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Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: ekw808 on Sun, 26 February 2012, 18:39:06
Does anybody have any information on this?? Imsto has a picture of this keyboard on his taobao website, but there isn't any additional information for this keyboard anywhere else. Can anyone shed some light on this?? We all know this keyboard is coming.. its inevitable.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: ekw808 on Sun, 26 February 2012, 19:26:51
Quote from: ripster;527395
Gung Hay Fat Choy.

I hear the Year of Water Dragon edition eats the Year of The Rabbit edition.

To bad there is no Year Of The Ducky.


Thanks, you too.

I hope they make a nice jade colored one, that could be pretty sweet.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: Henry Allen Venture on Sun, 26 February 2012, 19:29:35
Quote from: ekw808;527402
I hope they make a nice jade colored one, that could be pretty sweet.

Yeah, that would be pretty awesome. I'll have to keep an eye out.
It'd have to be great looking to make me buy another Ducky, though.
Thats not to say that they're bad, its just I wanted my next keyboard to be a Topre or Model M13.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: ekw808 on Sun, 26 February 2012, 21:28:50
Nobody knows?
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: Henry Allen Venture on Sun, 26 February 2012, 22:01:24
Quote from: dante;527541
It will probably be better than Filcos half-assed effort.

Agreed. That thing looked stupid.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: thegunner100 on Sun, 26 February 2012, 22:18:50
Could you provide a link to the taobao page that you are refering to?
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: jefferysanders on Mon, 27 February 2012, 05:37:55
There is no official word.  If you want to communicate with Ducky directly use their Facebook, I talk with them all the time we are great friends now 80).
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: Human on Mon, 27 February 2012, 06:18:04
Quote from: ripster;527395
Gung Hay Fat Choy.

I hear the Year of Water Dragon edition eats the Year of The Rabbit edition.

To bad there is no Year Of The Ducky.


Just some irrelevant fix.
The one you wrote is Cantonese.
The correct one in Mandarin should be "Gong Xi Fa Cai"
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: laffindude on Mon, 27 February 2012, 08:10:06
Not like ripster will know the proper pronunciation for PinYin anyways. Then again, typhoon Long Wang did provide endless amount of laughter for those that don't.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: ekw808 on Mon, 27 February 2012, 12:13:13
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=11020d_c.1-2L9BX.4-4FPsOC&id=13735665386

Imsto refuses to say anything about it though...
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: ekw808 on Mon, 27 February 2012, 14:12:29
I was actually watching Lethal Weapon 4 last night as I was going to sleep, and one of the last lines I heard was, "In Hong Kong, you'd already be dead."

Ducky did confirm that there was a keyboard, and that they have a working prototype, and they said they were on the next step of the production process, but no information about the specifications of the keyboard were given.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: laffindude on Mon, 27 February 2012, 21:19:40
Quote from: ekw808;528153
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=11020d_c.1-2L9BX.4-4FPsOC&id=13735665386

Imsto refuses to say anything about it though...


Hmm. Picture 3 is Ducky Shining. It'll be based on that? Makes sense.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: laffindude on Mon, 27 February 2012, 21:45:00
Hanamichi is awesome. I still have the whole comic collection somewhere.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: devouringone3 on Mon, 27 February 2012, 23:52:14
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Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: Kamikaze K on Mon, 27 February 2012, 23:59:43
If it's still going then... come 2014, I'll be on the Year of the Horse Edition like a fat kid on fried food!  ;)
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: devouringone3 on Tue, 28 February 2012, 00:29:39
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Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: ryan92084 on Tue, 28 February 2012, 11:52:36
Quote from: ripster;529451
There is money in dying your keys and marking up the price.  The McKEYmouse Effect (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?23786-Ripster-s-LATEST-Keyboard-Theory-The-McKEYMouse-Effect).

Maybe it will the Songs of Fire And Ice keyboard?
(Attachment) 42052[/ATTACH] (Attachment) 42053[/ATTACH] (Attachment) 42054[/ATTACH]

Please don't report me for posting Lego pics.  I don't want to be banned.

WARNING: Reporting these Lego pics may result in waking the dragon.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: devouringone3 on Tue, 28 February 2012, 21:42:17
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Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: ekw808 on Fri, 23 March 2012, 23:17:41
I just spoke with Attarian who has the website: http://ohmykb.com/ and he told me that the ducky year of the dragon is going to be a backlit keyboard and should be released in may-june.

That is all.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: CaiSter21 on Fri, 23 March 2012, 23:30:15
wonder if they are finally gonna be pbt backlit keys...
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 24 March 2012, 04:25:59
Quote from: CaiSter21;555191
wonder if they are finally gonna be pbt backlit keys...

won't matter what they make the keys out of, if it isn't double shot, it'll wear off eventually.. and you WONT" be able to find replacements, since its a limited edition board to begin with .

backlit is fail,, always.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: ekw808 on Sat, 24 March 2012, 07:41:36
^Man this guy is spewing cold hard facts up in here I hope my teachers will let me use him as a source; I don't know how you conclude from non ds = backlit fail. Don't like gay marriage? Don't get gay married....same concept. But I know that site does ship to US it just costs around 20 bucks. But I am not sure about ww I would assume that it ships to EU being in France and all but AU is questionable.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: laffindude on Mon, 26 March 2012, 05:21:26
I don't know where I read this, so considering it hearsay. I read that Dragon Year edition would feature an entirely new case. Not sure what this means. Could it finally be a 9000 series tenkeyless?
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: devouringone3 on Tue, 24 April 2012, 13:16:35
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Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: laffindude on Tue, 24 April 2012, 18:14:40
Uh... So it would light up under your fingers.... where you can't see. After glow woulda been cool.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: FoxWolf1 on Tue, 24 April 2012, 18:17:40
That flashy mode would be pretty neat with some translucent caps, so that you get circles of light around your fingers wherever you press.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: Exort on Tue, 24 April 2012, 19:25:09
Quote from: laffindude;581188
Uh... So it would light up under your fingers.... where you can't see. After glow woulda been cool.

Same thought.
But you can see some light around the keycap.
Then all type of backlit is pretty useless, who buy a mech board yet can't touch type anyways.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: laffindude on Tue, 24 April 2012, 19:34:49
Quote from: Exort;581245
Same thought.
But you can see some light around the keycap.
Then all type of backlit is pretty useless, who buy a mech board yet can't touch type anyways.


Reminds me of this:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]48939[/ATTACH]
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: ShakeR on Wed, 25 April 2012, 11:15:39
Quote from: FoxWolf1;581194
That flashy mode would be pretty neat with some translucent caps, so that you get circles of light around your fingers wherever you press.

+1
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: feng on Wed, 25 April 2012, 11:43:48
Haven't tried Ducky's keyboard for such a long time since I sold my Ducky 108 black switch. It's really not as good as Filco's. Maybe I should try them again since they've made many changes on their keyboards.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: ekw808 on Wed, 25 April 2012, 11:48:15
I would be pretty impressed if ducky added an aluminum case to that dragon
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: feng on Wed, 25 April 2012, 11:55:20
Quote from: ekw808;581883
I would be pretty impressed if ducky added an aluminum case to that dragon

I would say, don't even think about it. haha I'm sure they can, but the price...
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: Typhaeon on Wed, 25 April 2012, 12:07:10
Quote from: laffindude;581256
Reminds me of this:
(Attachment) 48939[/ATTACH]

What do the moon runes say?
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: feng on Wed, 25 April 2012, 12:10:23
Quote from: Typhaeon;581908
What do the moon runes say?

Says when turn off the light
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: Typhaeon on Wed, 25 April 2012, 15:01:56
I didn't know Reddit/4chan memes were popular in China too.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: ryan92084 on Sat, 28 April 2012, 15:22:34
There is another vid of it on their facebook page but i'm not sure what exactly is going on, I just know the music is obnoxious http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ducky-Keyboard/117547488320354?sk=taggednotes#!/pages/Ducky-Keyboard/117547488320354
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: ryan92084 on Sun, 13 May 2012, 15:29:31
looks like it is indeed TKL?   "yes , 4 type switch witch 4 color LEDS , and Dragon is 80% keyboard"

might have been posted before the rollback(s)
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: Cindori on Sun, 13 May 2012, 18:59:47
They will probably unveil it at Computex, which is like June 10th or something.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: ShakeR on Sun, 13 May 2012, 20:05:27
You probably already saw the pic on their FB page, but here it is again:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]50194[/ATTACH]

There will be 130 released in the US.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: harrison on Sun, 13 May 2012, 22:31:44
hmm, i just might need to buy another ducky... it's all going to depend on what kind of keycaps they going with
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: martinyeah on Mon, 14 May 2012, 01:41:01
is good is 80% not 100%!
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: Fred on Mon, 14 May 2012, 02:25:16
Quote from: ShakeR;591983
There will be 130 released in the US.

Sounds expensive. :|
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: Djuzuh on Mon, 14 May 2012, 02:27:18
Quote from: Fred;592169
Sounds expensive. :|

Expensive is a very relative attribute :P.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: ShakeR on Mon, 14 May 2012, 10:45:02
Quote from: Fred;592169
Sounds expensive. :|

Not too bad: $169 - which leads me to believe PBT caps.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: laffindude on Mon, 14 May 2012, 12:25:01
Quote from: ShakeR;592389
Not too bad: $169 - which leads me to believe PBT caps.


Or just gouging, which I am more inclined to believe.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: harrison on Mon, 14 May 2012, 14:27:30
Quote from: ShakeR;592389
Not too bad: $169 - which leads me to believe PBT caps.

so we don't have many options for a PBT key if so, maybe thin white PBT that's been coated/painted and then lasered?  does PBT really matter at  that point if it's going to be coated?  it's doubtful they're going to do the DECK style key, and even less likely to do something else using dyesub.  very curious to see what they deliver.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: ShakeR on Mon, 14 May 2012, 15:52:28
Quote from: laffindude;592496
Or just gouging, which I am more inclined to believe.

YOTR had PBT caps at similar price point, so my hopes are high :)
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: laffindude on Mon, 14 May 2012, 17:04:14
Call me a pessimist then. Look at the markup of Shining vs regular ABS version, and add the bunny edition price. I don't think it is PBT.

It took all my might to restrain myself from making a joke about the price of bunny year edition.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: ekw808 on Mon, 14 May 2012, 17:18:43
This one is going to be backlit, so making the keycaps PBT is going to be difficult so I think the chances of them being PBT are pretty slim. But on the other hand, the Rabbit AND the Tiger edition were both PBTs, hopefully they don't have a ccccombo breaker.
Title: Ducky Year of the Dragon!
Post by: ryan92084 on Mon, 14 May 2012, 17:52:13
Quote from: harrison;592595
so we don't have many options for a PBT key if so, maybe thin white PBT that's been coated/painted and then lasered?  does PBT really matter at  that point if it's going to be coated?  it's doubtful they're going to do the DECK style key, and even less likely to do something else using dyesub.  very curious to see what they deliver.

They already do this with their ABS (white key black coating) so this seems the likely path if they are PBT.