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Good day, everyone.
I'd like to introduce the IC for:
KAT Classic Retro
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Expected GB: 1 month, starting August or September. Give you input in the form below
New IC Form for actual buy interest (https://forms.gle/efSF2D5odGSUQStW9)
A couple of words on why:
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Why?
I love KAT and I love Beige.
But KAT...
I am well aware of the history of Keyreative and the KAT/KAM profiles, and I've personally been part of plenty of KAT sets for the past 2.5 year to know what's at stake. However, I have been directly in contact with a couple of people from Keyreative for a little while now, even before their update regarding KAT Mizu progress and production update, and I am confident that if this runs, it will be able to deliver in a timely manner, depending on quantity. I have received a Keyreative sample set showcasing their various production capabilities and I have been very please with their double shot PBT. Also verified this from KAT Explosion, which just makes me more certain of this. Being in direct contact with Keyreative also means that I should be able to get updated more frequently and not being dependent on zFrontier as the middleman, which should lead to generally better communication.
Ok, so what is it?
KAT Classic Retro is a simple beige set, colormatched close to GMK L9 and U9, that's aimed to provide comprehensive support from fewer kits, to keep things simple. This means that it's going to consist of a basekit, supporting various standard layouts while including Alice, basic ISO and 40s support. The other kit will be an international kit, trying to collect support for a number of different ISO layouts. I know, there's a lot of various ISO layouts, so if you think there's a couple of keys or entirely for your preferred ISO variant, please let me know and I'll see if it's possible to include (No guarantee tho).
Here's the difference thoWhat I want to do, is to include 1.5U R3 and 1U R4 keys for the otherwise ISO specific 1U R2 keys, meaning that you will be able to use this set with any of it's ISO layout options on ANSI boards, while keeping those legends proper. In my opinion, having mismatched legends when it isn't intentional is just a pet peeve of mine and I'm sure I'm not alone about this, and I wanted to do something about it, to support some of my fellow European brethren and whoever may use these layouts.
KittingBase Kit[attachimg=45]
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Base Kit
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International Kit
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More kits are not out of the question, but initially just wanted to keep things simple, keeping the history of Keyreative in mind.
Specs
Double-shot PBT
Alphas similar to GMK L9
Mods similar to GMK U9
Legends similar to GMK CR
Red accent similar to GMK 3C
Green accent similar to GMK 3B
Price
Base kit: $95
International kit: $30
Accent kit: $20
All prices are ex. VAT/taxes
ColorsamplesSort of "neutral" lighting
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Warm lighting
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Cold lighting
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Added vibrant GMK samples for those who want to compare in person.
May redo these sometime in natural lighting
Sort of "neutral" lighting
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Warm lighting
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Cold lighting
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RendersFrog TKL by Geon.Works[attach=33][attach=34]
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Frog TKL by Geon.Works
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Zoom65 by Meletrix
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IRON180 by Smith+Rune
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To Do:Revise and Finalize kitting if neededFind vendorsGet sample
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