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Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: Kisakuku on Mon, 24 October 2011, 13:16:35
Subj.

Shipping Oct 31. Yellow (which were missing last time EK had them), red, orange, blue. No whites, no otaku.
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: hcry4 on Mon, 24 October 2011, 13:19:03
Yellow is tempting, but I prefer no print...
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: Kisakuku on Mon, 24 October 2011, 13:20:28
Nothing a good organic solvent can't correct.
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: hcry4 on Mon, 24 October 2011, 13:23:01
Haha. Actually, I might get it for my Type-S with print.
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: Kisakuku on Mon, 24 October 2011, 13:25:11
I guess being impatient is not a virtue. My yellow / blue sets should be arriving from Iomania today. They had the same selection, so I guess lettered white caps and all five types of blanks are no longer available. Too bad I missed the group buy.
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: tsangan on Mon, 24 October 2011, 13:26:35
Mine came in from iomania today, it's okay we didn't pay much extra anyways and beats missing out on them again anyways, that would suck ;(
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: Kisakuku on Mon, 24 October 2011, 13:30:23
Well, why didn't you order a tenkeyless-sized roof along with them? :)
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: tsangan on Mon, 24 October 2011, 13:32:33
Quote from: Kisakuku;438072
Well, why didn't you order a tenkeyless-sized roof along with them? :)
Cuz David insisted that they don't have any, can't order something when the seller says they don't have lol ;(
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: Kisakuku on Mon, 24 October 2011, 13:34:42
I RMA half the keys piecemeal because they deviate from the correct orientation by 30 arcminutes.
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: Kisakuku on Mon, 24 October 2011, 13:39:44
Quote from: tsangan;438076
Cuz David insisted that they don't have any, can't order something when the seller says they don't have lol ;(

Interesting, maybe I snagged the last one? It's still not as nice as the Bird Electron ones with beveled edges, I might have to take a router to it.
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: RiGS on Mon, 24 October 2011, 13:53:17
Quote from: Kisakuku;438061
Nothing a good organic solvent can't correct.

Actually that dye penetrate quite deep into the plastic.
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: isp on Mon, 24 October 2011, 13:54:37
I can barely contain my excitement.
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: Kisakuku on Mon, 24 October 2011, 13:55:31
Quote from: RiGS;438104
Actually that dye penetrate quite deep into the plastic.

No guarantee of the keycaps surviving this ordeal was stated or implied.
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: tsangan on Mon, 24 October 2011, 13:57:28
Tempted to buy the red set just to finish off the collection, and then I can finally do the RGB configuration, kinda steep just for 2 red ctrl keys though
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: Kisakuku on Mon, 24 October 2011, 14:04:53
Quote from: tsangan;438112
Tempted to buy the red set just to finish off the collection, and then I can finally do the RGB configuration, kinda steep just for 2 red ctrl keys though

Finish off the collection? You have the other 9 sets?

BTW, the case color on our 10th anniversary 87U's is bumming me out. Yellow just doesn't look as good on it as it does on the regular black 87Us. I wonder if it's the world telling me I have to go all out Lister and get another 87U?..
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: Gin on Mon, 24 October 2011, 14:11:39
http://elitekeyboards.com/suppdata/images/cf_oct_slide.jpg

Anyone saw this picture on EK website?
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: tsangan on Mon, 24 October 2011, 14:13:34
Quote from: Gin;438129
http://elitekeyboards.com/suppdata/images/cf_oct_slide.jpg

Anyone saw this picture on EK website?

Don't get my hopes up now

Oh my its on the main page!
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: Gin on Mon, 24 October 2011, 14:17:03
Wishful thinking..
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: tsangan on Mon, 24 October 2011, 14:19:04
Its on sale LOL

Bought mine already ;3
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: Gin on Mon, 24 October 2011, 14:20:20
Omg! You owe me :P gonna buy one of each..
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: hcry4 on Mon, 24 October 2011, 14:40:01
The skull keycaps tipped me toward purchasing the yellow ones.
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: litster on Mon, 24 October 2011, 15:14:26
also 45g 87U is now up for preorder, in black and white.
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: Kisakuku on Mon, 24 October 2011, 15:59:44
Quote from: Kisakuku;438121

BTW, the case color on our 10th anniversary 87U's is bumming me out. Yellow just doesn't look as good on it as it does on the regular black 87Us. I wonder if it's the world telling me I have to go all out Lister and get another 87U?..

My hunch was correct, it was the world telling me to get the new 87UB 45g. And a bunch of other stuff.
Title: EK has colored printed Topre 87U/104U keycap sets for pre-order
Post by: jpm804 on Tue, 25 October 2011, 02:03:11
If anyone is interested what quantities are left (updated 10/25):

Red - 14
Orange - 20
Blue - 21
Yellow - 15

i can't assume red is selling the best since I dont know what the starting quatities were, but its the lowest quantity available.

Update: Yellow seems to be catching up to Red...which will sell out first.