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Title: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: absyrd on Fri, 29 November 2013, 14:02:54
$30 off is a steal.

http://www.elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,toprekeys&pid=se09e0_ktf1

http://www.elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,toprekeys&pid=se09e0_ktf1n
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: dustinhxc on Fri, 29 November 2013, 14:23:57
Damn wish orange was that price... :*(
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: kenmai9 on Fri, 29 November 2013, 14:33:31
They saw my classifieds post and said "no son, you will not be able to sell your item"
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: berserkfan on Fri, 29 November 2013, 14:40:35
As a buckling spring user, I'm so used to the idea of dyesub PBTs going for 20-30, I can't ever imagine myself buying Imsto Cherry dyesubs or Topre dyesubs.

methinks topre users ought to get together and pay for Imsto to build some topre moulds. If unicomp can make money selling dyesubs for $25, I see no reason why Topre can't make money selling its dyesubs for $50. When you consider that Topre keycaps are roughly half the price of Topre keyboards at EK, EK's margin is probably pretty high on keycaps.

Maybe like some businesses, they sell the keyboards for a modest markup, and make the serious dough selling keycaps and peripherals like keychains.

They saw my classifieds post and said "no son, you will not be able to sell your item"
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: rowdy on Fri, 29 November 2013, 19:27:19
Damn wish orange was that price... :*(

Or yellow!
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: terran5992 on Fri, 29 November 2013, 19:43:07
Damn wish orange was that price... :*(

Or yellow!

 Or Green
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: ekw808 on Fri, 29 November 2013, 19:44:22
Only 6 blank sets left, 47 printed.
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: Kayliss on Fri, 29 November 2013, 22:10:47
Or Green

I'd settle for green in stock!  :eek:
Thanks for posting this, grabbed a set of blanks.

Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: SpAmRaY on Fri, 29 November 2013, 22:36:29
Did anyone else catch Brian's mention that topre had stopped key cap production?
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: rowdy on Fri, 29 November 2013, 23:01:30
Did anyone else catch Brian's mention that topre had stopped key cap production?

So who is making keycaps for new Topre keyboards?
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: MarkPharaoh on Fri, 29 November 2013, 23:12:26
Did anyone else catch Brian's mention that topre had stopped key cap production?

Source?
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: SpAmRaY on Fri, 29 November 2013, 23:33:30
Did anyone else catch Brian's mention that topre had stopped key cap production?

Source?

He posted in the thread in geat finds about those plastic cases they are selling.
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: dustinhxc on Sat, 30 November 2013, 01:19:56
Did anyone else catch Brian's mention that topre had stopped key cap production?

Noooooo! :(
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: dorkvader on Sat, 30 November 2013, 09:08:47
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=51337.msg1134793#msg1134793
There is a separate Topre version, but Topre has put keycap manufacturing on hold, so it may not see the light of day.

I noticed, and I'm not even a crazy topre fan.
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: dustinhxc on Sat, 30 November 2013, 10:52:28
Well the thought of blanks not being made either 1. For a while or 2. Forever, either way scared me. So I ordered orange blanks! :)  the pinks are twice as cheap though!
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: SpAmRaY on Sat, 30 November 2013, 11:18:03
Maybe it's a year end sales booster :eek:
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: Dude on Mon, 02 December 2013, 15:59:07
I reached out to Elite Keyboards about some of their Topre Keycaps.  Here's their reply:

"Topre has stopped production of additional keycap sets. So, most likely they will not be available again."


Sucks!!
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: dustinhxc on Mon, 02 December 2013, 16:13:26
I reached out to Elite Keyboards about some of their Topre Keycaps.  Here's their reply:

"Topre has stopped production of additional keycap sets. So, most likely they will not be available again."


Sucks!!

Damn! Lucky I bought white and orange blanks! I need to find those greens ;x
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: Dude on Tue, 03 December 2013, 08:38:04
Damn! Lucky I bought white and orange blanks! I need to find those greens ;x

I ended up snatching up a set of orange keycaps, and they'll arrive later this week.  I would still like a set of white or blue printed keycaps, but I am doubtful that I'll be able to get those without paying an arm and a leg for shipping via a proxy...
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: dustinhxc on Tue, 03 December 2013, 10:02:45
Damn! Lucky I bought white and orange blanks! I need to find those greens ;x

I ended up snatching up a set of orange keycaps, and they'll arrive later this week.  I would still like a set of white or blue printed keycaps, but I am doubtful that I'll be able to get those without paying an arm and a leg for shipping via a proxy...

Nice! My orange arrive later this week too! You'll see white pop up now and then here
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: Dude on Tue, 03 December 2013, 15:50:37
Nice! My orange arrive later this week too! You'll see white pop up now and then here

I'll be sure to post in the classifieds once I'm eligible.  I'm guessing whites won't be that hard to get a hold of, since I could do a trade with someone for my blacks.
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: mkawa on Wed, 04 December 2013, 18:33:26
Did anyone else catch Brian's mention that topre had stopped key cap production?

So who is making keycaps for new Topre keyboards?
who's making caps for the fc660? ask yourself, sir.
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: VesperSAINT on Wed, 04 December 2013, 20:13:50
Did anyone else catch Brian's mention that topre had stopped key cap production?

So who is making keycaps for new Topre keyboards?
who's making caps for the fc660? ask yourself, sir.

I really do hope they continue making more of these... Now I want to pick one of these... Do I want blanks of printed? BLARGH.
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: dustinhxc on Wed, 04 December 2013, 20:18:12
Did anyone else catch Brian's mention that topre had stopped key cap production?

So who is making keycaps for new Topre keyboards?
who's making caps for the fc660? ask yourself, sir.

I really do hope they continue making more of these... Now I want to pick one of these... Do I want blanks of printed? BLARGH.

Possibly now or never! ;) blanks!
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: dante on Wed, 04 December 2013, 20:23:39
Perhaps discontinuing Topre sets because Cherry stem Topres are on the way?
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 04 December 2013, 20:42:59
Did anyone else catch Brian's mention that topre had stopped key cap production?

So who is making keycaps for new Topre keyboards?
who's making caps for the fc660? ask yourself, sir.

But only for the FC660C, I would wager.

If only they produced generic Topre keycap sets in various colours, with the necessary extensions for RealForce, HHKB and FC660C!
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: VesperSAINT on Wed, 04 December 2013, 20:46:20
Did anyone else catch Brian's mention that topre had stopped key cap production?

So who is making keycaps for new Topre keyboards?
who's making caps for the fc660? ask yourself, sir.

But only for the FC660C, I would wager.

If only they produced generic Topre keycap sets in various colours, with the necessary extensions for RealForce, HHKB and FC660C!

I really wish they would do so too :( Lower prices would be nice too. Sick of having to pay $70+ for a set of thin PBT keycaps :P
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: cobraj on Thu, 05 December 2013, 04:14:30
Was going to pick them up, but apparently it costs $70 to ship to Australia lol.
Can't justify that much at all rofl.
Emailed EK to find out why it cost them so much to ship keys, and no reply lmao :(
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: dustinhxc on Thu, 05 December 2013, 04:45:53
Was going to pick them up, but apparently it costs $70 to ship to Australia lol.
Can't justify that much at all rofl.
Emailed EK to find out why it cost them so much to ship keys, and no reply lmao :(

Yeah it took them a few days to reply to my email, try calling.
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: VesperSAINT on Thu, 05 December 2013, 05:25:30
Was going to pick them up, but apparently it costs $70 to ship to Australia lol.
Can't justify that much at all rofl.
Emailed EK to find out why it cost them so much to ship keys, and no reply lmao :(

Not just Australia, bro. It costs just as much to ship within the USA :(
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: dustinhxc on Thu, 05 December 2013, 05:27:50
Was going to pick them up, but apparently it costs $70 to ship to Australia lol.
Can't justify that much at all rofl.
Emailed EK to find out why it cost them so much to ship keys, and no reply lmao :(

Not just Australia, bro. It costs just as much to ship within the USA :(

Mine wasn't that expensive but man do they package it well! My HHKB felt SO secure when it arrived. If only everyone packaged keyboards that nice.
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: cobraj on Thu, 05 December 2013, 05:41:04
Was going to pick them up, but apparently it costs $70 to ship to Australia lol.
Can't justify that much at all rofl.
Emailed EK to find out why it cost them so much to ship keys, and no reply lmao :(

Not just Australia, bro. It costs just as much to ship within the USA :(

Wow, WTF lol.
Why do they charge so much for within the US :o
Surely they would make more profits by selling it for cheaper but a lot more quantity haha.
Whatever floats their boat I suppose haha.
'tis a harsh life
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: dustinhxc on Thu, 05 December 2013, 17:03:38
Was going to pick them up, but apparently it costs $70 to ship to Australia lol.
Can't justify that much at all rofl.
Emailed EK to find out why it cost them so much to ship keys, and no reply lmao :(

Not just Australia, bro. It costs just as much to ship within the USA :(

Wow, WTF lol.
Why do they charge so much for within the US :o
Surely they would make more profits by selling it for cheaper but a lot more quantity haha.
Whatever floats their boat I suppose haha.
'tis a harsh life

It didnt cost that much in US for me ;o
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 05 December 2013, 21:16:23
Was going to pick them up, but apparently it costs $70 to ship to Australia lol.
Can't justify that much at all rofl.
Emailed EK to find out why it cost them so much to ship keys, and no reply lmao :(

Probably because they are packaged very nicely in a big cardboard box, and you are paying for the size of the box rather than just the weight of the keycaps.

Same with the coloured pad-printed MX keycaps - $85 or something shipped in the plastic display case, but a GH member shipped me just the keycaps for a fraction of the price (and kept the display case for himself).
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: dante on Sat, 22 March 2014, 22:33:24
Don't wait too long on the printed pink set - as of this post there are only 6 sets left in stock.
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: Beca on Sat, 22 March 2014, 22:34:23
Damn wish orange was that price... :*(

Or yellow!

 Or Green
Or literally any color besides pink :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Pink Printed & Non-Printed Topre Keycaps $65 @ EK
Post by: Pacifist on Sat, 22 March 2014, 23:04:57
dat necro
but still relevant :-\