Just wanted to to throw in my 2 cents now that the drop has ended and I'm kinda curious if anyone else hopped in on this drop for similar reasons.
Of note - 2 "upgrades" were unlocked during the campaign:
1. Top case is aluminum now (no addtl cost)
2. They're including WASD keycaps with every board they ship (as opposed to none for most backer levels)
The real reasons I grabbed this:
1. Don't hate the idea of playing with individually addressable LEDs with a REST interface. Could be fun (I'm a dev)
2. I'm interested in trying something like the Romer-G switch (they clearly copied it, as noted above). Almost positive I'm going to pop open the switches and bump the springs up from 45g to 55g
3. If it's a gross board, I'll just do a complete video teardown to post and figure out what to do with it later
The "retail" of $230 is a bit steep for what they're offering here, but for $150 ($139 w/ $10 shipping) and a 5 month projected production timeline, I don't think it's the worst
