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geekhack Marketplace => Group Buys and Preorders => Topic started by: hongoo on Sun, 18 September 2022, 10:32:37
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MW Barista
Hello everyone. This is Het from OneKey Studio. The GB for MW Barista is now live.
"Barista" is inspired by my first job. Although I left that career new, my passion remains unchanged. The population working as baristas is so large that it forms a cultural group. To show its distinct beauty, I made the "coffee mark" and the "latte art" novelties.
"Barista" is my first complete design, there were so many problems at first, but thanks to all of your precious advice and support, it is finally done. It has been six plus months since the IC, we made so many changes and improvements. Thank you again to everyone who has followed along, we made this together.
Specifications
Manufacturer: MW
Profile: Cherry
Material: PBT
Method: dye-sub
GB Info
The starting time varies according to the vendors. The close time will be October 10, 2022. The estimated shipping time is Q2 2023.
Discord: https://discord.gg/XXQf8gPxSR
vendors
CH MILKYWAY
& zFrontier
US Mechs&co
AUS Switchkeys
CA Kanatakeys
EU Mechjunkies
SG qwertyqop
Ita/EU Coffeekeys
UK MechMods
ROK Swagkeys
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Kits
Base
Supporting most 87% and 75% WKLs
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40s base
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Novelties
Five basic latte art patterns and tools are often used.
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Accent
Offering color variations of the Arrow keys and space bars.
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Number pad
Offering number pad with touch-typing 5 key.
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Space bars
Different size space bars fit your needs.
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Cupping milk
Offers 1u keys in different hight for more versatile use.
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Cupping drip
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International kit
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Alpha milk
The highly requested alternative color alpha
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Desk mat
Coffee Flavors Deskmat
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Harvest Deskmat
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Onekey Studio x NPS Deskmat
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Collaboration
esc・lab
R1 1u
Stainless Steel
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switch
Designer Studio
5 pin MX style linear
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Cable
Winshop
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Render Gallery
Chalice by mugitya
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G-Series by G-square
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Spring by Owlab
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TPS40 by Openkey
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T3 by Tacworks
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Nagare80 by OneKey
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Barista・NAGARE80 special edition
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We also made a special edition with another product (NAGARE 80) from Onekey Studio.
The f13 rotary switch and the logo light on the top side simulates the coffee machine.
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(For the method of purchase and more info, please contact your regional vendor.)
Special thanks to all the people who kindly offered their suggestions, and all the vendors and collaborators.
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Approved :thumb:
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When will the Esc Labs artisan be made available for purchase? It wasn't up on the Mechs & Co site when I bought into the GB
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Do you have final color samples?
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GORGEOUS color palette for the set & switches! And that 40's kitting is actually pretty good, albeit a bit weirdly-lacking. 🙃
But as far as "quirks" in the 40's kitting goes, what's up with the 1u Enter keys only coming in R4, or the decision to leave out any way for 40's users from getting an ISO Enter - other than also buying the entire Base Kit...?
And while I understand the difference in mods+bars between 40's + Base, the molds for compatibility support are already there with MW, yet the kit size compared to Base being what it is & only $2-cheaper, PLUS some of the weird compatibility choices, sorta appear like they were added just justify raising the cost (40's kit with number-row & arrow keys, no 3u bars, having an "Accent" Kit that only adds arrows & Base Kit-matched spacebars that leave 40's users with some bars they should've had already, and doubles-or-triples of others - but then including Accent-colored Enter+Esc keys IN the 40's kitting, etc.).
Just seems a very weird choice, and while I never caught the IC thread that apparently left a considerable impact on this re-vamped (and now-finalized) kitting breakdown, it's still lacking compatibility in ways that surely would've been pointed out if given another IC vote, and completely missing and/or unattainable compatibility in others...
At the very least (and someone please clarify or correct me on any of this, if I'm wrong), the entire menu leaves us 40's-backers to make additional unnecessary kit purchases for illogical reasons, imo, and also kills one of the main benefits of even *having* a standalone 40's Base; getting a smaller—yet niche-focused—Base Kit for our smaller keyboards, while also saving money & plastic in the process - which is a shame as this set is gorgeous otherwise! :(
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So tantalisingly close! But not quite OG coffee & cream... my wait continues.
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Please publish the numbers? How many will be produced?
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As usual, I am late to the party, would have really loved to get one of the deskpads, but I just found out about this set a few minutes ago, and the GB closed a month ago. Hope to get it if extras are released. Cheers!
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On the Milkyway Discord, Barista started shipping to vendors April 10th. I haven't seen any updates for Mechs&Co. Would you know when we should see Barista start fulfillment?