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Title: [IC] DCS UFO | Kitting revised!
Post by: basilkeys on Mon, 10 November 2025, 13:43:40: (https://i.postimg.cc/yNkY3285/New_ANSI.png)

Post locked: Please see the group buy post. (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=126279.0)

DCS UFO
From the team behind DCS Good Morning.
Scroll to the bottom for keyboard renders and colour samples.

Interest Check v2 (https://forms.gle/zJ2NU4TsWrnA1SRo7) ● Discord Server (https://discord.gg/wEfbTG4W4V) ● DCS Good Morning (https://www.basilkeys.com/dcs-good-morning)

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Updates

31st December:
Super thrilled to be working with Yushakobo to bring DCS UFO to Japan!
Kitting changes mentioned below have been quoted/implemented, and alpha pipe and tilde have been added to base! The ISO novelty has gained some stars for better parity with the new BAE.
Alt 10u spacebar and R3 up arrow will also be ICed in the upcoming v2 Interest Check.

This page has been updated and will be getting a new IC shortly, mostly to check child kit viability now that pricing is known.

14th November:
Numpad to get homing 5 bar and dot; alt alphas to get Esc to allow 2nd board kitting without Novs; full UV print BAE cow abduction novelty confirmed possible by SP.
Thank you Xury46 for this suggestion! I am in love with "full art" BAE and hope it will be popular.

11th November:
We'll change the 40s kitting to sell mods solo, so minibars aren't being duplicated across kits. This will improve pricing.

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Sellers/Vendors

UK: Basil (BasilKeys)
EU: LéHoy
US: ninjabrer (KokiCraft)
SEA: Lamy
Japan: Yushakobo

The Good Morning team (UK, US & EU) will run with Google Forms and PayPal again. Lamy will sell from Singapore in his community project support space Lamy's Keyboard Ranch. (https://discord.gg/WAnd5Zft)
Yushakobo are a vendor and will sell in the usual ways!

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Kitting
Everything in the IC, anyway.

Base kit:
(https://i.postimg.cc/Bb4Sf0vn/Base.png)

Novelties:
A huge thank you Deadeye for bringing my novelty designs to life!
(https://i.postimg.cc/MHq6JSGj/Novelties.png)

Alt alphas:
Including an Esc and tab in this kit allows kitting of a second keyboard (combined with base).
e g. an ISO TKL with no split keys, and an ANSI 60% or HHKB with split shifts and 1.5u backspace.
Picking up the Novelties kit nets you another copy of the enter keys.
(https://i.postimg.cc/wMgqYpBB/Alt_Alphas.png)

Numpad:
(https://i.postimg.cc/nrpFfJLD/Numpad.png)

40s mods:
(https://i.postimg.cc/B6xSz6J9/40s_Mods.png)

Minibars & Alt Minibars:
(https://i.postimg.cc/brT73pWT/Combined_Minibars_Labelled.png)

40s colour fix:
(https://i.postimg.cc/tJpqGjg9/40s_colour_fix.png)

10u spacebar & Alt 10u spacebar:
(https://i.postimg.cc/G3xncxtw/10u.png)

Novelty BAE & Regular BAE:
(https://i.postimg.cc/prZwqR4k/Combined_BAEs_Labelled.png)

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Colour samples

The set will use BBI, BGN, BGU, YCC, and YCE.

I've already commissioned samples for the high contrast keys: anything with yellow & navy. It was worth doing because YCC (the bottom tab key in my hand) as a legend is
too muddy; YCE (on top) is exactly what I envisioned and gives a beautiful bright yellow with good contrast on BBI.

(https://i.postimg.cc/C5WbgyHc/Samples-compilation.png)

I've done my best to show a range of lighting!
BBI is the blue from DCS SMRT. If you have Peppabeit, the yellow alphas on that are YCC.

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Board renders

This is the Yakae in baby blue from unusual designs.
(https://i.postimg.cc/ZnchMLqv/yakaebabyblue2.png)

My custom Starry60 from unusual designs.
(https://i.postimg.cc/0yZFGK85/limealtalphas.png)

Petrichor in woad from AKB.
(https://i.postimg.cc/jS8S5Rt7/navy_petrichor.png)

is0GR in Cirrus from AKB.
(https://i.postimg.cc/RCp7zjb1/cirrusis0gr2.png)

Starry60 strikes again.
(https://i.postimg.cc/rmTcxjcp/orangealtalphas2.png)

F1-40 by Geon. The 40s colour fix is most worth it for 12u boards, but it improves minivans too.
(https://i.postimg.cc/cJr4tPLn/F1_40_colour_fix_labelled.png)

Starry60 strikes again again.
(https://i.postimg.cc/4y8Sc2dp/Fake_kypseli_mini_gold.png)

Yakae strikes again.
(https://i.postimg.cc/FR0vjv5P/alphapipeandtildeyakae2.png)
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: basilkeys on Mon, 10 November 2025, 13:45:00: Apparently I need to reserve this?
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: xLeHoy on Mon, 10 November 2025, 13:45:37: Zlörp Bert
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: mr_foggy on Mon, 10 November 2025, 13:46:19: had a lovely experience with dcs good morning and will join this as well 👏
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: Manukbs_ on Mon, 10 November 2025, 13:47:01: Based
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: ninjabrer on Mon, 10 November 2025, 13:51:02: So excited to see this set take off ✦
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: ZavaZ86 on Mon, 10 November 2025, 13:52:34: Bert :thumb:
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Mon, 10 November 2025, 13:53:24: Looking good basil

Can the numpad pic show up on this page along with the other kits?
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: basilkeys on Mon, 10 November 2025, 14:04:26: Quote from: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Mon, 10 November 2025, 13:53:24
Looking good basil

Can the numpad pic show up on this page along with the other kits?

Whoops! Thanks for catching that. It's uploading all stretched sideways at the moment...I am re-rendering and will stick it up there when done.
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: alfworks21 on Mon, 10 November 2025, 14:16:01: Goddamnnnn I can't wait to get my hands on this <3

Looks good basilious :thumb:
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: Mr.RotKiv on Mon, 10 November 2025, 14:40:21: This is adorable and I want it!!!
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: madmax13 on Mon, 10 November 2025, 15:12:28: GLWIC! It's been fun watching this guy take shape!
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: unusuaL_ on Mon, 10 November 2025, 15:33:16: first basilkeys IC rush rush
GLWIC
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: Bert on Mon, 10 November 2025, 16:16:58: I need that cow.
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: zlobin356 on Mon, 10 November 2025, 17:09:30: LETS GO BASIL

GLWIC!! Really happy to see it, was fun to see this set take shape!!!! :thumb:
Idea with "qwerty" alerty is fantastic, i really like this set and creativity behind it.
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: yz on Mon, 10 November 2025, 19:03:21: loving the novelties. GLWIC!!
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: lem0nsqueezy on Mon, 10 November 2025, 22:42:48: GLWIC Basil! Will be getting this :thumb:
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: Xury46 on Tue, 11 November 2025, 01:51:40: I gotta say the novelties are absolutely fantastic!
I would love to see the BAE get the same treatment as the ISO Enter.
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: roffelsaur on Tue, 11 November 2025, 03:17:59: I'll be asking this UFO to take me away :D
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: sey1 on Tue, 11 November 2025, 11:22:49: this is so cool :thumb: ;D :p :p :p
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: basilkeys on Thu, 13 November 2025, 05:13:36: Quote from: Xury46 on Tue, 11 November 2025, 01:51:40
I gotta say the novelties are absolutely fantastic!
I would love to see the BAE get the same treatment as the ISO Enter.

It would offer greater opportunity for cow-napping...might have to explore this in time for the group buy! Thank you for the suggestion.
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: johnkeyboard on Sat, 15 November 2025, 04:26:55: One of the greatest sets I've laid my eyes upon
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: Randomlosername on Sat, 15 November 2025, 06:18:28: This set is so good! Instant buy for me as a new lover of DCS. I really would like to see a full set of novs for a 60% Bottom row tho (1.5/1.0/1.5 x2) Maybe it is just me but as a HUGE nov and artisan keycap person. I really think it looks silly to have only one side decked out in novs or like only Ctrl/Alt on either side have novs. I wanna decorate that bottom row!
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: lampmk on Wed, 26 November 2025, 13:38:30: please consider alpha pipe + tilde! cool novs
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: basilkeys on Tue, 02 December 2025, 11:06:49: Quote from: lampmk on Wed, 26 November 2025, 13:38:30
please consider alpha pipe + tilde! cool novs

Think we will add these in!
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: Xury46 on Thu, 04 December 2025, 17:55:17: Fantastic, I love the new BAE novelty, I'll definitely be picking up this set 🙂
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: upas on Tue, 23 December 2025, 10:09:02: I see basilkeys, I like :thumb:
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: P.P on Tue, 30 December 2025, 06:33:22: I love it! This looks really nice.
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: Bert on Tue, 30 December 2025, 15:07:21: What about a 10u spacebar in blue?
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO
Post by: basilkeys on Tue, 30 December 2025, 16:49:02: Quote from: Bert on Tue, 30 December 2025, 15:07:21
What about a 10u spacebar in blue?

Will be updating kits in the coming days and ICing some new stuff - navy 10u included!
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO | Kitting revised!
Post by: basilkeys on Wed, 31 December 2025, 11:05:48: Kitting updated! We'll look to poll the child kits again with pricing estimates to check which can go to GB.
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO | Kitting revised!
Post by: GMK_Andy on Thu, 01 January 2026, 20:12:38: Ive always loved DCS, glad to see folks still doing DCS sets and giving the profile some well deserved attention.
Title: Re: [IC] DCS UFO | Kitting revised!
Post by: pyrobunny on Fri, 02 January 2026, 12:02:05: As a happy owner of DCS Good Morning, it's been so fun watching UFO evolve, I'll likely get in on at least something from the GB! Best of luck Basil and the rest of the team!