[GB] GMK Electric (FINAL NUMBERS IN)

[Vala]

GMK ELECTRIC

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GROUP BUY DATE : SEPTEMBER 6TH TO OCTOBER 6TH, 2021

ESTIMATED DELIVERY : Early Q4 2022


I'm extremely happy to say that GMK Electric is finally in group buy! The IC for this set was posted in July of 2017, meaning there were years where I thought this set would never see the light of day. Thank you to everybody in the community who encouraged me to finish what I started. Since I founded my own vendor, Vala Supply, I did more than I ever thought I could for Electric! A direct fulfillled resin artisan, matching coiled cable, and the first ever custom Vala switch. Can't wait to see Electric on everybody's boards


RENDERS

TGR Jane


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TGR Alice (Base Alphas)


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TGR Alice (Dark Alphas)


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Argyle by Seoulcialite & Prototypist (@jae_prototypist)


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Aki-S


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Paragon by Artemis Studios


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Cypher


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V4N4G0N


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TGR 910


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Smith & Rune Iron165


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KITS

Base Kit ($109)


Dark Alphas ($59)


Symbol Row ($39)


Novelties ($49)


Numpad ($49)


Extension ($49)


Spacebars ($25)


NorDeUK ($59)


Colevrak ($59)



DESKMATS

Electric Circuit Deskmat ($19)


Dead Circuit Deskmat ($19)


Rainbow Circuit Deskmat ($19)



OTHER PRODUCTS

Clackeys Electric Flux Capacitor ($88)
Exclusive resin artisan fulfilled directly through Vala Supply!


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Asero Foundry Artisans ($59)




Electric Coiled Cable ($59)


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Electric Linear Switch ($4.9 per 10)

Switch Specs:

• Linear, 68g double spring, 5 pins
• POM Electric blue stem
• Nylon Bottom, PME Top
• New custom Vala Supply switch housing!
• Manufactured by Tecsee

VENDORS

•   USA : Vala Supply →
•     CA : AlphaKeys →
•     EU : CandyKeys →
•     UK : Proto[Typist] →
•     CN : zFrontier →
•   SEA : ZionStudios →
•   OCE : SwitchKeys →

PRICING
MOQs are expected to be reached with extras.

Kit	MOQ	USA	Canada	Europe	UK	China	SEA	Oceania
Base Kit	500	$109	$109	€109	£82.50	₯788	₱6,500	$175
Dark Alphas	150	$59	$59	€59	£45.83	₯411	₱3,300	$90
Symbol Row	250	$39	$39	€39	£29.17	₯275	₱1,850	$50
Novelties	250	$49	$49	€49	£37.50	₯343	₱2,750	$75
Numpad	100	$49	$49	€49	£37.50	₯343	₱2,900	$80
Extension	100	$49	$49	€49	£37.50	₯343	₱2,400	$65
Spacebars	250	$25	$25	€25	£20.83	₯170	₱1,300	$35
NorDeUK	100	$59	$59	€59	£41.67	₯411	₱3,100	-
Colevrak	100	$59	$59	€59	£41.67	₯411	₱3,100	$85
Deskmats	-	$19	$19	€23	£15.83	₯129	₱1,200	$30
Asero Artisans	100	$59	$59	€59	£42.50	₯425	₱3,500	$95
Electric Flux Capacitor	-	$88	US only	US only	US only	US only	US only	US only
Coiled Cable	-	$59	$59	€59	TBD	₯425	₱3,000	$80
Electric Linear Switch (per 10)	-	$4.9	$4.9	€5.5	£3.33	TBD	₱250.00	-

Thanks to ~

• David from CandyKeys
• Oblotzky
• Konstantin for his invaluable kit knowledge
• acitrin and jae @ prototypist for kitting help

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[acitrin]

:smork:

[Vala]

:smibrate:

[Oblotzky]

nice, about time! just placed my order

[Prelim]

dope! /all in 

[Bub]

great to see this finally go through. GLWGB.

[_rubik]

I'm super happy to see this move to GB. Way to stick with it, Vala.

I may have to get in on this for the 2017 "nostalgia" kick

[Vala]

nice, about time! just placed my order

great to see this finally go through. GLWGB.

I'm super happy to see this move to GB. Way to stick with it, Vala.

I may have to get in on this for the 2017 "nostalgia" kick

Thank you for the support everybody!

[key_nes]

loving the asero artisan!

[Whale_algorithm]

So awesome to see this set finally come to fruition. Congrats to Vala for sticking with it and making it happen. I'm not sure if my wallet can support it this month but we will see...

[dvorcol]

[Vala]

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Ty dvorcol.

Just wanted to say that everything is guaranteed to hit MOQ, except for potentially the Asero Artisans and the Colevrak kit.

All other kits including NordeUK & Extension will be made, as will the deskmats, switch, cable, and Flux Capacitor.

If you have friends who use Colemak or Dvorak please let them know this set exists so we don't have to cancel Colevrak either :')

So awesome to see this set finally come to fruition. Congrats to Vala for sticking with it and making it happen. I'm not sure if my wallet can support it this month but we will see...

Thank you for the support!

loving the asero artisan!

Me too, but sales are struggling. If you want the Asero, don't hesitate to get it because it might not hit MOQ; we will refund the full cost if it is cancelled. Realistically, we only need about 40 units to sell globally and Vala Supply will buy out the rest, so I'm still hopeful they will be made!

[djsato]

Does anyone know the GMK colors used in this set? vs Dolch?

[Vala]

Does anyone know the GMK colors used in this set? vs Dolch?

GMK 2B for the base/light alphas, GMK N9 for the mods & dark alphas, GMK CR for the black legends. The teal is a custom Pantone.

[dvorcol]

[RelativeChance]

Does anyone know the GMK colors used in this set? vs Dolch?

GMK 2B for the base/light alphas, GMK N9 for the mods & dark alphas, GMK CR for the black legends. The teal is a custom Pantone.

What is the pantone color code? The lighting in the render may make the colors seem a little different from how they are irl and I want to see if it will match some stabilizers I am thinking about buying

[PotatoTM]

This set was the first IC I commented on after making my GH account, glad it's finally getting made! I'm in, GLWGB!

[Vala]

Does anyone know the GMK colors used in this set? vs Dolch?

GMK 2B for the base/light alphas, GMK N9 for the mods & dark alphas, GMK CR for the black legends. The teal is a custom Pantone.

What is the pantone color code? The lighting in the render may make the colors seem a little different from how they are irl and I want to see if it will match some stabilizers I am thinking about buying

Apologies but I don't plan on sharing the Pantone code publicly, we may make some adjustments to the final color to better match the renders/vision as opposed to the direct Pantone.

This set was the first IC I commented on after making my GH account, glad it's finally getting made! I'm in, GLWGB!

Thank you for the support!

[dvorcol]

[Visionaire]

So how did the final numbers end up? Kits being made?

[Vala]

So how did the final numbers end up? Kits being made?

All kits & SKUs will be made except for Colevrak. Final numbers will be in soon (tm). Waiting on all vendor extras, but it is looking like we will hit 1000 MOQ on base!

[dvorcol]

Edit: corrected combined MOQ notes

[Vala]

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Thank you dvorcol, and thank you to everybody for making this GB a huge success! I can't wait to see Electric on everybody's boards next year.

[IbnAlfreak]

I'm super sad about this. I followed this very closely in 2017 and gave up hope of this ever coming to fruition. I took a break from KBs and now coming back to see that the GB was just a few months ago almost 4 years later. 

Are there any more future group buys planned for this?

[alevyish]

I'm super sad about this. I followed this very closely in 2017 and gave up hope of this ever coming to fruition. I took a break from KBs and now coming back to see that the GB was just a few months ago almost 4 years later. 

Are there any more future group buys planned for this?

As customary, vendors have picked up extras. You can get this set when it comes out, although paying that 'extra'.

[user 18]

Are things still on track for that Q4 anticipated delivery?

[nucleoid]

An update would be nice.

[user 18]

I was able to get in touch with Vala by discord a month ago and he said an update here was coming...

Long story short, this will likely not be delivered until Q1/23

[pixelpusher]

I can't find a single photo of these keycaps.  Any chance one of you that bought them has some photos?

[lecorsair]

I can't find a single photo of these keycaps.  Any chance one of you that bought them has some photos?

It's noted on Vala estimated shipping date is Nov 2023, guessing no one has it in-hand yet?

[pixelpusher]

I can't find a single photo of these keycaps.  Any chance one of you that bought them has some photos?

It's noted on Vala estimated shipping date is Nov 2023, guessing no one has it in-hand yet?

I believe Prototypist has had them in stock for a while now.  But you're right, the US is still waiting.  I think I'm going to end up buying it just because I love those colors even though I have a ton of gray and black keycaps

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Pixelpusher you better buy it so I can see how the blue looks next to all the other blue caps with your bathroom lighting

[pixelpusher]

Pixelpusher you better buy it so I can see how the blue looks next to all the other blue caps with your bathroom lighting

Oh for sure!  You know, I have a good 25-30 sets with blue that I need to photograph in there still.   

[AmethystDCVR]

arent these all stock colors though? maybe the teal is custom, i forgot. but the greys are N9 and 2B iirc, not too difficult to imagine the irl color since a lot of sets use these common stock greys.

[user 18]

I can't find a single photo of these keycaps.  Any chance one of you that bought them has some photos?

It's noted on Vala estimated shipping date is Nov 2023, guessing no one has it in-hand yet?

I ordered through Alphakeys (Canada), and am still waiting on a shipping notification.

[dvorcol]

I can't find a single photo of these keycaps.  Any chance one of you that bought them has some photos?

It's noted on Vala estimated shipping date is Nov 2023, guessing no one has it in-hand yet?

I ordered through Alphakeys (Canada), and am still waiting on a shipping notification.

It looks like AlphaKeys, Vala Supply, and CandyKeys haven't shipped yet but are currently taking pre-orders for extra kits they will have after shipping.

Whereas proto[Typist], zFrontier, and SwitchKeys are selling extras now, so have presumably already shipped.

[andrewz]

I also ordered from Alphakeys and did not get any shipping notice. Should I be worried that they are completely silent about this? Support is not even answering.

[Keysme]

  I love it!

[Kraw]

Has anyone heard anything about these shipping? I ordered from Vala's site and it has been radio silence.

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Port delays could conceivably push it back weeks.  Hard to know with Vala’s idea of communication.

I’d order more of switches they have on sale but I’d just rather not have to deal w chargebacks.

[SwitchKeys]

We shipped this quite some time ago.

https://www.switchkeys.com.au/products/gmk-electric?_pos=1&_sid=96e9a6811&_ss=r&variant=39616073531497

still a few extras left

[DaaDaa]

Vala still has not shipped this to it's customers. I'm staring to think that it's a mechs and co situation.

[dvorcol]

On Discord in October, Vala said many sets arrived at the same time and they only have the manpower to ship one at a time. See quote below. I assembled this shipping queue from details on their website's updates page:

Slot number:
1 - GMK Higanbana
2 - KAT Great Wave
2.5 - SA Maestro
3 - GMK Electric
4 - GMK Panda
5 - GMK Blossom
6 - SA Geoma
7 - GMK Maroon
8 - MW Alpenglow
9 - GMK Nimbus
10 - ePBT Fall
11 - GMK Grey on Black
12 - GMK Marmoreal
14 - GMK Galaxy
15 - GMK Purple-ish
16 - JTK Hanami

Fingers crossed that manpower is their only issue.

Vala posted on Discord October 19, 2023:

A whole bunch of comprehensive updates were just pushed to our updates page (https://vala.supply/pages/updates) and to many of the project Discord channels.

We greatly apologize for the lack of recent updates and the general obscurity of operations here at Vala Supply. We are deep into the fulfillment for ePBT Dreamscape currently and are trying to stay on top of that plus all other daily operations such as in stock fulfillment, customer service, project management, and marketing.

Please understand that through coincidence, many sets that were ran as group buys at different times lined up and shipped to us at the exact same time, causing intense fulfillment strain. For example, GMK sped up production so fast this year that we received a shipment of 4 GMK sets at once on one occasion, and 3 sets at once on another, regardless of the fact that their group buys ran months apart.

As much as I would love to hire 10 people to bang out everything within a few weeks, that is simply untenable for us at the moment. We are bringing in as much part-time help as we can already to help us get through this period as quickly as possible, but please keep in mind we only have 2 full time fulfillment staff who are also responsible for other logistical duties such as receiving, setting up, and moving shipments, etc.

Altogether, we have received and will receive around 9,000 orders worth of goods within only the last few months of this year, across many different projects. Because of this we needed to stagger the planned fulfillment schedule quite considerably, and as such have products that will take a good amount of time to start fulfillment even after we receive them. We tried to balance the original GB running dates against the number of orders in a favorable way to come up with a rough schedule for all of the sets we have both on hand and in transit. This schedule is reflected in the updates for each project and once we approach those dates, fulfillment emails will be sent as usual with more concrete windows to expect your order.

Please know that you will receive your order as soon as we can get it to you, and no orders will be left unfulfilled.
There are no cataclysmic issues at Vala Supply, we just can't ship out this much stuff as fast as we wish we could. We acknowledge that we haven't been nearly as transparent about that as we should have been.
The culmination of COVID delays has led to this regrettable situation where many projects ended up finishing around the same time.

Everybody at Vala Supply greatly appreciates your patience and understanding here. We are just as excited as everyone else to move past the days of too many group buys, and hate having to push things even further back due to do these unforeseen circumstances. Finally, I apologize for not keeping everyone up to speed with all of this until now; I know radio silence can be scary, especially with what the hobby has been facing recently. I hope that these updates can help alleviate that stress and give a more clear path forward.

Thank you,
Vala

Edit: added quote date

[Piperaceae]

They've had some pretty extreme fire sales over the past couple months, a la MKUltra. I don't think manpower is the only issue they've got going on.

[Kokaloo]

They've had some pretty extreme fire sales over the past couple months, a la MKUltra. I don't think manpower is the only issue they've got going on.

obviously a company doesn't make money shipping **** out that was paid for three years ago. it's good that they're this transparent and as long as people get their stuff, the wait can be manageable. some of these gbs sold exceptionally that it would understandably take weeks to pack up and ship those out.

[larhal]

Hi, I bought my set from ZionStudio. Ever since 27th Oct, they say its OTW to Zion CN Warehouse. 3 Months later, still no update, whereas other Vendors are already selling their extras. Any information regarding this will help greatly. Thank you.

[dvorcol]

Today I received my GMK Electric set from Vala Supply.

For anyone waiting on other sets from Vala, they're frequently updating their shipping plan - https://vala.supply/pages/updates

[pixelpusher]

Today I received my GMK Electric set from Vala Supply.

For anyone waiting on other sets from Vala, they're frequently updating their shipping plan - https://vala.supply/pages/updates

Nice!  Can you show us photos?

[Neongreen]

Dang this entire set is insane, especially that artisan and the green desk mat. Right up my alley

[dvorcol]

Nice!  Can you show us photos?