
2021.07.16 Full vendor list and deskmat
2021.07.10 Updated vendors and pre-order information
2021.07.04 Updated kitting and sample photos

To do list
Find Vendor
Update IC with prototype picture
Update Kits for international run
Set GB dates
Pricing

[ee]

**** ip laws amirite fellas

[MILKYWAY KEYS]

**** ip laws amirite fellas

 

[roguesystem087]

any prototypes?

[Lenux]

Poggers, EU vendor please NOT UK.

[MILKYWAY KEYS]

any prototypes?

new round of proto pic will be taken very shortly after. will update on it

[MILKYWAY KEYS]

Poggers, EU vendor please NOT UK.

Yes we will be 100% consider other vendors from other region!

[AstralYT]

Keysets look good. But I would like to see if you guys manufacture the keycaps as good as EPBT or Geekark. Also, what would be the expected pricing?

Sent from my GM1917 using Tapatalk

[MILKYWAY KEYS]

Keysets look good. But I would like to see if you guys manufacture the keycaps as good as EPBT or Geekark. Also, what would be the expected pricing?

Sent from my GM1917 using Tapatalk

We will be posting some prototype picture shortly. We also have our prototype of PBT Lord avaialbe to view here: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=113023.msg3052992#msg3052992
Since the set is colored, the pricing will be higher than a normal BOW set, but for a base itself, it should be below EPBT price point

[BurganovAziz]

Looks good, keep it up guys!

[P103]

Buying this will be only be a few dollars less then ePbt tkl base plus numpad, trading 65 and 75 support for some novelties? I don't see the value here.

[MILKYWAY KEYS]

Buying this will be only be a few dollars less then ePbt tkl base plus numpad, trading 65 and 75 support for some novelties? I don't see the value here.

oops i think i mentioned the pricing wrong. pre order will be around 100 usd including 3 kits. so gb pricing should be even lower.

[hali]

xer set and york renders yep

[diffish]

I don't see the value here.

[AstralYT]

Will keep checking this until pricing of all kits is announced.

Sent from my GM1917 using Tapatalk

[MIGHTY CHICKEN]

I want darling go brrr

[Stellaire_Tama]

Completely in ! Look forward to buy both 

[Kokaloo]

wtf how dare you base a keycap set on an anime that somebody else previously based their keyset on using the only colors capable of identifying the anime

[MILKYWAY KEYS]

wtf how dare you base a keycap set on an anime that somebody else previously based their keyset on using the only colors capable of identifying the anime

We totally aware the GMK Darling's existence. But we love the anmie so much, and that is the only color scheme fits the best to the character. Thus, to distinguish from GMK Darling we did the novelties based on our understanding.

[JQ27]

Any chance of expanding the International support?

[Tree_]

Extra B in the Mod kit for Alice support?

[clickpig]

wtf how dare you base a keycap set on an anime that somebody else previously based their keyset on using the only colors capable of identifying the anime

We totally aware the GMK Darling's existence. But we love the anmie so much, and that is the only color scheme fits the best to the character. Thus, to distinguish from GMK Darling we did the novelties based on our understanding.

I believe that was a joke
Will keep tabs on this, will be going on the feetpad if no one sells me a gmk darling kit prior haha

[kazukigocrazy]

Any chance we can get an all blue build of the 015 with the rest of the mods matching the color of the enter key? I think an all blue build would look really nice.

[mr_foggy]

This was MUCH needed.

man 02 looks even better than Darling, it's a bit easier on the eyes. I'm tired of waiting for a R2 on that too. so yes, 100% in for 02 and will surely consider 015 because Ichigo is for cultured individuals.
kitting is far from ideal but if the full set runs for less than $100 it's ok for me. and please use Cherry fonts on mods too.
oh and +1 for an EU vendor.

[ThomasLT]

nice one

[Ghghop]

Love the set, I would slightly soften either the pink or the white base colors on 02. The white is so stark/bright it makes what should be a softer color palette look a bit jarring to the eye.

[Xerpocalypse]

This was MUCH needed.

man 02 looks even better than Darling, it's a bit easier on the eyes. I'm tired of waiting for a R2 on that too. so yes, 100% in for 02 and will surely consider 015 because Ichigo is for cultured individuals.
kitting is far from ideal but if the full set runs for less than $100 it's ok for me. and please use Cherry fonts on mods too.
oh and +1 for an EU vendor.

Funnily enough, swapping the modifier and accent colors to make the mods white was something that I considered doing while GMK Darling was in the design/IC phase.

Ultimately, I decided against it since it wasn't a good fit, but aesthetics are subjective. Sets with lighter mods than alphas are hard to get right.

I'm tired of waiting for a R2 on that too.

GMK groupbuys aren't as simple as just "doing it"; production slots are limited, and there's quite a bit of work that happens on the part of the vendors and designers behind the scenes. GMK's lead times are also much longer than they were in 2019.

There is also a different GMK keyset that I've been working on, and I'd rather run something new than immediately re-run a previous set.

If you're curious, I've been working on a PBT version of the Darling colorway since January 2021 with the support of a vendor (I have posted about this in my Discord server multiple times). It's not ready yet because I'm waiting on samples, and it probably won't be for a few months.

Sorry to keep you waiting, but I prefer not to rush projects out the door.

[hzsh]

White mods just ain't it for 02. The board renders, however, do look pretty nice.

[Ustinj]

i'd suggest a very subtle pink tinge added to the white so it's not such a stark contrast between the mods and alphas. that way you can have the same feel as white mods, without actually being white

[TimeToGetBroke]

i'd suggest a very subtle pink tinge added to the white so it's not such a stark contrast between the mods and alphas. that way you can have the same feel as white mods, without actually being white

i agree on this, also pls EU Vendor

[MILKYWAY KEYS]

This was MUCH needed.

man 02 looks even better than Darling, it's a bit easier on the eyes. I'm tired of waiting for a R2 on that too. so yes, 100% in for 02 and will surely consider 015 because Ichigo is for cultured individuals.
kitting is far from ideal but if the full set runs for less than $100 it's ok for me. and please use Cherry fonts on mods too.
oh and +1 for an EU vendor.

Funnily enough, swapping the modifier and accent colors to make the mods white was something that I considered doing while GMK Darling was in the design/IC phase.

Ultimately, I decided against it since it wasn't a good fit, but aesthetics are subjective. Sets with lighter mods than alphas are hard to get right.

I'm tired of waiting for a R2 on that too.

GMK groupbuys aren't as simple as just "doing it"; production slots are limited, and there's quite a bit of work that happens on the part of the vendors and designers behind the scenes. GMK's lead times are also much longer than they were in 2019.

There is also a different GMK keyset that I've been working on, and I'd rather run something new than immediately re-run a previous set.

If you're curious, I've been working on a PBT version of the Darling colorway since January 2021 with the support of a vendor (I have posted about this in my Discord server multiple times). It's not ready yet because I'm waiting on samples, and it probably won't be for a few months.

Sorry to keep you waiting, but I prefer not to rush projects out the door.

wow the OG darling maker is here. I hope your run of the pbt darling will be as successful as your GMK Darling run. GL!

[Evasive]

Hmm.. might have to cop while I patiently wait for Gmk Darling. Hopefully r2 will come to fruition in the future.

[yui]

kinda regret buying GMK Darling seeing this, depending on how things go i may get a 015 although being and uncultured swine i have no clues about either animes, just liking the colorways, and if i remember right pbt is better with chemical than abs, so should not have to fear damaging the caps when disinfecting it.
although i am in Europe, would you consider an European proxy?
thanks

[MILKYWAY KEYS]

Hmm.. might have to cop while I patiently wait for Gmk Darling. Hopefully r2 will come to fruition in the future.

as the runner of gmk darling written above, he is not planning to run gmk darling r2 anytime soon with the addition of copyright law. he is preparing pbt darling tho

[MILKYWAY KEYS]

kinda regret buying GMK Darling seeing this, depending on how things go i may get a 015 although being and uncultured swine i have no clues about either animes, just liking the colorways, and if i remember right pbt is better with chemical than abs, so should not have to fear damaging the caps when disinfecting it.
although i am in Europe, would you consider an European proxy?
thanks

defnetily, if any eu vendor come to contact we will defnitely consider

[ThomasLT]

nice one

[shima]

have you at least talked to xer about using the same idea for a set?

[MILKYWAY KEYS]

have you at least talked to xer about using the same idea for a set?

Unfortunetly we did not and it is something we wish we have done. It was due to our lack of experience working with designer community. We will release a statement on this soon.

[Evasive]

have you at least talked to xer about using the same idea for a set?

I mean xer does not own darling in the franxx franchise, so if a new designer decides to create a keycap set based on the same anime but their own iteration of it then I do not see the problem.

[DannyK570]

have you at least talked to xer about using the same idea for a set?

Did Xer talk with the owner of darling in the franxx franchise before he/she make that set? LOL

[mizuwolf]

I'd love to get this, but there's no mod pipe or tilde; will you consider adding those to the set? D:

[MILKYWAY KEYS]

I'd love to get this, but there's no mod pipe or tilde; will you consider adding those to the set? D:

yes! we will be modifiying our kitting a bit to add basic iso support

[yui]

have you at least talked to xer about using the same idea for a set?

Did Xer talk with the owner of darling in the franxx franchise before he/she make that set? LOL

i kinda feel like the colorway ownership idea is a pretty big limiting factor in the kb market. designs and logos, sure, but when you keep it at 2-3 colors and group them alpha, mod and accent i feel it should not be considered as "owned" by anyone, else we will kill innovation in the space. that was my feeling on the subject
have a good day

[doggo1dance]

have you at least talked to xer about using the same idea for a set?

Did Xer talk with the owner of darling in the franxx franchise before he/she make that set? LOL

i kinda feel like the colorway ownership idea is a pretty big limiting factor in the kb market. designs and logos, sure, but when you keep it at 2-3 colors and group them alpha, mod and accent i feel it should not be considered as "owned" by anyone, else we will kill innovation in the space. that was my feeling on the subject
have a good day

imagine being realistic and logical in geekhack /s

[phinix]

These are nice colors, cool set.
There is set like this already, I ordered it for £25 from Aliexpress and recevied it 2 weeks ago, those colors look very nice on pbt caps.
Just pink mods instead of all white.

Go for it, nice colors set. Maybe not at that price thou, as its already there for around $40.

[MILKYWAY KEYS]

These are nice colors, cool set.
There is set like this already, I ordered it for £25 from Aliexpress and recevied it 2 weeks ago, those colors look very nice on pbt caps.
Just pink mods instead of all white.

Go for it, nice colors set. Maybe not at that price thou, as its already there for around $40.

The one you linked from is a GMK Darling clone. Honestly, we shouldn't be promoting GMK clones and PTB 02 isn't a clone.

As for the pricing, it isn't as simple as why don't we set the price at any arbitrary price? There are multiple factors on why a particular keycap set is priced in its way, such as designer payout, quality of the keycap material, quality of the dye-sub, QC, packaging etc.

For a GMK clone/HKG keycaps that sells cheap, you can expect that they don't need a designer payout and probably using the cheapest PBT keycaps material available to them. If you compare something like EPBT to the clone you bought, you should be able to see the quality differences.

[yui]

for some reason reading your 1st post i though you were manufacturing those caps, i can't find what made me think that again, but reading your last post those would be ePBT?
part of me was kinda hoping more manufacturer so we could get more innovations and better GB times
either way i am excited to see where this goes

[MILKYWAY KEYS]

for some reason reading your 1st post i though you were manufacturing those caps, i can't find what made me think that again, but reading your last post those would be ePBT?
part of me was kinda hoping more manufacturer so we could get more innovations and better GB times
either way i am excited to see where this goes

We are both designing and manufactoring these caps.

We have a designer team which work with us full time to design keycaps. We have manufactured several sets from our designer team and they have been well-received in China. PBT 02/015 is their latest work that we want to share with everyone in the oversea community.

Meanwhile, we expanded our manufactoring capacity over the last few month and now we are able to work with other designers to produce their sets. For example, the PBT Lord by Rifen and few more on its way.

We welcome other designers to contact us for potentially running their set. We have very short lead time right now comparing to other manus and we are able to produce top tier dye-sub sets for cheaper. Hopefully, the PBT 02/015 and PBT Lord GB would help to convince designers to consider us for their future set.

[mr_foggy]

[...]
There is also a different GMK keyset that I've been working on, and I'd rather run something new than immediately re-run a previous set.

If you're curious, I've been working on a PBT version of the Darling colorway since January 2021 with the support of a vendor (I have posted about this in my Discord server multiple times). It's not ready yet because I'm waiting on samples, and it probably won't be for a few months.

Sorry to keep you waiting, but I prefer not to rush projects out the door.

thanks for the update.
I respect all your points, and they make valid reasons, for me as a consumer, to invest in the sets presented in this IC for now, primarily for the dramatic differences in lead times.
I'll surely consider whatever future round of darling when/if it's physically going to happen.

There is set like this already, I ordered it for £25 from Aliexpress

jesus, promoting bootleg sets on geekhack lmao. I've seen it all