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Interest Checks / Re: [IC] KKB Neowell
« Last post by Bobatype on Sun, 31 May 2026, 01:29:30 »Hi everyone,
Apologies for the lack of updates on Geekhack. Thanks for your patience and continued interest in the project.
After further discussions and evaluating the current market, we've decided to move forward with Swagkeys as the manufacturer. We believe they can deliver high-quality doubleshot ABS keycaps while keeping pricing at a level that is more accessible and better aligned with the demand for a project of this size.
As part of this change, we're also revising the kitting structure to help keep the set as affordable as possible. Unfortunately, this means some of the more niche kits (like an expansive spacebars kit) and tooling-dependent options will no longer be included on this run. This includes the BAE kit, 10u spacebar support, and bottom-row stepped modifiers. Not to say those options will never be a future possibility, but it just appears difficult to justify at this stage. We'd love to be ambitious and offer more expansive options with more sublegend alternatives and accents, but ultimately this project was born from a simple wish to have this classic theme be accessible to many who don't want to resort to burning a hole in their wallet for high aftermarket prices.
The revised kit structure is currently planned as follows:
- Base Kit (Latin-only alphas) – largely unchanged, including basic-40s support, extra spacebars (Alice + 6u), and windowed Caps Lock/Scroll Lock keys. Logo keys culled. 1 x Novelty keycap included.
- Numpad Kit
- Cyrillic Alpha Kit – doubleshot grey Cyrillic sublegends.
- Accent Kit – teal accents available in both opaque and translucent variants.
Updated kitting renders will be shared once they are ready.
TLDR: We've changed manufacturers and are consolidating the offering by reducing the number of child kits to focus on the options that see the highest demand while maintaining the strongest value proposition for the majority of users. More updates and new renders coming soon.
Apologies for the lack of updates on Geekhack. Thanks for your patience and continued interest in the project.
After further discussions and evaluating the current market, we've decided to move forward with Swagkeys as the manufacturer. We believe they can deliver high-quality doubleshot ABS keycaps while keeping pricing at a level that is more accessible and better aligned with the demand for a project of this size.
As part of this change, we're also revising the kitting structure to help keep the set as affordable as possible. Unfortunately, this means some of the more niche kits (like an expansive spacebars kit) and tooling-dependent options will no longer be included on this run. This includes the BAE kit, 10u spacebar support, and bottom-row stepped modifiers. Not to say those options will never be a future possibility, but it just appears difficult to justify at this stage. We'd love to be ambitious and offer more expansive options with more sublegend alternatives and accents, but ultimately this project was born from a simple wish to have this classic theme be accessible to many who don't want to resort to burning a hole in their wallet for high aftermarket prices.
The revised kit structure is currently planned as follows:
- Base Kit (Latin-only alphas) – largely unchanged, including basic-40s support, extra spacebars (Alice + 6u), and windowed Caps Lock/Scroll Lock keys. Logo keys culled. 1 x Novelty keycap included.
- Numpad Kit
- Cyrillic Alpha Kit – doubleshot grey Cyrillic sublegends.
- Accent Kit – teal accents available in both opaque and translucent variants.
Updated kitting renders will be shared once they are ready.
TLDR: We've changed manufacturers and are consolidating the offering by reducing the number of child kits to focus on the options that see the highest demand while maintaining the strongest value proposition for the majority of users. More updates and new renders coming soon.
