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Title: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: sherryton on Tue, 08 January 2013, 15:15:14
I am not sure where this belongs.  OP, feel free to move it!

Desko PBT RGB Dye Subs (this is almost always on the list)
Cherry PBT Dye Subs
356 series
Original KMAC (KMAC LE is not as rare, since I was able to distribute them)
Click Clack's?
Cherry Red Esc Double shot (for awhile)
Green switches
Grey switches
White switches

I can't think of anything else.

LZSE's
SoWare
LZ-F
Gold Plate Springs
Korean Springs
HASR0
Phantom
Model M15
Title: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: Acetrak on Tue, 08 January 2013, 15:18:04
How about LZSE's? I think only 50 were made o.o

I think custom keyboards from other forums in general are always up there
Title: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: SmallFry on Tue, 08 January 2013, 15:22:32
I'd say sanity. :P SoWaRe sets are also kinda rare, however I have seen quite a few members with them... so I don't know how rare they are.
Title: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: sherryton on Tue, 08 January 2013, 15:24:38
I'd say sanity. :P SoWaRe sets are also kinda rare, however I have seen quite a few members with them... so I don't know how rare they are.

I am not sure if they were made in 2012 though.  I think it was 2011, but I added it!

Any interesting items from the manufacturers?  Those Anniversary Edition HHKB were awesome.  Perhaps the RF 87U Anniversary Edition is somewhat rare, but it is always in stock.  Just hard to buy them from a foreign country.
Title: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: SmallFry on Tue, 08 January 2013, 15:39:28
I remember they were quite rare when they came out. I remember members shelling out $350+ for them. I shall do you one better with the LZ-F. I shall own one someday!
Title: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: jdcarpe on Tue, 08 January 2013, 15:41:20
62g gold plated springs!
Title: Re: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: SmallFry on Tue, 08 January 2013, 16:31:29
62g gold plated springs!
That I concur.
Title: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: Alessandro on Tue, 08 January 2013, 16:32:31
I'm sure it comes under dyesubs but Cryllic ones especially.
Title: Re: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: SmallFry on Tue, 08 January 2013, 16:36:56
I'm sure it comes under dyesubs but Cryllic ones especially.
Considering the half a dozen sets sold late last year, I think that SkiData and Cryllic legend dyesubs aren't as reared as they're pitched.
Title: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: Acetrak on Wed, 09 January 2013, 06:15:18
Good luck SmallFry, only 10 LZ-F's were made o.O
Title: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 09 January 2013, 07:21:11
No one mentioned FW900
Title: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: reverkiller on Wed, 09 January 2013, 08:06:06
Model M15 maybe?

For the first part of 2012, Cherry Red Escapes  :))
Title: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: SmallFry on Wed, 09 January 2013, 08:24:49
Good luck SmallFry, only 10 LZ-F's were made o.O
You know a lot for being new:) I like the layout of the LZ-F though. :)
Title: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: Acetrak on Wed, 09 January 2013, 08:47:54
You know a lot for being new:) I like the layout of the LZ-F though. :)
I'll take that as a compliment! I think LZ-S's has the same design/layout too :) Maybe you'll have an easier time finding an LZ-S instead?
Title: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: SmallFry on Wed, 09 January 2013, 08:56:50
Erm. The LZ-F (unless I'm recalling the wrong model number) is a full 109 key keyboard; a full nav cluster (as like the Prof's Phantoms) and a full numpad. He chopped off the F-row however... :'(
Title: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: Acetrak on Wed, 09 January 2013, 09:05:04
I think that might be a different keyboard o.O

Pretty sure this is what LZ-F looks like:

http://lzlife.tistory.com/entry/LZ-86-Black-Edition
Title: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: tsangan on Wed, 09 January 2013, 09:06:03
SmallFry is talking about the LZ T

LZ S/LZ F I think is the same thing which is the LZ 86/87
Title: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: SmallFry on Wed, 09 January 2013, 09:06:15
I'll have to look when I get home. The IT department (which I, ironically, work for) blocks lzlife.tistory.com. Ugh
Title: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: Acetrak on Wed, 09 January 2013, 09:24:12
Oh, the LZ-T! You got some special taste SmallFry :p

Thanks for the info tsangan
Title: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: boost on Wed, 09 January 2013, 09:25:38
The Phantom was pretty rare
Title: Re: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: SmallFry on Wed, 09 January 2013, 16:33:14
The Phantom was pretty rare
I got mine going before all the group buy stuff, so I agree it was a bit hard to track down a PCB.
Title: Re: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: SmallFry on Wed, 09 January 2013, 16:34:07
SmallFry is talking about the LZ T
Aha, thanks Tsangan.
Title: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: sherryton on Thu, 10 January 2013, 00:33:43
Man, 1 year ago,  the CCnG group buy happened.  The year flew by fast!
Title: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: TheSoulhunter on Thu, 10 January 2013, 02:04:39
PBT doubleshots...
Also the GH60, yay!
Title: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: sherryton on Fri, 11 January 2013, 01:00:11
PBT doubleshots...
Also the GH60, yay!

This should be rarest items of 2013 lol.

We have seen a set from Vortex and a set from Signature Plastic, but it is only in its early process.
Title: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: SmallFry on Fri, 11 January 2013, 01:09:04
What about CCNB? I know there is a few sets out there:)
Title: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: linkz on Fri, 11 January 2013, 01:58:18
I've seen several types of RGB Dye Subs. The first thing I noticed is most of the version has a light blue 'Alt', and some with the darker blue version.

If someone could enlighten me, what do you call the darker version? I've been looking for those.

Saw some RGB photo with a white font as well
Title: Re: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: SmallFry on Fri, 11 January 2013, 07:35:29
I've seen several types of RGB Dye Subs. The first thing I noticed is most of the version has a light blue 'Alt', and some with the darker blue version.

If someone could enlighten me, what do you call the darker version? I've been looking for those.

Saw some RGB photo with a white font as well
Some of those sets are doubleshots, notably Aggiejy's, Hashbaz's and MBC's RGB(Y, for Hashbaz's and MBC's)
Title: Re: Re: Top 10 Rarest Items or Most sought for of 2012
Post by: linkz on Mon, 14 January 2013, 00:49:36
I've seen several types of RGB Dye Subs. The first thing I noticed is most of the version has a light blue 'Alt', and some with the darker blue version.

If someone could enlighten me, what do you call the darker version? I've been looking for those.

Saw some RGB photo with a white font as well
Some of those sets are doubleshots, notably Aggiejy's, Hashbaz's and MBC's RGB(Y, for Hashbaz's and MBC's)

Thanks, I'll look them up