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Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: Kairxa on Wed, 17 November 2010, 18:31:06
It's about to be available in here, hopefully in the middle of December. I'll post a pic after I buy it.

Don't know about the red wasd though - I didn't even get a keycap puller and blue wasd when I bought my FKBN104MC/EB.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: x2p on Wed, 17 November 2010, 19:36:48
I was looking at those but I wish they stated what color the LEDs were as well.  Would look rather odd with the normal red/blue/green, white would look nice.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: ManjyomeThunder on Wed, 17 November 2010, 20:06:02
I need this. Only tenkeyless. Available in the US. By December. As soon as possible.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: Fwiffo on Wed, 17 November 2010, 20:15:53
I need this, but tenkeyless and with blue keys.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: laden3 on Wed, 17 November 2010, 20:17:16
actually, if u dont mind the Chinese letters
http://world.pchome.com.tw/?m=search&f=doSearch&STYPE=sea&target=FILCO&searchType=ST_24&c=E01
less than 130 shipped to USA
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: ManjyomeThunder on Wed, 17 November 2010, 20:17:26
Quote from: Fwiffo;248368
I need this, but tenkeyless and with blue keys.


blue keys? That just seems like it'd look weird. I colored a lot of the keys on my Customizer 104, and once too many of them are non-standard colors, it's kinda silly looking.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: keyboardlover on Wed, 17 November 2010, 20:18:52
Quote from: laden3;248369
actually, if u dont mind the Chinese letters
http://world.pchome.com.tw/?m=search&f=doSearch&STYPE=sea&target=FILCO&searchType=ST_24&c=E01
less than 130 shipped to USA


How do u order from that site?
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: ManjyomeThunder on Wed, 17 November 2010, 20:19:35
Quote from: laden3;248369
actually, if u dont mind the Chinese letters
http://world.pchome.com.tw/?m=search&f=doSearch&STYPE=sea&target=FILCO&searchType=ST_24&c=E01
less than 130 shipped to USA


That is very, very tempting...
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: laden3 on Wed, 17 November 2010, 20:41:51
Quote from: keyboardlover;248371
How do u order from that site?


click the orange? button, then look at the bottom left of ur screen, click, choose country, now click the yellow button, then login...

try to open 2 tabs, 1 translated with google translate the normal web page on the second tab (the translated web page doesn't work for me, IDK why...)
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: keyboardlover on Wed, 17 November 2010, 21:03:41
Lol, from Google translate:

Quote
Blue Special Edition in the shell with dazzling blue water, from the general stereotype of the mechanical keyboard for your computer desktop to add one new color, work can be more relaxed and happy.


It doesn't seem clear from that website how you choose which switch it has?
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: laden3 on Wed, 17 November 2010, 21:25:14
brown
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: keyboardlover on Wed, 17 November 2010, 21:32:52
Quote from: laden3;248402
brown


Sounds like blues from the translated description though:

Quote
FILCO excellent workmanship, and the blue by CHERRY MX click tactile switch two-stage axial bearing, so that more obvious sense of the finger type.


Also, does this model have nkro?
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: laden3 on Wed, 17 November 2010, 21:38:26
it doesn't mention abt NKRO, but... isn't there a picture with brown switches in it -_-'''
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: didjamatic on Wed, 17 November 2010, 21:46:19
Easy mod.

(http://www.hardwarestore.com/media/product/629540_front200.jpg)
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: WhiteRice on Wed, 17 November 2010, 21:59:30
Is this the one with the aluminum case?
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: WhiteRice on Wed, 17 November 2010, 22:05:16
You know, this thread just made me think of something. Do you think there would be in any interest in carved aluminum replacement cases for filco keyboards?

Would probably be expensive as sin though. :(
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: viviwill on Wed, 17 November 2010, 23:20:38
Quote from: laden3;248369
actually, if u dont mind the Chinese letters
http://world.pchome.com.tw/?m=search&f=doSearch&STYPE=sea&target=FILCO&searchType=ST_24&c=E01
less than 130 shipped to USA


isn't the shipping cost you more than 50 bucks .....
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: laden3 on Wed, 17 November 2010, 23:31:26
I just bought a pbt 104 Ducky with Chinese letters (they don't have Eng ones...) for $153, the keyboard is $129 and the shipping is around $20. They accept paypal too.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: johnnysasaki on Thu, 18 November 2010, 00:01:35
If you use the translator in Chrome, it says that shipping to "America and other" is $20 USD. Not bad, considering EliteKB ships the same kind of things for +$29 and that's within the continent.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: WhiteRice on Thu, 18 November 2010, 00:05:08
Quote from: johnnysasaki;248476
If you use the translator in Chrome, it says that shipping to "America and other" is $20 USD. Not bad, considering EliteKB ships the same kind of things for +$29 and that's within the continent.
Damnit that white tenkeyless looks tempting.

But...

It's a lie! If you follow the link through is a full size keyboard.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: Kairxa on Thu, 18 November 2010, 00:11:46
And someone has already bought it before I did. He bought it from Singapore if I'm not mistaken, not from my local reseller.

(http://u.kaskus.us/53/u2aq9gmp.jpg)

(http://u.kaskus.us/53/ywom9jux.jpg)

http://www.kaskus.us/showpost.php?p=314864880&postcount=165

It's in Indonesian though.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: bakageta on Thu, 18 November 2010, 00:22:45
Quote from: WhiteRice;248423
You know, this thread just made me think of something. Do you think there would be in any interest in carved aluminum replacement cases for filco keyboards?

Would probably be expensive as sin though. :(


I think they'd be too expensive to get much interest, but you never know...
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: WhiteRice on Thu, 18 November 2010, 00:33:15
$500... whoa.

I wonder if we can bug clickclack to make molds for custom colored filco cases...
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: woks on Thu, 18 November 2010, 00:44:13
Originally the filco blue is a specially-designed release for a magazine:http://www.techbang.com.tw/posts/2669-more-filco-pc-king-limited-edition-keyboard-photo

More photos here:http://roy731.pixnet.net/blog/post/9172680

Another buying link:http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/goods.php?id=4951

Sorry they are all in Chinese...
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: Kairxa on Thu, 18 November 2010, 01:20:23
By the way, they are NKRO - FKBN104M/EB-AI.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: Azuremen on Thu, 18 November 2010, 04:21:58
Quote from: ripster;248487
Somebody buy one through PChome!

DoubleDogDareYa!

kinda gross for broadcast TV.


Oh man, the kids around here I swear. Spokane is so special sometimes.

That, and 13 and elementary school...
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: viviwill on Thu, 18 November 2010, 06:37:13
Quote from: johnnysasaki;248476
If you use the translator in Chrome, it says that shipping to "America and other" is $20 USD. Not bad, considering EliteKB ships the same kind of things for +$29 and that's within the continent.


have any idea how long it take to ship a board from Taiwan to California ?
if less than, say 10 days... I will order something immediately
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: Phaedrus2129 on Thu, 18 November 2010, 09:31:27
This would look pretty sharp with blue-on-black doubleshots.

Just sayin'.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: johnnysasaki on Thu, 18 November 2010, 14:44:59
Quote from: woks;248502
Originally the filco blue is a specially-designed release for a magazine:http://www.techbang.com.tw/posts/2669-more-filco-pc-king-limited-edition-keyboard-photo

More photos here:http://roy731.pixnet.net/blog/post/9172680

Another buying link:http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/goods.php?id=4951

Sorry they are all in Chinese...


Just ordered a set of Filco Otaku keys from armygroup. $50 CAD after shipping, not bad considering it's so hard to find anywhere else (unless I'm a n00b at searching). Will update if it all works out or not. Hopefully I don't get ripped off or anything.

Link: http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/goods.php?id=5370
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: johnnysasaki on Thu, 18 November 2010, 15:09:25
Quote from: ripster;248784
Alright!

Do you read Chinese?


I am Chinese but was born and raised in Canada. I can read very little, but a bit of cleverness and a lot of Google Chrome's translation has got my order made, and Paypal payment completed.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: johnnysasaki on Thu, 18 November 2010, 16:24:53
Quote from: ripster;248800
Great - should work out fine.  Let us know when you get them.  How much were the keys and how much was shipping?

The Australian online site blank Filco set is $60 Aus which is about $60 American and I don't know if they ship internationally.


The site charged me $700 OMG Dollars ($700 Taiwan Dollars converts to $23.52 CAD or $23.13 USD) and then another $700 for "Shipping to Europe, America, and Canada" (that's what Chrome translated anyway). Then a small $58 charge for handling or something (not too sure what that was for, but it's like $2 converted). Here's what it came to, copy pasted from the transaction history of the site (Chrome-translated):

   Goods Subtotal:$ 700 + shipping:$ 700 + Fee:$ 58
Amount due: $ 1458

This converts to $48.99 CAD or $48.17 USD. I expect others to start ordering theirs soon. XD
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: leotnnz on Thu, 18 November 2010, 16:49:43
Quote from: ripster;248577
Haven't ordered from Taiwan but EMS Japan takes 4 days to the West Coast and includes tracking.

On the other extreme is DealExtreme which is usually around 3 weeks from Hong Kong.


on the web, it says it will be 4~5days to ship to US.

http://world.pchome.com.tw/?m=manual&no=26#02
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Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: F2a on Thu, 18 November 2010, 19:04:51
They selling the cherry brown tenkeyless?
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: leotnnz on Thu, 18 November 2010, 19:28:49
Quote from: F2a;248902
They selling the cherry brown tenkeyless?


here it is.

http://world.pchome.com.tw/?mod=item&func=exhibit&IT_NO=DCAH0X-A50475777&SR_NO=DCAH1Z&ROWNO=6&tm=u#
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Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: laden3 on Thu, 18 November 2010, 19:32:13
Buying the Filcos, Duckies and Realforces from these Taiwanese sites are cheaper compare to buying them from EK. RMA is probably a PITA.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: bakageta on Thu, 18 November 2010, 19:33:40
I just have to wonder just how often someone needs to RMA one of these, though... I know I just recently got my Filco, but it seems fairly bulletproof compared to any of my previous keyboards...
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: F2a on Fri, 19 November 2010, 00:05:33
Yeah, doubt you'll need to RMA. If something is wrong I'll fix it myself. I just need to figure out how to order from this site first...

edit: Used Chrome and it was pretty easy to figure out.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: F2a on Fri, 19 November 2010, 00:45:16
Looks like if you buy from armygroup.com.tw you get yellow WASD keys along with a red Esc and a black FILCO key. (http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/images/upload/Image/DSC00627(1).jpg)
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: F2a on Fri, 19 November 2010, 01:26:25
I just ordered a Filco FKBN87M/EB for $130 shipped. I'll let you know how it goes.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: laden3 on Fri, 19 November 2010, 01:29:16
the thing I like abt these Taiwanese websites is that they give u some nice freebies while EKB sells these things that are supposed to be free...
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: Uninstall on Fri, 19 November 2010, 01:59:37
Really tempting, but I am not sure how much duty and tax would be :/ PCHome's shipping for keyboards are much cheaper compared to armygroup, and as mentioend above, the free wrist rest is nice as well. :)
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: Orphagn on Fri, 19 November 2010, 03:58:20
I just ordered the Blue Filco FKB104M/CB-AI keyboard and the total came out to $3,928 TWD, which is about $132.91 USD.
I can't wait to try out the Cherry Browns!
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: kidchunks on Fri, 19 November 2010, 07:09:11
Quote from: Orphagn;249063
I just ordered the Blue Filco FKB104M/CB-AI keyboard and the total came out to $3,928 TWD, which is about $132.91 USD.
I can't wait to try out the Cherry Browns!


Nice, pchome is about $139 including shipping. You don't get free caps though. It $20 for shipping so the keyboards price is roughly $119.

Cheaper at armygroup by a few bucks.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: leotnnz on Fri, 19 November 2010, 09:06:04
Quote from: ripster;249048
What was the price breakdown - product and shipping?  A tenkeyless should be more like 3lbs.

on the pchome web, they are giving the promotion that shipping to North America is just around $20 for the package under 10kg.
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Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: Orphagn on Fri, 19 November 2010, 09:55:50
Quote from: kidchunks;249088
Nice, pchome is about $139 including shipping. You don't get free caps though. It $20 for shipping so the keyboards price is roughly $119.

Cheaper at armygroup by a few bucks.


I bought mine through PChomeand I calcualted out about $132.91, I thought someone posted earlier that armygroup was more expensive?
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: MissileMike on Fri, 19 November 2010, 10:15:36
I just ordered a ducky blue tenkeyless.... 112$ shipped.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: F2a on Fri, 19 November 2010, 10:18:41
Pchome is $20 shipping to US. At the end Armygroup was a bit more expensive. Armygroup gives you free key-caps and Pchome gives you some sort of wrist rest for free.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: kidchunks on Fri, 19 November 2010, 10:45:43
Quote from: F2a;249159
Pchome is $20 shipping to US. At the end Armygroup was a bit more expensive. Armygroup gives you free key-caps and Pchome gives you some sort of wrist rest for free.


Yea I would of preferred key caps, but given I've never had a wrist rest. It'll come in handy.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: MissileMike on Fri, 19 November 2010, 12:31:59
Well if they come through with decent shipping speed, it's going to be an awesome place to get keyboards from.  Huge selection of ducky, cherry, and filco with very good pricing.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: F2a on Fri, 19 November 2010, 13:35:49
I canceled my order from pchome and ordered a brown tenkeyless from Armygroup. It's about $20 more expensive but I want to see how it compares to pchome since I predict a bunch of you are ordering from that site. At least it comes with yellow WASD keys and a free brush which is nice.

I'll let you know and you let me know!
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: kidchunks on Fri, 19 November 2010, 13:58:55
Well now since the word is out everyone will be ordering from armygroup and pchome lol. These companies should contribute to geekhack!
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: F2a on Fri, 19 November 2010, 14:05:09
What they should really do is make it easier to order in english.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: kidchunks on Fri, 19 November 2010, 14:26:01
Quote from: F2a;249272
What they should really do is make it easier to order in english.


Whats the fun in that :P
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: bakageta on Fri, 19 November 2010, 18:35:23
Quote from: ripster;249298
Then the French Canadians would complain.


That's different from normal? :P
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: panda-R on Fri, 19 November 2010, 19:55:07
Quote from: bakageta;249504
That's different from normal? :P


Hey! Only normal Canadians can make fun of French Canadians.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: johnnysasaki on Fri, 19 November 2010, 21:42:50
Quote from: panda-R;249520
Hey! Only normal Canadians can make fun of French Canadians.


This is true. It's been scientifically proven. Though we don't really make fun of them... Or they might up and have another referendum to try and leave Canada. I can only imagine how much higher the taxes would be for them if they left. Infinity plus one?
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: woks on Fri, 19 November 2010, 22:20:04
Quote from: F2a;249159
Pchome is $20 shipping to US. At the end Armygroup was a bit more expensive. Armygroup gives you free key-caps and Pchome gives you some sort of wrist rest for free.

Pchome also gives free key-caps, take the same FILCO Tenkeyless Brown N-key Chinese for example:
pchome: http://world.pchome.com.tw/?mod=item&func=exhibit&IT_NO=DCAH0X-A50461659&c=A05&tm=u

armygroup:http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/goods.php?id=1678

The difference is that those free aswd keycaps given by Pchome are purple, while the ones by armygroup are yellow.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: Mr. Perfect on Mon, 22 November 2010, 10:04:08
The blue board they have isn't NKRO though. Is there a NKRO version? If not how many keys does a base model Filco register?

I suppose you could always buy a NKRO model, and then do a case swap... Kinda expensive though.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: Uninstall on Mon, 22 November 2010, 10:10:21
Quote from: Mr. Perfect;250569
The blue board they have isn't NKRO though. Is there a NKRO version? If not how many keys does a base model Filco register?

I suppose you could always buy a NKRO model, and then do a case swap... Kinda expensive though.


hmm? are you talking about the poster about you? if so all the keyboards he linked have NKRO. actually, all filco tenkeyless have NKRO.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: Mr. Perfect on Mon, 22 November 2010, 10:35:49
No, sorry, I was talking about the board the topic was about, the blue 104 key Filco.

The model Armygroup has is a FKB104M/CB-AI (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-TW&u=http://www.armygroup.com.tw/&ei=C5TmTIKIG8P7lwfB3vX9Cw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CB8Q7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Darmygroup.com.tw%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DePT%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Div) and doesn't mention NKRO, which is something they specify on models with the feature. I was thinking it would have been a FKBN104M/CB-AI as opposed to a FKB104M/CB-AI, so both model must exit if Ripster found the other model.
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: Kairxa on Wed, 01 December 2010, 17:13:30
The Keyboardco now has those board for £100.00 excl. VAT and shipping. (http://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard_search.asp?SG=10036)
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: dangerous on Fri, 03 December 2010, 02:22:49
Does anyone have any experience with the Love Wang (http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/goods.php%3Fid%3D4707&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhjSgdgGY6tbLNc_K4C829fNUrXGKA)?
Title: The Filco Blue - This IS for Real but only available in Australia and Japan
Post by: dangerous on Fri, 03 December 2010, 02:26:35
Oh my, they also have the Realforce 87U

http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/goods.php?id=3607