Thank you for the reply, yes the corrective action you recommended is actually what I did earlier in an attempt to discover more keys affected. I opened the case twice this morning as a result of that, frustratingly a new key will become defective after Ive already put the case back together! haha

The modules under which I removed the loose pieces of plastic feel completely normal and have no detectable faults (by feel and by the leyden jar diagnostic tool) so Im deciding to leave them in for now. I guess Ill know if I really need to replace the module if the same ones fail repeatedly.

I thought I was pretty careful during keycap installation, I only applied as much force as necessary to install each one, but after finishing, I noticed many of the keycaps resting at different heights, I know its not the modules themselves as I inspected them all pre-installation to ensure they were all uniform in appearance, looking from multiple angles, pressing each one, etc... For the more egregious caps, I pushed them in a little more to get them more in line with the other caps. These modules definitely required more force than the others to have the keycap installed. There were only about 2-3 modules whose stems felt like they fit the keycap like a glove and required no force. Im assuming the factory that made these had some sort of tolerance for the dimensions of the stems, and similarly with the keycaps, and the slight variances resulted in some keycaps needing a more forceful install.

For the rest that are still higher than the others, Im hoping that days of typing will eventually move them down little by little. Im about to open the case for the 3rd time today now that Im finished with work and given the entire board your recommended mass press treatment (hopefully 8 hours of typing will have helped dislodge the rest of the pieces I havent discovered yet)

It's nice to see Pokémon themed designs which don't just rip an egregious number of assets straight from the IP and have had thought put into it. I like it.

I swap out my boards once or twice a month, as I have a bunch of different layouts and switches, and I enjoy changing things up every now and then. I am currently using my Neo Ergo (tented alice) with MX Blacks (lubed 205g0, F+SS TX XL 70g w/ 105). I quite like the split layout and heavy switches as I type hard. Before that I was using my Sneakbox AVA (standard alice) with a tactile frankenswitch (Panda Stem and spring, cherry housing, lubed 3203, filmed). Before that was my Liberi (65XT) with Nixies (Lubed 205g0, Filmed). I came into the hobby wanting to try a bit of everything, and have pretty much achieved that with my builds, as I pretty much have a board in most common (and a few uncommon) layouts, with a mix of different linears and tactiles. No clickies tho. And I havent delved into Topre because I can't get used to the hhkb layout.

Your information is very impressive. Thanks a lot.

tp always has  fabricates  answer for everything

fixed that for you