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geekhack Marketplace => Group Buys and Preorders => Topic started by: nostyle_au on Wed, 03 July 2024, 18:36:48

Title: [GB] KKB Henchmen - Cancelled..
Post by: nostyle_au on Wed, 03 July 2024, 18:36:48
KKB Henchmen

Discord (https://discord.gg/YkjTGe7G2w)

Time to get your evil on.

Kitting:

(https://imgur.com/AYoiZZh.jpg)
A familiar kit from me, includes support in base for most popular layouts including Alice, 40s and ISO.

(https://imgur.com/VrtUMN0.jpg)
A monotone kit, get your henchman in it’s birthday suit.

(https://imgur.com/zeeaFhx.jpg)
Novelties, dress up your keyboard.

(https://imgur.com/IiWhHXK.jpg)
In line with Jae from Prototypist’s awesome initiative, a UK ISO kit will be including in all base kit sales in the region.

Collaborations:

Artisans:

Namong

Non artisan collaborations:

Alongside the keyset a Hibi June will be on offer. This will be colour matched to the alphas.

This can be purchased directly from Hibi. (https://hibi.mx/products/june-henchmen) Or from your regional vendor.

(https://imgur.com/61JIMwk.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/hPmM3iY.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/R5Jyzdg.jpg)

Board Renders:

(https://imgur.com/IOSUQmA.jpg)
880 by masje

(https://imgur.com/wS4hBV6.jpg)
Type-B by baul

(https://imgur.com/30osls7.jpg)
rake by densus

(https://imgur.com/CVUn1iO.jpg)
Muramasa by masje

Colours:

Colours have been chosen to evoke the most evil.

Yellow: Pantone 13-0851 Minion Yellow
Blue: RAL 250 50 30 Prominent Blue
Black: GMK CR
Grey: RAL 260 60 05 Seal Grey

Samples:
More
(https://imgur.com/pXT0W53.jpg)


Vendors:

US: Mekibo (https://mekibo.com/en-au/products/keykobo-hunchmen-group-buy)
CA: Mino Keys (https://minokeys.com/products/key-kobo-henchmen)
UK: Prototypist (https://prototypist.net/collections/live-group-buys/products/group-buy-kkb-henchmen)
EU: Keygem (https://keygem.com/products/kkb-henchmen-keycaps-group-buy)
KR: KLC (https://klc-playground.co.kr/shop_view/?idx=171)
TW: typo!works (https://www.typoworks.tw/products/gb-kkb-henchmen)
AU: Daily Clack (https://dailyclack.com/products/keykobo-henchmen)
CN: Zfrontier (https://www.zfrontier.com/app/mch/Bw4V0zO2RE51)
ROW: KLC (https://klc-playground.com/products/gb-kkb-henchmen) and Zfrontier (https://en.zfrontier.com/products/group-buy-keykobo-henchmen)

For the JUNE alone: Hibi.mx (https://hibi.mx/products/june-henchmen)

Pricing:

Pricing
Base Kit: $95
Alt Modifiers: $40
Novelties: $35
June: $125

Pricing displayed is in USD and provided by Mekibo.
Regional pricing may vary slightly to account for taxes or varying cost in transit.

Dates:

GB Start - 4th July
GB End - 4th August
Expected Delivery - Q4 2024

Thanks to:

- OCM once again for awesome novelties
- densus, baul and masje for board render files
- dvorcol for his great service to the community
Title: Re: [GB] KKB Henchmen
Post by: paperassgasket on Wed, 03 July 2024, 20:17:52
Banana.
Title: Re: [GB] KKB Henchmen
Post by: Patty on Wed, 03 July 2024, 21:26:21
Banana
Title: Re: [GB] KKB Henchmen
Post by: i4aac on Wed, 03 July 2024, 21:38:38
banana
Title: Re: [GB] KKB Henchmen
Post by: aerbag on Wed, 03 July 2024, 22:06:21
banana
Title: Re: [GB] KKB Henchmen
Post by: HubertThemad on Wed, 03 July 2024, 22:31:41
Banana
Title: Re: [GB] KKB Henchmen
Post by: nostyle_au on Thu, 04 July 2024, 18:30:38
All vendors are now live!!!
Title: Re: [GB] KKB Henchmen
Post by: i4aac on Thu, 11 July 2024, 19:34:46
bello!
Title: Re: [GB] KKB Henchmen
Post by: RadoX1988 on Sun, 14 July 2024, 11:53:51
Finally Keykobo with a color scheme I absolutely adore!
Hoping this will make it.
Title: Re: [GB] KKB Henchmen
Post by: AMZ on Sun, 14 July 2024, 14:55:05
Wish it was GMK  :(
Title: Re: [GB] KKB Henchmen
Post by: paperassgasket on Sun, 14 July 2024, 17:31:26
I'm fine with KKB. I probably wouldn't be motivated to spend GMK money on this set knowing that vendors would likely have to buy out MOQ and it'd eventually go on sale for less than GB price.

Purchased.
GLWGB
Title: Re: [GB] KKB Henchmen
Post by: nostyle_au on Mon, 15 July 2024, 01:18:58
Quote from: AMZ on Sun, 14 July 2024, 14:55:05
Wish it was GMK  :(

If you like the colourway I'd really encourage you to give it a go, you'll be surprised  :D The KKB quality is great, you're still getting doubleshot cherry ABS with clean legends. I've been dailying my sets for quite some time now and absolutely love them
Title: Re: [GB] KKB Henchmen - Cancelled..
Post by: nostyle_au on Mon, 29 July 2024, 01:55:26
Hey Henchmen - I'm really sorry to announce that due to poor sales we've decided to cancel this set. This means all orders including those for the HIBI collaboration will be cancelled and refunded to you. I expect individual vendor communication will happen soon now that we've come to this decision.

This is a hard decision and it wasn't made without me attempting to negotiate, including offering to forego designer fees and get this made in stock as all I really wanted all along was to see this product come to fruition. This isn't the end, and I'll continue to try and work towards getting this made, perhaps with another manufacturer or profile or a different sales model.. we'll see.

Thank you to everyone who supported the set, and I'm really sorry to disappoint. Hopefully one day I'll find a way to get Henchmen into your hands. Stay tuned.