hi, update time!
protos ordered and in. everything is great, I had to make two small changes to the case itself and I also modified the weight a bit to add some more screws (the weight screws are all internal).
I am planning on starting the group buy in mid/late June of this year (2020).
the PCB (h87c-hsp) prototypes are good to go.
I am considering offering a numpad alongside the tkl. it's called num one. very original. it's the same aesthetically as the tkl, including angle, front edge, side cuts, etc. it will use my h10 PCB, a USB Type C-ported numpad PCB. Avail in via.
the num one is being prototyped rn.
It would likely be a ~$180-200 addition to the tkl one itself. maybe a bit cheaper depending on if i want to make less money or not. i would offer it in the same colors as the tkl during each run.
![](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/358266322343428096/717034117165875230/unknown.png)
![](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/358266322343428096/717034164032897094/unknown.png)
oh speaking of colors.
round one of the tkl one colors will be gold and black. the gold is RAL 1035, same as my prototype. the black is, black.
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49923350911_3c0e3306b9_6k.jpg)
I will run the buy as a raffle. It will be a bit more involved (on my end) than a normal take-all-entries-and-pick-the-top-X-as-winners style. I would like to do a "multi-stage" raffle, randomizing entried and eliminating X% per "round" until it's at the desired number of winners. It won't operate differently than others since it'll still be fully random. I may add something like, people who progress further in the process but don't win have additional entries into future raffles/buys of mine. Not sure how that would all work but it'd be interesting I think.
I'm unsure if I will run that process via Google Form or if I'll have to get a raffle form set up through a somewhat nicer front end. I'll look into it.