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Title: [GB] GMK MTNU Skyriter | Preorder Mar 7, 2025 - Mar 28, 2025
Post by: cijanzen on Sat, 08 March 2025, 10:14:08
(https://i.imgur.com/5VNzYgz.png)

Introduction
In partnership with NovelKeys, I am pleased to bring back the Skyriter keycap set in MTNU profile manufactured by GMK. This vintage inspired, deep forest green, olive, and seafoam colourway is based on the early 50’s typewriter “Skyriter”, from Smith-Corona, and takes motifs from iconic mid-century designs and breezeblock patterns.

MTNU Skyriter can be purchased from any of the following vendors while the international kit will be made available to purchase exclusively through GMK.


Details
Preorder Dates: March 7, 2025 - March 28, 2025.
Estimated ship date: Q3 2025

Vendors
Novelkeys (USA/Americas) (https://novelkeys.com/collections/top-dogs/products/mtnu-skyriter-keycaps)
DeskHero (Canada) (https://www.deskhero.ca/products/gmk-mtnu-skyriter-keycaps)
Proto[Typist] Keyboards (England/UK) (https://prototypist.net/products/group-buy-gmk-mtnu-skyriter)
Oblotzky Industries (Germany/Europe) (https://oblotzky.industries/products/gmk-mtnu-skyriter)
iLumkb (Singapore/South Asia) (https://ilumkb.com/collections/live/products/group-buy-gmk-mtnu-skyriter)
zFrontier (China/East Asia) (https://www.zfrontier.com/app/mch/1nqpxXL8NZnX)
Daily Clack (Australia/Oceania) (https://dailyclack.com/products/gmk-mtnu-skyriter)
GMK (International) (https://www.gmk.net/shop/en/gmk-mtnu-skyriter/gmk10031.1)

Pricing
Kits                     NovelKeys (USD)   DeskHero (CAD)   Proto[Typist] (GBP)   Oblotzky Industries (EUR)   iLumkb (SGD)   zFrontier (CNY)   Daily Clack (AUD)   GMK (EUR)   
Base$140$204£113.33€130,25$205¥1149$243
Novelties$65$95£52.50€57,98$95¥499$113
40's$40$59£32.50€32,77$59¥299$69
InternationalN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A€49


Kits
Base
Provides coverage for most layouts including ANSI/ISO, Alice/Split-bars, F13.
(https://i.imgur.com/JwGZ7cz.png)

Novelties
Provides coverage for full f-row, macro columns, modifier and return key replacements.
(https://i.imgur.com/9TsQ1pg.png)

40’s
Provides additional coverage for 40% and other esoteric builds.
(https://i.imgur.com/nNfL9X9.png)

International
Provides international language coverage. Available exclusively through GMK, this kit will be made available to purchase on the GMK site in June. See GMK site for details.
(https://i.imgur.com/MmoCymm.png)


Renders
Renders courtesy of FreshFromTheGrave (https://www.instagram.com/stevenolvercg/)
(https://i.imgur.com/AHTAbVT.jpeg) (https://i.imgur.com/t5ThfwD.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Sd1fmGx.jpeg) (https://i.imgur.com/mzxsPSx.jpeg)

Additional renders here (https://imgur.com/a/N4NIrP3)


Special Thanks

Last, but not least, thanks to all of you for your consideration and support for this set!
Title: Re: [GB] GMK MTNU Skyriter | Preorder Mar 7, 2025 - Mar 28, 2025
Post by: cijanzen on Sun, 09 March 2025, 11:04:29
Canadian vendor (DeskHero) link and pricing added!
Title: Re: [GB] GMK MTNU Skyriter | Preorder Mar 7, 2025 - Mar 28, 2025
Post by: cijanzen on Mon, 10 March 2025, 18:55:12
Austrialian/Oceania vendor (Daily Clack) link and prices added
Title: Re: [GB] GMK MTNU Skyriter | Preorder Mar 7, 2025 - Mar 28, 2025
Post by: vhaarr on Wed, 12 March 2025, 04:13:43
GMK pls let me buy norde t.t
Title: Re: [GB] GMK MTNU Skyriter | Preorder Mar 7, 2025 - Mar 28, 2025
Post by: vhaarr on Mon, 17 March 2025, 03:36:37
Here's a quote from GMKs website:
Quote
--> Note: The International Kit is expected to be sold from stock here in the GMK webshop from June 2025.

See https://www.gmk.net/shop/en/gmk-mtnu-skyriter/gmk10031 at the "Available sets" tab, under international kit.

So I guess it's time to order :-)
Title: Re: [GB] GMK MTNU Skyriter | Preorder Mar 7, 2025 - Mar 28, 2025
Post by: cijanzen on Mon, 17 March 2025, 09:33:08
Quote from: vhaarr on Mon, 17 March 2025, 03:36:37
Here's a quote from GMKs website:
Quote
--> Note: The International Kit is expected to be sold from stock here in the GMK webshop from June 2025.

See https://www.gmk.net/shop/en/gmk-mtnu-skyriter/gmk10031 at the "Available sets" tab, under international kit.

So I guess it's time to order :-)

Thanks, vhaarr, that was my understanding from GMK too, and good to see they added it to their site now!
I will add this to the main post to make this more clear.
Title: Re: [GB] GMK MTNU Skyriter | Preorder Mar 7, 2025 - Mar 28, 2025
Post by: Lyly19 on Tue, 18 March 2025, 01:57:17
Quote from: vhaarr on Mon, 17 March 2025, 03:36:37
Here's a quote from GMKs website:
Quote
--> Note: The International Kit is expected to be sold from stock here in the GMK webshop from June 2025.

See https://www.gmk.net/shop/en/gmk-mtnu-skyriter/gmk10031 at the "Available sets" tab, under international kit.
Agar io (https://agargame.io)
So I guess it's time to order :-)
That's great! Thank you!
Title: Re: [GB] GMK MTNU Skyriter | Preorder Mar 7, 2025 - Mar 28, 2025
Post by: dvorcol on Sat, 22 March 2025, 15:05:00
(https://i.postimg.cc/PX5Ft79d/MTNUskyriter-Orders250320d.png)
Edit: revised scale
Title: Re: [GB] GMK MTNU Skyriter | Preorder Mar 7, 2025 - Mar 28, 2025
Post by: Damage on Sat, 22 March 2025, 23:04:36
Yikes. This set deserves way more orders. Are we going to hit MoQ?
Title: Re: [GB] GMK MTNU Skyriter | Preorder Mar 7, 2025 - Mar 28, 2025
Post by: cijanzen on Sun, 23 March 2025, 08:51:17
Quote from: Damage on Sat, 22 March 2025, 23:04:36
Yikes. This set deserves way more orders. Are we going to hit MoQ?

Thanks for the kind words of support! Yes, despite the appearance of a slow start here, I do want to point out that numbers are out of date and do not include all vendors. We’re going to make sure all kits get made.
Title: Re: [GB] GMK MTNU Skyriter | Preorder Mar 7, 2025 - Mar 28, 2025
Post by: Damage on Sun, 23 March 2025, 22:23:22
Ah. Good news! I did my part. Can’t wait for this one.
Title: Re: [GB] GMK MTNU Skyriter | Preorder Mar 7, 2025 - Mar 28, 2025
Post by: reidweb on Mon, 24 March 2025, 04:23:34
With this set having no customer facing MoQ according to comments by dvorcol, it might be worth clarifying to the broader community that that is what "No MoQs" means in this instance - that there is still an underlying MoQ with GMK that the designer + vendors are covering?

Worth clarifying IMO as some people may see this set as "setting a prescident" in a number of ways - which may cause unnecessary questions and anomicity for future designers and vendors.
Title: Re: [GB] GMK MTNU Skyriter | Preorder Mar 7, 2025 - Mar 28, 2025
Post by: cijanzen on Mon, 24 March 2025, 13:08:47
Quote from: reidweb on Mon, 24 March 2025, 04:23:34
With this set having no customer facing MoQ according to comments by dvorcol, it might be worth clarifying to the broader community that that is what "No MoQs" means in this instance - that there is still an underlying MoQ with GMK that the designer + vendors are covering?

Worth clarifying IMO as some people may see this set as "setting a prescident" in a number of ways - which may cause unnecessary questions and anomicity for future designers and vendors.

Thanks for your comment. The goal of not indicating the MOQ is not to obfuscate the data, but to simply indicate its irrelevance at this time. Based on the performance of the group buy so far, we can say that with vendor extras, we will hit MOQs and the set is not in jeopardy. So rather than spark uncertainty about which kits will make it or not, we decided to just focus on the current number of kits ordered at this time. In hindsight, perhaps it would have made more sense to only display these graphs after the group buy period closed.

Regardless, I’ve always appreciated Dvorcol’s commitment to gathering, designing, and sharing these graphs, and my hope is that these graphs will help inform future designs and group buys.
Title: Re: [GB] GMK MTNU Skyriter | Preorder Mar 7, 2025 - Mar 28, 2025
Post by: waylonrobert on Sun, 30 March 2025, 21:53:53
Bought mine. Excited!
Title: Re: [GB] GMK MTNU Skyriter | Preorder Mar 7, 2025 - Mar 28, 2025
Post by: dvorcol on Mon, 07 April 2025, 17:59:08
(https://i.postimg.cc/px0qBk7F/MTNUskyriter-Orders250328fin-Yext.png)

More
(https://i.postimg.cc/jsXFYT88/MTNUskyriter-Orders250328fin-Next.png)
<-- orders only
Title: Re: [GB] GMK MTNU Skyriter | Preorder Mar 7, 2025 - Mar 28, 2025
Post by: cijanzen on Mon, 07 April 2025, 19:05:21
Thanks Dvorcol!

Just a little update for everyone who joined the group buy.
First of all, thanks to everyone who supported this set by making a purchase during the group buy phase! And thanks to the vendors for taking on this set and seeing it through.

The order to GMK is being placed and colour samples have been sent for matching. There will probably be some silence for a little while as we wait for the set to go into production, but I’m happy to discuss and answer any questions while we wait.

Thanks again,
Chris
Title: Re: [GB] GMK MTNU Skyriter | Preorder Mar 7, 2025 - Mar 28, 2025
Post by: cijanzen on Thu, 29 May 2025, 17:12:09
Late small update for the month. Colour matching is well underway! For international kits, I will post as soon as I'm made aware of GMK putting their storefront page live. That should be happening in June.